Lefty Frizzell
William Orville" Lefty" Frizzell( March 31, 1928 – July 19, 1975), was an American country music singer- songwriter and honky- tonk singer.
He gained prominence in 1950 after two major hits, and throughout the decade was a very popular country performer.
Frizzell influenced a number of other country singers, including George Jones, Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, The Everly Brothers, Keith Whitley, Merle Haggard, and John Fogerty.
He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1982.
After the death of Hank Williams in 1953, Frizzell released many songs that charted in the Top 10 of the Hot Country Songs charts.
His success did not carry on into the 1960s, and after suffering from alcoholism, he died at age 47.
A vocalist who set the style of singing" the country way" for the generations that followed, Frizzell became one of the most successful and influential artists of country music throughout his career.
He smoothed out the rough edges of a honky tonk song by sounding out syllables longer and singing longer.
Because of this, his music became much more mainstream without losing it s honky- tonk attitude and persona.
Walking the Floor Over You
" Walking the Floor Over You" is a country music song written by Ernest Tubb and released in the United States in 1941.
The original version included only Tubb's vocals and acoustic guitar accompanied by" Smitty" Smith on electric guitar.
Tubb later re-recorded the song with his band, The Texas Troubadours.
The original single became a hit, reaching the No. 23 spot in the Billboard charts in 1941 but eventually the song sold over a million copies.
Critic David Vinopal called" Walking the Floor Over You" the first honky tonk song that launched the musical genre itself.
Tubb's version is heard on the soundtrack of the 1980 film" Coal Miner's Daughter".
Dude Mowrey
Daniel" Dude" Mowrey( born February 10, 1972 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is an American country music artist.
Between 1991 and 1993, Mowrey recorded two studio albums, both on major labels: 1991's" Honky Tonk" on Capitol Records Nashville, and 1993's" Dude Mowrey" on Arista Nashville.
These albums produced four singles for Mowrey on the Hot Country Songs charts.
The first of these," Cowboys Do n't Cry", was later a Top 40 hit when Daron Norwood recorded it for his debut album three years after Mowrey's version.
Another cut," Fallin' Never Felt So Good", was later recorded by both Shawn Camp and Mark Chesnutt.
In the UK," I'll Never Listen To That Fool Again" was Mowrey's most popular song after it received extensive airplay on BBC Radio 2's country programs.
Country singer Mel Tillis discovered Mowrey in the mid-1980s while Mowrey was still in his mid-teens; Tillis also served as Mowrey's manager, and helped the singer sign to Capitol in 1991.
Mowrey's debut album," Honky Tonk", was released in 1991.
Included on it was the single" Cowboys Do n't Cry", as well as" Honky Tonk Song", a song which Tillis initially wrote for Webb Pierce.
By 1993, Mowrey had transferred to Arista Nashville, releasing a self- titled album that year, as well as three more singles.
Arista label mate Lee Roy Parnell made a guest appearance in Mowery's music video for the song" Hold on Elroy" which was filmed at an old cabin just outside Nashville, TN.
George Jones
George Glenn Jones (September 12, 1931 – April 26, 2013) was an American musician, singer and songwriter.
He achieved international fame for his long list of hit records, including his best-known song "
He Stopped Loving Her Today", as well as his distinctive voice and phrasing.
For the last twenty years of his life, Jones was frequently referred to as the greatest living country singer.
Country music scholar Bill Malone writes, "For the two or three minutes consumed by a song, Jones immerses himself so completely in its lyrics, and in the mood it conveys, that the listener can scarcely avoid becoming similarly involved."
Waylon Jennings expressed a similar opinion in his song "
It's AlrightIf
we all could sound like we wanted to, we'd all sound like George Jones.
" The shape of his nose and facial features earned Jones the nickname "The Possum".
Born in Texas, Jones first heard country music when he was seven and was given a guitar at the age of nine.
He married his first wife, Dorothy Bonvillion, in 1950, and was divorced in 1951.
He served in the United States Marine Corps and was discharged in 1953.
He married Shirley Ann Corley in 1954.
In 1959, Jones recorded "White Lightning", written by J. P. Richardson, which launched his career as a singer.
His second marriage ended in divorce in 1968; he married fellow country music singer Tammy Wynette a year later.
Years of alcoholism compromised his health and led to his missing many performances, earning him the nickname "No Show Jones".
After his divorce from Wynette in 1975, Jones married his fourth wife, Nancy Sepulvado, in 1983 and became sober for good in 1999.
Jones died in 2013, aged 81, from hypoxic respiratory failure.
During his career, Jones had more than 150 hits, both as a solo artist and in duets with other artists.
Robert Christgau has called him "honky-tonk's greatest honky".
O Valencia!
" O Valencia!" is the fifth single by the indie rock band
The Decemberists, and the first released from their fourth studio album," The Crane Wife".
The music was written by The Decemberists and the lyrics by Colin Meloy.
It tells a story of two star- crossed lovers.
The singer falls in love with a person who belongs to an opposing gang.
At the end of the song, the singer's lover jumps in to defend the singer, who is confronting his lover's brother( the singer's" sworn enemy") and is killed by the bullet intended for the singer.
Divorce Me C.O.D.
" Divorce Me C.O.D." is a 1946 honky- tonk song recorded by Merle Travis.
One of many songs co-written by Travis and Cliffie Stone, it was Travis' first release to make it to number one on the Folk Juke Box charts where it stayed for fourteen weeks and a total of twenty- three weeks on the chart.
The B-side of" Divorce Me C.O.D.," a song entitled" Missouri," peaked at number five on the same chart.
Billy Milano
Billy Milano is a Bronx- born heavy metal musician now based in Austin, Texas.
He is the singer and- occasionally- guitarist and bassist of crossover thrash band M.O.D., and he was also the singer of its predecessor, Stormtroopers of Death.
He was also the singer of United Forces, which also featured his Stormtroopers of Death bandmate Dan Lilker.
Bernie Bonvoisin
Bernard Bonvoisin, known as Bernie Bonvoisin( born 9 July 1956 in Nanterre, Hauts- de- Seine), is a French hard rock singer and film director.
He is best known for having been the singer of Trust.
He was one of the best friends of Bon Scott the singer of AC/ DC and together they recorded the song" Ride On" which was one of the last songs by Bon Scott.
I'm a Honky Tonk Girl
" I'm a Honky Tonk Girl" is a song written and performed by American country artist Loretta Lynn that was also released as her debut single.
The song was among the first to not only be recorded by Lynn, but also to be penned by her.
She composed the song while living in the state of Washington, maintaining her role as a housewife and occasional member of a local country music band.
The composition was later recorded in California after Lynn was given money by a local businessman, who was impressed by her singing.
" I'm a Honky Tonk Girl" was then issued as a single under the newly founded and independent Zero Records label in March 1960.
" I'm a Honky Tonk Girl" was self- promoted by Lynn and her husband, driving from one radio station to another.
The effort paid off by that summer when it peaked at number fourteen on the" Billboard" country songs chart.
The story behind the song's promotion became one of the trademarks of Lynn's career.
Its story was profiled in the 1980 film about her life" Coal Miner's Daughter" and has been covered by other artists.
" I'm a Honky Tonk Girl" has since received positive praise from music critics and writers alike, who have credited the song as being one of her signature tunes.
Honky Tonk Song
"Honky Tonk Song" is a song by country singer George Jones.
It was the lead single from his 1996 LP
"I Lived to Tell It All".
It was written by Billy Yates and Frank J. Meyers.

Question: Why did the performer of song Honky Tonk Song die?
Answer: Respiratory Failure