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George Glenn Jones (September 12, 1931 – April 26, 2013) was an American country musician, singer, and songwriter. He achieved international fame for a long list of hit records, and is well known for his distinctive voice and phrasing.
Sep 27, 2023 · George Glenn Jones was born in Saratoga, Texas, on September 12, 1931. One of eight children in a poor family, his father was an alcoholic who sometimes grew violent. "We were our daddy's loved ...
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Apr 22, 2024 · George Jones (born September 12, 1931, Saratoga, Texas, U.S.—died April 26, 2013, Nashville, Tennessee) was an American honky-tonk performer and balladeer considered to be one of the greatest country singers of all time. Jones’s early work was influenced by Roy Acuff and Hank Williams (both renowned for their genuine, often mournful songs ...
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George Glenn Jones was born with a broken arm in Saratoga, Tex., an oil-field town, on Sept. 12, 1931, to Clare and George Washington Jones. His father, a truck driver and pipe fitter, bought ...
Saratoga, Texas. George Jones’s immense, singular vocal gifts made him one of the most influential singers in country music history. George Jones launched his recording career in East Texas in the early 1950s, and at the start of the twenty-first century he was still going strong. Yet it was more than sheer longevity or the almost religious ...
Apr 26, 2013 · US country singer George Jones, who had a string of number one songs between the 1950s and 1990s, has died aged 81. Jones' publicist, Kirt Webster, said the Grammy-winning singer was admitted to ...
Apr 26, 2013 · George Jones, who has died aged 81, was country music's most stylish and emotional singer. Less well-known outside the genre than his one-time wife Tammy Wynette, he had one of the finest voices ...
