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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJohnny Cash Postage Stamp To Be Released This Year
The United States Postal Service will be issuing a Johnny Cash stamp later this year as part of its new Music Icons series. The stamp features a photograph taken by Frank Bez which appeared on the cover of the album Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash.
Makes me want to start writing letters again.
Makes me want to start writing letters again.
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Johnny Cash Postage Stamp To Be Released This Year (Original Post)
octoberlib
Jan 2013
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Fire Walk With Me
(38,893 posts)1. Bravo.
krawhitham
(4,644 posts)2. Not the image I would have went with, but still nice
I'd love to see THAT on a stamp!
DreamGypsy
(2,252 posts)4. The Man in Black is the second stamp in the Music Icons series...
...the New Music Icons Series of Stamps Debuts in Early 2013 With Lydia Mendoza
Known as La Alondra de la Frontera, the Lark of the Border, Mendoza performed the Spanish-language music of the TexasMexico borderlands and beyond. She is best known for her solo performances, her soulful voice accompanied only by the playing of her 12-string guitar.
Mendoza recorded more than a thousand songs in an enduring career that spanned seven decades. Through her music, she gave voice not only to the poor and working-class people of the border, but also to Latinos throughout the Western Hemisphere. Her enormous repertoire of canciones, boleros, corridos, danzas, and tangos included ballads about historic figures and songs about hard work, lost love, and the joys of everyday life.
Designed by Neal Ashby and Patrick Donohue, the stamp features an undated, black-and-white publicity photo of Lydia Mendoza taken for Ideal Records in the 1950s.
Mendoza recorded more than a thousand songs in an enduring career that spanned seven decades. Through her music, she gave voice not only to the poor and working-class people of the border, but also to Latinos throughout the Western Hemisphere. Her enormous repertoire of canciones, boleros, corridos, danzas, and tangos included ballads about historic figures and songs about hard work, lost love, and the joys of everyday life.
Designed by Neal Ashby and Patrick Donohue, the stamp features an undated, black-and-white publicity photo of Lydia Mendoza taken for Ideal Records in the 1950s.
Her live radio performances set the stage for her 1934 recordings on the Bluebird Records label, a subsidiary of RCA Victor. Her recording, "Mal Hombre", became an overnight success and led to an intensive schedule of touring and recording.
Lydia Mendoza (May 21, 1916 December 20, 2007)
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)5. Cool! Thanks for the info. nt
DreamGypsy
(2,252 posts)6. ...and back to Johnny Cash, not to diminish his legend...
...here is an incredible version of Peter La Farge's song The Ballad of Ira Hayes