Cowboy Copas

Lloyd Estel Copas (July 15, 1913 – March 5, 1963), better known by his stage name Cowboy Copas, was an American country singer. Image File history File linksMetadata Cowboy_Copas,_FUreduced. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Cowboy_Copas,_FUreduced. ... July 15 is the 196th day (197th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 169 days remaining. ... Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Ercole de Roberti: Concert, c. ...

Copas was born in 1913 in Muskogee, Oklahoma. He began performing locally at the age of fourteen, and he performed on several radio shows during the 1930s. In 1940, he moved to Knoxville, where he performed on WNOX with his band, the Gold Star Rangers. Location within the state of Oklahoma County Muskogee County Mayor Wren Stratton Area    - City 100. ... See also: The 1930s in country music, 1940 in music, other events of 1940, 1941 in country music, 1940s in music and the List of years in Country Music // Events Top hits of the year Goodbye Little Darlin Goodbye - Gene Autry New San Antonio Rose — Bob Wills and the Texas... Knoxville redirects here. ...

In 1943, Copas achieved national fame when he replaced Eddy Arnold as a vocalist in the Pee Wee King band and began performing on the Grand Ole Opry. His first solo single "Filipino Baby," which was released by King Records in 1946, hit number four on the Billboard country charts and sparked the most successful period of his career. See also: 1942 in country music, 1943 in music, other events of 1943, 1944 in country music, 1940s in music and the List of years in Country Music // Events Top hits of the year Home in San Antone - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys No Letter Today - Ted Daffans... Eddy Arnold (May 15, 1918) is an American country music singer. ... Pee Wee King, born Julius Frank Anthony Kuczynski (February 18, 1914 – March 7, 2000), was an American country music songwriter and recording artist. ... The Grand Ole Opry is a weekly Saturday night country music radio program broadcast live on WSM radio in Nashville, Tennessee, and televised on Great American Country network. ... U.S. King Records logo King Records was a United States based record label, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, started in 1943 by Syd Nathan, specializing in country music, at the time still known as Hillbilly music. King advertised If its a King, Its a Hillbilly -- If its... See also: 1945 in country music, 1946 in music, other events of 1946, 1947 in country music, 1940s in music and the List of years in Country Music // Events Top hits of the year Number one hits (As certified by Billboard magazine) January 5 - You Will Have to Pay - Tex... On January 4, 1936, Billboard magazine published its first music hit parade and on July 20, 1940 the first Music Popularity Chart was calculated. ...

While continuing to appear on the Grand Ole Opry, Copas recorded several other hits during the late 1940s and early 1950s, including "Signed, Sealed and Delivered," "Tennessee Waltz," "Tennessee Moon," "Breeze," "I'm Waltzing With Tears in My Eyes," "Candy Kisses," "Hangman's Boogie," and "The Strange Little Girl."

Copas's 1952 single "'Tis Sweet to Be Remembered" reached number eight on the Billboard country charts, but it was his final top-40 hit for eight years. Although he didn't maintain his stellar popularity of the late 1940s throughout the next decade, he continued to perform regularly on the Grand Ole Opry. After a lackluster partnership with Dot Records, Copas surged to the top of the charts again in 1960 with the biggest hit of his career, "Alabam," which remained number-one for three months. Other major hits during his successful period with Starday Records in the early 1960s, including "Flat Top" and a remake of "Signed, Sealed and Delivered," held promising implications for the future of his career, but he would never get the chance to carry through with the momentum of his late success. See also: 1951 in country music, 1952 in music, other events of 1952, 1953 in country music, 1950s in music and the List of years in Country Music // Events August 23 – Kitty Wells becomes the first female solo artist to score a No. ... Dot Records was a American record label which was active between 1950 and 1977. ... See also: 1959 in country music, 1960 in music, other events of 1960, 1961 in country music, 1960s in music and the List of years in Country Music // Events Just four songs - five, if one counts El Paso by Marty Robbins, which spent five of its seven weeks at No. ...

On March 5, 1963, Copas died in a private plane crash over Camden, Tennessee. Copas's private plane, a Piper Comanche, was being piloted by his son-in-law, Randy Hughes (also Cline's manager), when it crashed en route from St. Louis to Nashville. Country legend Patsy Cline and singer Hawkshaw Hawkins also died in the crash. March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). ... See also: 1962 in country music, 1963 in music, other events of 1963, 1964 in country music, 1960s in music and the List of years in Country Music // Events March 1963 marked a dark time for country music, as it lost no less than five people in a seemingly endless... Camden is a city in Benton County, Tennessee, United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Nashville Largest city Memphis Largest metro area Nashville Area  Ranked 36th  - Total 42,169 sq mi (109,247 km²)  - Width 120 miles (195 km)  - Length 440 miles (710 km)  - % water 2. ... The Piper PA-24 Comanche is a four-seat light utility aircraft first launched in 1957. ... Nickname: Gateway City, Gateway to the West, or Mound City Location in the state of Missouri Coordinates: Country United States State Missouri County Independent City Mayor Francis G. Slay (D) Area    - City 66. ... For other cities named Nashville, see Nashville (disambiguation). ... Patsy Cline (born Virginia Patterson Hensley September 8, 1932 – March 5, 1963) was a Country Music/Pop Music singer, who enjoyed Pop Music cross-over success during the era of the Nashville Sound in the early 1960s. ... Harold Franklin Hawkins (December 22, 1921 – March 5, 1963), better known by his stage name Hawkshaw Hawkins, was a country music singer and member of the Grand Ole Opry from Huntington, West Virginia. ...

References

• Bush, John (2003). Edited by Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra, & Stephen Erlewine. "Cowboy Copas (Lloyd Estel Copas)." All Music Guide to Country, 2nd ed. San Francisco: Backbeat Books, 2003. ISBN 0-87930-760-9