death_date death_place years_active alias birth_place label name background birth_date instrument genre article_title birth_name occupation
15 january 1948 livermore , california , us 1940s oke -lrb- to friends -rrb- olive , oklahoma , us capitol jack guthrie solo_singer 13 november 1915 vocals western swing jack guthrie
 leon jerry guthrie musician , songwriter
jack guthrie

leon jerry `` jack '' guthrie -lrb- november 13 , 1915 -- january 15 , 1948 -rrb- was a songwriter and performer whose rewritten version of the woody guthrie song `` oklahoma hills '' was a hit in 1945 .
the two musicians were cousins .
