@Meeker Museum : After all, Eddie Hodges was a kid who got to work with just about everybody of major importance in the entertainment business: Sinatra, Elvis, Lucy, even Joi Lansing . . . the list just goes on and on.

@Tom Simon : They called themselves the Five Satins and recorded In The Still Of The Nite in the basement of their local church, St. Bernadette’s. It was first released on the Standord label, and later by Ember. The song entered the top forty later that year, peaking at number 24. While it was on the charts, Fred Parris was stationed in Japan with the Army.

@Jim Flora : : For one, Jordan spelled his group’s name “Tympany.” For another, the band was usually marqueed as “Louis Jordan & The Tympany Five,” implying six members; Flora depicts a quintet. Moreover, “Five” was a name, not a number, because Jordan’s outfit often included as many as nine players.

@The Delmore Brothers : The Delmore Brothers, North Alabama natives who became two of the biggest stars in country music in the 1930s, got Nashville’s highest honor on Oct. 4 when they were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

@MSN Music : A strong storyteller and good guitarist, John Henry Barbee learned music playing in various homes throughout Henning, Tennessee as a youth. He worked for a short time with John Lee Williamson (Sonny Boy Williamson I) in 1934, then began playing with Sunnyland Slim.

@CMT : While he never achieved the kind of success enjoyed by fellow bandleaders like Bob Wills or Spade Cooley, during the late ’40s and early ’50s Hank Penny ranked as one of the foremost practitioners of the Western swing sound.

@Robert Lockwood : : From Johnson, Lockwood learned chords, timing, and stage presence. By the age of fifteen, Robert was playing professionally, often with Johnson; sometimes with Johnny Shines or Rice Miller, who would soon be calling himself Sonny Boy Williamson II. They would play fish fries, juke joints, and street corners.

to be continued… probably