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reaches top on country musicB EMILY UEH.MANB Sun Staff Writer World of Make Believe. a aong destined lo be a hit bac* In tOSO. h«a 'itgrd a Wil comeback aa the nation's number oW country chart hit Aa It grabbed the number one spot this week, the Bill Andnion recording almost immediately began showing promise of heading into still another field -the world cf pop music.Least surprised is Prof. Marion Carpenter, one of the song's thn-c writers It was in hia Biloxi recording studio the son was first recorded 15 years ago.It was almost a hit back then, but not quite.'' he said this week. “It got into some of the charts nationwide. bat that's aa far as it went.'Carpenter-, nevertheless, held on to a belief in the song he had from the beginning.Thirteen years later.Still mure convinced It heJhit poter.tiIa. the local Dixieland Jaw musician and Biloxi High School band director took the song about two years moto Nashville and to a guy by the nnme of Buddy Kll-ncr at Tree Publishing.He was sort of interested, Curpcqlcr remembers. Bid I didn't get any kind of committment. Then, this past auramer, they called me from Ni/th-vlltc and said they had recorded H ”Bill Anderson, he teamed, of the The Bill Anderson television sh»w, was contracted to record the »tf for the MCA la-bel. the Lrgcst record label in Nashville.Big things began to happen from then on.The recording moved In the record charts at an astounding pace and right on to the Billboard magadnc linings, it leaped from 63 to ST. Jumped from 37 tc 2t. from 21 to 14. from there to seven, seven to three, three to two and two to one In a matter of months.I asked BUI (Anderaonl if he thought It would move any further and he thinks so. claims Carpenter. He hai evidence it is moving isto the pops field apd thal a what we'll be concentrating on right now.Carpenter, who describes himself ns « manwho teaches school for a living and play* a little music on the side is ss adept In handing out modest descriptions as he la successful in the retarding world.He i. president o! Singing River Publishing Company. publishers of aonga for Kitty Well*. Pcrlln Husky, Fats Domino. Little Jimmy Dickens and others. Tell Him No, recorded by Travis and Bob, and Recking Uttle Angel, were published by Carpenter.He continues to collect royalties for many of these.His current tut was cowritten In the fifties by retiree Pec Wee Maddux of Gulfport and Pete McCord of Mobile, a henvy equipment operator, who. Carpenter »«ys, aort of writes songs.•Now It qppears the big three hov«f thimaelven a distinct hit and are well on their way to fast becoming Important new caroea in Die field uf music.Somehow, they aren't finding it a little bit hard to believe.I knew someday the song would be a hit by somebody. I didn’t know who but 1 knew It had. avews Carpenter, who, this week, began recordings for a Country Sax'* album featuring Instrumental versions cf some of the biggest country hits.ar-ound.Janet 3 Beauty ShopPECIAL3*W.™ .'l(rPermuant Colcr'5 a»lt;l up Bictcfa or Pr^t- *18“Phone 864-34Mwarn art A—, twwi'
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Biloxi Sun Herald
Biloxi, Mississippi, US
Sun, Feb 03, 1974
Page 30
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