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Randy Yeuell Owen (born December 13, 1949) is an American country musician. He is best known for his role as the lead singer of Alabama, a country rock band that saw tremendous mainstream success throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
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Alabama is an American country music band formed in Fort Payne, Alabama, in 1969. The band was founded by Randy Owen ( lead vocals , rhythm guitar ) and his cousin Teddy Gentry ( bass , backing vocals ).
Feb 24, 2019 · Alabama singer Randy Owen thought he was going to die. When his doctor told him he had prostate cancer, Owen’s first question was, “How long do I have?”
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Lead singer of the popular country rock band Alabama, which had the hits "Lady Down" and "Christmas in Dixie." In 2008, he released a solo studio album called One on One.
He attended Jacksonville State University on hiatus from his music career. His solo album One on One had two singles that made the country charts.
He founded an annual radiothon to raise funds for cancer research and an annual golf tournament to raise money for the Alabama Sheriff's Department Youth Ranches.
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Randy Yeuell Owen was born at The Guest’s Clinic in Fort Payne, Alabama on December 13, 1949. Randy was raised with his two younger sisters in a frame farmhouse near Adamsburg, Alabama in DeKalb County, very close by to Lookout Mountain.
Age, Biography and Wiki. Randy Owen is an American country music singer and songwriter. He is best known as the lead singer of the country music band Alabama, which he co-founded in 1969. He has released several solo albums, including his debut album, One on One, in 1982.
Formed in Fort Payne, the country super group Alabama blended the unbeatable talents of lead singer, rhythm guitarist and songwriter Randy Owen, bass player, songwriter and harmony vocalist Teddy Gentry, multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter Jeff Cook and drummer Mark Herndon.