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LIFETIME MEMBER RECIPIENT

Y W A K E L Y

REMEMBER THE SONGS »I LOVE YOU SO MUCH IT HURTS ME»,»BEAUTIFUL BROWN
EYES», »ONE HAS MY NAME», »OKLAHOMA HILLS»? THEN YOU REMEMBER THE MAN
WHO RECORVEV THEM, JIMMY WAKELY. MR. WAKELY ALSO RECORVEV SOME GREAT
HITS WITH MARGARET WHITING, LIKE »SLIPPING AROUNV», WEVVING BELLS»
"SILVER BELLS" ANV MANY MORE.
MUCH HAS BEEN WRITTEN RECENTLY ABOUT »CROSS OVER» ARTISTS. WELL JIMMY
WAKELY WAS THE VERY FIRST COUNTRY WESTERN ARTIST TO MAKE IT BIG IN BOTH
COUNTRY ANV POP CHARTS. IT HAPPENEV IN 1950 WHEN THE NATIONAL MUSIC
PUBLICATIONS AWARVEV HIM NO. 1 WESTERN ARTIST, NO. 3 MALE COUNTRY ARTIST
ANV MOST IMPORTANTLY NO. 3 POP MALE VOCALIST IN A LIST THAT INCLUV EV
PERRY COMO - FRANKIE LANE - JIMMY WAKELY - ANV BING CROSBY, IN THAT ORVER.

IN AVVITION TO SELLIMG SEVERAL MILLION PHONOGRAPH RECORVS, JIMMY WAKELY
STARREV IN 28 WESTERN PICTURES AS A SINGING COWBOY.
WHILE MAKING IT BIG AS A RECORVING ANV MOTION PICTURE STAR, MR. WAKELY
APPEAREV ON ALL ~HE BIG TV NETWORK SHOWS INCLUVING: BOB HOPE~ MILTON
BERLE - EV SULLIVAN - KEN MURRAY - STEVE ALLEN - KATE SMITH ANV ARTHUR
GOVFREY.
STARTING IN 1958, MR. WAKELY LIMITEV HIS PERSONAL APPEARANCES ALMOST
ENTIRELY TO THE WEST COAST, SO THAT HE COULV SPENO MORE TIME WITH HIS
FAMILY. HE STARTEV HIS OWN RECORV COMPANY, "SHASTA RECORVS", ANV VOES
NOT COMPETE FOR RAVIO PLAY, BUT KNOWING THAT HE HAS · FANS ALL OVER THE
WORLV, STARTEV A MAIL ORVER RECORV BUSINESS. WITH VIRTUALLY NO AIR
PLAY, JIMMY WAKELY MAKES MORE FROM RECORVS THAN MOST COUNTRY WESTERN
ARTISTS. THIS IS VUE TO THE FACT, HE ALREAVY HAS FANS WHO WANT TO HEAR
HIM SING HIS SONGS.

-JIMMY WAKELY ANV WIFE, INEZ, RESIVE IN A LARGE RANCH HOUSE ON ONE ACRE OF
LANV IN SYLMAR, CALIFORNIA OVERLOOKING THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY . HE HAS A
RECORVING STUVIO IN HIS HOMW WHERE HE MAKES NEW RECORVS TO SOUNV LIKE THE
40'S ANV SO'S BECAUSE HIS FANS WANT IT THAT WAY. ANO WHEN HE OCCASIONALLY
PLAYS IN CONCERT OR PLAYS CLUBS, HE FEATURES ONLY THE GREATEST HIT SONGS
EVERYONE CAN RELATE TO, TAKING HIS FANS ON A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY.