----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Kaufman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 10:48 AM Subject: [peeps-country-classics] Fw: HENSEN CARGILL DIES
> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 10:40 AM > Subject: HENSEN CARGILL DIES > > > Bulletin: > > HENSEN CARGILL DIES > > Date: Tuesday - 27 March 2007 > headline: Henson Cargill Dies > Short text: Dugg Collins - KFDI Radio - Wichita, Kansas > Text: Cargill, Henson > Henson Cargill, age 66, national country music recording artist, died > in Oklahoma City Saturday, March 24, 2007 from complications following > surgery earlier in the week. Henson was born at in Oklahoma City, February > 5, 1941. He was born into a prominent Oklahoma family, as his grandfather > O.A. Cargill was a longtime attorney and former Mayor of Oklahoma City. > His father was O.A. Cargill Jr., also a longtime attorney, and his mother > was Nadine Henson. Both preceded him in death. Henson went to Lynwood > Elementary, Taft Junior High, and graduated from NW Classen High School. > Henson married his high school sweetheart, Marta DuPree in 1959 and soon > after, they moved together to Fort Collins, Colorado where Henson attended > Colorado State University where he planned to study Veterinary Medicine. > He was a member of the nationally acclaimed rodeo team as a calf roper. > While in school, he sang at many of the local dances and became a very > popular act with the college crowd. His ! > rediscovered joy of performing before people and his longing for the > family and ranch back in Oklahoma, made him decide to leave his studies > and come back home. After arriving back home in 1962, the young couple had > their first son, Cash who Henson named after one of his heroes in the > music business, Johnny Cash who would later become his good friend, > advisor, and godfather to his son. Henson worked for the Oklahoma County > court clerk's office, was a private investigator and eventually ended up > working for the sheriff's department. Although he enjoyed his work, > performing was his real love. A high school friend and musician Johnny > Johnson introduced him to a musical group called the Kimberleys who were > playing nightclubs and television around the country. Henson went on the > road with them and eventually formed his own group to tour with. He became > wildly popular in the northwest part of the country and soon was offered > and accepted a hosting job for a nationally syndicated ! > television show called 'The Country Hayride'. Although making a good l > iving for his now growing family with second son, Clayton and daughter, > Nicole, born in 1966 and 1967, he was told by his friend Johnny Cash to go > to Nashville and record. After several disheartening trips to Nashville, > Henson met a veteran producer named Don Law who believed in him and vowed > to find him some good material to record. In 1968, Henson recorded 'Skip > The Rope' which became a smash hit quickly selling over 1 million copies > and being the first song to ever cross over from country to pop charts. > His career skyrocketed and he became a real national music figure. He was > nominated most promising male vocalist, was a Grammy award nominee and won > numerous ASCAP achievement awards. For the next decade, Henson was > everywhere from being the spokesman for the original 7-up the 'Uncola' > campaign to headlining in Las Vegas where critic Joe Delaney said 'Henson > Cargill may be one of the best entertainers ever to set foot on a Las > Vegas stage' and the NY Times said 'Henson is ! > sensational! His superb stage presence and down home humor has made him a > show stopper! 'In 1981, Henson told his family he was coming off the road > and going to build a county music showplace in Oklahoma City. The night > club called HENSONS was a fabulous first class show place. He would be > proud to ask top entertainers to perform in. Fans could see him as well as > all the major country acts of the day. Some of the artists that performed > there included Ray Charles, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Roy Orbison, Glenn > Campbell, Waylon Jennings, and many more. Henson Cargill's career spanned > some 35 years with some 15 national chart records, 9 LP's, 12 National TV > appearances, Reno Nevada's Entertainer of the Year and his own record > label. He is survived by his son, Cash Cargill, of Edmond; son, Clayton K. > Cargill, of Eagle Rock, MO; daughter, Nicole Duran and her husband Johnny > of Edmond; four sisters, Carol Lash of Oklahoma City, Christy Best of > Santa Cruz, CA, Angela St. John of M! > ontrose, CO, Jennifer Cargill of Chicago, IL and Kima Cargill of Seatl > e, WA; one brother, John R. Cargill of Santa Cruz, CA. He has four > grandchildren, Henson Christopher Duran, Savannah Nicole Cargill, Calli > Nicole Duran and Katie Renee Cargill, all of Edmond, OK and many nieces > and nephews. He was preceded in death by his older brother, O.A. Cargill > III. Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Thursday, March 29, 2007 at > Highland Hills Baptist Church at 7900 Devore (just north of NW Expressway > on Council) with interment at Memorial Park Cemetery. Services are under > the direction of the Matthews Funeral Home, Edmond, OK. ### > > > Biography by Johnny Loftus > Henson Cargill had tried his hand at being a lawyer, rancher, > and deputy sheriff before settling on country music as a career after > returning to Oklahoma from Colorado State University. He began playing > local bars and was asked to join the Kimberlys by their leader, Harold > Gay. Cargill went to Nashville in the mid-'60s and, after auditioning for > different labels, signed with Fred Foster at Monument in 1967. Foster > teamed Henson with producer Don Law to record the Jack Moran song "Skip a > Rope." The single was a tremendous success and not only topped the country > charts for five weeks, but also crossed over to the Top 25 on the pop > charts. During 1968-1969, Henson went on to have two more Top 20 country > hits, including "None of My Business." In 1969, he also began hosting Avco > Broadcasting's syndicated show Country Hayride and recorded steadily for > the next few years. In 1971, the single "The Most Uncomplicated Good-Bye > I've Ever Heard" hit the Top 20, and two years! > later he recorded two Top 30 hits, including "Some Old California > Memory." Cargill's next hit, however, was over six years in coming. > Finally, in 1979, "Silence on the Line" made the Top 30. Cargill > eventually left Nashville and returned to Oklahoma, but continued to > perform sporadically. During the 1980s and '90s, Cargill was a fixture on > the Las Vegas/Reno casino entertainment circuit. In 2003, he issued All > American Cowboy through his website. 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