Posted on 12/06/2021 1:47:10 PM PST by Kevin in California
This song brought back memories from Jimmie Rodgers who was a legend. I believe he passed earlier this year if I'm not mistaken. RIP Jimmie.
https://youtu.be/WaYGfPgb198
Jimmie Rodgers died from tuberculosis in 1933.
James Frederick “Jimmie” Rodgers (September 18, 1933 – January 18, 2021) is not directly related to the earlier country singer Jimmie C. Rodgers (1897–1933), who died the same year the younger Rodgers was born.
Thanx for sharing.
Right in the face of today's narcissistic woke culture!
So glad you posted this. I remember the refrain but was never aware of the rest of the lyrics.
Oh, okay. Thanks. I hadn’t realized there was a second one!
Honeycomb, Bimbombay, Kisses Sweeter than Wine, etc. He suffered from a rare voice condition that ended his singing career.
There was another Jimmy rodgers. The one who sang honeycomb in the sixties. The original was the yodels brakeman
Timeless
I loved Jimmie Rodgers. I loved Kisses Sweeter Than Wine. He was a great singer. Didn’t he have a head injury during a robbery or something? I forget. RIP Jimmie
One good thing about YouTube is having access to music that you could never experience on local radio stations or music stores and it’s all free.
A few years ago I stumbled across a woman named Sister Rosetta Tharp. She was playing rock and roll sounding guitar music in the 1940s.
Was the theme song for Post Honeycomb cereal when I was a lad.
I love Youtube for that reason, despite its becoming more woke and ad-ridden in recent years. On Youtube, I've found many songs that I had been trying to find for decades as well as hundreds of songs on that I didn't know existed but that I now like.
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Sister Rosetta Tharp was amazing! We also discovered her through youtube.
Youtube is extremely annoying, but I guess I do owe them some credit.
Jimmie Rodgers, Singer of ‘Honeycomb’ and Other Hits, Dies (Kisses Sweet Than Wine)
ABC News ^ | January 23, 2021
Posted on 1/25/2021, 7:50:12 PM by nickcarraway
The singer who recorded the hits “Honeycomb,” “Kisses Sweet Than Wine” and many other popular songs during the 1950s and 60s has died
Jimmie Rodgers, singer of the 1957 hits “Honeycomb” and “Kisses Sweeter Than Wine” whose career in music and movies was disrupted by a severe head injury a decade later, has died at age 87.
Rodgers died from kidney disease on Jan. 18 in Palm Desert, California, and had also tested positive for COVID-19, publicist Alan Eichler said Saturday, citing family.
Rodgers performed for $10 a night around Nashville while stationed there with the U.S. Air Force after the Korean War. He appeared on a talent show and got an audition with Roulette Records, which signed him after hearing him perform “Honeycomb,” a song by Bob Merrill.
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He even cut a couple of songs about his battle with tuberculosis.
TB Blues (1931)
Whipping That Old TB (1932)
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