Product Details

• Directors: Gina Neville
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• VHS Release Date: January 1, 1986
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• ASIN: 0781508363
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #428,341 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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"A moving, powerful video biography of a small man with a big voice. Highly Recommended."

Product Description

A former railroad man, slightly built, with a gentle tenor voice and a powerful “blue yodel,” Jimmie Rodgers was country music’s first bona fide superstar whose songs spoke to common people everywhere. At the height of his fame, during the Great Depression, he sold more than 20 million records. Although his career was cut short by his tragic death at the age of 36, Jimmie Rodgers’ music has inspired succeeding country singers such as Gene Autry, Hank Snow and Ernest Tubb. This video biography traces Rodgers back to his humble beginnings, chronicles the highlights of his career, and shows how his musical legacy is still celebrated today by legions of fans. Featuring the warm personal reminiscences of Rodgers’ family, friends, and colleagues, the video also includes such great Jimmie Rodgers’ hits as “T for Texas” and “My Rough and Rowdy Ways” performed by Van Williams, plus “The Ballad of Jimmie Rodgers” and “The Day Jimmie Rodgers Said Goodbye” performed by Gary Williams. The first member of The Country Music Hall of Fame, Jimmie Rodgers is today recognized as “The Father of Country Music.”

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