Cliffie Stone

Cliffie Stone ( born March 1, 1917 in Stockton, California, as Clifford Gylpin Snyder, † 17 January 1998) was an American country musician, presenter and producer. Stone is considered one of the most influential personalities in the country music and played a major role in the development of the country on the west coast of the United States.

  • 2.1 Singles
  • 2.2 albums

Life

Childhood and youth

Stone was born in 1917 in Stockton, but grew up in Burbank, California, on. His parents were Nina Belle and Clifford H. Snyder, who is better than banjo -playing comedian Herman the Hermit known. During high school, Stone played baseball, play-acting and played bass in various bands of Freddie Slack and Anson Weeks.

Career

Back in 1939, married Cliffie Stone his first wife Dorothy, with whom he had four children. As a bassist Stuart Hamblens Show Lucky Stars Stone began his career, but it was his work as a presenter of various radio shows that made him famous slow. Quick, he hosted numerous programs - 1943-1947 there were even 28 per week As a musician, Stone was hired for the Hollywood Barn Dance and the Covered Wagon Jubilee, but had his own live show since the early 1940s, the Dinner Bell Round-Up on KXLA. After the show was moved in 1944, she was named Hometown Jamboree and was until 1960 the most successful country shows in the country. Stone welcomed stars like Ferlin Husky, Johnny Cash, Porter Wagoner, Tex Ritter, Merle Travis, Lefty Frizzell, Eddy Arnold, Jim Reeves and many more in the Jamboree.

1947 Stone was ' become Country Department of the A & R manager of Capitol Records. In this capacity, he discovered some of the most talented country musician, the Capitol ever had to offer; among them Tennessee Ernie Ford, the Stone from 1947 to 1957 also managed, Hank Thompson and Molly Bee. With various bands Stone also played regularly even a plate. His most successful song from this period is probably the Popcorn song from 1955, reaching the number 14 in the pop charts. His first hit was in 1948 with Stone but Peepin Through The Keyhole ( Watching Jole Blon ).

As a songwriter, Stone has been involved, among others, the hits Divorce Me COD, So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed and Silver Stars, Purple Sage and Eyes of Blue. In the late 1940s and the 1950s, the entire country scene the west coast practically ran by Cliffie Stone's hands and was produced by him. He is thus one of the most important and influential people in the history of country music.

In the 1960s, Stone focused mainly on the business. His publishing company Central song was very successful and Stone had at times his own label Granite Records. He was active as a vice president of the Country Music Association in Nashville and was a founding member of the Academy of Country Music in Hollywood. In 1989, he married again in 1992 and published his first book, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Songwriting but Did not Know Who to Ask, followed by You Gotta Be Bad Before You Can Be Good, which was not published until after his death.

In recent years, Stone Stones came often on reunion concerts of the Hometown Jamboree and was director of Gene Autry's publishing company. Stone died in 1998. He was accepted into the Country Music DJ Hall of Fame in 1989 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1979. Curtis Stone's son played for some time in the band Highway 101

Discography

Singles

Chronology of singles is not verified.

Albums

All albums have been recorded for Capitol.

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