JOHNNY CASH SHOW, THE: THE COUNTRY MUSIC STORY, PART I {ROY ACUFF, LORETTA LYNN} (TV)
Summary
One in this series of music/variety programs hosted by Johnny Cash. This show celebrates the history and development of country music.
Highlights include: a segment about the origins of country music, featuring a film clip of Jimmie Rodgers singing “Waiting for a Train”; Merle Haggard performing “Mule Skinner Blues”; Hank Snow singing “Train Whistle Blues”; the Carter Family performing “Wildwood Flower”; a film segment on the history of the Grand Ole Opry; Tammy Wynette singing “Your Good Girl’s Gonna Go Bad”; a clip of Cash performing on “The Johnny Cash Show”; Marty Robbins singing “The Master’s Call”; Carl Perkins performing “Blue Suede Shoes”; a clip of Cash singing “There You Go” in one of his earliest television appearances; Homer & Jethro performing a parody of “Heartbreak Hotel”; clips of Buck Owens singing “I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail” and “Tall Dark Stranger”; a clip of Patsy Cline singing “Walkin’ After Midnight”; a clip of Johnny Horton performing “Johnny Reb”; Loretta Lynn singing “The Coal Miner’s Daughter”; Eddy Arnold performing “You Don’t Know Me” and “Portrait of My Woman”; and Cash performing “The Prisoner’s Song.” Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: January 20, 1971 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:49:57
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:77004
- GENRE: Music/Variety
- SUBJECT HEADING: Music/Variety
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1969-1971
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Harold D. Cohen … Executive Producer
- Joe Byrne … Executive Producer
- Stan Jacobson … Producer, Writer
- Jack Thompson … Associate Producer
- Mark Goode … Director
- Les Pouliot … Writer
- Garry Ferrier … Writer
- Aubrey Tadman … Writer
- Red Lane … Writer
- Bill Walker … Conductor
- Johnny Cash … Host, Performer
- Eddy Arnold … Performer
- Carter Family, The … Performer
- Merle Haggard … Performer
- Homer & Jethro … Performer
- Loretta Lynn … Performer
- Carl Perkins … Performer
- Marty Robbins … Performer
- Hank Snow … Performer
- Tammy Wynette … Performer
- Roy Acuff
- Bill Anderson
- Lynn Anderson
- Chet Atkins
- Patsy Cline
- Johnny Horton
- Sonny James
- Buck Owens
- Minnie Pearl
- Webb Pierce
- Tex Ritter
- Jimmie Rodgers