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Mel Tillis


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Full name: Lonnie Melvin Tillis
Birthdate: August 8, 1932
Birthplace: Tampa, Flordia
Raised: Pahokee, Flordia
Hair: Silver
Eyes: Blue
Height: 6 foot
Parents: Lonnie Lee and Burma
Martial status: divorced twice. Children: son Mel Jr., daughters Pam, Connie, Cindy, Carrie by his first wife, daughter Hannah adopted with his second wife.
Pets: Edgar: a black nosed Kerr dog and Daisy a Shari-pei and Great Dane mix.
Residence: Branson, Missouri, where he performs up to two shows a day, six days a week at the Mel Tillis Theather from April through December. He tours the country from January through March.
Trademark: In sharp contrast to his smooth baritone singing voice, Mel stutters when he speaks. The stutter is believed to be the result of a bout with malaria at age 3. Previous jobs: truck driverfor Harry's Cookies, fireman on the railroad, milkman, strawberry picker, adn baker.
Education: briefly attended the Universerity of Flordia, but left when he realized he wanted to pursue music.
Favorite hobbies: cooking, sailing, fishing and painting.
Songwriting: Merl has had more than 500 of his songs recorded by such artist asWebb Pierce, Little Jimmy Dickens, Stonewall Jackson, George Strait, Charley Pride, Ray price and Kenny Rogers.
Books: 1984 auto-biography, Stutterin' Boy, and the 1997 cookbookMel's A Cookin" with a dash of humor.
CMA award: 1976 Entertainer of the Year
Billboard Top 5 singles: Fan Club: