‘America’s Got Talent’ to hold #NOLA New Orleans auditions http://nola.tw/IF
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‘America’s Got Talent’ to hold #NOLA New Orleans auditions http://nola.tw/IF
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by blueorleansradio · Published 06/03/2012 · Last modified 06/05/2012
by blueorleansradio · Published 06/03/2012 · Last modified 06/05/2012
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2002 - Horace Lee Logan, a radio announcer in Shreveport, Louisiana passed away on this day at the age of 86. He hit his stride in 1948 when he launched the station's "Louisiana Hayride," which he staged before a live audience in Shreveport's Municipal Auditorium. When the Opry fired troubled Hank Williams for drinking, Logan hired him. When the Opry told a teenage Elvis Presley to stick to truck-driving, Logan gave him a break. The experiences with the two stars provided Logan's title for his 1998 memoir, "Elvis, Hank and Me: Making Musical History on the 'Louisiana Hayride. The "Hayride," also gave early breaks to such country singing legends as Kitty Wells, George Jones, Faron Young, Webb Pierce, Johnny Cash, Slim Whitman, Willie Nelson and Jim Reeves. Logan first uttered the words, "Elvis has left the building." |