caption associated_acts years_active birth_name alias birth_place label image_size article_title background alt birth_date genre image instrument name occupation
wright in 1970 . johnnie wright kitty wells 1967-1979 john robert wright john wright charleston , west virginia decca abc united artists 200px bobby wright
 solo_singer wright in 1970 30 march 1942 country bobby wright 1970.jpg vocals bobby wright singer
bobby wright

john robert `` bobby '' wright -lrb- born march 30 , 1942 in charleston , west virginia -rrb- is an american country music singer .
he is the son of country singers johnnie wright and kitty wells , and brother of ruby wright .
most of his boyhood years were spent in louisiana , since his parents were regular performers on the country music television program `` louisiana hayride '' .
at age eight , wright appeared with his parents on the show , and became part of their recordings three years later .
the family went back to nashville in 1958 , because his parents became headliners at the grand ole opry .
although wright was an able guitarist and vocalist , he had little interest in a music career .
he became interested in acting when he learned that peter tewksbury , a television and film director , had a role for a young southern boy who could play the guitar .
wright made the trip to hollywood to test for tewksbury .
while he did not get the role he went to california for , his screen test was seen by the producer of `` mchale 's navy '' , who cast him in the new television comedy as willy moss , the pt-73 radio operator , a role he played through the entire series .
while `` mchale 's navy '' was still in production , wright decided to give music a try , beginning by working with his mother on one of her 1965 albums .
unhappy with the hollywood scene after `` mchale 's navy '' ended , he moved back to nashville to start a music career .
bobby wright recorded for decca , abc and united artists records between 1967 and 1979 , charting 21 singles on the hot country songs charts .
`` here i go again '' , which reached number 13 in 1971 , was his highest-charting release .
wright appeared with his parents at the international festival of country music at wembley in 1974 , and returned to the united kingdom with them for the peterborough country music festival in 1988 .
he is married to the former brenda kay davis ; the couple has two daughters , theresa leann and kamela lynn .
