Country singer Merle Travis

Merle Travis

Living place: Kentucky

Birthday: 29-11-1917

Population of US 1917: 103,268,000

Global rank: #58263

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Country singer Merle Travis profile

Who is Country singer Merle Travis?
Singer who developed his own guitar playing style called "Travis Selected" and who released hit songs like "So Round, So Company, So Totally Packed" and "Tons Sixteen."
He has written and sold millions of copies of "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke!" for Tex Williams. His own songs like "Divorce Miss C. O.D" and "Three Times Seven" entered the Billboard top ten.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He learned the five-string banjo from his father and from his neighbors, including the future Everly Brothers' father. Travis learns techniques that allow bass and line tunes to play at the same time picking.

Family life info

He grew up in Rosewood, Kentucky, the son of a former tobacco farmer who turned to coal mining.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Country singer Merle Travis?
Elvis Presley's guitarist who was heavily influenced by Travis, as well as the Everly brothers and many other prestigious artists.

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When was Country singer Merle Travis born?
Merle Travis was born in 29-11-1917, death year is , at the age of 107.
Where is Country singer Merle Travis's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Merle Travis was born in Kentucky, . is a Country singer, whose Zodiac is Sagittarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Snake. Merle Travis's global rank is 58263 and whose rank is 504 in list of famous Country singer. Population of US in 1917 is about 103,268,000 persons.
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Events in 1917 and 29-11

Events in US in the birth year of Merle Travis

  • U.S. declares war with Germany (Apr. 6). Background: World War I
  • "I Want You." James Montgomery Flagg's poster, featuring Uncle Sam and based on a 1914 British poster, attracts thousands of U.S. recruits to WWI duty.
  • Between ten thousand and fifteen thousand blacks silently walk down New York City's Fifth Avenue to protest racial discrimination and violence (July 28). Background: civil rights

Birthday Merle Travis (29-11) in history

  • Day 29-11 year 1924: Italian composer Giacomo Puccini died in Brussels before he could complete his opera "Turandot.'"
  • Day 29-11 year 1929: Commander Richard E. Byrd and a crew of three became the first to fly over the South Pole.
  • Day 29-11 year 1947: The United Nations voted to grant the Jewish people a homeland to be established in Palestine.
  • Day 29-11 year 1963: President Johnson named a commission headed by Earl Warren to investigate the assassination of President Kennedy.
  • Day 29-11 year 1986: Actor Cary Grant died in Davenport, Iowa, at age 82.
  • Day 29-11 year 2001: Beatle George Harrison died of cancer.
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