Music historian Norm Cohen categorized Rodgers' discography in four different types of songs: nineteenth century songs, songs stemming from vaudeville and minstrel shows, traditional songs, and his thirteen Blue Yodels. [5]

2023年2月5日 · Jimmie passed away in New York after a hemorrhage that sent him into a coma. But his wife later rounded out Jimmie’s record with a final track simply titled, “We Miss Him” where she honored her late husband alongside Ernest Tubb …

2008年8月13日 · For his last song of the session, however, Jimmie chose to perform alone, and as a matching bookend to his career, recorded "Years Ago" by himself. Jimmie Rodgers died two days later on...

2022年5月24日 · Unfortunately, Rodgers passed away after a long battle with Tuberculosis on May 26, 1933 at age 35. That brings us to an important date today, as he recorded his final songs on this date, back in 1933. Story has it, Rodgers knew his time was coming to an end, as the sickness had taken over his body.

Jimmie Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel (The Women Make A Fool Out Of Me) 8. Hobo Bill's Last Ride; 9. T.B. Blues; 10. Mother, Queen Of My Heart

Two days after the final cut, Jimmie Rodgers died from a lung hemorrhage. He was buried in Meridian and celebrated by one of the biggest memorials in Country Music. Fused hillbilly, gospel, blues, jazz, pop and mountain folk music into timeliess American standards

James Charles Rodgers (September 8, 1897 – May 26, 1933) was an American singer-songwriter and musician who rose to popularity in the late 1920s. Widely regarded as the "Father of Country Music", he is best known for his distinctive yodeling. Rodgers was known as "The Singing Brakeman" and "America's Blue Yodeler ".

Rodgers' most popular recording, sold over a million copies. [6] . Vocals, guitar. The record had to be re-issued after a lawsuit by Joseph Stern and Edward B. Marks for the title, and crediting authorship to Rodgers. Singing with orchestra. Second best-selling song by Rodgers, with 365,0000 copies sold. Singing with guitar.

The day before he died Jimmie Rodgers went to Coney Island. It was his final song, and it went like this. The week before Ralph had him put up at the Taft like usual, a room for him and a room for the nurse, Cora. This time Ralph had arranged a driver for him, a little Mexican named Castro.

The recording engineer hired two session musicians to help Rodgers when he came back to the studio a few days later. Together, they recorded a few songs, including “Mississippi Delta Blues.” For his last song of the session, Jimmie recorded “Years Ago” by himself, finishing as he’d started six years earlier, just a man and his guitar.