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what song are these lyrics from ? Can yo give me the singer also?
I can follow the bright lights , keep a smile on my face , I can travel this whole world but never get anyplace
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
"Living alone": Hank Locklin
- 1 decade ago
Living alone" Hank Locklin
Born in the Florida Panhandle, he grew up working in the cotton fields to supplement his family’s low income. He began playing the guitar at the age of nine during his recovery after being seriously injured by being hit by a school bus.
He was one of country music's Honky Tonk singers. He first recorded for Royalty, a small label in northeast Texas, but soon moved on to 4 Star Records, a regional country music label, and then had a long recording career with RCA Victor. He had an estimated 15 million record sales worldwide and his songs were also recorded by many other artists, including Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Roy Rogers, Dwight Yoakam and Dean Martin. He regularly appeared on the radio show, Grand Ole Opry, from 1960, making his final appearance in 2007.
He had 70 chart singles, including six No 1s on the Billboard's country chart. Locklin's biggest hits include "Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On," "Geisha Girl," and "Please Help Me I'm Falling," which went to No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop music chart. Billboard Magazine's 100th Anniversary issue also listed it as the second most successful country single of the Rock and Roll era. Other hits for Locklin included "Happy Journey" (1961), "Happy Birthday To Me" (1962) and "The Country Hall Of Fame" (1968).
Locklin had a strong following in Europe, and in Ireland - his popularity was such that in 1963 he recorded an album called Irish Songs Country Style. He has a fanclub in Langeli, Bjerkreim, Norway. The obituary in The Times described Locklin as "the last remaining link between country music’s hillbilly roots and the lusher, modern pop sound of Nashville."[2]
In 2006, he appeared on the PBS special, Country Pop Legends in which he performed "Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On", and "Please Help Me I'm Falling". Until his passing in 2009, he was the oldest living member of the Grand Ole Opry at the age of 91. Locklin had recently released his 65th album, By the Grace of God, a collection of gospel songs.
In the 1960s he built a ranch-house, called “the Singing L”, in the middle of the field in Brewton, Alabama, where he had once picked cotton as a boy. He was later made the honorary mayor of the town of his birth, McLellan, nearby. He died at his house in the early morning on Sunday March 8, 2009.[1]
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