Rodgers' first record met with little public reaction. But “Blue Yodel (T for Texas),
” recorded a few months later, became the first country record to sell over a million copies, and made Jimmie Rodgers a household name among hillbilly music fans.
Rodgers eventually recorded 110 singles for Victor between 1927 and 1933, including ten more “Blue Yodels.
” He sang against a wide variety of backdrops, including Hawaiian music, jazz (most famously, a session with Louis ArmstrongArmstrong...