Lowell Blanchard (November 5, 1910 – February 19, 1968) was an American
radio presenter and performer. Blanchard, a native of
Chicago, Illinois
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, was a station manager and popular show host for
WNOX-AM Radio in
Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville is a city in Knox County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. It is located on the Tennessee River and had a population of 190,740 at the 2020 United States census. It is the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division ...
. He was inducted into The Country Music On-Air Personality Hall of Fame in 1977.
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/ref> He is said to have given country performers Henry D. Haynes and Kenneth C. Burns their stage names, Homer and Jethro, after forgetting their stage names during a 1936 broadcast on WNOX.
In April 1950, Blanchard and the Valley Trio recorded a version of the song "Jesus Hits Like an Atom Bomb", which was included on the Atomic Platters: Cold War Music from the Golden Age compilation.
References
External links
Short biography of Blanchard on Country Radio SeminarLyrics
of "Jesus Hits Like An Atom Bomb"
* performed by Blanchard and the Valley Trio
American radio personalities
1910 births
1968 deaths
20th-century American singers
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