{"id":1381,"date":"2014-07-20T19:21:17","date_gmt":"2014-07-21T00:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/garyhayescountry.com\/?p=1381"},"modified":"2023-09-04T00:12:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T00:12:06","slug":"country-legend-george-riddle-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/garyhayescountry.com\/?p=1381","title":{"rendered":"Country Legend George Riddle Dies"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Riddle<\/a><\/p>\n

I learned early this morning on social media that Country Legend George Riddle
\nmostly famous for providing George Jones with high notes on his early hit
\nsongs died last night from complications of throat cancer surgery in May.<\/p>\n

George Riddle gave Country Music so much and took very little in return
\nand I would like to write a small piece to love him and remember how
\nintegral he was to our precious genre.
\nI promise you many other websites and sources of Country Music news
\nwouldn’t know whom he was..or how kind he was.
\nI knew about him because of my love for the Starday recordings
\nand George Riddle was a part of them.<\/p>\n

He was born September 1st 1935 in Marion Indiana and in 1960
\nafter serving our country he became the very first Jones Boy
\nin history which backed a young and wild frontman named George Jones.
\nAlong with \u00a0many more that were Jones Boys they blazed a trail through
\nAmerica’s Honky Tonks for years.<\/p>\n

He also provided Starday Label and MGM, Bryte and United Artists with
\ncountless recordings and singles.
\nHis biggest hit was “It’s All Over Now”.
\nHis songs were recorded by Faron Young, Melba Montgomery, Jones himself
\nDel reeves, and Ray Charles.<\/p>\n

He is also credited for helping Del Reeves invent his signature
\n‘Doodle-do-do-do” which he always used in his cuts.<\/p>\n

He played on the Opry stage on and off for over 40
\nyears for many many acts.
\nAnd he performed on Carnegie Hall, The Hollywood Bowl,
\nThe Nashville Network, The Johnny Cash Show, Country
\nMusic On Broadway, Cobo Hall, The Palomino Club and more.<\/p>\n

He was a radio disc jockey and had a 55 minute show on WBAT
\nthat featured country music.
\nHe also contributed to WLBC Hoosierland Barn Dance.
\nHe was a Country Music DJ Legend and in 2011 the folks
\nat R.O.P.E. presented him with an award for his achievements.
\nAnd in 2012 he got the songwriter award and Lifetime Achievement
\naward.<\/p>\n

He certainly was a treasure and did a whole lot to preserve
\ntraditonal country music and it’s roots and did all he
\ncould to proliferate it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I learned early this morning on social media that Country Legend George Riddle mostly famous for providing George Jones with high notes on his early hit songs died last night from complications of throat cancer surgery in May. George Riddle gave Country Music so much and took very little in return and I would like […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2986,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t