Lefty Frizzell

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country singer human recording artist singer-songwriter

Lefty Frizzell was a pioneering American country music singer-songwriter whose smooth, drawling vocal style and honky-tonk hits profoundly shaped the sound of modern country and influenced generations of artists.

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Lefty Frizzell canonical 2
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Predicate Object
instanceOf country singer ⓘ
human ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ
singer-songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1975 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1940s ⓘ
associatedAct Hank Williams ⓘ
Johnny Cash ⓘ
Merle Haggard ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1928-03-31 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1975-07-19 ⓘ
familyName Lefty Frizzell self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Frizzell
fullName William Orville Frizzell ⓘ
genre country music ⓘ
honky-tonk ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction Country Music Hall of Fame ⓘ
Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame ⓘ
hallOfFameInductionYear 1972 ⓘ
1982 ⓘ
influenced George Jones ⓘ
Merle Haggard ⓘ
Randy Travis ⓘ
Willie Nelson ⓘ
modern country music ⓘ
influencedGenre Bakersfield sound ⓘ
instrument vocals ⓘ
memberOf Grand Ole Opry ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
nickname Lefty ⓘ
notableAchievement pioneered a smooth honky-tonk vocal style ⓘ
profoundly shaped the sound of modern country music ⓘ
notableSongwritingContribution co-wrote "Long Black Veil" ⓘ
notableWork Always Late with Your Kisses ⓘ
surface form: Always Late (With Your Kisses)

I Love You a Thousand Ways ⓘ
If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time ⓘ
Long Black Veil ⓘ
Mom and Dad's Waltz ⓘ
occupation musician ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth City of Corsicana, Texas ⓘ
surface form: Corsicana, Texas, United States
placeOfDeath Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Nashville, Tennessee, United States
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
styleCharacteristic emotional phrasing ⓘ
ornamented vocal lines ⓘ
vocalStyle smooth drawling style ⓘ

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Merle Haggard → inspiredBy → Lefty Frizzell ⓘ
Jimmie Rodgers → influenced → Lefty Frizzell ⓘ
Lefty Frizzell → familyName → Lefty Frizzell self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frizzell