The country music world lost a legendary figure yesterday, in George Hamilton IV, whose 1963 classic "Abilene" was #1 on the C&W chart for four weeks, and hit #15 on the overall Hot 100. More at the link below:
"I don't think of myself as a star. I didn't set out to become a star, I set out to become a singer. I would have sung no matter what. The star part is just something that they made up in Hollywood in 1930."--Linda Ronstadt