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Singer/ Songwriter George Morgan was the father of country singer Lorrie Morgan.
Morgan was born to Zachariah “Zach” Morgan and Ethel Turner in Waverly, Tennessee, but was raised in Barberton, Ohio. He was, along with a few other contemporaries (most notably Eddy Arnold and Jim Reeves), referred to as a “country crooner;” his singing style being more similar to that of Bing Crosby or Perry Como than that of Ernest Tubb or Lefty Frizzell.
Morgan was a member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1948, and is best remembered for the Columbia Records song “Candy Kisses”, which was a No. 1 hit on the Billboard country music chart for three weeks in 1949. He also had several hits based on a “rose” theme: “Room Full of Roses”, “Red Roses For A Blue Lady”, and “Red Roses From the Blue Side of Town”. In the early 1950s he hosted a 15-minute radio program syndicated nationally by RadiOzark Enterprises in Springfield, Missouri.
In 1974, Morgan was the last person to sing on the stage of the Ryman Auditorium before the Grand Ole Opry moved to the new Grand Ole Opry House. A week later he was the first to sing on stage at the venue.
He died in 1975 of a heart attack after undergoing open heart surgery and was interred in the Spring Hill Cemetery in Madison, Tennessee.
His daughter, country music singer Lorrie Morgan
Morgan was born to Zachariah “Zach” Morgan and Ethel Turner in Waverly, Tennessee, but was raised in Barberton, Ohio. He was, along with a few other contemporaries (most notably Eddy Arnold and Jim Reeves), referred to as a “country crooner;” his singing style being more similar to that of Bing Crosby or Perry Como than that of Ernest Tubb or Lefty Frizzell.
Morgan was a member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1948, and is best remembered for the Columbia Records song “Candy Kisses”, which was a No. 1 hit on the Billboard country music chart for three weeks in 1949. He also had several hits based on a “rose” theme: “Room Full of Roses”, “Red Roses For A Blue Lady”, and “Red Roses From the Blue Side of Town”. In the early 1950s he hosted a 15-minute radio program syndicated nationally by RadiOzark Enterprises in Springfield, Missouri.
In 1974, Morgan was the last person to sing on the stage of the Ryman Auditorium before the Grand Ole Opry moved to the new Grand Ole Opry House. A week later he was the first to sing on stage at the venue.
He died in 1975 of a heart attack after undergoing open heart surgery and was interred in the Spring Hill Cemetery in Madison, Tennessee.
His daughter, country music singer Lorrie Morgan
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When it comes to good tunes you can't go wrong by listening to anything from George Morgan. The Panhandle Rag will get your boots rockin' if nothing else can. And, his Candy Kisses is one of the all-time tops in classic Country Music!
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