Star Stats
Buck Owens
Full name: Alvis Edgar Owens Jr.
Birthdate: August 12, 1929
Birthplace: Sherman Texas
Hair: Blond
Eyes:Green
Height: 6 foot
Parents:Father Alvis Edgar; mother Maicie
Spouse: Married wife Jennifer in 1979
Previous marriages: Bonnie, married 1948-1951; Phyllis, maried 1955-1971; Jana (annulled)
Children: Sons Buddy Adam and Michael Lynn with Bonnie; Son Johnny Dale with Phyllis.
Residence: Bakersfield, California
Previous jobs: Truck driver, ditch digger, and hay baler.
Instruments: Guitar, pianio, saxaphone and trumpet.
Band: The Buckaroos
Favorite hobby: Golf
Favorite performers: Bob Willis and Little Richard.
Favorite TV show: The Peoples Court with Judge Joesph Wapner.
Favorite actors: James Coburn and Jack Nicholson.
Favorite actresses: Marilyn Momroe and Merle Oberon.
Favorite food: Fried Potatoes.
Favorite songs: Crazy Arms by Ray Price and She Still Loves Him by George Jones.
TV shows: Buck Owens Ranch TV Show (1966-1973);Hee Haw (1969-1985).
Hall of fame: Was inducted in 1996.
Other business: Owns radio stations, recording studios, a ranch and publishes shoppers publications.
In 1996 he built a $7 million concert hall, restraurant and museum in Bakersfield called Buck Owens' Crystal Palace.
CMA Awards:Top Male Vocalist in 1965, Band of the Year 1965-1968, Pioneer Award in 1988.
Billboard number 1 singles:
Act Naturally (1963)
Loves Gonna Live Here (1963)
My Heart Skips A Beat (1964)
Togther Again( 1964)
I Don't Care ( 1964)
I've Got A Tiger By The Tail (1965)
Before You Go (1965)
Only You (1965)
Buckaroo (1965)
Waitin' In Your Welfare Line (1966)
Open Up Your Heart (1966)
Where Does The Good Times Go (1967)
Sam's Place (1967)
Your Tender Loving Care (1967)
How Long Will My Baby Be Gone (1968)
Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass (1969)
Johnny B. Goode (1969)
Tall Dark Stranger (1969)
Made In Japan (1972)
Streets Of Bakersfield (1988, with Dwight Yoakam)
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