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Chanteuse Country Canadienne née Rita Cote, le 17
Août 1921 à Sherbrooke, Quebec. Betty Cody a débuté à la fin des années trente et a fait une petite carrière dans la Country Music.
Elle fut la femme de Hal Lone Pine. Betty
Cody est décédée le 1er Juillet 2014 à Lewiston (Maine).
For a brief span
during the early 1950s, Betty Cody stood side by side honky tonk queens like
Kitty Wells and
Goldie Hill. "Betty Cody was the closest to
Kitty Wells in both plaintive Vocals style and heartache lyric content,"
wrote Mary A. Bufwack and Robert K. Oermann in Finding Her Voice: The Saga of
Women in Country Music. Like
Wells, she would reach country music's Top Ten hit with an answer song;
whereas
Webb Pierce sang "There Stands a Glass," a honky tonk paean to hard living,
Cody sang "Please Throw Away the Glass," inserting a woman's point of view. Cody
was born Rita Cote in Quebec on August 17, 1921, the sixth of Alphonse and
Aidina Cote's 11 children. Her family moved to Auburn, Me and Cody learned music
from the nuns of a French Catholic school; she would continue to sing in French
until the age of 14.
Cody shored up her country music credentials by learning to yodel -- thanks to a
brother's dare -- by listening to
Patsy Montana's 1935 hit "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart." She soon
found work at local radio stations and balanced her budding singing career with
her regular job at a shoe factory. Her first appearance was at WCOU Radio in
Lewiston at the age of 15. In 1940 Cody married a musician, Harold Breau, known
in New England as
Lone Pine. When Cody joined his act, she adopted her stage name and the team
traveled the United States and Canada. The couple had four sons including Lenny
Breau who joined the family act at three and later became a well-known jazz
guitarist.
In the early '50s Cody reached the height of her career when the act signed to
RCA and initiated a series of recordings. Cody's formative training paid off
when "Tom Tom Yodel" became a hit in 1952. Successful recordings of "Please
Throw Away the Glass" and "I Found Out More Than You'll Ever Know" followed in
1953. During this time Cody sang on a coast-to-coast radio program for ABC and
toured with
Kitty Wells,
Chet Atkins,
Hank Snow, and other country music notables. Cody and
Lone Pine also became a regular member of the WWVA barn dance, the Wheeling
Jamboree.
The couple's success, however, had a darker underside: Cody and
Lone Pine's marriage had begun to disintegrate during these years. Cody, in
fact, considered a solo career, and attracted the attention of none other than
Colonel Tom Parker (the future manager of
Elvis Presley). But Parker's deal included moving to Nashville and leaving
her children behind for six months, so Cody retired from the mainstream music
business. She returned to Lewiston, ME where she worked in a factory and raised
three of her sons. Cody also continued to perform locally and was inducted into
the Maine Country Music Hall of Fame on April 29, 1979. In 2006, Bear Records
issued On the Trail of the Lonesome Pine, recordings of Cody and
Lone Pine's work at RCA. The same year The Successful Hillbilly Era of Betty
Cody (1952-1954) was issued by Cattle.
Betty Cody died on July 1, 2014 in Lewiston, Maine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Cody
Talents : Vocals, Guitar
Style musical : Traditional Country
I'm Talkin',
Start Walkin' (1953)
 (with
Hal Lone PINE)
PALE MOON
(1953)
I FOUND OUT MORE THAN YOU EVER KNEW (1953)
PHONOGRAPH
RECORD (1953)
DEAR SISTER
(1954)
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Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
78 t. & Singles
| 02/1950 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 21-0179 (US) |
Betty CODY & Hal Lone PINE - Waltz Of The Bride / Oh Lord Please Tell Me Do |
| 1950 | RCA VICTOR Bluebird Series 55-3257 (CAN) | Lone PINE & His Mountaineers with Betty CODY - The Waltz Of The Bride / O Lord Please Tell Me Do |
| 1951 | 78 t. & SP BLUEBIRD 55-3266 / 57-5052 (CAN) |
It's Goodbye And So Long To You (Betty CODY & Hal Lone PINE) / Fuzzy Wuzzy Teddy Bear (Hal Lone PINE) |
| 10/1951 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-4366 (US) | Lone PINE & His Mountaineers with Betty CODY - The Waltz Of The Bride / Oh Lord Please Tell Me Do |
| 10/1951 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-4366 (US) | Lone PINE & His Mountaineers with Betty CODY - The Waltz Of The Bride / Oh Lord Please Tell Me Do |
| 1952 | 78 t. & SP BLUEBIRD 55-3269 / 57-5057 (CAN) | Tom Tom Yodel (Lone PINE & His Mountaineers with Betty CODY) / I'll Be Waiting Patiently (Lone PINE & His Mountaineers) |
| 03/1952 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-4581 (US) | Tom Tom Yodel (Lone PINE & His Mountaineers with Betty CODY) / I'll Be Waiting Patiently (Lone PINE & His Mountaineers) |
| 03/1952 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-4581 (US) |
Tom Tom Yodel (Lone PINE & His Mountaineers with Betty CODY) / I'll Be Waiting Patiently (Lone PINE & His Mountaineers) |
| 1952 | 78 t. & SP BLUEBIRD 55-3271 / 57-5059 (CAN) |
On The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine (Betty CODY & Hal Lone PINE) / Little Jeannie (Hal Lone PINE) |
| 05/1952 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-4720 (US) | On The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine (Lone PINE & His Mountaineers with Betty CODY) / Little Jeannie (Lone PINE & His Mountaineers) |
| 05/1952 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-4720 (US) |
On The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine (Lone PINE & His Mountaineers with Betty CODY) / Little Jeannie (Lone PINE & His Mountaineers) |
| 1952 | 78 t. & SP BLUEBIRD 55-3274 / 57-5062 (CAN) |
O Mama Come Home / One Poor Lonely Heart |
| 11/1952 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-5044 (US) | Don't Stop I Like It (Betty CODY & Hal Lone PINE) / Lipstick On Your Collar (Hal Lone PINE) |
| 11/1952 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-5044 (US) |
Don't Stop I Like It (Betty CODY & Hal Lone PINE) / Lipstick On Your Collar (Hal Lone PINE) |
| 05/1953 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-5263 (US) | Jealous Love (Betty
Cody &
Hal "Lone" PINE with The
Mountaineers) /
I'm Talkin',
Start Walkin'
(Hal "Lone" PINE & Betty
Cody with The
Mountaineers) |
| 05/1953 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-5263 (US) |
Jealous Love (Betty
Cody &
Hal "Lone" PINE with The
Mountaineers) /
I'm Talkin',
Start Walkin'
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| 08/1953 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-5376 (US) |
Pale Moon
/ I Hate Myself For Loving You So Much |
| 08/1953 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-5376 (US) |
Pale Moon
/ I Hate Myself For Loving You So Much |
| 10/1953 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-5462 (US) |
I Found Out More Than You Ever Knew
/ Don't
Believe Everything You Read |
| 10/1953 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-5462 (US) |
I Found Out More Than You Ever Knew
/ Don't
Believe Everything You Read |
| 11/1953 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-5519 (US) | Keep Your Promise Willie Thomas /
Phonograph
Record
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| 11/1953 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-5519 (US) | Keep Your Promise Willie Thomas /
Phonograph
Record
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| 01/1954 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-5600 (US) | Please Throw Away The Glass / You Can't Feel Way I Do |
| 01/1954 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-5600 (US) | Please Throw Away The Glass / You Can't Feel Way I Do |
| 03/1954 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-5630 (US) | Tear Down The Mountains / I Really Want You To Know |
| 03/1954 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-5630 (US) | Tear Down The Mountains / I Really Want You To Know |
| 05/1954 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-5705 (US) | Letter I Should Never Have Mailed / Kiss That Made A Fool Of Me |
| 05/1954 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-5705 (US) | Letter I Should Never Have Mailed / Kiss That Made A Fool Of Me |
| 08/1954 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-5811 (US) |
Dear Sister
/ Can You Live With Yourself |
| 08/1954 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-5811 (US) |
Dear Sister
/ Can You Live With Yourself |
| 10/1954 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-5869 (US) |
Betty CODY & Hal "Lone PINE" - How To Get Married / Heart To Heart |
| 10/1954 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-5869 (US) | Betty CODY & Hal "Lone PINE" - How To Get Married / Heart To Heart |
| 1954 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-5891 (US) | Tell It Right / Butterfly Heart |
| 1954 | SP RCA VICTOR 42-5891 (US) | Tell It Right / Butterfly Heart |
| 11/1954 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-5926 (US) | Always A Bridesmaid / You Want More Of Me |
| 11/1954 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-5926 (US) | Always A Bridesmaid / You Want More Of Me |
| 12/1954 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-5991 (US) |
Hal Lone PINE & Betty CODY - Tell It Right / Butterfly Heart |
| 12/1954 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-5991 (US) | Hal Lone PINE & Betty CODY - Tell It Right / Butterfly Heart |
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Albums
| 1979 | LP 12" EAB 790816 (CAN) |
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SINGING AGAIN - Dancing Again / Mama's House / Hi There / I Yodel All Day Long / Hopeless Woman / The Selfishness In Man / Coeur De Maman / Killing Time With Me / Share And Share Alike / Call Me Hurt / What Is Life Without Love / I've Got My Mind Satisfied |
| 1985 | LP 12" CATTLE LP 79 (GER) |
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BETTY CODY'S COUNTRY SOUVENIR ALBUM - Tear Down The Mountains / Can You Live With Yourself / Dear Sister / Butterfly Heart / Tell It Right / The Kiss That Made A Foll Of Me / A Letter I Should Never Have Mailed / Don't Believe Everything That You Read About Love / You Broke My Heart In 15 Million Pieces / Pale Moon / I Hate Myself For Loving You So Much / I Found Out More Than You Ever Knew / Phonograph Records / Keep Your Promise, Willie Thomas / Please Throw Away The Glass / You Can't Feel The Way I Do / I Really Don't Want To Know / You Want More Of Me / Always A Bridesmaid. |
| 03/2005 | CD CATTLE CCD 306 (GER) |
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THE SUCCESSFUL HILLBILLY ERA OF BETTY CODY (1952-1954) - Pale Moon / Tom-Tom Yodel / Keep Your Promise, Willie Thomas / Phonograph Record / Keep Your Shirt On John / Don't Stop - I Like It! / O Mama Come Home / You Broke My Heart In 15 Million Pieces / You Can't Feel the Way I Do / Please Throw Away The Glass / Kiss That Made A Fool Of Me / Letter I Should Never Have Mailed / Of All The Songs We Ever Sang / Dear Sister / Can You Live With Yourself? / Don't Believe Everything That You Read About Love / I Found Out More Than You Ever Knew / Jealous Love / I'm Talkin', Start Walkin' / Tear Down The Mountains / I Really Want You To Know / Heart To Heart Talk (Let's Talk It Over) / How To Get Married / Always A Bridesmaid / You Want More Of Me (Than I Can Give You) / Columbu Stockade Blues / In Sunny Tennessee / I Hate Myself For Loving You So Much |
| 02/2006 | CD BEAR FAMILY BCD 16787 (GER) |
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ON THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE - Hal Lone PINE & Betty CODY - On The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine / I'm Talkin', Start Walkin' / Lipstick On Your Collar / From One O'Clock To Midnight / Pretty As A Queen / Little Jeannie / Prince Edward Island Is Heaven To Me / From Paree To Tennessee / Honey, Honey Mine / Come Back To This Heart Of Mine / In Sunny Tennessee / She Took / Don't Stop - I Like It! / Fuzzy-Wuzzy Teddy Bear / Pale Moon / The Waltz Of The Bridge / Yes I Do, No I Don't (The Question Song) / When It's Appleblossomtime In Annapolis Valley / O Lord Please Tell Me, Do / I'll Be Waiting Patiently / One Poor Lonely Heart / O Mama Come Home / Tom-Tom Yodel / Jealous Love / No Heart At All / Add A Name / Gonna Build A Fence Around You / Tell It Right / I Heard The Bluebirds Sing / It's Good-Bye And So Long To You |
© Rocky Productions 22/07/2012
