William Orville Frizzell (March 31, 1928 – July 19, 1975), better known as Lefty Frizzell, was an American country music singer and songwriter of the 1950s, and a leading exponent of honky tonk music. His relaxed style of singing was a major influence on later stars Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, and George Jones. raymond weil watches Frizzell was born in Corsicana, Texas, but moved with his family shortly after his birth to El Dorado, Arkansas, where the Frizzells remained until the early 1940s. Frizzell began playing the guitar as a young boy. By age 12, he was appearing regularly on a children's show at local radio station KELD-AM. nixon watches The family returned to Texas when Frizzell was still a teenager, his music career receiving a significant boost when he won a talent contest in Dallas. Called Sonny by his family, Frizzell got the nickname Lefty at the age of fourteen after a schoolyard scrap, although his record company falsely suggested he had won a Golden Gloves boxing match. In his late teens, Frizzell was performing at fairgrounds and other venues, developing a unique, soulful voice. Like his father, he worked in the oilfields, croton watch but his growing popularity as a singer soon provided regular work on the honky tonk nightclub circuit. At the age of 19, he had a half-hour show on a small Texas radio station, getting a major break when record producer Don Law heard him sing live at the Club Ace of Clubs in Big Spring, Texas. Signed to Columbia Records, he immediately had a string of hits that broke into country music's top ten; several of them reached number one.
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William Orville Frizzell
William Orville Frizzell (March 31, 1928 – July 19, 1975), better known as Lefty Frizzell, was an American country music singer and songwriter of the 1950s, and a leading exponent of honky tonk music. His relaxed style of singing was a major influence on later stars Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, and George Jones. raymond weil watches Frizzell was born in Corsicana, Texas, but moved with his family shortly after his birth to El Dorado, Arkansas, where the Frizzells remained until the early 1940s. Frizzell began playing the guitar as a young boy. By age 12, he was appearing regularly on a children's show at local radio station KELD-AM. nixon watches The family returned to Texas when Frizzell was still a teenager, his music career receiving a significant boost when he won a talent contest in Dallas. Called Sonny by his family, Frizzell got the nickname Lefty at the age of fourteen after a schoolyard scrap, although his record company falsely suggested he had won a Golden Gloves boxing match. In his late teens, Frizzell was performing at fairgrounds and other venues, developing a unique, soulful voice. Like his father, he worked in the oilfields, croton watch but his growing popularity as a singer soon provided regular work on the honky tonk nightclub circuit. At the age of 19, he had a half-hour show on a small Texas radio station, getting a major break when record producer Don Law heard him sing live at the Club Ace of Clubs in Big Spring, Texas. Signed to Columbia Records, he immediately had a string of hits that broke into country music's top ten; several of them reached number one.