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Musician Red Sovine died in Nashville following a car crash on April 4, 1980. He was 61.
Born Woodrow Wilson Sovine in Charleston, he was influenced by local radio musicians Frank Welling and Buddy Starcher, who were known for their sentimental monologues.
Sovine’s early radio career on WCHS in Charleston and WWVA in Wheeling was slow to take off. So, he took a factory job in the Putnam County town of Eleanor while performing on radio. After World War II, he pursued a full-time musical career in Montgomery, Alabama, Shreveport and finally Nashville.
Joining the Grand Ole Opry in 1954, he became famous for his recitations, especially ‘‘Giddyup Go,” “Phantom 309,” and this number-one hit from 1976:
Red Sovine was inducted into the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame in 2008.
More than 38,000 West Virginians are living with Alzheimer’s disease right now, and that number is only expected to grow. But caregivers and those with the diagnosis often have a lot of questions.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWest Virginia's capitol city is the sixth community chosen for a program that pays participants to move to the state.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe Summit Bechtel Reserve in Glen Jean will host thousands of athletes from around the globe this weekend for the Spartan Trifecta World Championship.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThis week’s special archive episode of Mountain Stage was recorded at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.
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