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Roy Drusky
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American country music singer, songwriter, producer, actor and disc jockey (1930–2004)
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It is catalogued under topics including 1930 births, 2004 deaths and 20th-century American male singers.
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Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Roy Frank Drusky, Jr. (June 22, 1930 – September 23, 2004) was an American country music singer, songwriter, producer, actor and disc jockey popular from the 1960s through the early 1970s. Known for his baritone voice, he was known for incorporating the Nashville sound and for being the first artist to record a song written by Kris Kristofferson ("Jody and the Kid"). His highest-charting single…
Known for
- Country's Family Reunion: Precious Memories (Vol. 1) — Self2016
- Opry Video Classics: Love Songs2007
- Las Vegas Hillbillys — Roy Drusky1966
- The Gold Guitar1966
- Forty Acre Feud — Self1965
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1930
- Active to
- 2004
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 15,411
- Total plays
- 83,596
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A singer/songwriter often called "the Perry Como of country music," Roy Drusky enjoyed success throughout the 1960s as a performer in the Nashville sound vein. Born June 22, 1930, in Atlanta, GA, Drusky's mother, a church organist, tried for years to interest her son in music, but throughout his childhood he focused the majority of his energies on sports. It was not until during a two-year stint in the U.S. Navy that he bought his first guitar, and soon after began performing for his fellow crew
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Frank
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Atlanta
- Place of death
- Nashville
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- country music
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Roy Drusky 1969.JPG
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- date of birth
- 1930-06-22
- date of death
- 2004-09-23
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1953-00-00
- birth name
- Roy Frank Drusky
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
- writing language
- English language
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