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SUMMARY:Hitmakers from the Ozarks – Si Siman & Wayne Carson
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DESCRIPTION:Author Kitty Ledbetter will discuss her latest book\, "Broadca
 sting the Ozarks: Si Siman and Country Music at the Crossroads.".\nhttps:/
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Author Kitty Ledbetter will discuss her la
 test book\, "Broadcasting the Ozarks: Si Siman and Country Music at the Cr
 ossroads."</p>\n<p>Hit songwriter Wayne Carson was only eight years old wh
 en he claimed Springfield\, Missouri music publisher and television produc
 er Si Siman as his manager. When Carson was 14 he bought a $30 guitar and 
 started playing it on the back porch after school. Soon he was playing cov
 er songs and club dates. He decided that\, instead of doing other people&r
 squo\;s songs\, he would write his own.</p>\n<p>Carson&rsquo\;s parents we
 re performers Odie and Olivia Head\, better known during the 1940s as Shor
 ty and Sue Thompson on KWTO radio in Springfield\, Missouri where Siman wo
 rked in promotions and eventually produced the first live continuous netwo
 rk country music television show\, ABC&rsquo\;s Ozark Jubilee.</p>\n<p>Car
 son&rsquo\;s father asked Siman to help with his son&rsquo\;s career. Sima
 n officially started working with him as a songwriter in the early 1960s. 
 Their first break came with Carson&rsquo\;s #1 RCA single for Eddy Arnold 
 in 1966\, &ldquo\;Somebody Like Me.&rdquo\; A few months later Carson&rsqu
 o\;s career took a decidedly upward turn when his song &ldquo\;The Letter&
 rdquo\; was recorded by the Box Tops and became an international hit in 19
 67. The partnership continued on its succesful drive throughout the 1970s 
 with hits by Gary Stewart such as &ldquo\;Drinkin&rsquo\; Thing\,&rdquo\; 
 &ldquo\;She&rsquo\;s Actin&rsquo\; Single (I&rsquo\;m Drinkin&rsquo\; Doub
 les)\,&rdquo\; &ldquo\;Whiskey Trip\,&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;Out of Hand\,&rd
 quo\; followed by Conway Twitty&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;I See the Want To in Your
  Eyes.&rdquo\; But the best was yet to come when Willie Nelson recorded Ca
 rson&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;Always on My Mind&rdquo\; in 1982.</p>\n<p><strong>K
 itty Ledbetter</strong>&nbsp\;is professor emerita of English at Texas Sta
 te University. She formerly served as editor of the&nbsp\;Journal of Texas
  Music History. Before entering academia\, she was a country music disc jo
 ckey at radio stations in Missouri\, Texas\, Louisiana\, and North Carolin
 a.</p>\n<p>Book sales and signing to follow the event.&nbsp\;</p>\nhttps:/
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