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      • William Orville " Lefty " Frizzell (March 31, 1928 – July 19, 1975) was an American country and honky-tonk singer-songwriter. 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 Orbison, and Willie Nelson.
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  2. William Orville "Lefty" Frizzell (March 31, 1928 – July 19, 1975) was an American country and honky-tonk singer-songwriter. 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 Orbison, and Willie Nelson.

  3. 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 Frizzell,...

  4. Feb 21, 2024 · It’s an even better bet that fewer know much about one of its writers, Country Music Hall of Fame member Lefty Frizzell, who nonetheless is inarguably one of the architects of the classic male...

  5. Described by Merle Haggard as “the most unique thing that ever happened to country music,” Lefty Frizzell was one of the most influential singers in the genre’s history. A supreme vocal stylist, he introduced an intimate, vowel-bending style of singing that has been internalized by countless younger performers in the years since he burst ...

  6. 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.

  7. Jul 19, 2021 · Firsts. In 1951, Lefty Frizzell was the first artist to chart 4 songs in the top ten simultaneously on the Billboard Country Chart. In 1964, The Beatles mirrored Lefty's success on the Billboard 100 all genre chart. Lefty was the first to record "Long Black Veil" which became a folk standard.

  8. Nov 4, 2020 · By Addie Moore | November 4, 2020. From his Columbia Records debut at age 22 until his premature death at age 47, Lefty Frizzell stuck with a note-bending vocal style and honky tonk sound that...

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