George Morgan

Biography

George Thomas Morgan (June 28, 1924 – July 7, 1975) was a mid-20th-century American country music singer. He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and a former member of the Grand Ole Opry. He is best known for his 1949 hit single "Candy Kisses×Candy Kisses1967 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracksA1Look At The Lonely2:35A2Have Some Of Mine2:19A3You're The Only Good Thing (That's Happened To Me)2:37A4Almost2:53A5Please Don't Let Me Love You2:35A6Room Full Of Roses2:30B1Shiny Red Automobile2:15B2I Couldn't See2:39B3Sad Bird2:46B4Goin' Home To Mama2:39B5I'm In Love Again2:35B6Candy Kisses2:37". He was the father of singer Lorrie Morgan, who is also a country music star.

Biography

Morgan was born to Zachariah "Zach" Morgan and Ethel Turner in Waverly, Tennessee, United States, but was raised in Barberton, Ohio. He was, along with a few other contemporaries (most notably Eddy Arnold and Jim Reeves), referred to as a "country crooner;" his singing style being more similar to that of Bing Crosby or Perry Como than that of Ernest Tubb or Lefty Frizzell.
Morgan was a member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1948, and is best remembered for the Columbia Records song "Candy Kisses×Candy Kisses1967 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracksA1Look At The Lonely2:35A2Have Some Of Mine2:19A3You're The Only Good Thing (That's Happened To Me)2:37A4Almost2:53A5Please Don't Let Me Love You2:35A6Room Full Of Roses2:30B1Shiny Red Automobile2:15B2I Couldn't See2:39B3Sad Bird2:46B4Goin' Home To Mama2:39B5I'm In Love Again2:35B6Candy Kisses2:37", which was a No. 1 hit on the Billboard country music chart for three weeks in 1949. He also had several hits based on a "rose" theme: "Room Full of Roses×Room Full Of Roses1967 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracksA1Room Full Of RosesA2Broken Candy HeartA3Whistle My LoveA4My Heart Keeps Telling MeA5One Woman ManB1Look What Followed Me Home TonightB2Please Don't Let Me Love YouB3Love, Love, LoveB4Most Of AllB5No One Knows It Better Than Me", "Red Roses for a Blue Lady×Red Roses For A Blue Lady1965 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracksA1Red Roses For A Blue Lady2:43A2Roses2:17A3A Petal From A Faded Rose2:33A4Bouquet Of Roses2:38A5Violet And A Rose2:21A6Teardrops On The Roses2:27B1The Convict And The Rose2:49B2Roses Are Red (My Love)2:41B3The One Rose That's Left In My Heart2:24B4Yesterday's Roses2:48B5By The River Of The Roses2:55B6One Rose (Is All It Takes To Say I Love You)2:46", and "Red Roses From the Blue Side of Town". His version of "Almost" (1952), written by Vic McAlpin and Jack Toombs, was Morgan's second million selling record. In the early 1950s he hosted a 15-minute radio program syndicated nationally by RadiOzark Enterprises in Springfield, Missouri.
In 1974, Morgan was the last person to sing on the stage of the Ryman Auditorium, before the Grand Ole Opry moved to the new Grand Ole Opry House. A week later, he was the first to sing on stage at the venue.

Death

He died in 1975 of a heart attack after undergoing open heart surgery, and was interred in the Spring Hill Cemetery in Madison, Tennessee.

Personal life

His daughter, country music singer Lorrie Morgan, released two songs as duets with her late father dubbed in: "I'm Completely Satisfied" (1979) and "From This Moment On" (2006).

Singles

A"Room Full of Roses×Room Full Of Roses1967 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracksA1Room Full Of RosesA2Broken Candy HeartA3Whistle My LoveA4My Heart Keeps Telling MeA5One Woman ManB1Look What Followed Me Home TonightB2Please Don't Let Me Love YouB3Love, Love, LoveB4Most Of AllB5No One Knows It Better Than Me" also peaked at No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100.