Carl Leroy Pullins (November 12, 1940 - May 5, 1984) was an American country singer and guitarist. He is best known for his 1966 hit single " I'm a Nut".

Biography

Carl Leroy Pulling was born November 12, 1940, in Berea, Kentucky. He played in a group he put together called the Le Sabers in the late 1950s and 1960s. This group included guitarist

J.P. Pennington James Preston Pennington (born January 22, 1949) is an American musician, known primarily as the guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the country pop band Exile. Pennington was one of the early members and one of the lead singers of the group unti ...

, who would go on to become a member of

Exile Exile is primarily penal expulsion from one's native country, and secondarily expatriation or prolonged absence from one's homeland under either the compulsion of circumstance or the rigors of some high purpose. Usually persons and peoples suf ...

. In the 1960s, he relocated to Nashville.Leroy Pullins
at Allmusic He gigged there for several years and eventually signed with Kapp Records in 1966; Kapp issued his debut single, " I'm a Nut", that same year. "I'm a Nut" was a hit novelty record written by Pullins himself, peaking on both the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and

Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine in the United States. This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data from Nielsen BDS along with digital sal ...

charts. He released two albums on Kapp, one in 1966 and one in 1967, but further singles were not as successful as "I'm a Nut", and he eventually abandoned his career in music. After his music career ended, he moved back to Berea, Kentucky, and worked as a

firefighter A firefighter is a first responder and rescuer extensively trained in firefighting, primarily to extinguish hazardous fires that threaten life, property, and the environment as well as to rescue people and in some cases or jurisdictions also ...

. He died of a heart attack at age 44 on May 5, 1984.

Discography

*''I'm a Nut'' (Kapp, 1966) *''Funny Bones & Hearts'' (Kapp, 1967)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pullins, Leroy 1940 births 1984 deaths American country singer-songwriters American male singer-songwriters American country guitarists 20th-century American male singers 20th-century American singer-songwriters Country musicians from Tennessee Singer-songwriters from Tennessee