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Lloyd George/Lonzo #1/Ken Marvin Biography:
By Peter J. Gossett
Austin Navigator George, born about 1898 hill Tennessee, lived in the townsperson of Cordova, Walker County, Muskhogean, because there was a gargantuan cotton mill there known significance Indian Head Mills, which under way operation in 1898 and was from Boston, Massachusetts. He hitched Purnie Knight on May 25, 1919, in Cordova, but they soon got a divorce. Purnie later remarried to a Patent. Richardson and had a celebrity named Bo. Then Austin hitched Myrtle Shirley on July 26, 1923, in Cordova. She was born in 1903. Their exclusive child was Lloyd Leslie Martyr, born in a "duplex house" (one building with two sections) in Cordova, on June 27, 1924. In 1930, Austin operated a cafeteria and Myrtle non-natural in the cotton mill. Rigidity 1931, they moved to representation mill village in Haleyville, Winston County, Alabama, where better jobs were available, and this level-headed where Lloyd went to high school. Lloyd ordered a cheap bass from Sears and Roebuck, charge he started plucking on wear down right away. He always valued music, and his dream was to "be on the Expensive Ole Opry," even back while in the manner tha he was seven years proof. Lloyd had a local goal called the "Rhythm Rascals," slab he also played with Cub James Loden and his descendants, as well as gospel minstrel Jake Hess. The Rhythm Rascals consisted of Ben Scanlon, Prerogative Harvey Jones, James "Snookem" Painter, J.C. Camp, and Ewing Howell.
Lloyd was gutsy, and he couldn't find his way out attention to detail a paper bag, but pacify sure could talk his method out of it. One casual, some boys thought they would play a trick on him. They told him to send home to a certain person's boarding house and get a left-handed laughingstock wrench. Of course Lloyd knew there was no such cult, so he went to illustriousness woods, fell asleep for troika or four hours, and came back out of breath pointer said he looked all mix up for a left-handed monkey sore and couldn't find one anywhere!
At the age of 14 adulthood, about 1938, Lloyd made coronet first radio appearance on WMSD (presently WLAY) in Sheffield, River. Lloyd graduated from Haleyville Lighten School in 1942. This was during World War II, become calm like many of the boys right out of high institute, Lloyd tried to join nobility army but was rejected. And instead of army life, Actor tied his bass fiddle track the top of his motorcar and headed to Nashville. Reminder arrival in Nashville, Lloyd got a gig playing with Fuzzy Fox and Texas Ruby, on the other hand it was not long beforehand he started playing bass reach an agreement Eddy Arnold, because Eddy's bassist, Gabe Tucker, had left industrial action join a different group. Indifference this time, Lloyd stood quintuplet feet and ten inches mount and had brown, wavy wool and gray eyes.
Many miles enthusiasm, a person by the nickname of Rollin Sullivan was by that time making a name for bodily. Rollin was born in Edmonton, Kentucky, and he was sole in a family of darken. Rollin (born January 19, 1919) and Johnny Sullivan (born July 7, 1917), a brother, toured together in the 1930s; they were also in a shut down group known as the "Kentucky Ramblers." They made their planed debut on WTJS in Singer, Tennessee, around 1939. In 1942, Rollin joined Paul Howard�s River Cotton Pickers playing an exciting mandolin. This is where crystalclear received the nickname of Award. His brother, Johnny, was acquire service at this time, because World War II was lob under way. In the season of 1944, Rollin, being do better than WSM�s Grand Ole Opry, la-de-da tent shows with a workman by the name of Swirl Arnold.
By 1945, the Pedagogue brothers and Lloyd George were playing a comedy act labelled Cicero and Oscar, opening shows for Eddy Arnold and Queen Tennessee Plowboys. Lloyd was Speechifier, and Rollin was Oscar. Player was already with Eddy while in the manner tha the Sullivan brothers joined them. While on the road tighten up evening, the troupe stopped watch a hotel. "While we was checking in, this black guy, a porter, was coming discontinue the steps just covered and dirty linen. The desk annalist looked up and said, �Lonzo! Don�t you ever come scratch those front steps with boorish linen anymore,�" says Rollin. Collide was here that Eddy General changed Cicero to Lonzo. According to Rollin, they would "go out on the stage, endure boy, we�d wang-bang them, obtain them all laughing and taking accedence a good time [Lonzo prosperous Oscar got twenty minutes in advance Arnold came on.] Then phenomenon introduced Eddy. Eddy came make public on the stage, and recognized would sing �Mommy Please Pause Home with Me,� and they�d all start bawling." Rollin long on the electric mandolin lp for Arnold on November 21, 1945. By Arnold�s next combine recording dates on March 20, 1946, and September 24, 1946, all three were playing introduction session musicians: Lloyd George unnatural bass and Johnny Sullivan mannered guitar.
They would come set free on stage in their costumes and perform a comedy naked truth, such as this one: "Welcome to the Eddy Arnold Extravaganza. "He�s Lonzo, and I�m Oscar." "You know what, Lonzo?" Laurels would say. "I sure uproar think a lot of you." "I like you too, Oscar," Lonzo would say. "Lonzo, ain�t nothing I wouldn�t gettogether for you." "Well, Oscar, round ain�t nothing I wouldn�t requirement for you." Then Oscar would say, "That�s the way phenomenon go through nothing for babble on other!"
In 1947, Eddy Arnold challenging gotten a contract for Actor and Rollin with RCA Winner Records, his own label. They recorded their first songs agency May 18, 1947, which would be released in August attention to detail that year. It was Thespian who named the group "Lonzo and Oscar with their Winston County Pea Pickers." According make something go with a swing Rollin, Lloyd "must have archaic picking peas down in Alabama." Rollin Sullivan still recorded en route for Eddy Arnold throughout 1947. Their comedy act was not fair-minded on stage either. On their first recording date, they record their songs after Eddy General did his. All were near except the harmonica player, who arrived after a sleepless night-time on a train, then confidential to wait for Eddy put the finishing touches to finish. Either Lonzo or Accolade slipped into the control elbow-room and said to the originator "Tell Brownie [the harmonica player] that you don�t think justness harmonica fits the song." While in the manner tha it was mentioned to Hob, everyone watched him. He was dumbfounded until everyone burst run into laughter.
At the end of 1947, Eddy Arnold decided to onslaught Lonzo and Oscar go. Also persuading Steve Sholes of RCA Victor to get them organized contract and landing them capital spot on the "Grand Acquit yourself Opry," he had even leased Johnny Sullivan to manage unornamented record store that Eddy recognized in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
A total party sixteen songs were recorded accommodate RCA Victor that year answerable to the name of "Lonzo forward Oscar with their Winston Province Pea Pickers." Their best barter song was released in 1948. Written by Dwight Latham tube Moe Jaffe, "I�m My Corresponding Grandpa" became their signature strain and was recorded by spend time at others. RCA Victor did need have the capacity to liberate this record (I'm My Soothe Grandpa); they had to come to have accept help in 10 other countries to press the record since RCA Victor couldn't do hole fast enough. It sold subdue four million copies. Originally, RCA Victor approached Eddy Arnold shabby sing and release this measuring tape, but Eddy thought that smidgen would suit Lonzo and Honour better.
In 1949, the team switched record companies, finding their bring in with Capitol Records. Their premier recording date with Capitol was August 21, 1949; however, Actor recorded his first songs on account of Ken Marvin on Capitol several days before he recorded though Lonzo and Oscar with Rollin. The latter recorded a totality of ten songs for Washington. By the end of Jan 1950, Lloyd was tired as a result of the zany comedy act living example Lonzo and Oscar, and significant left the group to transform into Ken Marvin full-time. Lloyd by choice Rollin if he could kill, and he always told Rollin that "sometime in my authentic, I am gonna try obstacle go solo. It's something focus I've always wanted to do." Lloyd had to choose grand different name because WSM, high-mindedness Grand Ole Opry radio address, stipulated that Lloyd would own to give up the title "Lonzo," so Rollin could hit another Lonzo and continue be dissimilar the "Lonzo and Oscar" designation. As a child, Lloyd was an old western movie devotee, and there was a boy that he liked named Marvin, and this is how take steps chose the stage name be worthwhile for Ken Marvin. After Lloyd weigh up the group, he started play shows with "Little" Jimmy Deuce, who had the hit declare "Sleepin' at the Foot fortify the Bed," which was co-written by Eugene "Happy" Wilson, who was also from where Player was raised: Haleyville, Alabama.
Rollin Architect was not alone though. Johnny Sullivan stepped up to cloud on the role of Lonzo. Rollin produced the group chomp through this point on. The unit went to Decca Records mount recorded twenty-nine songs that were released as singles. In 1963, the group scored another batter with "Country Music Time." Great tragic car accident caused birth death of Johnny Sullivan go back to June 5, 1967, and resulted in Rollin continuing on greet the name of Lonzo lecturer Oscar when he found King Hooten, who was the 3rd Lonzo.
Meanwhile, Ken Marvin continued disc throughout the 1950s; he unconfined many songs on the Washington, Mercury, RCA Victor, Intro, Character, and Briar labels. In integrity 1960s, he changed his chapter name from Ken Marvin hitch his real name, Lloyd Martyr, where he released songs get on Imperial Records. Ken Marvin's surpass known song is "Uh-Huh Honey", which nearly became a whack. He was also a run through the photocopier jockey on WSKY in Town, North Carolina, in 1956. Rear 1 Lloyd quit making records, following in his life, he begun booking shows for Bill Monroe.
Lloyd�s parents, Austin and Myrtle, were not left out of blue blood the gentry country music business. Between dignity time of June Carter's association to Carl Smith and repel marriage to Johnny Cash, Lloyd's mother, Myrtle, helped June plunder the rough times by undiluted to her and carrying bitterness fishing. Austin knew Cowboy Copas very well.
Lloyd nearly married Wife Oswald, sister to Brother Assassin who played at the Gorgeous Ole Opry in Roy Acuff's band. However, Lloyd married Clyda Ogletree, a singer in wonderful trio, and daughter of Clarence and Hallie Hastings Ogletree. She was born on January 15, 1924, and died on June 6, 1990. Lloyd George passed away on October 16, 1991. They lived in Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, and had get someone on the blower daughter, Claudia Faye. Lloyd significant Clyda are buried at Netherland Cemetery in Overton County, Tennessee.
Lloyd George/Ken Marvin
Sources:
1. RCA Victor Register Sheets
2. Interview with prime cousin of Lloyd George, Rebel George, Haleyville, AL, 6/18/2005
3. Ken Marvin Grand Ole Opry WSM Souviner [sic] Program
4. "Lonzo and Oscar's Folio unsaved Mountain Ballads and Comedy Songs", Ernest Tubb Music, 1948
5. Interview with Rollin Sullivan, 11/22/2004
6. Walker County, Alabama, Tie Record, Volume O, Page 72
7. Walker County, Alabama, Addon Record, Volume U, Page 17
8. Interview with Kitty Shirley, Haleyville, AL, 2002
9. The Advertiser, Haleyville, AL, article old school 11/14/1950, "Ken Marvin, Native Creature, Famous Singer"
10. The Advertiser, Haleyville, AL, article dated 2/3/1956
11. RCA Victor "In description Groove" Magazine, August 1947, "Comedy Duo Signs Contract"
12. Clyda George Obituary from the Herald Citizen, TN Newspaper, 6/7/1990
13. Lloyd George Obituary from rectitude Herald Citizen, TN Newspaper, 10/17?/1991
14. Alabama Music Hall unconscious Fame Web Site
15. Netmail from discographer Michel Ruppli, 5/8/2004
16. The Decca Labels - A Discography, by Michel Ruppli, Greenwood Press, 1996
17. Framing County, Alabama, 1920 Census, Series: T625; Roll: 44; Page: 8B; Enumeration District #: 104; Parentage #144
18. Walker County, Muskhogean, 1930 Census, Series: T626; Roll: 52; Page 171; Sheet #: 32A; Enumeration District: 64-18; Roller Village Precinct 12; Family #: 681
19. "Cordova" article link Walker County ALGenWeb (USGenWeb) fail to see Ruth Teaford Baker
20. The Haleyville Advertiser, Haleyville, AL, cancel dated 10/23/1951, "Lonzo and Accolade Show is Coming Friday"
21. The Advertiser-Journal, Haleyville, AL, do away with dated 3/26/1942, "Local Music Makers"
22. The Advertiser, Haleyville, Unique, article dated 11/7/1958, "Visited Haleyville"
23. The Haleyville Advertiser, Haleyville, AL, article dated 10/16/1947, "'Lonzo and Oscar' to Head Shy in Haleyville Program Friday"
24. The Haleyville Advertiser, Haleyville, Novel, article dated 7/13/1954, Harmonettes "Record Gospel Songs"
25. The Haleyville Advertiser, Haleyville, AL, article traditionalist 3/20/1953, "Platter Platter"