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    Clifford Gilpin Snyder (March 1, 1917 – January 17, 1998), professionally Cliffie Stone, was an American country singer, musician, record producer, music publisher...
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    Between 1949 and 1962, Legion Stadium overlapped as the host venue for Cliffie Stone's Hometown Jamboree and Art Laboe's "Oldies, but Goodies" concerts. These...
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  • for a Grammy Award, and was honored with the Academy of Country Music Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award. LeDoux is also the only person to participate and also...
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    Country Music Hall of Fame. In 2007, he was posthumously awarded the Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award by the Academy of Country Music. Jennings was born on...
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  • Radio Recorders Studio B in Hollywood, California, on August 8, 1946. Cliffie Stone played bass on the recording. It was first released in July 1947 by...
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    the Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award in 2016. In addition, she has won two Country Music Association awards and three American Music Awards. Rolling Stone ranked...
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    the attention of entertainer and Country Music Hall of Fame member Cliffie Stone, who hired her as a regular performer on his television show Hometown...
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    of Cliffie Stone's popular live KXLA country show Dinner Bell Roundup as a vocalist while still doing the early morning broadcast. Cliffie Stone, a part-time...
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    So Firm, So Fully Packed", written by Merle Travis, Eddie Kirk, and Cliffie Stone in 1947, is named for a Lucky Strike advertising slogan The song “Hero...
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  • Curtis Stone (son of song publisher and musician Cliffie Stone), and drummer Scott "Cactus" Moser, all three of whom were session musicians. Stone and Moser...
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  • So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed (category Songs written by Cliffie Stone)
    is a 1947 song by Merle Travis, written by Travis, Eddie Kirk, and Cliffie Stone. The song describes a woman through the use of advertising slogans....
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    September 8, 2017. Don Williams, Country's 'Gentle Giant,' Dead at 78. Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 8, 2017 Roslyn Sulcas (September 8, 2017). "Don Williams...
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    2021 Academy of Country Music Honors show on August 25 to receive the Cliffie Stone Icon Award on behalf of the group, though LeVox was not present. Additionally...
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    broadcast on Saturday nights, and hosted by Foy Willing and emceed by Cliffie Stone. In 1944, the Sunshine Girls trio appeared with Wakely in the PRC film...
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  • Academy of Country Music 1972 Top Vocal Group 1977 Top Vocal Group 2016 Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award Country Music Association 1972 Vocal Group of the Year...
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    it: "The Lurch", written by Gary S. Paxton, and "Wesley", written by Cliffie Stone and Scott Turner. He introduced the dance and performed the song "The...
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    Vocal Duo 1988 Top Vocal Duo 1989 Top Vocal Duo 1990 Top Vocal Duo 2013 Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award 1984 Horizon Award 1985 Single of the Year - "Why Not...
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    ones – "Blood Red and Goin' Down" and "Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)" followed, establishing Tucker as a major star. In 1975, she signed with...
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  • Bakersfield sound, California, in 1965. He re-signed with Capitol. Cliffie Stone, who was an A & R director with Capitol introduced Wynn to a young arranger-guitarist...
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    California. The Saturday-night stage show was hosted and produced by Cliffie Stone, who helped popularize country music in California. While in her teens...
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    of the Year with Jimmy Buffett – "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" 2018 Cliffie Stone Icon Award Billboard Music Awards 2014 Top Christian Album - "Precious...
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     37 in 2003. Judge for the 2nd annual Independent Music Awards ACM's Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award, 2012 Gospel Music Hall of Fame inductee, 2012 Bluegrass...
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  • No Vacancy (Merle Travis song) (category Songs written by Cliffie Stone)
    "No Vacancy" is a song written by Merle Travis and Cliffie Stone in 1946. The best-known version of the song is Travis' own, which reached #3 on the country...
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  • last recordings of this era were made by Tennessee Ernie Ford with Cliffie Stone and his orchestra with the guitar duo Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West....
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    1990 "I'm No Stranger to the Rain" Nominated 1992 "Brotherly Love" Video of the Year Nominated 2013 Keith Whitley Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award Awarded...
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    Academy of Country Music "Honors" ceremony, Harris was presented with the Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award. In 2015, Harris and Evelyn Glennie received Sweden's...
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    Capitol Records in 1953 as a honky-tonk singer under the guidance of Cliffie Stone, who also managed Tennessee Ernie Ford. When at Capitol, he returned...
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    29, 2006. Hawke, Ethan (April 16, 2009). "The Last Outlaw Poet". Rolling Stone. No. 1076. p. 57. Retrieved May 23, 2009. "Never a great singer, Kris Kristofferson...
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    Stapleton, Judds Reunion Added to Kenny Rogers Tribute Concert". Rolling Stone. August 9, 2017. Glassmeyer, Matt (December 21, 2017). "In Praise of Bloodline...
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  • Cliffie Stone, bass; Billy Hughes, fiddle. Oct. 25, 1944: Jack Guthrie, vocal; Porky Freeman, lead guitar; Red Murrell, rhythm guitar; Cliffie Stone,...
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