On This Day in 1984, We Lost the Honky Tonk Forefather Whose Smash Hits Were Covered by Willie Nelson, Glen Campbell, and Ernest Tubb … from the American Songwriter Clayton Edwards

Bing Crosby, who had a hit with an Al Dexter songForty-two years ago today, the singer/songwriter who is believed to have coined the term “honky tonk” was born in Texas.

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