Jimmie Rodgers

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country music pioneer country musician human recording artist singer-songwriter yodeler

Jimmie Rodgers was an early 20th-century American country music pioneer, often called the "Father of Country Music," whose distinctive yodeling style and songwriting deeply shaped later artists like Johnny Cash.

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Label	Occurrences
Jimmie Rodgers canonical	23
Jimmie Rodgers (pop singer)	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	country music pioneer ⓘ country musician ⓘ human ⓘ recording artist ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ yodeler ⓘ
alias	The Blue Yodeler ⓘ The Singing Brakeman ⓘ
causeOfDeath	tuberculosis ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1897-09-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1933-05-26 ⓘ
fieldOfWork	country music ⓘ early commercial recording of country music ⓘ
fullName	James Charles Rodgers ⓘ
genre	blues ⓘ country music ⓘ folk ⓘ
givenName	James ⓘ
honorificTitle	Father of Country Music ⓘ
influenced	Bill Monroe ⓘ Gene Autry ⓘ Hank Williams ⓘ Johnny Cash ⓘ Lefty Frizzell ⓘ Merle Haggard ⓘ Woody Guthrie ⓘ
instrument	guitar ⓘ vocals ⓘ
memberOf	Country Music Hall of Fame ⓘ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ Songwriters Hall of Fame ⓘ
nickname	Jimmie ⓘ
notableFor	distinctive yodeling style ⓘ influencing later country and popular music artists ⓘ pioneering country music recording ⓘ
notableWork	Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas) ⓘ Blue Yodel No. 2 ⓘ Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues) ⓘ In the Jailhouse Now ⓘ Waiting for a Train ⓘ
occupation	guitarist ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Meridian, Mississippi ⓘ surface form: Meridian, Mississippi, United States
placeOfDeath	New York City ⓘ surface form: New York City, New York, United States
recordLabel	RCA Victor ⓘ Victor Talking Machine Company ⓘ
vocalStyle	yodeling ⓘ
yearsActive	1920s ⓘ 1930s ⓘ

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Merle Haggard → inspiredBy → Jimmie Rodgers ⓘ

Are You Really Mine → performer → Jimmie Rodgers ⓘ

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Roulette Records → notableArtist → Jimmie Rodgers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jimmie Rodgers (pop singer)

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