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His brass plaque in the Country Music Hall of Fame reads, "Jimmie Rodgers' name stands foremost in the country music field as the man who started it all." This is a fair assessment. The "Singing Brakeman" and the "Mississippi Blue Yodeler," whose six-year career was cut short by tuberculosis, became the first nationally known star of country music and the direct influence of many ...more

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  • Brakeman's Blues (Yodeling the Blues Away)
  • Frankie and Johnny
  • Waiting for a Train
  • My Time Ain't Long
  • In the Jailhouse Now
  • Roll Along, Kentucky Moon
  • My Good Gal's Gone Blues
  • When the Cactus Is in Bloom

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  • Jimmie Rodgers (1927-1933)

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