Rare Rockabilly Ronnie Self 1957 Columbia 40989 78rpm Ain't I'm A Dog

Rare 1950s record

Columbia 40989 ~ Matrix / Runout (Side A) CO58484-JA (Side B): CO58486-JA

Rocky Road Blues and Ain't I'm A Dog tracks are on this 10 inch Shellac record

78 speed or rpm

In very good condition!

Bio:

Ronnie Self  was born July 5, 1938  and died at the age of 43 in August 28, 1981

He was an American Rockabilly singer and songwriter and signed with Columbia and then Decca from the late 1950s through the early 1960s. His only charted single was "Bop-A-Lena"; recorded in 1957 and released in 1958, it reached No. 68 on the Billboard charts. His boastful country anthem "Ain't I'm a Dog" was a regional hit in the South.

A talented performer and songwriter, Self's career was hindered by alcoholism. Brenda Lee recorded his songs "I'm Sorry", "Sweet Nothin's", and "Everybody Loves Me But You" and became major pop classics. His country gospel song "Ain't That Beautiful Singing", recorded by Jake Hess, received  a Grammy Award for Best Sacred Performance in 1969. He also wrote Brenda Lee's 1963 No. 28 UK hit single "Sweet Impossible You" (the B-side to "The Grass is Greener" in the United States.