Saturday, April 27, 2013

George Jones R.I.P

Country singer George Jones died yesterday at 81. He lived a hard life with alcohol , drugs, multiple divorces and a beautiful, rich voice. He was among my favorites, and I remember seeing him perform in Nashville. Our phonograph record list shows this album as #300. That is as far as our index goes. We have bought records since but quit listing them in our index. Technology has made records like these obsolete. When we moved to Arlington, VA, back in 1962, we had "Stranger on the Shore", a portable record player and maybe as many as 12 records. We added to our collection as time went on and our income increased. By the mid-Seventies our collection had grown to where we started a numbering system. It was done chronologically by date purchased. After getting a computer, we were able to take our  chronological file and print out listings by category and by Artist. We have 63 albums listed in "Country Western", 36 under Polkas, within the 300 numbered. Jones' greatest hit, "He Stopped Loving Her Today", came out after we quit buying very many records.  Country Music Television listed the top 100 Country songs back in 2003. Tammy Wynette's "Stand by Your Man" was number #1 and Jonse's "He Stopped Loving Her Today" as #2. I listened to it today on Pandora Radio, it's still a great song and George's voice was perfect for the message.

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