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Wednesday, 19 May 2010

COVERED WAGON RECORDS


Knoxville. Tennessee

COVERED WAGON 100-1 (No Information)


COVERED WAGON 100-2
CHUCK ROGERS AND HIS TENNESSEE CHECKER PLAYERS
Tennessee Baby (A) (deadwax CW 102.A)
(Chuck Rogers) (Smoky Mt. Music. BMI)
I Trusted Blue Eyes Too Long (B) (deadwax CW 102.B)
(C. Rogers – L. Mann) (Lous Music. BMI)

BILLBOARD Reported (2nd July 1949) that Chuck Rogers owned the COVERED WAGON label, he was also the A&R man for the Knoxville based DIXIE label (Billboard info from Dick Grant)


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3 comments:

  1. Kevin20 May 2010 at 00:21

    These recordings were recorded and pressed for Rogers by King Records. He used Boots Woodall's band on the session. I assume it dates from late 1947, around the time Boots & his group backed Hawkshaw Hawkins on "Doughouse Boogie", etc. THe band includes Woodall on steel, Junebug Thomas on guitar and Ruel Parker on fiddle. Rogers had earlier worked for Big Jeff Bess in Nashville and he later worked in Texas, too. Chuck Rogers was a pseudonym -- I have his real name somewhere. Rogers wrote one side of Ray Price's debut release on Bullet in 1950.

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  2. Mac McDivitt21 May 2010 at 19:11

    His real name was Ross Arwood. He performed as Tennessee Slim early in his career but must have changed to Chuck Rogers when country music became overrun with Tennessee Slims. He spent some time in Dayton, Ohio as a DJ and performer and had somewhat of a
    local hit with "Tied Down" which he wrote and recorded on his own Frolic label. There
    were at least 5 releases on Frolic with 2 of them showing Dayton addresses and one showing a Knoxville address. "Tied Down" was recorded by Roy Acuff on Capitol.

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  3. Johan24 July 2012 at 14:40

    November 1948 or earlier – Chuck Rogers & His Tennessee Checker Players
    DARLIN’, YOU CAN’T HURT ME ANYMORE COVERED WAGON 100-1
    YOU’RE A LITTLE TOO LATE COVERED WAGON 100-1
    Title of B is “You’re Too Careless Now” according to Bb November 27, 1948.
    (Billboard mention November 27, 1948, advance June 18, mention July 2, 1949)

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