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A recitation song or "recitation" as it is more commonly called, is a spoken narrative of a song, generally with a sentimental (or at times, religious) theme. Such numbers were quite popular in country music from the 1930s into the 1960s, although there were only few in number. While they almost disappeared in the 1970s, that decade saw several of the biggest recitation songs of all time: Red Sovine's sentimental ode to an ill child "Teddy Bear" and C. W. McCall's truck-driving saga "Convoy", both songs hitting number one on the country charts and even crossing over into the pop market. McCall, who did not sing, became a popular country star in the 1970s with a string of recitations, most of them comic, although his last hit, 1977's "Roses for Mama" was a sentimental tale in the best Sovine tradition. A number of Elvis Presley's and Johnny Cash's songs, as well as a number of songs from other genres of popular music and a number of gospel songs, also featured recitations. ==Notable Recitation songs== * "The Americans" by Byron MacGregor * "Deck of Cards" by T. Texas Tyler * "Giddyup Go" by Red Sovine * "Mama Sang a Song" by Bill Anderson * "Hello Fool" by Ralph Emery * "I.O.U." by Jimmy Dean * "What Would You Do (If Jesus Came to Your House)" by Porter Wagoner * "That Was Yesterday" by Donna Fargo * "The Shirt" by Norma Jean * "Old Rivers" by Walter Brennan * "Open Letter to my Teenage Son" by Victor Lundberg * "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" by The Charlie Daniels Band * "Colorado Kool-Aid" by Johnny Paycheck 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「recitation song」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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