#NoveltySongs Month here on #ScoptioneSunday with The Lounge-O-Leers “saloots” the Wild West with a touching tale of gambling and family values from Merle Kilgore — “Five Card Stud”. Perhaps better known as a songwriter and manager, Merle Kilgore had a long history as an esteemed member of the American country music industry. Born in Chickasha, Oklahoma on August 9, 1934, Wyatt Merle Kilgore was raised in Shreveport, Louisiana. As legend states, the 14 year-old Kilgore carried Hank Williams’ gui

Ben Haggard signing his father Merle Haggard’s song “Are The Good Times Really Over” | Country Rebel

Remembering the legendary Merle Kilgore February 6th: On This Day In 2005, we lost the great Merle Kilgore, a true country music powerhouse. While many know him as the co-writer of Ring of Fire (with June Carter), which became one of Johnny Cash’s biggest hits, his impact on country music runs much deeper. Kilgore got his start as a teenage gofer for Hank Williams and went on to become a successful songwriter, penning hits like Wolverton Mountain for Claude King and Johnny Reb for Johnny Horton.

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