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Charles James "Jimmie" Rodgers was born on September 8, 1897. [2] His place of birth is disputed: Meridian—which Rodgers often called his home town [3] —is most often listed in records, while Rodgers would later sign a document that named Geiger, Alabama. [4]
Sep 6, 2024 · Jimmie Rodgers (born September 8, 1897, Pine Springs Community, near Meridian, Mississippi, U.S.—died May 26, 1933, New York, New York) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist, one of the principal figures in the emergence of the country and western style of popular music.
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James Frederick Rodgers (September 18, 1933 – January 18, 2021) was an American pop singer. Rodgers had a run of hits and mainstream popularity in the 1950s and 1960s. His string of crossover singles ranked highly on the Billboard Pop Singles, Hot Country and Western Sides, and Hot Rhythm and Blues Sides charts; in the 1960s, Rodgers had more ...
Jimmie Rodgers, known professionally as the “Singing Brakeman” and “America’s Blue Yodeler,” was in the first class of inductees honored by the Country Music Hall of Fame and is widely known as “The Father of Country Music.”
Jun 12, 2024 · James Charles Rodgers (September 8, 1897 – May 26, 1933) was an American singer-songwriter and musician born in Meridian, Mississippi, who rose to popularity in the late 1920s. Widely regarded as the "Father of Country Music", he is best known for his distinctive yodeling.
Jan 22, 2021 · James Frederick Rodgers was born on Sept. 18, 1933, in Camas, Wash., in the southwest part of the state. (Four months earlier, a more famous Jimmie Rodgers, the singer known as the father...
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James Charles Rodgers was born on September 8, 1897, in Meridian, Mississippi, the youngest of three sons. His mother died when he was very young, and Rodgers spent the next few years living with various relatives in southeast Mississippi and southwest Alabama.
