American country singer-songwriter
Buck Owens, along with Merle Haggard, was the leader of the Bakersfield sound, a twangy, rock-influenced interpretation of hardcore honky tonk that emerged in the '60s. Owens was the first bona fide country star to emerge from Bakersfield, scoring 15 consecutive number one hits between 1963 and 1967 and providing an edgy alternative to the string-laden Nashville country-pop... Wikipedia