Owens, Buck (12 Aug. 1929–25 Mar. 2006), country musician, singer, songwriter, bandleader, and television personality, was born Alvis Edgar Owens, Jr. in Sherman, Texas, the son of Alvis Edgar Owens and Maicie Azel Ellington, tenant farmers. The Owens family lived a hardscrabble existence, moving frequently in search of work. The younger Alvis was four when he christened himself with his lifelong nickname, calling himself Buck, after a farm mule....
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Owens, Buck (12 Aug. 1929–25 Mar. 2006), country musician, singer, songwriter, bandleader, and television personality
Corey J. Murray
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Wagoner, Porter (12 Aug. 1927–28 Oct. 2007), country music singer
Corey J. Murray
Wagoner, Porter (12 Aug. 1927–28 Oct. 2007), country music singer, songwriter, record producer, and television personality, was born on a farm near Lanton, Missouri, the youngest child of Charles Wagoner and Bertha May Bridges, who were farmers. The family was poor, but their Ozark Mountain farm provided adequate sustenance. Their few luxuries included a wind-up Victrola with a modest record collection and a car battery–powered radio, around which they gathered with neighbors on Saturday nights to hear the ...
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Williams, Andy (3 Dec. 1927–25 Sept. 2012), pop singer and television star
Bruce J. Evensen
Williams, Andy (3 Dec. 1927–25 Sept. 2012), pop singer and television star, was born Howard Andrew Williams, the fourth of five sons and a daughter, born to Jay Emerson Williams, a railway mail clerk, and Florence Bell (Finley) Williams in Wall Lake, Iowa....
