Kenneth Houchins:
The Yodeling Drifter |
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In a short caption story about Ken Houchins, published in WLS magazine Stand By! November 7 1936, the writer commented: “Listeners say his voice reminds them of Gene Autry [sic].” The audiences of the powerful Chicago station were not the first people struck by the similarity. When Gennett Records signed Houchins four years earlier, it was partly because they had lost Autry’s services the year before and needed a sound-alike of the widely popular radio and recording artist. The first song Houchins cut for them was an Autry cover, There’s A Good Gal In The Mountains, and several other Autry derived numbers appeared among the three dozen sides Houchins made for Gennett’s Champion label over the next couple of years. |
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That Yodeling Gal Of Mine
Mean Old Ball And Chain Blues
The Yodeling Drifter
The Prisoner’s Child
Little Farm House Upon The Hill
When The Golden Rods Are Waving
Little Sweetheart Pal Of Mine
I’m Just A Yodeling Rambler
The Wandering Hobos Song
Back To Old Smokey Mountain
Cowboy’s Meditation
Behind These Gray Walls
Homesick For Heaven
Down The Old Ohio River Valley
Louisiana Moon
My Silver Haired Mom
My Little Ozark Mountain Home
Blue Ridge Lullaby
The Gangster’s Brother
Ramshackled Shack On The Hill
The End Of Memory Lane
When Jimmie Rodgers Said Goodbye
Good Luck Old Pal |
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That Yodeling Gal Of Mine
Mean Old Ball And Chain Blues
The Yodeling Drifter
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| Reviews |
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HELLO,
KEN HOUCHINS IS MY WIFES UNCLE, WE HAVE HIS GUITAR, AND PHOTOS OF HIM WHEN HE WAS ON TV IN IOWA. KEN PASSED AWAY SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND IS BURIED IN COLUMBUS OHIO, BESIDE HIS WIFE GLADA
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BEAUTIFUL YODLER WITH FINE BACKING.AUTRY, CARLISLE AND RODGERS INFLUENCED BUT HIS OWN MAN. HIS CHAMPIIONS ARE REAL TREASURES AND MUCH LOVED BY 78 COLLECTORS. DESERVES BETTER THAN BEING KNOWN AS AUTRY CLONE. MAY HE REST IN PIECE. CONGRATULATION TO BACM FOR ISSUING MORE PIONEERING COUNTRY MUSIC. WHY CANT AMERICANS
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BACM - British Archive Of Country Music |
| Number |
247 |
| Subsidiary Artists: |
Slim Cox |
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