16 “Doc Hopkins,” Kentucky Music Hall of Fame. http://www.kentuckymusicmuseum.com/assets/2015_doc_hopkins.pdf, accessed January 1, 2017.
36 Robert Davis, interview with author, January 10, 2017.
17 Shelby Davis Lathouwers, interview with Camille Blinstrub, March 18, 1975.
38 Shelby Davis Lathouwers, interview with Camille Blinstrub, March 18, 1975.
18 Ibid.
39 Ibid.
19 Shelby Dean Stephenson, email to author, December 31, 2016.
40 Ibid.
20 Wolfe, Charles. “The Triumph of the Hills: Country Radio: 1920–50,” in Country Music Foundation, ed., Country: The Music and the Musicians. New York: Abbeville Press, 1988, 62. 21 Shelby Davis Lathouwers, interview with Camille Blinstrub, March 18, 1975.
37 William Davis, interview with author, June 30, 2016.
41 Shelby Davis Lathouwers correspondence, provided to the author by Camille Blinstrub. 42 Chicago Tribune, February 21, 1942, 11. 43 Camille Blinstrub, email exchange with author, August 21, 2018. 44 Billboard, July 22, 1944, 66.
22 Ibid.
45 Billboard, November 24, 1945, 82.
23 Ibid.
46 Karl and Jean Davis, interview with Douglas R. Green for the Country Music Foundation, June 8, 1974.
24 Stand By! March 13, 1937, 11. 25 McCusker, Lonesome Cowgirls and HonkyTonk Angels, 58. 26 Karl and Jean Davis, interview with Douglas R. Green for the Country Music Foundation, June 8, 1974. The author thanks John Rumble, senior historian at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, for providing the interview transcription. 27 Shelby Davis Lathouwers, interview with Camille Blinstrub, March 18, 1975. 28 Chicago Tribune, July 2, 1936, 20. 29 Robert Davis, interview with author, January 10, 2017. Film confirmed to have been completed in Chicago Tribune, July 3, 1936, 20. No copies of the film have surfaced as of this writing. 30 Shelby Davis Lathouwers, interview with Camille Blinstrub, March 18, 1975. 31 Ibid. 32 Chicago Tribune, December 18, 1937, 20; Freeport (IL) Journal-Standard, December 18, 1937, 3. 33 Stand By!, December 11, 1937, 4. 34 Stand By!, December 18, 1937, 14. The schedule identifies the 8:00 P.M. segment as during the NBC Hour. 35 Shelby Davis Lathouwers, interview with Camille Blinstrub, March 18, 1975.
57 Chicago Sun-Times, June 6, 1951. 58 Ibid. 59 Pepper, Art and Laurie, Straight Life: The Story of Art Pepper. New York: Da Capo Press, 1994, 514. When Savoy Records purchased the Dee Gee catalog, it reissued Shelby’s sides on EPs and as part of a various artist collection, titled, Singin’ and Swingin,’ on its Regent subsidiary. 60 Shelby Davis Lathouwers correspondence, provided to author by Camille Blinstrub. 61 Mauri Lathouwers Jr., interview with author, May 4, 2018. 62 Ibid.
47 Special thanks to Mark Atnip of Nauck’s Vintage Records for the discographical information on Shelby Jean Davis appearances on Capitol Transcription Discs. 48 The 1945 broadcast can be heard on the November 2, 2008, episode of the Red Rooster Party. It is archived at http://redroosterparty.com/Links.html, accessed September 9, 2018. 49 Shelby Davis Lathouwers correspondence, provided to author by Camille Blinstrub. 50 William Davis, interview with author, June 30, 2016. 51 Chicago Sun-Times, June 6, 1951. A listening booth was a tiny soundproofed room equipped with a record player so that customers could preview discs prior to purchase. 52 Camille Blinstrub, interview with author, January 20, 2017. 53 Chicago Sun-Times, June 6, 1951. 54 Camille Blinstrub, interview with author, January 20, 2017. 55 Downbeat, April 6, 1951, 6. 56 Camille Blinstrub, interview with author, January 20, 2017. There is no evidence that Shelby joined the Kenton organization.
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