George Jones, whose full name was George Glenn Jones, was an American honky-tonk performer and balladeer who was regarded as one of the greatest country singers of all time.

He was born on September 12, 1931, in Saratoga, Texas, and passed away on April 26, 2013, in Nashville, Tennessee.

The Texas honky-tonk vocal tradition and Roy Acuff and Hank Williams, both well-known for their genuine, frequently mournful songs, were influences on Jones’s early work.

In Beaumont, Texas, in 1953, Jones signed with Harold W. “Pappy” Daily’s”new Starday label.” Jones had a remarkable 15-year run of Top Ten hits on the country music charts with Daily as his producer, including “The Race Is On” (1964). The raucous novelty song “White Lightning,” written by his friend the rock and roll deejay, songwriter, and recording artist known as the Big Bopper in 1959, became the first to reach the top spot. “Tender Years” from 1961 and, “She Thinks I Still Care” from 1962 were also hits.

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Jones married his fourth wife, Nancy Sepulvado, in 1983 after divorcing Wynette in 1975. In 1999, Jones went sober for good. At the age of 81, Jones passed away in 2013 from hypoxic respiratory failure.