John Dixon

Editor's Note: An abridged version of this article appears in this week's issue, featuring 100 Songs that Defined Arizona. In celebration of Arizona's centennial, John "Johnny D" Dixon, host of Mostly Vinyl with Johnny D on KWSS 106.7 and unofficial Arizona music historian, shares a little history about Sanford Clark's...

"The Fool," Sanford Clark (single, 1956, MCI/Dot) In March 1956, KTYL disc jockey, producer, and songwriter Lee Hazlewood was out of money — to pay for more recording sessions and record-pressings, that is. After more than a year of trying for a hit on his Viv Records imprint, his closets...