[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 114 (Friday, July 30, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1499]
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                        WOMEN OF THE MUSIC CITY

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                         HON. MARSHA BLACKBURN

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 30, 2010

  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to mark the 
accomplishments of the women of Music City. ``Let's Hear It For The 
Girls,'' the 2010 Source Awards, celebrates the women who helped found 
the Nashville music industry. Celia Froehlig, Carol Phillips, Sherytha 
Scaife, Elizabeth Thiels, Ruth Bland White and Jo Walker Meador 
Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Frances Williams Preston will be 
honored at the 8th annual event. ``In the long run, you make your own 
luck--good, bad, or indifferent.'' Loretta Lynn's words many triumphs 
ago speak still for the women of today's victories who blaze the 
musical trail of their own luck.
  Nashville's music industry has a dazzled history of women pioneers. 
Mother Maybelle Carter created the Carter scratch. Kitty Wells was the 
first female artist to have her own LP. Patsy Cline paved the way for 
women to sell records as well as men. And Loretta Lynn was the first 
woman in country music to have 50 Top 10 hits. Paving the way for Dolly 
Parton's songwriting strengths, Tammy Wynette's sultry vocals, and Reba 
McEntire's awarded success, the women on whose shoulders today's stars 
stand are a present part of Nashville's legacy.
  The call of women to the varying notes of the music industry is just 
as strong today as when Sarah ``Minnie Pearl'' Cannon first graced the 
Grand Old Opry in 1942. Women have come a long way in the music 
business, and Nashville continues to celebrate their success in paving 
the way for tomorrow's high notes. Founded in 1991, Source began the 
work to unify women executives and professionals that work and succeed 
in all facets of Nashville's music industry.
  With backgrounds as singers, songwriters, pianists, producers, 
publishers, mothers, wives, sisters, and performers, the honored at the 
2010 Source Awards are tied together by the love of music and the 
stories Nashville tells in the notes she plays. I ask my colleagues to 
join me in celebrating the accomplishments, vision, and success of the 
women of Nashville's music industry.

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