NEWHALL SERVICE SET FOR COUNTRY'S STONE.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services Country-western hall-of-famer Cliffie Stone Cliffie Stone (March 1, 1917 in Burbank, California – d. January 17, 1988) was a country singer, musician, producer, and music publisher. Son of Herman the Hermit, Stone was known during his generation for his struggle to bring California's country & western music into , a fixture in Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, for more than 40 years, will be remembered Wednesday at a memorial service in Newhall. Stone, whose ``Hometown Jamboree'' show on radio and television launched such celebrities as Liberace, Johnny Cash Noun 1. Johnny Cash - United States country music singer and songwriter (1932-2003) John Cash, Cash and Tennessee Ernie Ford Ernest Jennings Ford (February 13, 1919 – October 17, 1991), better known by the stage name Tennessee Ernie Ford, was a pioneering U.S. recording artist and television host who enjoyed success in the country & western, pop, and gospel musical genres. , died early Saturday of a heart attack at his Canyon Country home. He was 79. Stone was a bass player, singer, comedian, disc jockey disc jockey (DJ) Person who plays recorded music on radio or television or at a nightclub or other live venue. Disc jockey programs became the economic base of many radio stations in the U.S. after World War II. , songwriter and a producer for record companies, television and radio. ``Hometown Jamboree'' was on radio and then television from 1946 to 1960. He produced more than 14,000 television and radio shows, was executive producer for the ``Tennessee Ernie Ford Show,'' and produced ``Gene Autry's Melody Ranch.'' A memorial service will be held at noon Wednesday at the Valencia Village Church, 24802 Alderbrook Drive, Newhall. Born March 1, 1917, Stone first gained notice in 1946 with three song collaborations, ``No Vacancy'' with Merle merle a pattern of coat color pigmentation with dark, irregular blotches on a lighter background. Seen in some Collies and Welsh corgis. In shorthaired dogs, e.g. Great Danes and Dachshunds, the similar pattern is called dapple. Travis, ``New Steel Guitar Rag'' with Bill Boyd Bill Boyd is:
Stone had been a president and director of the Academy of Country Music, and was the academy's historian at the time of his death. He also had been a vice president of the Country Music Association. Stone was awarded the Pioneer Award by the Academy of Country Music in 1972 and was inducted into the Country Music Disc Jockey Hall of Fame in Nashville in 1979. In 1989, he received the Country Music Association's Hall of Fame Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a pavement along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, which is embedded with more than 2,000 five-pointed stars featuring the names of not only human celebrities but fictional characters honored by . He also was honored with a plaque on Newhall's Walk of Western Stars. In a December 1995 interview with the Daily News, Stone credited luck for guiding his 50-year career. ``There's only one thing I've had,'' he said. ``Luck. No matter how handsome you are, how beautiful you are, you're not going to make it without luck.'' Stone is survived by his wife, Joan, and four children - Curtis, Jonathan, Linda and Steve. The family asks that donations be made to the Oralingua School for the Deaf, 7056 S. Washington St., Whittier, CA 90602. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Cliffie Stone has a place on Newhall's Walk of Western Stars. Terri Thuente/Daily News |
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