Douglas B. Green Hand-colored poster advertising Gene Autry’s tribute song, “The Death of Jimmie Rodgers,” 1933. After he landed a spot on radio station WLS in Chicago, Autry dropped the ...

MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - Fourth Grade students at Poplar Springs Elementary got the experience to learn all about Jimmie Rodgers. Jimmie Rodgers is known as the father of country music and today ...