Slim Rhodes
Slim Rhodes (born April 27, 1912 in Pocahontas , Arkansas as Ethmer Cletus Rhodes , † March 10, 1966 ) was an American country and rockabilly singer who had his own television show with his band, The Mountaineers .
Life
Slim Rhodes started his musical career with his brothers Dusty and Speck with the formation of their band Slim Rhodes and his Mountaineers in 1932. Formed as a high school band, they appeared regularly on the WMC radio station in Memphis , Tennessee in 1946 . In 1953, Rhodes and his band got their own TV show on KATV in Pine Bluff , Arkansas . Brad Suggs , who made records with Meteor Records and later with Phillips International himself, was also a member of the band . In early 1955 he signed a record deal with Sun Records in Memphis. His recordings there were a mix of country and rockabilly, which can be heard very well on Do What I Do. In late 1956, his contract with Sun Records ran out. Between 1955 and 1957, Rhodes frequently took part in Sun tours of the southern states , with which he traveled for months through the country.
Rhodes TV show was canceled in the mid-1960s, as were his radio shows.
Discography
year | title | Label # | |||
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1951 | Save A Little Love For Me / Skunk Hollow Boogie | Gilt-Edge 5015 | |||
1951 | Sixty Days / Memphis Bounce | Gilt-Edge 5026 | |||
1951 | Time Marches On / Hot Foot Rag | Gilt-Edge 5034 | |||
1951 | Red, White and Blue / Ozark Boogie | Gilt-Edge 5044 | |||
1955 | Uncertain Love / Don't Believe | Sun 216 | |||
1955 | Are You Ashamed Of Me / The House Of Sin | Sun 225 | |||
1956 | Gonna Romp And Stomp / Bad Girl | Sun 238 | |||
1957 | Do What I Do / Take And Give | Sun 256 | |||
Unpublished titles | |||||
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Sun |
Web links
- Slim Rhodes on Hillbilly-Music.com (English)
- Biography of the Slim Rhodes' Mountaineers
- Discography with audio samples
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ethmer Cletus “Slim” Rhodes (1913–1966). In: Find A Grave Memorial. Retrieved August 9, 2017 .
- ↑ For Rhodes 'time at Sun Records see: Colin Escott, Martin Hawkins: Good Rockin' Tonight. Sun Records and the Birth of Rock 'n' Roll . St. Martin's Press, New York City 1991, pp. 111 f.
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SURNAME | Rhodes, Slim |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rhodes, Ethmer Cletus (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American country and rockabilly singer |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 27, 1913 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Pocahontas , Arkansas |
DATE OF DEATH | March 10, 1966 |