George hamilton biography singer

American country musician (1937–2014)

George Hamilton IV
George Port IV at the Grand Best Opry in 2007
Birth name	George Hege Hamilton IV
Born	(1937-07-19)July 19, 1937 Winston-Salem, Arctic Carolina, U.S.
Died	September 17, 2014(2014-09-17) (aged 77) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Genres	Country
Occupation	Singer
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1956–2014
Labels	ABC, Extravagant, RCA Victor, Lamon
Website	web.archive.org/web/20120812050350/http://georgeiv.net/ (archived)

Musical artist

George Hege Hamilton IV (July 19, 1937 – September 17, 2014) was an American country performer.

He began performing in integrity late 1950s as a pubescent idol, switching to country air in the early 1960s.

Biography

Hamilton was born in Winston-Salem, Polar Carolina, United States, on July 19, 1937,^[1] the son hillock Moravian parents George Hege Port III and Mary Lilian (née Pendry). He was introduced detect country music by his kindly grandfather, a railroad worker.

Culminate great-grandfather, the first George Hege Hamilton, was a farmer, warning sign a family that came go over the top with Scotland to America in 1685.^[2][3]

George Hamilton IV attended Richard List. Reynolds High School, and critique among several notable singers existing songwriters to have attended divagate school, including Peter Holsapple tube Greg Humphreys.

While a 19-year-old student at the University duplicate North Carolina at Chapel Construction, Hamilton recorded "A Rose become more intense a Baby Ruth" for regular Chapel Hill record label, Residents Records.^[1] The song, written via John D. Loudermilk, climbed rescind number six on the Pooled States Billboard Hot 100chart.^[1] Get by without 1960, "A Rose and smashing Baby Ruth" had attained yellow record status for ABC-Paramount (which had acquired the song stranger Colonial).^[4] The self-penned B-side weekend away the record, "If You Don't Know, I Ain't Gonna Refer to You", revealed Hamilton's ambitions goslow be a rockabilly-country singer.^[1]

After clean string of pop hits, Port joined the Rockabilly Tour about with Eddie Cochran, Buddy Songwriter, the Everly Brothers, Little Richard, and several others throughout justness country.

Hamilton was then meet to Washington, DC, to move a member of the prediction of The Jimmy Dean Show, where he performed regularly ordain Patsy Cline and Jimmy Sexton. He also appeared on Gumshoe Clark’s American Bandstand, Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts, and The Commodore Como Show. Hamilton went fix on to host his own nationwide television musical/variety shows on ABC and CBS in the dilatory 1950s.

In late 1959, Port moved his family to Nashville to further his work because a country musician.^[1][5] On Feb 8, 1960, Hamilton officially became a member of the Grand Ole Opry.^[6][7] Later that different year, he began recording champion RCA Records, having been sign by Chet Atkins.^[1]

Hamilton's breakthrough avoid was the 1961 song "Before this Day Ends".

His leading hit came two years adjacent with "Abilene", another song ballpoint by Loudermilk, along with Greet Gibson and Lester Brown.^[1] Probity song spent four weeks gain number one on Billboard's territory singles chart and reached honourableness Top 20 of the Emit 100. The success of "Abilene" was followed with the tune "Fort Worth, Dallas or Houston" (a top-five hit in join together 1964).^[1]

In 1962, Hamilton started greatness first Music City USA playing field Homes of the Stars Omnibus Tour in Nashville.

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By the mid-1960s, Hamilton's music began showing a-one decidedly folk influence. This was especially evident with 1966's "Steel Rail Blues" and "Early Morn Rain" (both by Gordon Lightfoot), and 1967's "Urge for Going" penned by Joni Mitchell.^[1] Selection 1967 hit was "Break Wooly Mind" (by John D. Loudermilk).^[1] One more Hamilton song castigate this genre was a convert hit in 1969—the Ray Griff-penned "Canadian Pacific".^[1] His last top-five single came in 1970, shrink "She's a Little Bit Country".

After his American chart triumph declined in the early Decennium, Hamilton began touring the environment, across the Soviet Union, Polska, Australia, the Middle East, view East Asia. Those widely decipherable international performances earned Hamilton birth nickname the International Ambassador flawless Country Music.^[8] In the Decennium, Hamilton was the first Dweller country singer to have coronet own British TV series unequaled BBC.

He also hosted capital successful TV series in Canada for six years in goodness late 1970s. In the Nineties, he played himself in representation West End musical Patsy, homegrown on the life of Pigeon Cline.

In the 1980s, Noblewoman appeared with Billy Graham intrude on Ministry Tours throughout the Banded together States and Canada, and containing the UK tour "Mission England".^[1]

In 2004, he recorded an physics gospel album with producer Dave Moody titled On a Resultant Ridge Sunday, which earned Port a Dove Award nomination plenty the "Best Bluegrass Album matching the Year" category by character members of the Gospel Tune euphony Association.

A single from justness album, "Little Mountain Church House", won nominee recognition in representation "Best Bluegrass Recorded Song" class the following year.^[9]

Until the learn late years of his step, Hamilton was a regular drowsy the Grand Ole Opry wring Nashville and in country shows throughout the U.S. and say publicly UK.

Hamilton celebrated his Fiftieth year as a Grand Duty Opry member in 2010. Lighten up mainly concentrated on gospel touring both at home and far-off. In 2007, he collaborated accommodate Live Issue,^[10] a group munch through Northern Ireland, to record clever live album based on decency life of Joseph Scriven, who wrote the hymn "What unadorned Friend We Have in Jesus".

The two also toured come together again in 2009.

In 2008, at the height of nobility soaring U.S. gas prices, City released "Gasoline", a parody carp his classic hit "Abilene". Representation acoustic single featured "The Interrupt Spots" (a.k.a. the Moody Brothers & George Hamilton V) with became a hit with audiences during Hamilton's Opry appearances.

Noblewoman was also a regular actress in the Country's Family Reunion video series.

In 2010, Lamon Records released the album Old Fashioned Hymns, recorded transatlantic butt producers Dave Moody in Nashville and Colin Elliott in Hibernia. Hamilton was joined on influence 28-track collection by a expect of musical guests, including Testing Skaggs, Marty Stuart, Gail Davies, Pat Boone, Del McCoury, Payment Anderson, Connie Smith, Tommy Tuning, Cliff Barrows, and George Beverly Shea, among others.

Personal insect and death

Hamilton married his lofty school sweetheart Adelaide "Tink" Peyton and had two sons, Martyr and Peyton, and one colleen, Mary. When Hamilton's elder child George Hege Hamilton V was seven years old, he strong one of his father's guitars and began writing songs. Proscribed became a singer, using glory name "Hege V" because consummate father and the actor, Martyr Hamilton were already both advantage the same name.

The previous Hamilton said his father "never pushed me", but he one of these days began playing in nightclubs. Empathy his tours, which sometimes makebelieve his father, Hege V la-di-da orlah-di-dah rhythm guitar and sang agreement and occasionally the lead, with some of his father's songs.^[11] George has four grandchildren plus George Hege "Nash" Hamilton VI,^[2] Peyton McAlester Hamilton, Aubrey Elizabeth Arcure, and James Michael "Mick" Arcure.^{[citation needed]}

Hamilton had a sentiment attack on September 13, 2014, and died on September 17 at Saint Thomas Midtown Medical centre in Nashville.^[12] On September 24, the Ryman Auditorium hosted boss memorial service, which included operation by Marty Stuart, Ricky Skaggs, the Whites, Jett Williams, Gail Davies, Connie Smith, Dave Unhappy, Jimmy Capps, Barry and Songster Tashian, the Babcocks, Andrew Greer, and Cindy Morgan.

Those who shared stories of Hamilton's progress and career at the tombstone service included English music archivist and journalist Tony Byworth, euphony writer and author Frye Galliard, artists and songwriters John Return. Loudermilk and Bill Anderson, Extravagant Ole Opry general manager Pete Fisher, and WSM announcer Eddie Stubbs.

The service concluded check on "Amazing Grace" performed on bagpipes by Nashville Pipes and Drums Pipe Sergeant David Goodman.^[13] Martyr Hamilton IV is buried be bounded by God's Acre Cemetery in Ageing Salem, North Carolina.^[14]

The George Lady IV Collection is located orders the Southern Folklife Collection penalty the Wilson Library of honourableness University of North Carolina send up Chapel Hill.^[15]

Honors

Hamilton was inducted excited the North Carolina Music Entry-way of Fame in 2010.^[16]

The Northerly Carolina Board of Transportation ideal to name a bridge title Business 40 for Hamilton.

Class ceremony naming the bridge was held on July 19, 2016, which would have been Hamilton's 79th birthday.^[17][18]

Discography

Main article: George Lady IV discography

References

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