Hometown Jamboree was an American country music

Country music

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 radio

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 and television

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 show broadcast each Saturday night by KXLA

KXLA

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 radio, Pasadena, California

Pasadena, California

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 and KTLA-TV, Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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. The show was hosted by Cliffie Stone

Cliffie Stone

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 and first held at the American Legion Stadium in El Monte, California

El Monte, California

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, and later at the Harmony Park Ballroom in Anaheim, California

Anaheim, California

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. The show was the springboard for many of country music's premier musicians including Tennessee Ernie Ford

Tennessee Ernie Ford

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, Billy Strange

Billy Strange

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, Zane Ashton (aka Bill Aken), Speedy West

Speedy West

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, and a host of others.

Hometown Jamboree premiered as a weekly TV broadcast in December 1949 over KCOP-TV in Pasadena; in 1953 it moved to KTLA-TV, where it ran until its cancellation in 1959.

Performers

Zane Ashton Molly Bee Molly Bee Molly Bee , born Mollie Gene Beachboard, was an American country music singer famous for her 1952 recording of the early perennial, "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus", and as Pinky Lee's sidekick on The Pinky Lee Show.Bee was also well known in the 1950s in Los Angeles, California as a regular on... Jane Black Jeanne Black Jeanne Black Jeanne Black was an American country singer.Black first sang on Cliffie Stone's television program, Hometown Jamboree, from 1956 to 1959. Following this, she sang in Nevada, in Las Vegas and Tahoe. She signed with Capitol Records in 1960 and released the single "He'll Have to Stay" later that year... Jimmy Bryant Jimmy Bryant Jimmy Bryant was a prominent American session guitarist. He was billed as "The Fastest Guitar in the Country".-Biography:Ivy J. Bryant, Jr. was born in Moultrie, Georgia, the oldest of 12 children... Darla Daret Tennessee Ernie Ford Tennessee Ernie Ford Ernest Jennings Ford , better known as Tennessee Ernie Ford, was an American recording artist and television host who enjoyed success in the country and Western, pop, and gospel musical genres... Dallas Frazier Dallas Frazier Dallas Frazier is an American country musician and songwriter who had success in the 1950s and 60s.-Biography:Frazier was born in Spiro, Oklahoma but was raised in Bakersfield, California... Gary Goodwin Roy Harte Harold Hensley Cousin Herb Hanson Herman the Hermit Johnny Horton Johnny Horton John Gale "Johnny" Horton was an American country music and rockabilly singer most famous for his semi-folk, so-called "saga songs" which began the "historical ballad" craze of the late 1950s and early 1960s... Zane Ashton Billy Hill Ferlin Husky Ferlin Husky Ferlin Eugene Husky was an early American country music singer who was equally adept at the genres of traditional honky honk, ballads, spoken recitations, and rockabilly pop tunes... Eddie Kirk Judy Kirk Rose Lee Sam Leichter Billy Liebert Leon McAfee

Skeets McDonald Skeets McDonald Enos William McDonald , better known as Skeets McDonald, was an American country and rockabilly musician popular during the 1950s and 60s... Joe Maphis Joe Maphis Joe Maphis, born Otis W. Maphis , was an American country music guitarist. He married singer Rose Lee Maphis in 1948.... Ray Merrill Deacon Moore Merrill More Joanie O'Brien Joan O'Brien Joan O'Brien is an American actress and singer. She made a name for herself acting in television shows in the 1950's and 1960's, and as a film co-star with Cary Grant, Elvis Presley, John Wayne and Jerry Lewis.... Gene O'Quin Gene O'Quin Gene O'Quin was a Texas, United States, born honky tonk singer. He was born in Dallas on September 9, 1932He had hits during the 1950s.-External links:*... Paul Paret Jimmy Pruett Harry Rodcay Al Ryfle Tommy Sands Tommy Sands Tommy Adrian Sands is an American pop music singer and actor.-Early life:Born into a musical family in Chicago, Illinois, Sands' father was a pianist and his mother a big-band singer. While still young, he moved with his family to Shreveport, Louisiana... Carl Saunders Carl Saunders Carl Saunders, born , is a jazz trumpeter, composer and educator who worked with Stan Kenton, Buddy Rich, Bill Holman and Clare Fischer. Trombone player Carl Fontana once called Saunders "the best trumpet player you've never heard."- Origins :... John Stokes Cliffie Stone Cliffie Stone Cliffie Stone , born Clifford Gilpin Snyder, was an American country singer, musician, record producer, music publisher, and radio and TV personality who was pivotal in the development of California’s thriving country music scene after World War II during a career that lasted six decades... Billy Strange Billy Strange William E. "Billy" Strange is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and actor.-Recordings and songwriting:... Les Taylor Buckie Tibbs Larry Tice Merle Travis Merle Travis Merle Robert Travis was an American country and western singer, songwriter, and musician born in Rosewood, Kentucky. His lyrics often discussed the life and exploitation of coal miners. Among his many well-known songs are "Sixteen Tons", "Re-Enlistment Blues" and "Dark as a Dungeon"... Speedy West Speedy West Wesley Webb West , better known as Speedy West, was an American pedal steel guitarist and record producer. He frequently played with Jimmy Bryant, both in their own duo and as part of the regular Capitol Records backing band for Tennessee Ernie Ford and many others... Al Williams