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Betty Johnson (born March 16, 1931) was a singer of traditional pop music. March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in Leap years). ...
1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ...
mainstream pop music Traditional pop music is a genre of music which encompasses music that succeeded big band music and preceded rock and roll as the most popular kind of music in the United States, most of Europe, and some other parts of the world. ...
She was born in Guilford County, North Carolina. Guilford County is a county located in the state of North Carolina. ...
Her professional debut was in a family group, The Johnson Family Singers, including her parents and three brothers, singing a repertoire primarily of religious material. The family won a singing contest in Charlotte, North Carolina and was signed to a contract on a major radio station, WBT, in that city. The family sang on broadcasts from 1938 to 1951, and Betty did some solo work on the station as well. County Mecklenburg Flag Mayor Pat McCrory, (R) Area - Total - Water 629. ...
1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ...
As a teenager, she was signed by Columbia Records and made some recordings, none of which were important. She did a children's album with country singer Eddy Arnold produced by Simon and Schuster, who subsequently signed her to their own recording label, Bell Records. Later, she signed with RCA Victor Records, which sent her to Chicago, Illinois. Columbia Records is the oldest continually used brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888. ...
Country music, also called country and western music or country-western, is an amalgam of popular musical forms developed in the Southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, Celtic Music, Blues, Gospel music, and Old-time music. ...
Eddy Arnold (May 15, 1918) is an American country music singer. ...
Jean-François Millet Le Semeur (The Sower) Simon & Schuster logo, circa 1961. ...
Bell Records was the name of at least four different record companies in the 20th century. ...
Sony BMG Music Entertainment is the result of a 50/50 joint venture between Sony Music Entertainment (part of Sony) and BMG Entertainment (part of Bertelsmann AG) completed in August 2004. ...
Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Official website: http://egov. ...
In Chicago, she worked with Arnold again in a television series, backed by a group who had worked with her family on the Grand Old Opry, The Jordanaires. That group later became well known as a backing group for Elvis Presley. The Grand Ole Opry is a weekly Saturday night country music radio program broadcast live on WSM Radio in Nashville, Tennessee. ...
The Jordanaires are an American singing group formed in 1948 in Springfield, Missouri. ...
Elvis Aron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), also known as The King of Rock n Roll was an American singer, music producer and actor, a giant in the modern entertainment industry. ...
She then did some work on Don McNeill's Breakfast Club which led to a contract with a small record company, Bally Records. After one not-so-notable recording for Bally, she clicked with her biggest hit, "I Dreamed" in 1956. Don McNeill, from a 1942 publicity photo Don McNeill (December 23, 1907 – May 7, 1996) was an American radio personality, best known as the creator and host of The Breakfast Club, which ran for over thirty years. ...
The Breakfast Club was a program on ABC radio (and briefly on television) originating in Chicago, Illinois, hosted by Don McNeill. ...
See also: 1955 in music, other events of 1956, 1957 in music, 1950s in music and the list of years in music // Events Cameo-Parkway Records formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Kal Mann & Bernie Lowe. ...
She then was hired by Jack Parr for his television show, Tonight. This led to a record contract with Atlantic Records in 1958, for which she had her next big hit, "Little Blue Man." Jack Harold Paar (May 1, 1918–January 27, 2004) was an American radio and television talk show host. ...
Atlantic Records (Atlantic Recording Corporation) is a record label founded in 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson, principally as a R&B label. ...
See also: 1957 in music, other events of 1958, 1959 in music, 1950s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 28 - Little Richard begins attending classes at Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama February 14 - The Iranian government bans rock & roll because they claim that the form...
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See also: 1956 in music, other events of 1957, 1958 in music, 1950s in music and the list of years in music // Events Pat Boone stars in his first two Hollywood motion pictures: Bernadine and April Love Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Será, Será), from 1956s Alfred Hitchcock...
See also: 1955 in music, other events of 1956, 1957 in music, 1950s in music and the list of years in music // Events Cameo-Parkway Records formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Kal Mann & Bernie Lowe. ...
See also: 1957 in music, other events of 1958, 1959 in music, 1950s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 28 - Little Richard begins attending classes at Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama February 14 - The Iranian government bans rock & roll because they claim that the form...
Little White Lies is a popular song. ...
See also: 1956 in music, other events of 1957, 1958 in music, 1950s in music and the list of years in music // Events Pat Boone stars in his first two Hollywood motion pictures: Bernadine and April Love Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Será, Será), from 1956s Alfred Hitchcock...
See also: 1958 in music, other events of 1959, 1960 in music, 1950s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 22 - Buddy Holly records some acoustic demos in his New York City apartment. ...
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