Jimmie Rodgers (penyanyi country)
James Charles Rodgers (8 September 1897 – 26 Mei 1933) adalah seorang penyanyi country Amerika pada awal abad ke-20, yang banyak dikenal karena ritmenya yang khas. Sebagai salah satu superstar dan pelopor musik country pertama, Rodgers juga dikenal sebagai "The Singing Brakeman", "The Blue Yodeler", dan "The Father of Country Music".[1]
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Nama lahir | James Charles Rodgers |
Lahir | Meridian, Mississippi, AS | 8 September 1897
Meninggal | 26 Mei 1933 New York City, Amerika Serikat | (umur 35)
Genre | Country, blues, foklor |
Pekerjaan | Penyanyi, penulis lagu, musikus |
Instrumen | Vokal, gitar akustik |
Tahun aktif | 1927–1933 |
Label | Victor |
Artis terkait | The Tenneva Ramblers, The Ramblers, Louis Armstrong, Will Rogers |
Situs web | www |
Referensi
- ^ "Jimmie Rogers Biography". Songwriters Hall of Fame. Diakses tanggal October 31, 2012.
Daftar pustaka
- Porterfield, Nolan (2007). Jimmie Rodgers: The Life and Times of America's Blue Yodeler. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 0-252-06268-X
- Porterfield, Nolan (1998). "Jimmie Rodgers". The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Paul Kinsgbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 453–455. ISBN 0-19-511671-2.
- Wolfe, Charles K., and Ted Olson (2005). The Bristol Sessions: Writings About the Big Bang of Country Music. McFarland & Co., Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-1945-6.
- Mazor, Barry (2009). Meeting Jimmie Rodgers: How America's Original Roots Music Hero Changed the Pop Sounds of a Century. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-532762-5.
Pranala luar
Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai Jimmie Rodgers (country singer).
- Situs web resmi
- Nashville Songwriters Foundation
- Hall of Fame inductee
- Neal, Jocelyn R. The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2009.
- Mazor, Barry. Meeting Jimmie Rodgers. [1] New York., Oxford University Press, 2009.
- Waiting For A Train. A stage musical celebrating the life and times of Jimmie Rodgers.
- Jimmie Rodgers (penyanyi country) di Find a Grave