Webb Pierce

Country Singer

Birthday August 8, 1921

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace West Monroe, LA

DEATH DATE Feb 24, 1991 (69)

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About

Country musician and honky tonk artist who had a thirty-seven week #1 single with "In the Jailhouse Now" in 1955.

Before Fame

He started playing guitar on a local Louisiana radio station at age fifteen. He later was welcomed as a member of the Grand Ole Opry.

Trivia

He scored an impressive thirteen #1 country singles in his nearly thirty-year long career.

Family Life

He married Betty Jane Lewis in 1942.

Associated With

He featured Kitty Wells on his top-ten 1957 single "Oh So Many Years."