Red Sovine

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Woodrow Wilson "Red" Sovine (July 7, 1917 – April 4, 1980) was an American country music singer and songwriter best known for truck driving songs, many of whom were cited as narratives but not set to music.

His most notable examples include "Giddyup Go" (1965) and "Teddy Bear" (1976), both of which topped the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.

Personal life and death

Sovine married Norma Searls, who died in 1976 at the age of 57.

While driving in southern Nashville on April 4, 1980, Sovine suffered a heart attack, prompting him to run a red light and strike a approaching car. Edgar Primm, a 25-year-old boy, and his companion, John Primm, were taken to St. Thomas Hospital. Although Primm was treated and released for minor facial injuries, Sovine died shortly after arriving. According to a preliminary autopsy, Sovine suffered from intense abdominal bleeding caused by a laced spleen and liver, fractured ribs, and sternum.

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Career

Sovine left West Virginia after a year of appearances, and was moved to Shreveport, Louisiana, where the Bailes Brothers were on KWKH-AM. Sovine's own early morning show was not popular, but he gained more exposure on the renowned KWKH radio station, Louisiana Hayride. Hank Williams, one of his co-stars, led Sovine to a better time slot at WSFA in Montgomery, Alabama, and into a MGM Records deal in 1949. When Williams climbed to the Grand Ole Opry in the same year, Sovine replaced Williams on Louisiana Hayride.

Webb Pierce, a Louisiana Hayride co-star who inspired Sovine to lead his Wondering Boys band and led him to a Decca deal in 1954, was another Louisiana Hayride co-star who aided him in his work. "Are You Mine?" Sovine cut a duet with Goldie Hill the following year. He reached the top 15 in the top 15, and he had his first number one hit when he duetted with Pierce on a cover of George Jones' "Why Baby Why." Sovine appeared on two other Top Five singles this year and then became a member of the Grand Ole Opry. Sovine joined Starday Records in 1959 and began touring the club circuit as a solo artist, having been on nearly 50 sides with Decca. Sovine was seriously injured in a car crash that claimed the lives of two of his band members, Douglas Nicks and Johnny Morris the previous year.

A song copyrighted by Sovine and co-writer Dale Noe in 1955 became a big hit on the pop chart. The song was arranged in Countrypolitan style and was released by Ray Peterson for his own Dunes label. "Missing You" became a No. 1 on the charts. Billboard's "Top 100" hit on September 29. It reached No. 1 in the fall of this year. 7 on Billboard's "Adult Contemporary" chart. Sovine departed with the helping hand extended to him by older players when he heard minor league baseball player Charley Pride's singing and suggested that he relocate to Nashville, Tennessee. Sovine was the representative for Pride at Pierce's Cedarwood Publishing Company, but his own career had stalled: "Dream House For Sale," which reached number 22 in 1964, came almost eight years since he was last on the market in 1988.

Sovine discovered his niche in 1965 when he released "Giddyup Go," which co-wrote with Tommy Hill, like most of his other trucker hits. It is spoken rather than sung as the words of an older long distance truck driver who recollects his long-lost son's passage on the same highway. "Giddy Up Go Answer" was Minnie Pearl's answer song. Sovine's version of the song debuted at number six weeks on the country's charts for six weeks. Sovine's hits were a hit in country, but there were only modest successes in mainstream music, with Giddy Up and Go and Teddy Bear hitting the lower regions of the hot 100. The following are links to other truck-driving countries:

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