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Labels. Columbia. ABC. William Orville " Lefty " Frizzell (March 31, 1928 – July 19, 1975) was an American country and honky-tonk singer-songwriter. [1] Frizell is known as one of the most influential country music vocal stylists of all time. He has been cited as influencing prominent country singers like George Jones, Merle Haggard, Roy ...
Jul 6, 2012 · My father performed many shows with Lefty, and they became extremely close friends. Merle knew just about everyone in the music industry, but he and Lefty had a special bond. One day in 1969, Lefty’s wife Alice invited us to go to church where Rev. Jimmy Roger Snow was preaching. Jimmy Snow was the son of country music star Hank Snow.
Jul 21, 1975 · NASHVILLE, July 20 (UPI)—Lefty Frizzell, the.country music singing star, died yesterday at Nashville Memorial Hospital after suffering a stroke. He was 47 years old. William Orville...
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Oct 20, 2009 · Yet buried under the middle-of-the-road arrangements and nauseating production excess lies something scruffy, winning, and real. Like his hero, Frizzell, Whitley has a genius for breathing...
Feb 14, 2017 · Lefty Frizzell is the honky-tonk archetype. He sang like an angel, dressed like a dandy, and had a weakness for whiskey and women. Before this was a stereotype, it was Lefty. Born William Orville Frizzell, July 19 marks the 40th anniversary of Frizzell’s death. There is no better time to take a second look at this influential singer.
The son of an oilfield worker, William Orville “Lefty” Frizzell introduced an intimate, vowel-bending style of singing that has been internalized by countless younger performers in the years since he burst to stardom in 1950.
Jul 20, 2021 · COUNTRY MUSIC. · July 20, 2021. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. When you think about the history of country music, it’s easy to forget about the OGs who originally laid the foundation for the genre. One of those guys? Lefty Frizzell.