Bobby Lewis (born May 9, 1942)
is an American
country music
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singer-songwriter. Between 1963 and 1985, Lewis released ten albums and charted more than twenty-five songs on the ''
Billboard
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Hot Country Singles
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This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data from Nielsen BDS along with digital sal ...
chart. His biggest hit, "How Long Has It Been", peaked at No. 6 in 1966.
Lewis released a 26 country charted singles from 1966 to 1985.
Lewis earned the title "The Boy with the Lute" for his usage of a six-string guitar-
lute
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More specifically, the term "lute" can ref ...
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and was inducted to the Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame on November 29, 2014.
He became a member of the
Grand Ole Opry
The ''Grand Ole Opry'' is a weekly American country music stage concert in Nashville, Tennessee, founded on November 28, 1925, by George D. Hay as a one-hour radio "barn dance" on WSM. Currently owned and operated by Opry Entertainment (a divis ...
and continues to perform and record new material.
Discography
Albums
Singles
References
External links
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1942 births
Living people
People from Hodgenville, Kentucky
American country singer-songwriters
American male singer-songwriters
Country musicians from Kentucky
United Artists Records artists
Singer-songwriters from Kentucky