For June Webb CDs detail, audio clips, and purchase options Click Here
Click Here to continue Accidents >>>
>> Patsy Cine continued: was a hindrance ... inferior material to record, which led to four straight flops, as well as being swindled out of earnings. Finally, in 1957 Patsy was on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scout Show ... was a hindrance ... inferior material to record, which led to four straight flops, as well as being swindled out of earnings. Finally, in 1957 Patsy was on Authur Godfrey's Talent Scout Show ... which led to her first hit Walkin’ After Midnight reaching #2 on the Country Chart and #12 on the Pop Chart. However, with no follow-up hit, once again the career faded causing Patsy to go into semi-retirement. By 1958 she hired manager Randy Huges, who attempted to revive her career with $50 one-night gigs. Ah-ha, by 1960 things began to pop, music guru Owen Bradley had her record hit after hit even though it is reported she did not like the sound. I Fall To Pieces 1960, Crazy 1960, She’s Got You 1961 and on and on. The rest, as they say, Folks, is history. Side note: It has been mentioned before, Miss June and Patsy were dear friends. When on the road together they did the normal things girls of the time did such as shopping and movies while at night they enjoyed singing each other's songs during shows. Let’s add a nice video ... Patsy and Bobby Lord in 1962 singing Remember Me, I’m The One Who Loves You. Why not throw in a 45rpm that received considerably less airtime ... You Took Him Off My Hands in '63
Radio Station button links to Real Traditional Country Music streaming online
Mini Bio: Born Lloyd Estel Copas but universally known as Cowboy Copas. Why Cowboy? Glad you asked. Legend has it that in 1929, singer, guitarist and fiddler Lloyd Copas teamed up for gigs with a local fiddler named Lester Storer ... Lester went by Natchee the Indian. One night at a show Natchee the Indian performed first and then Lloyd. When Lloyd walked out onto the stage wearing his 10-gallon Cowboy Hat and carrying his guitar... a fan shouted from the audience, “Now let’s see what you can do Cowboy" ... the moniker stuck. Cowboy was a typical Honky Tonk singer that did gigs and played on radio stations around Ohio. In 1940 he moved to Knoxville, Tennessee and formed a band. After three years of hitting the road, Cowboy got a big break ... he replaced Eddy Arnold as the vocalist for Pee Wee King's
Golden West Cowboys on WSM radio in Nashville and the Grand Ole Opry. In 1946 he signed with King Records, his first hit was Filipino Baby ... #4 on the Country Chart. During the 1940s his songs were frequent visitors to the top 10 with Tennessee Waltz [#3], Signed, Seal and Delivered [#2] Tennessee Moon [#7] and Candy Kisses 1948 [#5] ... others charted as well. Uh oh, after 1952 Cowboy's popularity flame went out for the next eight years. In !960 Cowboy signed with the Starday label and out-popped his career hit ... Alabam [video] ... #1 for a whopping three months! Following that smash it, Cowboy was back on the charts in the early ‘60s until the plane crash on March 5, 1963. Cowboy Copas' last single, Goodbye Kisses, my favorite Cowboy song, reached #12 in April of ’63, a month after his death. In addition to the aforementioned chart hits, Cowboy had other fine songs ... for example, Are You Honest in 1947
Stars Who Died In Tragic Accidents [TA] Continued
Cowboy Copas
[click to enlarge photo]
Notes: 1. Click on ANY TEXT in BLUE ... it is a link to a SONG, VIDEO, PHOTO or INFO 2. Click on each photo to enlarge unless otherwise noted 3. If a video does not load, try refreshing the page
Cowboy Copas <> July 15, 1913 – March 5, 1963 <> Plane Crash
