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Louis Calhoun 
Square Dance Caller, Round Dance Cuer
 
ID: 655

Louis Calhoun  

Louis Calhoun was born Sept. 18, 1922. He started calling while he was in college (he graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He was the recreation director at Fontana Village, NC for many years in the late 1960s, working with the Fontana Ramblers bringing square dancing to the area. He called all over the United States and had clubs in Madisonville, KY; Dawson Springs, KY and Marion, KY. Once when preparing to call for over 400 dancers a fellow caller dared him to write a hash call on the fly and call it to them. He wrote one out on a napkin and called it. It worked flawlessly. He had a good voice and a great mind for calling. He served on the National Advisory Board for the American Square Dance Magazine for many years. His wife Ann taught round dancing and helped him in numerous ways. His oldest son, Louis Calhoun, Jr. lives in Brooklyn, NY and he has two other sons in Kentucky (David and Jeff Calhoun) and a step-son in Tennessee (Robert Hand). On one unfortunate road trip home from Detroit he fell asleep at the wheel of his car in Beaver Dam, KY. The vehicle slammed into a sign post and Louis Calhoun died on April 13, 1975. He appeared on the cover of American Squares magazine's 20th Anniversary edition in January 1965. He recorded on many labels including Thunderbird, Lore, Longhorn, and Jewel.

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Recordings by Louis Calhoun:
Thunderbird    Lore    Longhorn    Jewel   
 
Back In Circulation  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, Longhorn 152
 
Beverly Hillbillies  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, Jewel 106
 
Blame It On The Bosa Nova  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, Jewel 110
 
Crooked Little Man  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, Jewel 125
 
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, Jewel 124
 
Foot Of The Bed  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, Jewel 107
 
Go-Get-Em's  (comments) (sample clip)  Patter, Longhorn 403
 
Hambone  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, Jewel 109
 
Hash / Mojo  (comments) (sample clip)  Patter (two instrumentals), Jewel 126X
 
Heart Of My Heart  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, Longhorn 182
 
Hello Dolly  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, Jewel 122
 
I Heard The Bluebirds Sing  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, Jewel 123
 
I Walk The Line  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, Jewel 119
 
Let The Good Times In  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, Longhorn 177
 
Near You  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, Lore 1018
 
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, Jewel 118
 
Somebody's Taking Your Place  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, Lore 1016
 
Sweet Thang / Glory Of Love  Round (two-sided) -- with Ralph Kinnane, Jewel 150
 
Take Time Out  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, Longhorn 188
 
That's How Much I Love You  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, Jewel 116
 
What I Feel In My Heart  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, Thunderbird 122
 
When I'm Rollin'  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, Longhorn 191
 
Whisper Sweet Nothings  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, Longhorn 175
 
You Lay So Easy On My Mind  (sample clip) (cue sheet)  Singing Call, Thunderbird 118
 
You Took The Ramblin' Out Of Me  (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics)  Singing Call, Longhorn 1001

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