Star Stats
George Jones
Full name: George Glenn Jones
Birthdate: September 12, 1931
Birthplace: Saratoga, Texas
Hair: Silver
Eyes: Hazel
Height: 5 foot 7 inches
Nickname: Possum
Parents:Father George Washington Jones; mother Clara
Sibling: Youngest of eight children. Ethel died at age 7, five years before George was born.
Herman and Helen both deceased; Joyce and Loyce (twins), Doris and Ruth (also twins)
Spouse: Married wife Nancy March 4, 1983
Children:Daughter Susan with first wife Dorthy Bonvillon; sons Jeffery and Brian with second wife Shirley Ann Corley;
daughter Tamala Georgette with third wife Tammy Wynette, also adopted Tammy's daughters Jackie, Gwen and Tina;stepdaughters Sherry and Adina, Nancy's children.
Pets: Two Labrador retrievers, Sweetie and Golden, and a Maltese terrier Star.
Previous jobs: Movie usher and a house painter
Musical influences: Bill Monroe, Lefty Frizzel, Hank Williams, and Roy Acuff
Band: The Jones Boys
CMA Awards:1980 Single of the Year for He Stopped Loving Her Today; 1980 and 1981 Male Vocalist of the Year;1986 Music Video of the Year for Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes; 1993 Vocal Event of the Year for I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair; 1998 Vocal Event of the Year for You Don't Seem To Miss Me
ACM Awards: 1980 Male Vocalist of the Year, and Single Record and Song of the Year with He Stopped Loving Her Today;
1992 Pioneer Award
Gtammy Awards: 1980 Best Country Vocl Performance, Male, for He Stopped Loving Her Today
Gold albums:
Greatest Hits (1977 with Tammy Wynette)
Still The Same Ole Me (1981)
Ten Years of Hits (1982)
Wine Colored Roses (1986)
Walls can Fall ( 1992)
Platinum albums:
I Am What I Am ( 1980)
Super Hits (1987)
Number of recorded albums: Over 100
Billboard number 1 singles:
White Lighting (1959)
Tender Years (1961)
She Thinks I Still Care (1962)
Walk Through This World With Me ( 1967)
We're Gonna Hold On ( 1973, with Tammy Wynette)
The Grand Tour (1974)
The Door (1974)
Golden Ring ( 1976, with Tammy Wynette)
Near You (1976, with Tammy Wynette)
He Stopped Loving Her Today (1980)
Still Doin' Time (1981)
Yesterdays Wine (1982, with Merle Haggard)
I Always Get Lucky With You (1983)
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