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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Ralph Emery Shaw and we're talking
to Bill Anderson. We've heard from Bill and Mary lou Turner.
We've heard from Mary Lou Turner by herself. Bill, Let's
play one more two. I always like this song.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
This is a fun song to do on the stage.
The way we stage this is Mary Louis is off
on the side of the stage somewhere and the intro
starts and she kind of comes walking out and I
walk over to her and I say, hey, what's a
nice girl like you? And she comes in with that
first line doing here you know, and it's a good
number to stage, fun number, fun.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
Hey baby, what's a nice girl like you do? And Yeah,
that's what I mean? And say, haven't nice seen.
Speaker 4 (00:57):
You songwhere before?
Speaker 3 (01:02):
Yeah, that's what I mean.
Speaker 5 (01:07):
It was my first time to cheat.
Speaker 6 (01:11):
I think she knew.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
And her smile, Jess say.
Speaker 4 (01:22):
I'm way.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
I was wondering.
Speaker 4 (01:33):
Good they dream?
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Yeah, that's what I mean. They're playing a slow song.
Speaker 5 (01:48):
Would you night to that? That's what I mean. She
see him to.
Speaker 4 (02:00):
Know my beach and removed.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
And her smiled Jess, I'm way here.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Well it's closing time.
Speaker 5 (02:26):
Could I dang me.
Speaker 3 (02:31):
Yeah, that's what I mean.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
And I was wondering, could.
Speaker 4 (02:41):
I come in a while?
Speaker 5 (02:45):
Yeah, that's what I mean. She unlocked the door a
giently laid me through, and her smile just saying.
Speaker 7 (03:06):
I'm way ahead, and her smile just say.
Speaker 8 (03:18):
I'm way head.
Speaker 1 (03:29):
Bill Anderson with Mary Lou Turner, and I'm way ahead
of you. Bill. One thing we haven't keyed on, and
that's the fact that you write songs. And we've talked
about it on other shows. But I'm wondering if, as
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a writer, you have tried to write songs for specific singers,
you know, the song that you thought would really fit them.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Not very often. No, Basically, my writing has just been
what I have felt inside or what I have wanted
to say. And that even includes going so far as
to not really try to write for myself. When I write,
I try to separate it totally from everything else, and
I just become Bill Anderson writer, and I write what
I feel, and when I get through, I say, well,
maybe that would be good for so and so and
so and so. Only on a very very few occasions
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have I really tried to write for somebody.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Bill. How many BMI or songwriting awards do you have now, I.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Think around fifty four BMI awards something like that.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
Yeah, you say that as if to say there are
other kinds.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Well, no, as opposed to you know, like a Songwriter
of the Year or this kind of mechanion.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
So you, according to Broadcast Music in Corporated, you've written
what they call fifty four hits.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
It's either fifty three or fifty four.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
That's not bad. How in terms of record sales, what
would that would be? What figure would up?
Speaker 2 (05:00):
I don't really know, Ralph, because the b and My Award,
of course, is based on performance first, radio and television
play is concerned. I've never taken all my statements down
and added up that. That would be very interesting to do. Sometimes,
let's see how many records have been sold on Bill
Anderson's songs, or how many he's been paid for all right,
which may be different.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
How about a Sammy Smith record Super Sam s taking
for news.
Speaker 9 (05:25):
I ain't got time to getting fast. Loaning days are gone.
Speaker 4 (05:30):
I'm going home.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Rule me that.
Speaker 9 (05:36):
I don't care how much money I haven't got to spend.
I've got to get back to my baby.
Speaker 5 (05:43):
Loaning days are gone.
Speaker 9 (05:45):
I'm going home.
Speaker 10 (05:47):
It just ruled me.
Speaker 9 (05:52):
Willie wrote me alone and Sadiq live. Listen, mister, can't
you see I'm gonna get back to my baby, wantn't
more anyway, send me a ticket mill I ain't got
down to get a fairst dram loaning. Days of gone,
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I'm going home bumpy.
Speaker 4 (06:19):
They just love me.
Speaker 9 (06:20):
Then will He wrote me a letter and said he
couldn't live with that in.
Speaker 5 (06:28):
Nor home Lead Listen, mister, can't you see I'm.
Speaker 9 (06:33):
Gonna get back to my baby, wantn't move anyway, send
me a miling I ain't got down to get a
fast drain lonely. Days of gone, I'm going home MOPy lonely.
Speaker 4 (06:51):
They just rulled me. Then d me a letter and
Saidie could.
Speaker 9 (07:04):
Listen Cagency at Monday.
Speaker 4 (07:08):
It was Say.
Speaker 1 (07:24):
Girl Hero Sammy Smith singing the letter.
Speaker 8 (07:29):
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Speaker 1 (07:32):
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Speaker 5 (07:39):
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Speaker 2 (08:30):
Well we heard from double s Sammy Smith. Here's double
f Freddy Fender and this is called yours.
Speaker 11 (08:54):
Your heal the star, lose that lory.
Speaker 6 (09:03):
You're kill a bird bell.
Speaker 9 (09:06):
To see.
Speaker 5 (09:11):
You're to the end a black story.
Speaker 6 (09:19):
This pleas to you.
Speaker 4 (09:20):
Need I read.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
You're in the grave of.
Speaker 6 (09:32):
December or a far distransures.
Speaker 11 (09:45):
I never loved anyone the way I love you.
Speaker 5 (09:52):
I could I when I was poor on.
Speaker 8 (10:00):
To be just yo.
Speaker 11 (10:09):
Warning Gorbeccy, the Bada.
Speaker 12 (10:19):
Mobecci Yocky.
Speaker 7 (10:26):
I never loved anyone away I love you?
Speaker 11 (10:34):
How could I?
Speaker 1 (10:38):
When I was born to.
Speaker 11 (10:40):
Be jo Jo, when I was born to be here
joe Yo, I was born to be.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
Jog Hey. I had thought about Sammy Smith with regard
to double as, but does fit doesn't it? Double f
Freddie Fender and that tune is called Yours Bill. What's
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down the road in the remainder of the year for
the fall coming up in the winter, what's Bill Anderson
going to be doing?
Speaker 8 (11:31):
Well?
Speaker 2 (11:31):
They're talking to us, Ralph, I really don't know whether
we're going to be able to finalize it or not,
but one of the major tobacco companies is talking to
us about going to Germany and doing a tour for
them over there. Evidently they're trying to get into the
German market with their products, and they want us to
go over in late November early December. And as we
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are talking right now, this really hasn't been finalized, but
we may do that basically just continuing to pick and
sing and travel towards the end of the year. Of course,
we always kind of bring it back to home and
work up our new show for next year. You know,
I changed my show around a little bit every year, so.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
That requires how much rehearsal time.
Speaker 2 (12:10):
Well, a pretty good bit. This year, probably a little more.
I've added my own self contained light crew and all
to our show. Now formed a company called City Lights.
Speaker 1 (12:19):
Okay, which has another old Bill Anderson song.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
And with the lights and the sound and the audio
visual thing and all, it takes an awful lot of
time to put our show together.
Speaker 9 (12:31):
Now.
Speaker 2 (12:31):
It's a lot different from when we just used to
work up a few new arrangements every January.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
Bill, I'm going on to Jackie Ward and Raba McIntyre
in the tune that makes two of us?
Speaker 12 (12:52):
So you like Sunday picnics and yelling at the umpire
at a baseball game, m h windows, shopping, popcorn popping,
wading through the puddles in a summer ranging, and I'll
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bet you're kind to children and someday you'd like to
be a motive.
Speaker 5 (13:25):
And do you get a feeling when you're with me?
Speaker 6 (13:29):
We I do? Well, that looks too. We're like groups
of a feather tu cras to get up precious.
Speaker 4 (13:53):
Over that makes two of us.
Speaker 13 (14:14):
Before you believe and wishes while blowing off the candles on.
Speaker 14 (14:20):
A birthday cake.
Speaker 13 (14:25):
Gentle hugs and Latin boats, staying up all night to
watch the morning break. We've got so much in common
even have a chance after that you have breed.
Speaker 4 (14:47):
One way the summer forever. Is you a ha been
well bad bad we that boss.
Speaker 13 (15:12):
O precious that leys two bus.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
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became the legendary Grand Ole Opry. Back in nineteen twenty
seven and September eighteenth, well in nineteen forty seven, Ernest
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Tennessee thirty seven to two two. Bill Anderson and I
are going to be co hosting a network radio show
that might have some interest for you, the CMA Awards
Show this year as usual in October. Following that program,
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Bill and I will be on one of the major
radio networks interviewing the stars.
Speaker 2 (17:29):
I'm really looking forward to that, Ralph, to working with you,
and to being caught up in all the excitement of
Awards night in Nashville. I think that'll be a lot
of fun, and I think we'll be able to bring
a little insight to people as to what it really
feels like to accept an award, win an award, be
named the best in your field.
Speaker 1 (17:46):
It's going to be fun and Bill, that particular awards
show will be fed live from the Grand Ole Oprias,
and I'm looking forward to myself. Has it been since
you had an active role on a radio show.
Speaker 2 (18:04):
Well, I do little disc jockey bits at places around
the country.
Speaker 1 (18:08):
Do you go in and slate guest disc jockey?
Speaker 2 (18:10):
Yeah, I've done this quite a bit lately in Pittsburgh
and Kansas City and different places like that, and I
really enjoy it.
Speaker 1 (18:16):
It's been read the news anymore.
Speaker 2 (18:19):
Yeah, I read the news. I do the weather.
Speaker 1 (18:22):
I mean, they just let you have at it.
Speaker 2 (18:23):
What really floors these guys when I go into the
stations is I said, hey, let me run the board.
Well they figure, well, you know, this clutch doesn't know
how to run a board. But I do, and I
really enjoy it. I'll go in and do you know,
two or three hours on a station and do the
traffic reports and punch in the helicopter and do the
commercials and the whole thing. Answer the phone, and I
really enjoy it.
Speaker 1 (18:43):
Bill. We need to wrap it up here. What are
we going to do?
Speaker 2 (18:45):
Let's do it with the dream never dies.
Speaker 5 (18:49):
It's just.
Speaker 9 (18:56):
Strong.
Speaker 5 (19:01):
It's just the singer.
Speaker 10 (19:05):
Come on, everybody dream Some.
Speaker 5 (19:15):
Men dream of fame and song, the fortune.
Speaker 15 (19:21):
Some men dream about a time gone by.
Speaker 5 (19:27):
All men dream of happiness, All men dream.
Speaker 3 (19:31):
Of loves for without dreams and science without dreams?
Speaker 5 (19:37):
How can you all gets by?
Speaker 9 (19:41):
Speak out?
Speaker 5 (19:42):
Dream nover die?
Speaker 10 (19:45):
Just a dream, dream never dies, sitting strong, song never died.
Speaker 6 (19:57):
Just the singer.
Speaker 14 (20:00):
Say, come on, everybody dream along, die, just the dream,
the dream never dies.
Speaker 5 (20:15):
The strong.
Speaker 15 (20:20):
You know, ever since I was a little boy, I've
dreamed about nights like tonight, traveling, getting out on a
big stage somewhere.
Speaker 5 (20:30):
Singing my songs.
Speaker 15 (20:32):
I guess over the past few years my dreams have
come true.
Speaker 2 (20:35):
Thousands of times. But you know, even if they hadn't,
I'd kept writing on dreaming. Anyhow.
Speaker 15 (20:43):
I meet so many people in my travels who compromise,
who settled for less than they dream, And they walk
around looking down at the ground saying amen, but dream dying.
But dreams don't die. No, not if you dream them
long enough and strong enough. You man out there listening
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to me right now, you're dreaming of success, or you
dreaming of finding that perfect lady.
Speaker 5 (21:10):
Hey, keep dreaming.
Speaker 2 (21:11):
You're getting and.
Speaker 15 (21:13):
Ladies, you're dreaming of the good life, finding that man
you want to kiss you and hold you, fulfill you.
Speaker 5 (21:21):
You'll find it.
Speaker 4 (21:23):
Dream A.
Speaker 10 (21:26):
Dream never dies, just a dream, dream never dies.
Speaker 4 (21:34):
It is strong, song never dies, just the same.
Speaker 14 (21:43):
To come one, dream.
Speaker 4 (21:48):
Sneaking away me now, dream never dies, just the dreamer.
Dream never dies if it's strong, strong, the song never gotten,
just the singer.
Speaker 5 (22:05):
So come on, everybody, dream along now.
Speaker 1 (22:29):
Our guest star of the week, Bill Anderson. And that's
the latest record by Bill called A Dream Never Dies. Bill,
I want to thank you for coming and making your
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annual vision or your trek to it.
Speaker 2 (22:52):
You know, it's been just about a year since I
was here, that's right, and it's always fun to come back.
We always get off on some crazy subjects and I enjoined.
Speaker 1 (22:59):
It lot of fun telling the stories.
Speaker 2 (23:01):
We'll have to go out and create some more so
we can do it again next.
Speaker 1 (23:04):
Why I've got more stories. Our guest, Bill Anderson, our
show brought you Away by Ford trucks and by raid
and this is Ralph Emrie thanking you for listening.
Speaker 3 (25:01):
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