Coordinates	39°44′21″N104°59′5″N
name	Edward Yourdon
birth date	April 30, 1944
nationality	American
field	Computer science
work institutions	YOURDON Inc., Cutter Consortium
alma mater	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
known for	Structured programmingStructured Systems Analysis and Design Method
prizes	Computer Hall of Fame
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Edward Nash Yourdon (born 30 April 1944) is an American software engineer, computer consultant, author and lecturer, and pioneer in the software engineering methodology. He is known as one of the lead developers of the structured analysis techniques of the 1970s, as co-developer of the Yourdon/Whitehead method for object-oriented analysis/design in the late 1980s and the Coad/Yourdon methodology for object-oriented analysis/design in the 1990s.

Biography

Yourdon obtained his B.S. in Applied Mathematics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1965, and has done graduate work in electrical engineering and computer science at MIT and the Polytechnic Institute of New York.

In 1964 Yourdon started working at Digital Equipment Corporation developing FORTRAN programs for the PDP-5 minicomputer and later assembler for the PDP-8. Later in the 1960s and begin 1970s after working at a small consulting firm and as independent consultant in 1974 Yourdon founded his own consulting firm, YOURDON Inc. to provide educational, publishing, and consulting services. After he sold this firm in 1986 he served on the Board of multiple IT consultancy corporations, and was advisor on several research project in the software industry throughout the 1990s.

In June 1997, Yourdon was inducted into the Computer Hall of Fame, along with such notables as Charles Babbage, Seymour Cray, James Martin, Grace Hopper, Gerald Weinberg, and Bill Gates. And December 1999 the ''Crosstalk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering,'' named him one of the ten most influential people in the software field.

In the late 1990s Yourdon became the centre of controversy over his beliefs that Y2K-related computer problems would result in severe software failures that would culminate in widespread social collapse. These failures did not materialize and he was later criticized for exaggerating the severity of the problem.

In the new millennium Yourdon became Faculty Fellow at the Information Systems Research Center of the University of North Texas, as well as Fellow of the Business Technology Trends Council for the Cutter Consortium were he also was editor of the Cutter IT Journal.

Work

After developing structured analysis techniques of the 1970s, and object-oriented analysis/design in the late 1980s and 1990s in the new millennium Yourdon has specialized in project management, software engineering methodologies, and Web 2.0 development.

Publications

Yourdon has authored over 550 technical articles and authored or coauthored 26 computer books since 1967. A selection:

1967. ''Real-Time Systems Design''. Information & Systems Press.

1972. ''Design of On-Line Computer Systems''. Prentice Hall.

1975. ''Techniques of Program Structure and Design''. Prentice Hall.

1976. ''Learning to Program in Structured COBOL, Part I and II''. With C. Gane and T. Sarson and T. Lister. Prentice Hall.

1978. ''Learning to Program in Structured COBOL, Part II''. With Timothy Lister. Prentice Hall.

1979. ''Structured Design''. with Larry Constantine. Prentice Hall.

1979. ''Classics in Software Engineering ''. Prentice Hall.

1982. ''Writings of the Revolution''. Prentice Hall.

1988. ''Managing the System Life Cycle''. 2nd ed. Prentice Hall.

1989. ''Modern Structured Analysis''. Prentice Hall.

1992. ''Decline and Fall of the American Programmer''. Prentice Hall.

1994. ''Object-Oriented Systems Development: An Integrated Approach''. Prentice Hall.

1996. ''Case Studies in Object-Oriented Analysis and Design''. With Carl Argila. Prentice-Hall.

1996. ''Rise & Resurrection of the American Programmer''. Prentice-Hall.

1999. ''The Complete Y2K Home Preparation Guide''. With Robert Roskind. Prentice Hall.

1999. ''Time Bomb 2000: What the Y2K Computer Crisis means for you!'. With Jennifer Yourdon. Prentice Hall.

1999. ''The Y2K Financial Survival Guide''. With Jennifer Yourdon and Peter G. Gordon. Prentice Hall.

2001. ''Managing High-Intensity Internet Projects''. Prentice Hall

2002. ''Byte Wars: The Impact of September 11 on Information Technology''. Prentice Hall

2003. ''Death March (2nd edition)''. Prentice Hall

2004. ''Outsourcing: Competing in the Global Productivity Race''. Prentice Hall

References

External links

Ed Yourdon's blog

Ed Yourdon's twitter

Ed Yourdon's entry in the Computer Hall of Fame

Structured Analysis Wiki

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Charlie Palmieri (November 21, 1927 – September 12, 1988) was a renowned Bandleader and musical director of salsa music. He was known as "The Giant of the Keyboards".

Early years

Palmieri's parents migrated to New York from Ponce, Puerto Rico in 1926 and settled down in the South Bronx where Palmieri (birth name: Carlos Manuel Palmieri) was born. As a child Palmieri taught himself to play the piano by ear. He went to school in the public school system. At age 7 his father enrolled him at The Juilliard School, where he took piano lessons. By the time Palmieri was 14 years old, he participated in many talent contests where they won many prizes with his 5 year old brother, Eddie. It was at this time that his godfather introduced him to the music of the Latin bands - an experience which inspired him to become a musician.

In 1943, when still only 16 years old and still in High School, he made his professional debut as a piano player for the Osario Selasie Band. He graduated from High School in 1946, and immediately went to play for various bands. He made his recording debut with the song "''Se Va La Rumba''" as a member of the Rafael Muñiz Band.

Musical career

In October 1947, Tito Puente, the musical director of the Fernando Alvarez Band, was impressed with Palmieri and hired him to play for his band at the Copacabana Club; here he played with Tito until 1953 and during the 1950s he played with various bands. Besides having played with Tito Puente, he played with Pupi Campo's Band and worked on Jack Paar's CBS daytime television show. Palmieri also formed a couple of bands which performed at the Palladium Ballroom - these were however short-lived because of a lack of work. During this time, he also worked as an accompanist for other bands.

Palmieri worked for several years in Chicago, but returned to New York and formed a band called "Charanga La Duboney". While performing at the Monte Carlo Ballroom, Palmieri heard a young man by the name of Johnny Pacheco playing the flute - the playing so impressed him that he hired him on the spot. The mixture of Pacheco's flute with the strings of the violins in Palmieri's band led to the 1960s Charanga craze in the United States. Palmieri was signed by the United Artists Record company and had several Latino hits. Palmieri did however suffer various setbacks - first Pacheco left the band and then United Artists cancelled his contract because of a conflict of interest with their other recording star, Tito Rodriguez. This led to Palmeiri's signing with the Alegre Records label and with whom he had two best selling "hits" with "''Como Bailan La Pachanga''" and "''La Pachanga Se Baila Asi''".

When the Charanga craze declined in popularity, Palmieri switched to the new trend, the Boogaloo, by replacing the flute and violins with three trumpets and two trombones, he also dropped the word "Charanga" from his bands name and it became renowned simply as "La Duboney". In 1965, he scored a hit with "''Tengo Maquina y Voy a 60''" (Going like 60) and in 1967 with "''Hay Que Estar En Algo/Either You Have It or You Don't''". In 1968, Palmieri recorded "''Latin Bugalu''" under the Atlantic Records label, which was also released in the United Kingdom.

In the 1970s, Palmieri worked as the musical director for Tito Puente's television show "El Mundo de Tito Puente" (Tito Puente's World). He also taught and lectured about Latin music and culture at various educational institutions. After reorganizing his band, Palmieri played the organ and recorded "''La Hija de Lola''" (Lola's daughter) and "''La Vecina''" (The neighbor). In 1971, he provided his organ playing talents to some of his brother's recordings. In 1978, he added the Melodica to his recording ''The Heavyweight'', an LP recorded for Alegre Records that also featured Bobby Rodríguez on bass, Quique Davlia on timables, Papiro Allende on congas, Willie Rodríguez on bongoes, Roy Román y Lou Laurita on trumpets, Bobby Nelson on sax, Marco Katz on trombone, Harry Viggiano on tres, and the vocalists Meñique, Julito Villot, and Adalberto Santiago.

Among the artists which Palmieri worked with at one time or another were his brother Eddie, Celia Cruz, Tito Puente, Herbie Mann, Ismael Rivera, Rafael Cortijo, Ismael Quintana, Bobby Capo, Mongo Santamaría and Ray Barretto.

Later years

In 1980, Palmieri moved back to Puerto Rico but, returned to New York for business - on one trip there he suffered a massive heart attack and stroke. He soon recovered and returned to the music world as the member of various bands. On June 1988, he debuted in the United Kingdom accompanied by London's Robin "King Salsa" Jones.

Palmieri gave private piano lessons to students at the Schuylerville Music Center in the Throggs Neck section of the Bronx in New York. During this time he also appeared in the 1988 movie ''Salsa''.

On September 12, 1988, Charlie Palmieri suffered another heart attack upon his arrival at New York where as the musical director of the Joe Cuba Sextet he was to arrange a concert. He died later that day at the Jacobi Hospital in the Bronx.

Tributes

On November 6, 2004, a Big Band Tribute to Charlie Palmieri was held at the Avery Fisher Hall at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. The Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts hosts an annual competition for the Charlie Palmieri Memorial Piano Scholarship. The winner of the competition receives a scholarship to study Latin piano music at the Conservatory. The scholarship was started by Palmieri's lifetime friend, the late Tito Puente.

Discography

See also

List of famous Puerto Ricans

Corsican immigration to Puerto Rico

Eddie Palmieri

References

Category:Puerto Rican musicians Category:Puerto Rican composers Category:Puerto Rican bandleaders Category:Mr Bongo Records artists Category:Puerto Rican people of Corsican descent Category:1927 births Category:1988 deaths

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Coordinates	39°44′21″N104°59′5″N
name	Roy Head
background	solo_singer
birth date	January 09, 1943
origin	Three Rivers, Texas
instrument	Guitar
genre	Country
occupation	Singer-songwriter
years active	1965–1985
website	}}

Roy Head (born January 9, 1943 Three Rivers, Texas) is an American singer, best known for his hit "Treat Her Right."

Career

Head achieved fame as a member of a musical group out from San Marcos, Texas known as The Traits. The group's sponsor landed their first recording contract in 1958 with TNT Music in San Antonio, Texas while they were still in high school. The Traits performed and recorded in the rockabilly, rock n roll and rhythm and blues musical styles from the late 1950s to the mid 1960s. Though landing several regional hits between 1959 and 1963 on both the TNT and Renner Record labels, Head is best known for the 1965 blue-eyed soul international hit, "Treat Her Right" released by Roy Head and the Traits. After going solo Head landed several hits on the Country and Western charts between 1975 and 1985. During his career of some 50 years, he has performed in several different musical genres and used a somewhat confusing array of record labels, some too small to provide for national marketing and distribution. Roy Head and the Traits held reunions in 2001 and 2007 and were inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame in 2007. One of the most gifted performers of his era, Head's extraordinary dancing and acrobatic showmanship are legendary, often compared to the likes of Elvis Presley or James Brown.

After moving to San Marcos in 1955 Head, along with San Marcos native Tommy Bolton, would form a musical group in 1957 known as The Traits/aka Roy Head and The Traits who would record and perform for the next 9 years. The original group consisted of fellow high school students Head (vocals), Tommy Bolton (rhythm guitar) (1941–2003), Gerry Gibson (drums), Dan Buie (piano), Clyde Causey (lead guitar), and Bill Pennington (bass). When Causey joined the military he was replaced by George Frazier (1941–1996) just before the band started their recording career at Tanner N Texas (TNT) Recording Company, owned by Bob Tanner and located in San Antonio, Texas. The Traits had several regional hits at TNT with songs such as "One More Time", "Live It Up", both released in 1959, and "Summertime Love" (1960), establishing themselves in the late 1950s and the early 1960s as one of the premier teenage Texas-based rock and roll bands while playing the concert, sock hop, college and university and dance hall circuits throughout Texas. It was during this period that the parents of The Traits turned down Dick Clark's invitation for the boys to appear on American Bandstand, which ABC had started broadcasting nationwide from Philadelphia in 1957. At the time, all of the Traits were "minors," and some were still in high school.

In 1961 and 1962 The Traits added saxophonists David McCumber and Danny Gomez to the lineup and produced additional Texas/regional hits from Renner Records, a label owned by Jessie Schneider of San Antonio, Texas. Renner label #221 and Ascot #2108, a subsiderary of United Artists Records, distributed The Traits version of Ray Sharpe's 1959 classic "Linda Lu,” with "Little Mama" by Dan Buie and Head on the B-side. Renner Records also released The Traits "Got My Mojo Working" and WO WO on label #229. By the time the 1962 recordings were taped and mastered at Jeff Smith's Texas Sound Studio in San Antonio for the Renner label, Johnny Clark and Frank Miller had replaced Frazier and Bolton at lead and rhythm guitars, respectively.

After attending SWTSTC (TSU) for two years, Buie, who played guitar and harmonica as well as keyboards, taught for several years before settling into public health administration after receiving his baccalaureate degree and doing post graduate studies at The University of Texas. Tommy Bolton organized and played with other Central Texas musical groups while both he and Clyde Causey launched careers with the Department Of The Treasury. Danny Gomez would graduate from SWTSTC (TSU) and later earn his doctorate at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. Little is known of the career path of David McCumber, but George Frazier would pursue real estate investment interests, and Bill Pennington would follow in his Mother's footsteps and become a successful owner of Pennington Funeral Home in San Marcos, Texas. Only Head and Gibson would continue with careers in music. The songwriting talents and subsequent recording successes of The (original) Traits during their first 5 years on a regional level under the watchful eyes of Ms. Edra Pennington (1913–2005) and Dr. T.R. Buie(1909–2000), would lay the groundwork for what would happen in the group's last 4 years.

Roy Head and the Traits signed with Scepter Records in 1964. Scepter had developed a nationwide network of independent distributors while working with The Shirelles. By this time Gene Kurtz had replaced Pennington at bass, Kenny Williams had replaced Clark at lead guitar, Ronnie Barton's trumpet was added to the mix and backup singer Sarah Fulcher started performing with the group. Roy Head and the Traits even released a vinyl 45 featuring the vocals of Roy and Sarah on the Lori label #9551: Get Back (later released on Scepter #12124) and Never Make Me Blue.

In 1965 the band signed with producer Huey Meaux of Houston, Texas, who maintained a stable of record labels. "Treat Her Right" was recorded at Gold Star Studios (later known as SugarHill Recording Studios) in Houston. Issued on Don Robey's (Nov. 1, 1903 - June 16, 1975) Back Beat label, it reached #2 on both the U.S. Pop and R&B; charts in 1965, behind The Beatles' "Yesterday. "Treat Her Right", with its blazing horns and punchy rhythm, credited to Head and bass man Gene Kurtz, established Head as a prime exponent of blue-eyed soul. The fact that this was accomplished during the high point of the British Invasion makes it all the more impressive. By 1995 "Treat Her Right" had been covered by as many as 20 nationally known recording artists including the Yardbirds/Led Zeppelin legend Jimmy Page, Bruce Springsteen, Jerry Lee Lewis, Sawyer Brown, Bon Jovi and both Mae West and Barbara Mandrell under the title of "Treat Him Right". Even Bob Dylan, Sammy Davis Jr. and Tom Jones covered it "live." Roy Head and the Traits "Just a Little Bit" and the bluesy-rockabilly hybrid, "Apple Of My Eye" also cracked the Top 40 in 1965. However, those were tiny hits in the wake of "Treat Her Right", which is estimated to have sold over four million copies worldwide, and was a featured song, along with Wilson Pickett's Mustang Sally (song) and Steve Cropper's In the Midnight Hour, in the successful 1991 motion picture, ''The Commitments''.

In 1965 TNT released the group's first album consisting of their music recorded for TNT and Renner Records, TLP #101 entitled ''Roy Head and the Traits,'' which was also distributed by the New York based Scepter Records. Goldmine Album Price Guide offers a 'counterfeit caution' when buying this album. The original from TNT did not include the song "Treat Her Right," though it is included in the more widely distributed Sceptor pressing. The 'counterfeit' album is also attributed to TNT, but with blue lettering on the label rather than the TNT red. A CD offering 30 tracks today and containing the original red, black and yellow graphics on its cover is considered an off-shoot of the 'counterfeit' vinyl version of the album.

Video clips from this time period show Head to have been a dynamic and versatile eccentric dancer; there are at least three extant clips of him performing "Treat Her Right" and each one is different than the others in terms of choreography. Modern viewers have compared his jumps and slides to those of James Brown or even the Nicholas Brothers; because he was white but his footwork included moves popular among African American gymnastic dancers, he was sometimes said to be a practitioner of "blue-eyed soul."

The chart-makers recorded and released on the Back Beat and Scepter labels spelled the end of Head's association with what has come to be thought of as the “second group” of Traits. See "Doubled Edged Sword" in The Story of Roy Head and The Traits

Later releases by Head on Dunhill and Elektra contained elements of rockabilly and psychedelic rock, but by the mid 1970s his solo career had led him to country. He signed first with Mega Records and then with Shannon Records and later on with ABC Records and Elektra Records. After releasing the 1970 cult classic "Same People That You Meet Going Up You Meet Coming Down" on Dunhill Records, Head's music reached the U.S. country music Top 100 24 times by the mid 1980s while landing 3 Top 20 hits: "The Most Wanted Woman In Town," (1975) "Come To Me" and "Now You See Em, Now Your Don't" both in 1977 and recorded on the ABC/Dot label reaching #16 and #19, respectively.

Even the earliest blues-laced, rockabilly styled recordings of The Traits, primarily written in a collaboration between Bolton, Buie, Gibson and Head, have demonstrated lasting power with "One More Time," "Live It Up" and "Summertime Love" making periodic surges into the Top 100 in various parts of Europe. Joe "King" Carrasco had a hit covering The Traits "One More Time" and releasing it on Hannibal Records and Stiff Records (UK) in 1981-1982. Two Tons of Steel covered "One More Time" again on both CD and DVD in 2000, Palo Duro Records entitled "Two Tons Of Steel-Live At Gruene Hall." Discographies reveal that much of the music originally written, composed and recorded by the Traits at TNT and Renner Records between 1958 and 1962 has been re-released over the past four decades numerous times by as many as 20 different record labels both in the U.S. and abroad.

During 1966 and 1967, when Head was working with the Roy Head Trio, The Traits independently recorded using Dean Scott on lead vocals. Scott had previously been the stand-in vocalist while Head had been away in the military. In 1967 The Traits recorded with pre-fame Johnny Winter featuring Winter's vocals and blistering guitar leads, producing a vinyl 45; "Parchman Farm" and "Tramp" on Universal 30496. No one knew that Johnny Winter was just months away from bursting upon the national scene with his appearance at Woodstock. Johnny Winter would later re-release the track of "Tramp" he recorded with The Traits in his 1988 compilation album, "Birds Can't Row Boats."

After the 1967 disbanding of the Roy Head Trio consisting of Head, Gibson, Kurtz and guitarist David "Hawk" Koon, Head started pursuing his solo career, and Gerry Gibson, the drummer for the original Traits, would relocate to Los Angeles and go on to play with several other popular artists and groups including Linda Ronstadt, Bobby Womack, Canned Heat and a stay with Sly and The Family Stone. While working with Sly, Gibson developed and recorded the drum part for "You Caught Me Smilin'" and made other notable contributions to the album ''There's a Riot Goin' On''. The album went to #1 in 1971, helped define the musical term funkadelic, and is ranked by Rolling Stone as one of the Top 100 albums ever recorded.

Roy Head and The Traits are listed among "The 200 Greatest Rock N Roll Artists Of The 1960s" worldwide. Most lists of the "Top Rock Songs" recorded include "Treat Her Right". Head is a member of the Gulf Coast Music Hall of Fame, the Texas Country and Western Music Hall of Fame and the Austin Music Awards Hall of Fame. Roy Head and The Traits held reunions in 2001 and 2007. Both reunions involved performances at Kent Finley's Cheatham Street Warehouse in San Marcos, Texas an early musical hangout of George Strait. During their October 2007 sold-out Golden Anniversary Concert appropriately billed as 'Roy Head and The Tratis - For The Last Time', at Texas State University, Roy Head and The (original) Traits were inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame by the Hall's Curator, Bob Timmers. Tommy Bolton and George Frazier were inducted posthumously. Musicians for the performance were Traits Head, Gerry Gibson, Dan Buie, Clyde Causey, Bill Pennington and Gene Kurtz, with special guests Bill York, Don Hutchko, Don Head (1933–2009) and Sundance Head.

In 2008, Head performed in Cleveland, Ohio for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. As observed by the Austin Music Awards organization, 'if someone ever starts a Hall of Fame for blue-eyed soul artist, “Roy Head and the Traits” should be the first name chiseled in granite.' Billboard has observed that Head's versatility actually worked against him since he did not fit into any specific marketing niche. His use of many small record labels also prevented his recordings from achieving national distribution.

Head continues to be active in recording and performing music.

His son, Jason "Sundance" Head, was a contestant on Season 6 of ''American Idol'' and signed a recording contract in 2007 with Universal Motown Records.

Discography

Albums

Year	Album	Chart Positions		Label
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	''Roy Head and the Traits''			TNT
''Treat Her Right''			Scepter
1970	''Same People''			Dunhill
1972	''Dismal Prisoner''			TMT
	''Head First''
''A Head of His Time''
1978	''Tonight's the Night''
1979	''In Our Room''
1980	''The Many Sides of Roy Head''
1985	''Living For A Song''

Compilation albums

''Roy Head and The Traits: Singin' Texas Rhythm & Blues (1988 Blues Interactions, Inc., Tokyo, Japan)

''Slip Away: His Best Recordings'' (1993, Collectables)

''Treat Her Right: The Best of Roy Head'' (1995, Varese Sarande)

''Don't Be Blue: The Traits'' (1995 Collectables, Roy C. Ames Homecooking)

''The Texas Soul and Country Man: The Crazy Cajun Recordings'' (1999, Edsel, UK)

''Country Crooner: The Crazy Cajun Recordings'' (1999, Edsel, UK)

''White Texas Soul Shouter: The Crazy Cajun Recordings (1999 Edsel, UK)

''Roy Head and The Traits: Treat Her Right (1999 Dynamite 101)

''The Best of Roy Head and The Traits: Teeny Weeny Bit'' (2000, AIM, Australia)

''Head On!'' (2001, Music Club)

''An Introduction to Roy Head'' (2006, Fuel 2000)

''Treat Him Right: The Best of Roy Head (2007, Fuel 2000 & Varese Sarande)

''Roy Head and The Traits: Golden Anniversary (1957–2007) - Rockabilly Hall of Fame Album'' (2007 Re-Master, D & R Sales and Service, L.C., PVI)

''Voices of Americana: Roy Head (2009 Edsel, UK)

''Live It Up: Roy Head and The Traits (2010 Norton, US)

Singles

Year	Single	Chart Positions				Album
		! style="width:45px;"	! style="width:45px;"	CAN Country	CAN
"Apple of My Eye"
	"Get Back"
"My Babe"
"To Make a Big Man Cry"
	"Nobody But Me"
"Got Down on Saturday (Sunday in the Rain)"
"A Good Man Is Hard to Find"
	"Broadway Walk"
"Ain't Goin' Down Right"
1971	"Puff of Smoke"
1974	"Baby's Not Home"
	"The Most Wanted Woman in Town"					''Head First''
"Help Yourself to Me"					single only
"I'll Take It"
	"The Door I Used to Close"
"Bridge for Crawling Back"
"One Night"
	"Angel with a Broken Wing"
"Julianne"					single only
"Come to Me"
	"Now You See 'Em, Now You Don't"
"Tonight's the Night (It's Gonna Be Alright)"
"Love Survived"
	"Kiss You and Make It Better"					single only
"In Our Room"
	"The Fire of Two Old Flames"
"Long Drop"					single only
"Drinkin' Them Long Necks"
"I've Never Gone to Bed with an Ugly Woman"
1981	"After Texas"
	"Play Another Gettin' Drunk andTake Somebody Home Song"
"The Trouble with Hearts"
	"Your Mama Don't Dance"
"Where Did He Go Right"
1985	"Break Out the Good Stuff"

References

External links

The Story of Roy Head and The Traits

Roy Head Podcast

AOL Music biography

Yahoo Music biography

Oldies.com biography

Treat Her Right video on YouTube

Rockabilly Hall of Fame

Category:1943 births Category:American country singers Category:Living people Category:Musicians from Texas Category:Blue-eyed soul singers Category:Mercury Records artists Category:Dot Records artists Category:Rockabilly Hall of Fame inductees