Bill Carlisle
William Toliver Jumpin Bill Carlisle was an American country music singer, songwriter, comedian and guitarist popular in the late 1940s and 1950s but who influenced the genre for more than 50 years. He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Carlisle was born in Wakefield, Kentucky southeast of Louisville. He performed in the 1920s with his older brother, Cliff Carlisle, on radio stations WLAPAM in Lexington, Kentucky and WNOXAM in Knoxville, Tennessee. His first solo single and hit was the 1933 recording of Rattlesnake Daddy, released on ARC Records. That year he formed the Carlisle Brothers with Cliff, and in 1938 they signed with Decca Records and continued performing on Kentucky country radio programs. He created an alter ego for the WNOXs MidDay MerryGoRound and Tennessee Barn Dance shows called Hot Shot Elmer, a bumbling buffoon in costume who would interrupt Carlisles own performances. His leaps on stage won him the moniker Jumpin Bill.
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