Here we listed best facts about George Jones
1- George Glenn Jones (September 12, 1931 – April 26, 2013) was an American country musician, singer, and songwriter.
2- As a teenager, Jones got a job playing guitar on a local radio show in Beaumont, Texas.
3- George Jones was 5 ft and 6 in (170 cm) tall.
4- George Jones married his fourth and final wife Nancy Sepulvado on March 4, 1983
5- George Jones left home at the age of 16. He started playing at radio stations such as KTXJ and KRIC
6- When he was seven, his parents bought a radio, and he heard country music for the first time
7- George Jones’ nickname of “The Possum” arose from the shape of his nose and facial features.
8- His father, George Washington Jones, worked in a shipyard and played harmonica and guitar, while his mother, Clara (née Patterson), played piano in the Pentecostal Church on Sundays.
9- George Jones had 168 songs that made the Country charts in his lifetime
10- His first record was released in collaboration with Starday Records in February 1954 and was called ‘No Money In This Deal’.
11- His All-Time favorite singer was Merle Haggard
12- George Jones had four children; two sons and two daughters.
13- George Glen Jones’ first hit single was ‘Why Baby Why’ in 1955
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