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Donald's Encyclopedia of Popular MusicA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZLULU BELLE and SCOTTYHusband/wife duo of '30s--40s. Lulu Belle (b Myrtle Eleanor Cooper, 24 Dec. '13, Boone NC), Scotty Wiseman (b 8 Nov. '09, Spruce Pine NC; d 1 Feb. '81, Gainesville FL) were known as the Sweethearts of Country Music. They were regulars on the National Barn Dance for 24 years, with records on Conqueror, Vocalion, Columbia, Bluebird, Mercury and Starday. Scotty studied to be a teacher and performed as Skyline Scotty on West Virginia radio '28--30, joining WLS in Chicago '33 and teaming with Lulu Belle, who had joined a year earlier and had been singing with Red Foley, then playing bass with the Cumberland Ridge Runners. They married 13 Dec. '34 and became famous with songs 'Whippoorwill Time', 'Remember Me', 'Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?' (covered by Bing Crosby with the Andrews Sisters '50), 'Empty Christmas Stocking', many (like 'Mountain Dew', also a hit for Grandpa Jones), written by Scotty. They appeared in films such as Shine On Harvest Moon '38, County Fair '41, National Barn Dance '44; had their own daily TV show on WNBQ '49. Retired from performing '58; Scotty became a teacher 30 years on. LPs incl. Sweethearts Of Country Music, Sweethearts Still, Down Memory Lane '62--5 on Starday, Have I Told You Lately That I Love You '69 on Old Homestead. |