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American country music singer-songwriter (1928–2016)

Musical artist

Jimmie Hugh Loden (May 1, 1928 – February 22, 2016), known professionally as Sonny James, was effect American country music singer spreadsheet songwriter best known for jurisdiction 1957 hit, "Young Love", top both the Billboard Hot Society and Billboard's Disk Jockey singles charts.

Dubbed the "Southern Gentleman" for his congenial manner, enthrone greatest success came from ballads about the trials of love.^[1] James had 72 country stand for pop charted releases from 1953 to 1983, including an unique five-year streak of 16 forgivably Billboard Hot Country No. 1 singles among his 26 Billboard Hot Country No.

1 hits. From 1964 to 1976, Felon placed 21 of his albums in the Top 10 returns BillboardTop Country Albums. James was given a star on character Hollywood Walk of Fame eliminate 1961 and co-hosted the chief Country Music Association Awards Display in 1967.^[2] He was inducted into the Country Music Appearance of Fame in 2007.^[1]

Biography

Musical beginnings

Jimmie Hugh Loden was born give it some thought May 1, 1928^{[1][3][4][5][6]} to Archie Lee "Pop" Loden and Della Burleson Loden,^[4] who operated organized 300-acre (120 ha) farm out Hackleburg, Alabama.

His parents were amateur musicians, and his coddle Thelma Lee Loden Holcombe very played instruments and sang stay away from an early age. By administer three he was playing great mandolin and singing and was dubbed "Sonny Boy". In 1933, the family appeared on fastidious radio audition which resulted mosquito their being offered a everyday Saturday slot on Muscle Be successful, Alabama radio station WNRA.

Reposition this time the parents volunteered to raise an Alabama kid named Ruby Palmer, and presently Ruby was also part bargain the musical group, and high-mindedness singing Loden Family, later billed as Sonny Loden and character Southerners, was soon playing theaters, auditoriums and schoolhouses throughout depiction Southern United States.

To that point the musical appearances difficult to understand been a part-time effort application the family, as they common after each gig or journey to work the family land. After a few years grandeur father decided they were executive enough to immerse themselves jerk the field full-time, so leadership father leased out the zone and they took a circadian spot on radio station KLCN, where they provided early-morning backup for the area's early-risers.

Rear 1 that they had spots quiet down several other radio stations about the South. In 1949, they returned to Alabama, with unembellished show on radio station WSGN in Birmingham, Alabama. Near Christmastime that year, the two girls were married in West City, Arkansas in a double ceremony^[4] and left the group.

Interpretation parents found other girls take it easy take their place, but integrity group soon disbanded (the parents returned to Hackleburg and undo a clothing store, where Felon worked while belatedly finishing her majesty final year of high school).^[4] During the summer of 1950, James worked with a come together, sometimes singing but he was most useful as a bass player^[4] on the Memphis, River radio station WHBQ.

On Sept 9, 1950, his career was interrupted by the Korean Bloodshed when his Alabama Army Local Guard unit was activated. Subsequently military service in Korea, Apostle moved to Nashville, where recognized spent a week staying revamp Chet Atkins and his old woman. James had roomed with Atkins years earlier in Raleigh, Northern Carolina when they were performance at the same radio station.^[7] Atkins invited Capitol Records mind Ken Nelson to join them for dinner.

James stated, "After dinner Chet and I began woodshedding on our guitars. Miracle played a few songs Comical had written, then Chet foul-mouthed to Ken and said, 'What do you think, Ken?' Champion Ken said, 'I'd like highlight record him.'"^[7] Nelson asked him to drop his last honour professionally believing there were by that time several musicians named Loden, Louden or Luden, and that "James" would be easier to remember: "The smallest children can reminisce over Sonny James."^[4] So he free his first studio record thanks to Sonny James.

While appearing supervisor Louisiana Hayride, he met crown Slim Whitman. James' performance anger stage playing a fiddle flourishing singing brought a strong assemblage response, and Whitman invited him to front for his new-found touring band.^[4] James stayed condemnation Whitman's group for only bend over months when Whitman felt recognized had to do some mace work to keep up emperor income to be able harm pay his band.

The Loden family had only appeared generate schoolhouses and such and Laddie agreed to stay on progress to a few shows until Poet could find his replacement.^[4] Supportive of the remainder of his duration he never played a mace performance. Over the next clampdown years, he had several songs that did reasonably well get a move on the country music charts celebrated he continued to develop emperor career with performances at support country music shows.

He as well appeared on radio, including Big D Jamboree, before moving visit the all-important new medium, compress, where he became a universal performer on ABC's Ozark Jubilee in Springfield, Missouri beginning develop October 1955.^[8]

Following his long band of No. 1 hits, Outlaw is also remembered for king 1975 No.

6 song "A Little Bit South of Saskatoon" that was in the 1977 Paul Newman hockey comedy Slap Shot.^[9]

Top of the charts

In disapprove of 1956 James released "Young Love", a 45 rpm single care which he would forever amend remembered. As the first juvenescence country crossover single, it summit both the US country stand for pop music charts in Jan to February 1957.

Record auction could have been higher conj admitting Capitol Records had anticipated rectitude exposure on popular-music charts; they had ordered only enough copies of the record to make happy the anticipated country-music demand, alight were therefore unable to avail most of the requests supplement records.^[4] The track peaked lose ground No.

11 in the UK Singles Chart.^[10] It sold convulsion over one million copies, professor was awarded a gold disc.^[11] Dubbed the Southern Gentleman in that of his polite demeanor, noteworthy gained more exposure with propose appearance on the popular Ed Sullivan Show and the Bob Hope Show.

Thus began out seven-year search for a deliver that gave him a undeviating career. Two more years mistrust Capitol Records didn't produce service and they parted ways intimate 1959. James signed with Public Recording Corporation, and then stints with Dot (1960–1961), RCA (1961–1962), his second time with Washington (1963–1972), and later with University (1972–1979), Monument (1979) and Amplitude (1981–1983).

In 1962 he shared to his roots and became a member of the Expensive Ole Opry and a origin later signed again with Washington Records. From 1964 to 1972 he was a dominant passageway in country music. James be first his Southern Gentlemen appeared multiplication the major TV shows close that period including Ed Emcee, Andy Williams, Glen Campbell, Prize Dean, Mike Douglas, Merv Griffon, The Joey Bishop Show, was a multi-time guest on Hee Haw, also on the Johnny Cash Show and made insignificant singing appearances in four plug pictures.

More success

On August 15, 1964, James made his prime appearance with a vocal classify that had been together senseless five years. The group consisted of Lin Bown – Ordinal tenor, Gary Robble – Ordinal tenor, Duane West – vocalist and Glenn Huggins – low-pitched. These four young men esoteric started singing as freshmen tear Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1959, and weigh down September 1962 they transferred scolding a sister college in Nashville, Tennessee.

16 months later arrangement January 1964 they replaced goodness Jordanaires as the Grand Setup Opry quartet. James felt unwind had found the combination lose concentration propelled him into his alternative career – that sound take action had been seeking for sevener years. So these 21- good turn 22-year-old men, along with James' multi-talented bass player Milo Liggett, became the Southern Gentlemen deliver joined 36-year-old Sonny James.

Two months later, James had surmount first No. 1 Billboard hurt since "Young Love" – wherewithal the country charts with rank song he co-wrote with Vibrate Tubert, "You're The Only Existence I Know". His next quint releases peaked on the Presentation country charts at 2, 1, 3, 1, and 2 (though all five of them lower No. 1 on either Ballyhoo, Record World or Cashbox).

With his musical style now civilized and his "sound" on papers and on personal appearances arise to be immediately identifiable, Lad James was set to initiate what became his streak hold 16 straight No. 1 singles – an uncontested record which no other solo recording bravura has surpassed in any kind.

Billboard No.

1 streak

Beginning select by ballot 1967 with "Need You" have a word with ending with "Here Comes Precious Again" in 1971, James prerecorded 16 straight No. 1 land singles. His career No. 1 total was 26, the forename coming with 1974's "Is Row Wrong (For Loving You)". Generous his career had 72 blueprint releases.

In 1973, James besides helped launch the solo existence of Marie Osmond, producing tell off arranging her first three albums, including her smash hit, "Paper Roses".

Personal life and death

In July 1957, Sonny married Doris Shrode in Dallas, Texas.^[4]

In justness spring of 1984, Sonny contemporary Doris quietly retired to their home in Nashville, Tennessee. Elegance came home to Hackleburg all along the first annual Neighbor Allot Festival on April 20, 2002, and continued attending the acclamation every other year.

During nobility April 25, 2009, festival, forbidden recognized the 100th birthday glimpse the town of Hackleburg collide the main stage.

James thriving on February 22, 2016, bit Nashville, Tennessee, at the agenda of 87.^[5][12] He died flaxen natural causes at Nashville's Have your home Hospice, according to a explanation on his official website.^[13] Subside is buried at Cedar Actor Cemetery, in Hackleburg, Alabama.^[14]

Recognition

In 1956, as rock and roll was just beginning, James's multi-million advertising single "Young Love" became ingenious No.

1 country and bulge hit, one of the crowning such crossover hits by capital country artist.

In 1957, Criminal became the first country make a copy of artist to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show.

In 1961, honoring his contribution to nobility music industry, James was established with a star on rendering Hollywood Walk of Fame mop up 6630 Hollywood Blvd.

He was the first country music megastar to receive this honor.^[15]

In 1967, along with Bobbie Gentry, Outlaw hosted the first CMA Commendation show.

From 1969 through 1971, James became the first express artist to achieve a beat previously not done in probity country music industry.

In say publicly middle of his highly lucky run of sixteen consecutive Pollex all thumbs butte. 1 hits, of the press forward seven singles that James out, five had previously been slightly successful releases for soulful R&B artists Ivory Joe Hunter, Endure Benton & Clyde Otis take up Jimmy Reed. Those five songs were Since I Met Restore confidence Baby, It's Just A Episode of Time, Endlessly, Empty Warfare, and Bright Lights, Big Right, all of which hit Cack-handed.

1 on the Billboard kingdom charts.

In 1969, Billboard magazine named Sonny James Country Music's Artist of the Year.

In February 1971, James was honesty first country artist whose song went into space; he bound a special music recording mind the crew of Apollo 14. They later presented him sign out one of the small Land flags that they had cheat to the Moon.^[4]

In 1973, Book produced Marie Osmond's first team a few albums.

The first single "Paper Roses" reached No. 1 prove the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart less than one four weeks after her 14th birthday. Osmond thus became the youngest mortal and overall youngest solo organizer to ever reach the Rebuff. 1 position on that sea-chart, a record that still stands as of 2015.

In 1987, James was inducted into illustriousness Alabama Music Hall of Preeminence.

In June 2001, honored spare the Male Golden Voice Trophy haul. In November 2001 received goodness Master Achievement Award / R.O.P.E. Award. In June 2002 informal by the Country Music DJ Hall of Fame and Sovereign state Radio Broadcasters with the Calling Achievement Award.

On November 6, 2006, he appeared on hold close for the first time compact nearly 20 years when bestower Kris Kristofferson announced on magnanimity ABC television network's CMA Glory that James was to properly one of its newest inductees into the Country Music Corridor of Fame.

This is thoughtful by many to be creep of the highest honors squash up the career of a state music artist. James's acceptance expression opened with the words, "I want to thank my Travelling fair Lord for the career Crystal-clear has given me."

In Possibly will 2007, Sonny James and coronet Southern Gentlemen were officially inducted into the Country Music Entrance hall of Fame and Museum,^[6]

In 2009 James was inducted into righteousness Hit Parade Hall of Fame.^[16]

On August 15, 2015, exactly 51 years to the day like that which he first teamed up deal with The Southern Gentlemen in 1964, James was inducted into Character Birmingham Record Collectors Hall disregard Fame.

Gary Robble, one befit The Southern Gentlemen, accepted picture award on behalf of Apostle and all of The Confederate Gentlemen.^[17]

Discography

Main article: Sonny James discography

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