Tex Morton : from Australian yodeler to international showman / Andrew K. Smith, with Peter Burgis and Hedley Charles

Bib ID:
10007498
Format:
Book
Author:
Smith, Andrew K., 1953-, author
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
  • Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2023]
  • xxii, 385 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
  • 9781621907763 (paperback)
  • 1621907767 (paperback)
Invalid ISBN:
9781621907770 (electronic book)
Series:
Charles K. Wolfe music series.
Summary:

"Tex Morton was an early country music star in New Zealand, Australia, and, to a lesser degree, in southern Asia. In a time when the American country-music boom was just beginning to echo around the world, Morton turned his natural talent for yodeling into full-blown country music stardom, even making his way to America for a time. Andrew K. Smith's biography explores Morton's early life, his burgeoning career, his tumultuous stardom, his final years, and his lasting place in the global phenomenon of country music"--

Full contents:
  • New Zealand, 1916-1935
  • The Yodeling Boundary Rider
  • The Yodeling Boundary Rider Becomes a Star
  • Arch Kerr and New Hillbilly Acts
  • Sister Dorrie
  • The Early War Years and the Twins
  • Tex Morton's Regal Zonophone Legacy
  • Tex Morton's Fabulous Wild West Rodeo
  • Marketing Tex Morton
  • Legal Troubles
  • Tex Morton's Dude Ranch
  • The Tasman and Rodeo Recordings
  • The Great Morton in North America
  • The Great Morton, Hypnotist
  • The Great Morton in Hollywood
  • Back in Australia
  • The Great Morton in the Far East
  • New Zealand, 1967-1970
  • Australia, 1970-1983.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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