Jones, George

George Jones ( eng. George Jones ; September 12, 1931 - April 26, 2013 ) is one of the most famous vocalists in the history of country music ^{[1] [2]} . The record for the number of hits that visited the US country charts (as of the end of 2005 - one hundred and sixty-seven).

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Birth name
Date of Birth	September 12, 1931 ( 1931-09-12 )
Place of Birth
Date of death	April 26, 2013 ( 2013-04-26 ) (81 year)
Place of death
A country	USA
Professions	, , , ,
Years of activity	1955—2013
Instruments	and
Genres	Country music
Labels	Epic records
Awards	US National Art Medal Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ( 2012 )
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Johns is known for his intonationally rich vocals and expressive manner of performance, which allow him to convey the emotional state that a song requires (as a rule, feelings of grief and loss) using elusive nuances. He is often compared to Frank Sinatra , who somehow responded to Jones as his main competitor in the world of music.

Jones' first hits were the ballads "White Lightning" (1959) and "Tender Years" (1961). Subsequently, his career knew a lot of ups and downs, because the singer became a drunken alcoholic , was forced to spend a lot of time in drug treatment clinics, and his concerts were regularly canceled a few hours before the show.

In the 1970s this addiction was joined by cocaine addiction, which jeopardized Jones's life. According to rumors, when recording his most famous song - “He Stopped Loving Her Today” (1980, Grammy Award) - the singer was so drunk that he managed to get the words out of the first attempt.

In 1975, his marriage with country-diva Tammy Vinet , which in her memoirs recalled, was forced to hide the keys from her husband from her husband, so that he could not get to the nearest bar. However, in these cases, he moved in the direction of the drinking establishments on other means at hand, for example, on a lawn mower.