Chuck Hancock‘s cover of Jewell’s first hit with Hank Williams, “My Son Calls Another Man Daddy,” has earned a Platinum Disc Award from music and video resource AirplayExpress, scoring 2 million downloads and counting. Chuck is Jewell’s beloved nephew, a gifted singer and songwriter who has chalked up many hits and awards. That’s an awesome […]
Happy New Year, Friends. We have great news for you that Jewell would be applauding. Joey Kent’s new book, “Cradle of the Stars” from Pelican Publishing, has been released and is available through Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble and many other outlets. Joey, whose father, David Kent, ran the Hayride in the ’70s and ’80s, gives […]
NASHVILLE, BRANSON ARTISTS TO HEADLINE BENEFIT CONCERT FOR ARKANSAS MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM RESTORATION, REVITILIZATION TEXARKANA, Ark. – Award-winning recording artists Chuck Hancock and Barbara Fairchild with husband Roy Morris will boost fundraising efforts for restoration and revitalization of the historic Arkansas Municipal Auditorium (AMA) with a benefit concert at the venue on September 28. The 7 […]
TEXARKANA, Ark. – In a salute showcasing the revival and restoration of the city’s historic Arkansas Municipal Auditorium (AMA), Mayor Allen L. Brown has proclaimed Saturday, April 13, as Jewell House Day. The honor spotlights the late, charismatic Texarkana Country music songwriter, promoter and radio personality who brought top Country and Rockabilly stars to the […]
Jewell and her close friends Red Sovine and Buck Owens would love this story from Larry L. Rose, a retired, award-winning journalist/publisher and highly regarded Texas Hill Country artist whose work has been shown in a number of exhibits, most recently in Santa Fe, N.M. Larry suspects the spirit of Country music may take care of fans in […]
(Editor’s Note: Tracy Pitcox, founder of the Heart of Texas Country Music Museum in Brady, Texas, and highly esteemed throughout the music industry, added a Jewell House collection of materials to the museum’s archives recently. Jewell now is part of the museum’s impressive array of Country music artifacts that memorialize many of her closest friends […]
Jan. 22, 1955: On Page 40, Billboard’s “Reviews of New C&W Records” likes George Morgan’s Columbia Records release, “So Lonesome,” written by Jewell and Red Sovine. “Pretty weeper is sung in sweet fashion by Morgan on this new release,” the review says. “He sells it well and it has a chance for a lot of […]
March 10, 1956: Cash Box’s Country Roundup carries an item about Jewell’s new country music column for the weekly Two States Press in Texarkana: “Writing a very interesting column for the ‘Two States Press’ of Texarkana, Texas, is Jewell House, well-known songwriter in country music. Miss (sic) House recently inaugurated a new column featuring stories […]
Friends, today we remember Jewell’s husband, Charles “Charlie” House, on what would have been his 98th birthday. Jewell had no better or more important partner or friend in her songwriting career than Charles. Red Sovine and Shot Jackson loved him as did Webb Pierce, the Wilburn Brothers and other artists. Charles was Jewell’s driver on […]
Aloha, friends. Did you know there’s a rich and longtime relationship between Country and Hawaiian music? Ever wondered how steel guitars gained such iconic stature in Country music? We were vaguely aware of such roots when we recently visited Hawaii, but we looked more into it all after hearing and admiring local bands’ excellent work […]
Jewell House Tribute 