Red Sovine

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Red Sovine was an American country music singer best known for his sentimental truck-driving ballads and narrative songs popular in the 1950s–1970s.

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Red Sovine canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf country music singer
human
recording artist
songwriter
activePeriod 1950s
1960s
1970s
associatedAct Ernest Tubb
George Jones
Jim Reeves
Webb Pierce
birthName Woodrow Wilson Sovine
causeOfDeath heart attack
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1917-07-17
dateOfDeath 1980-04-04
ethnicity White American
familyName Sovine
genre country music
truck-driving country
givenName Woodrow
hasPartInDiscography Giddyup Go (song)
linked to: Giddyup Go

I Didn't Jump the Fence (album)
Phantom 309 (song)
Teddy Bear (song)
instrument vocals
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement Nashville country
nickname Red Sovine
notableFor narrative recitation songs
sentimental truck-driving ballads
notableWork Giddyup Go
Little Joe
Phantom 309
Teddy Bear
linked to: Teddy bear

Why Baby Why
occupation musician
singer
songwriter
placeOfBirth Charleston, West Virginia, United States
placeOfDeath Nashville, Tennessee, United States
recordLabel Decca Records
Gusto Records
MGM Records
Starday Records
residence Nashville, Tennessee, United States
sexOrGender male
spouse Norma Sovine
stateOfBirth West Virginia
stateOfDeath Tennessee
yearsActive 1940s–1980

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