KENNY ROBERTS LP 1968 AUTOGRAPHED Hillbilly Yodeler Singing Sensation

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Record: Very Good (VG) looks and plays pleasant VG Cover: Very Good (VG) Labels: some age spots but no writing or stickers Kenny Roberts Country Music Singing Sensation 1968 United States Starday Records SLP 434 12" 33 RPM Vinyl LP SB-59586

Kenny Roberts
Country Music Singing Sensation

 1968 United States Starday Records 12" LP Vinyl Record

Hard to Find, Autographed on back with inscription

Condition
Vinyl: Very Good (VG) looks and plays pleasant VG
Sleeve: Very Good (VG) handling with a scratch at front upper left, heavy edgewear especially spine, small split at upper opening side

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Kenny Roberts ‎– Country Music Singing Sensation Label: Starday Records ‎– SLP 434, Starday Records ‎– S-SLP-434 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: US Released: 1968 Genre: Folk, World, & Country Style: Country Tracklist Hide Credits A1 Cattle Call Written-By – Owens* 2:41 A2 The Bottle Holds The Man Written-By – Warren Robb 2:25 A3 Seasons Of My Heart Written-By – Darrell Edwards, G. Jones* 2:40 A4 Con Man Written-By – Shirl Milete 2:26 A5 Fugitive Of Love Written-By – Warren Robb 2:42 A6 Country Music Singing Sensation Written-By – Dexter Shaffer, Wm. Ellis* 2:35 B1 What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made A Loser Out Of Me) Written-By – Glenn Sutton 2:29 B2 Artificial Flowers Written-By – Warren Robb 2:26 B3 Gonna Whistle Me A Tune Written-By – Leon Grissom 2:11 B4 There's A Bluebird On My Windowsill Written-By – Elizabeth Clarke (2) 1:57 B5 You Left Too Much Written-By – Bud Cutright 2:05 B6 Memory Tree Written-By – Warren Robb 2:38 Credits Liner Notes – Quentin "Reed" Welty* Photography By, Design [Cover] – Dan Quest Art Studio Producer – Don Pierce (2)

KENNY ROBERTS LP 1968 AUTOGRAPHED Hillbilly Yodeler Singing Sensation Kenny Roberts (14 October 1926 – 29 April 2012)[1] was an American country music singer. He was born George S. Kingsbury Jr. in Lenoir City, Tennessee,[1] but raised on a farm outside of Greenfield, Massachusetts. He is best known for his recordings of "I Never See Maggie Alone" and "Choc'late Ice Cream Cone", and was a member of The Down Homers with Bill Haley.[1][2] Life and career He started in music at the age of 11, when he organized a band consisting entirely of young harmonica players. Later, he learned to play guitar and then bass fiddle and violin. He was inspired by Yodeling Slim Clark (with whom he performed along with the Red River Rangers from Athol, Massachusetts), as well as by Jimmie Rodgers and other singing cowboys and was known as a blue yodeler. Roberts at age 17 won a New Hampshire radio contest to be chosen as "Eastern States Yodeling Champion" in 1944. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in early 1945, then moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana, after World War II ended. He performed on several shows on radio station KMOX in St. Louis, Missouri, as well as the CBS Saturday morning show "Barnyard Frolics." then organized and led a Pennsylvania-based western swing band called the Down Homers, recording for Vogue Records. Rock and roll pioneer Bill Haley joined the band in 1946 as a guitarist and yodeler replacing Roberts who had joined the Navy. Before departing, Roberts taught Haley some of his yodels. When Roberts returned from service, he resumed his spot with the Down Homers relieving Haley.[3] In the early 2000s, a set of 1946 radio recordings by the Down Homers were discovered and Haley is named and performs the solo number "She Taught Me to Yodel." Roberts signed a recording contract with Coral Records in 1949, a division of Decca. His first release "I Never See Maggie Alone" was an immediate hit.[4] It sold a million copies.[5] He followed with other hits including "River of Tears," "I've Got the Blues," "Yodel Polka," "She Taught Me to Yodel," and "Hillbilly Style." He soon began to jump while yodeling and became popular with youngsters thanks to the jumping, yodeling and his cowboy tunes. He starred in a children's TV show in 1953, performing in Cincinnati on WLW-TV. He performed on Arthur Godfrey's CBS network talent program. Roberts played at the Hoosier Hop in Fort Wayne, as well as the WCOP Hayloft Jamboree. He later performed on the Midwestern Hayride during the 1950s from Cincinnati. He became a regional star through television shows in Dayton, Ohio, and Indianapolis, Indiana. He began a daily cartoon show on WNEM TV-5 in Saginaw, Michigan, in 1961, as "The Kenny Roberts Show" where he was known as "The Yodeling Cowboy",[1] or (according to at least one former child guest[6]) "The Jumping Cowboy". The popular black-and-white show featured Roberts singing and playing guitar as he hosted children in the studio, and presented cartoons. His best known locally performed songs were "Cheer Up, (Things Could Be Worse)" and the poignant Hank Williams tribute song "Sing Me A Hurtin' Song" (A/B of a 45 record on Bethlehem Records[7]). The program stayed on the air for about five years. Roberts moved back to Dayton in the early 1970s, and later, moved back to Massachusetts. He played concerts in the region, and released on album for Palomino around 1980, followed by Longhorn's "Then and Now," which combined historical cuts with new recordings. Though essentially retired, he continued to give concerts around the Northeast throughout the decade. Roberts died in April 2012 in Athol, Massachusetts, aged 85.[1]     Kenny Roberts Country Music Singing Sensation 1968 United States Starday Records SLP 434 12" LP Cover: Very Good (VG) handling with a scratch at front upper left, heavy edgewear especially spine, small split at upper opening side Record: Very Good (VG) looks and plays pleasant VG Labels: some age spots but no writing or stickers  SB-59586

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