James Charles Rodgers (8 September 1897 – 26 Mei 1933) adalah seorang penyanyi country Amerika pada awal abad ke-20, yang banyak dikenal karena ritmenya yang khas. Sebagai salah satu superstar dan pelopor musik country pertama, Rodgers juga dikenal sebagai "The Singing Brakeman", "The Blue Yodeler", dan "The Father of Country Music".
Jimmie Rodgers | |
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| Nama lahir | James Charles Rodgers |
| Lahir | 8 September 1897 Meridian, Mississippi, AS |
| Meninggal | 26 Mei 1933 (umur 35) New York City, Amerika Serikat |
| Genre | Country, blues, foklor |
| Pekerjaan | Penyanyi, penulis lagu, musikus |
| Instrumen | Vokal, gitar akustik |
| Tahun aktif | 1927–1933 |
| Label | Victor |
| Artis terkait | The Tenneva Ramblers, The Ramblers, Louis Armstrong, Will Rogers |
| Situs web | www |
Referensi Sunting
- . Songwriters Hall of Fame. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2013-02-18. Diakses tanggal October 31, 2012.
Daftar pustaka Sunting
- Porterfield, Nolan (2007). Jimmie Rodgers: The Life and Times of America's Blue Yodeler. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 0-252-06268-X
- Porterfield, Nolan (1998). "Jimmie Rodgers". The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Paul Kinsgbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 453–455. ISBN 0-19-511671-2.
- Wolfe, Charles K., and Ted Olson (2005). The Bristol Sessions: Writings About the Big Bang of Country Music. McFarland & Co., Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-1945-6.
- Mazor, Barry (2009). Meeting Jimmie Rodgers: How America's Original Roots Music Hero Changed the Pop Sounds of a Century. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-532762-5.
Pranala luar Sunting
Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai Jimmie Rodgers (country singer).
- Situs web resmi
- Nashville Songwriters Foundation 2006-09-07 di Wayback Machine.
- Hall of Fame inductee 2017-08-03 di Wayback Machine.
- Neal, Jocelyn R. The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2009.
- Mazor, Barry. Meeting Jimmie Rodgers. [1] 2011-06-29 di Wayback Machine. New York., Oxford University Press, 2009.
- Waiting For A Train. A stage musical celebrating the life and times of Jimmie Rodgers.
- Jimmie Rodgers (penyanyi country) di Find a Grave