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Skeets was St. Louis' hillbilly heaven.

Publication: St. Louis Journalism Review
Publication Date: 01-MAY-04 		Format: Online - approximately 689 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Skeets was St. Louis' hillbilly heaven.(Radio History)(Biography)

Article Excerpt
Just about everyone who heard them has fond memories of the hillbilly music duo of Skeets and Frankie. They performed for many years on KMOX. But Skeets had a broadcast career that included other stations in St. Louis.

Clyde A. "Skeets" Yaney was working a construction job when he began his work on the air at KMOX. He told a St. Louis Globe-Democrat reporter in a 1950 interview that he simply started showing up at the studios at 5 a.m. and performing for free on the station's early morning hillbilly program. When the show ended at 7 a.m., he'd walk down 12th...

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