# George Morgan (singer)

George Thomas Morgan (June 28, 1924 – July 7, 1975) was a mid-20th-century American country music singer. He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and a former member of the Grand Ole Opry. He is best known for his 1949 hit single "Candy Kisses". He was the father of singer Lorrie Morgan, who is also a country music star.

## Biography

Morgan was born to Zachariah "Zach" Morgan and Ethel Turner in Waverly, Tennessee, United States, but was raised in Barberton, Ohio. He was, along with a few other contemporaries (most notably Eddy Arnold and Jim Reeves), referred to as a "country crooner;" his singing style being more similar to that of Bing Crosby or Perry Como than that of Ernest Tubb or Lefty Frizzell.
Morgan was a member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1948, and is best remembered for the Columbia Records song "Candy Kisses", which was a No. 1 hit on the Billboard country music chart for three weeks in 1949. He also had several hits based on a "rose" theme: "Room Full of Roses", "Red Roses for a Blue Lady", and "Red Roses From the Blue Side of Town". His version of "Almost" (1952), written by Vic McAlpin and Jack Toombs, was Morgan's second million selling record. In the early 1950s he hosted a 15-minute radio program syndicated nationally by RadiOzark Enterprises in Springfield, Missouri.
In 1974, Morgan was the last person to sing on the stage of the Ryman Auditorium, before the Grand Ole Opry moved to the new Grand Ole Opry House. A week later, he was the first to sing on stage at the venue.

## Death

He died in 1975 of a heart attack after undergoing open heart surgery, and was interred in the Spring Hill Cemetery in Madison, Tennessee.

## Personal life

His daughter, country music singer Lorrie Morgan, released two songs as duets with her late father dubbed in: "I'm Completely Satisfied" (1979) and "From This Moment On" (2006).

## Discography
### Albums

| Year | Album | US Country | Label |
| 1964 | Tender Lovin' Care | 17 | Columbia |
| 1964 | Slippin' Around (w/ Marion Worth) | 12 | Columbia |
| 1965 | Red Roses for a Blue Lady | 9 | Columbia |
| 1967 | Candy Kisses | 35 | Starday |
| 1967 | Country Hits by Candlelight | 33 | Starday |
| 1968 | Steal Away | | Starday |
| 1968 | Barbara | | Starday |
| 1969 | Sounds of Goodbye | | Starday |
| 1969 | Like a Bird | 42 | Stop |
| 1971 | Real George | | Stop |
| 1974 | Red Rose from the Blue Side of Town / Somewhere Around Midnight | 37 | MCA |
| 1975 | A Candy Mountain Melody | | MCA |
| 1975 | From This Moment On | 37 | 4 Star |

### Singles

| Year | Single | Chart Positions | Chart Positions | Album |
| Year | Single | US Country | CAN Country | Album |
| 1949 | "Candy Kisses" | 1 | | singles only |
| 1949 | "Please Don't Let Me Love You" | 4 | | singles only |
| 1949 | "Rainbow in My Heart" | 8 | | singles only |
| 1949 | "All I Need Is Some More Lovin'" | 11 | | singles only |
| 1949 | "Room Full of Roses"$^A$ | 4 | | singles only |
| 1949 | "Cry-Baby Heart" | 5 | | singles only |
| 1949 | "I Love Everything About You" | 4 | | singles only |
| 1949 | "Ring on Your Finger" | 15 | | singles only |
| 1952 | "Almost" | 2 | | singles only |
| 1953 | "(I Just Had a Date) A Lover's Quarrel" | 10 | | singles only |
| 1956 | "There Goes My LOVE" | 15 | | singles only |
| 1959 | "I'm in Love Again" | 3 | | singles only |
| 1959 | "Little Dutch Girl" | 20 | | singles only |
| 1959 | "The Last Thing I Want to Know" | 26 | | singles only |
| 1960 | "You're the Only Good Thing (That's Happened to Me)" | 4 | | singles only |
| 1964 | "One Dozen Roses (And Our Love)" | 23 | | Tender Lovin' Care |
| 1964 | "All Right (I'll Sign the Papers)" | 45 | | Tender Lovin' Care |
| 1964 | "Slippin' Around" (w/ Marion Worth) | 23 | | Slippin' Around |
| 1964 | "Tears and Roses" | 37 | | singles only |
| 1965 | "Dear John" | | | singles only |
| 1965 | "It's All Coming Home to You But Me" | | | singles only |
| 1966 | "A Picture That's New" | 27 | | singles only |
| 1966 | "Saving All My Love (For You)" | | | singles only |
| 1966 | "Home Is Where the Heart Is" | | | singles only |
| 1966 | "Married" | | | singles only |
| 1966 | "Speak Well of Me (To the Kids)" | | | singles only |
| 1967 | "I Couldn't See" | 40 | | Candy Kisses |
| 1967 | "Shiny Red Automobile" | 58 | | Candy Kisses |
| 1968 | "Barbara" | 55 | | Barbara |
| 1968 | "Living" | 56 | | Barbara |
| 1968 | "Sounds of Goodbye" | 31 | | Sounds of Goodbye |
| 1968 | "I'll Sail My Ship Alone" | | | Sounds of Goodbye |
| 1969 | "Like a Bird" | 30 | | Like a Bird |
| 1969 | "We've Done All the Lovin' We Can Do" | | | Real George |
| 1969 | "Enemy" | | | Like a Bird |
| 1970 | "Lilacs and Fire" | 17 | | Real George |
| 1970 | "Kansas City Stockyards" | | | Real George |
| 1970 | "I Wouldn't Have You Any Other Way" | | | Real George |
| 1971 | "Rose Is Gone" | | | singles only |
| 1971 | "Gentle Rains of Home" | 68 | | singles only |
| 1973 | "Let's Live Together Marianne" | | | singles only |
| 1973 | "Makin' Heartaches" | 62 | 93 | Red Rose from the Blue Side of Town / Somewhere Around Midnight |
| 1973 | "Mr. Ting-a-Ling (Steel Guitar Man)" | 56 | 83 | Red Rose from the Blue Side of Town / Somewhere Around Midnight |
| 1974 | "Red Rose from the Blue Side of Town" | 21 | 19 | Red Rose from the Blue Side of Town / Somewhere Around Midnight |
| 1974 | "Somewhere Around Midnight" | 66 | | Red Rose from the Blue Side of Town / Somewhere Around Midnight |
| 1974 | "A Candy Mountain Melody" | 82 | | A Candy Mountain Melody |
| 1975 | "In the Misty Moonlight" | 65 | | From This Moment On |
| 1975 | "From This Moment On" | 62 | | From This Moment On |
| 1978 | "I Just Want You to Know" | | | single only |
| 1979 | "I'm Completely Satisfied with You" (w/ Lorrie Morgan) | 93 | | From This Moment On |
$^A$"Room Full of Roses" also peaked at No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100.