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Ed Bruce, Writer of Country Classic ‘Mammas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys,’ Dies at 81
Ed Bruce, a singer/songwriter and actor who had his own run of hits on the country charts but was best known for co-writing Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings' "Mammas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys," has died at age 81. He died in Clarksville, Tenn. and the cause of death was given […]
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‘Sun Records’: Elvis Presley as the Captain America of Rock
CMT is selling "Sun Records" as the saga of Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis as the revolutionary first generation of rock ‘n’ roll, but the show is really about Sam Phillips, founder of the record label that recorded them all — Sun Records — in 1950s Memphis. Phillips is played by Chad Michael Murray as a poor and stubborn innovator, determined to build a company around a new sound that would combine black rhythm and blues with white country music to forge both an art form and a
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‘Sun Records’ Preview: Chad Michael Murray on Playing ‘Big Personality’ Sam Phillips
Marvel’s period spy serial Agent Carter won’t be returning for another mission, but co-star Chad Michael Murray has found a good reason to keep living in the past. The 35-year-old actor headlines CMT’s new behind-the-music limited series, Sun Records, which premieres Feb. 23 at 10 p.m. Named after the iconic Memphis music studio where such rock legends as Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis cut their earliest records in the 1950s, Sun Records casts Murray as Sam Phillips, the found
