As quoted in Meeting Jimmie Rodgers : How America's Original Roots Music Hero Changed the Pop Sounds of a Century: How America's Original Roots Music Hero Changed the Pop Sounds of a Century (2009) by Barry Mazor, p. 347
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There have been many great performers, but only four great stylists—Al Jolson, Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams, and Jerry Lee Lewis.
— Barry Mazor
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About Barry Mazor
Barry Mazor is a music journalist and the author of Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music, winner of Belmont University's Best Book on Country Music award in 2010. He has written regularly for the Wall Street Journal and he is a former senior editor and columnist for No Depression magazine.
About Barry Mazor
Barry Mazor is a music journalist and the author of Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music, winner of Belmont University's Best Book on Country Music award in 2010. He has written regularly for the Wall Street Journal and he is a former senior editor and columnist for No Depression magazine.
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