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Thread #10378   Message #71587
Posted By: Rick Fielding
17-Apr-99 - 02:09 PM
Thread Name: trivia
Subject: RE: trivia
Zeroin' in Joe. "Flowers.." is keereect! As far as actual AM. "hit" recordings, The first two were "Ribbon.." by Marty Robbins, and "That's What..." by PP&M. But here's one I don't have an answer to. Did Ian and Sylvia have an actual "hit"? Believe Grossman managed Lightfoot, PP&M and Dylan. The Marty Robbins connection came from Lightfoot friend and country/pop singer George Hamilton the fourth (Abilene, and A Rose and a Baby Ruth) I'm told that a lot of country singers were trying to jump on the folk bandwagon, so they were lookin at folkie writers. The ones who did, had a lot of hits, like "Gotta Travel On" by Billy Grammer, "500 Miles" by Bobby Bare, "Little Brown Shack" (outhouse) by Billy Edd Wheeler, and of course Johnny Cash with some Dylan songs.

Still some more unanswered questions "cats". Post a few, as well.