Sonny James

Jimmie Hugh Loden May 1 1928 February 22 2016 known professionally as Sonny James was an American country music singer and songwriter best known for his 1957 hit Young Love Dubbed the Southern Gentleman for his congenial manner his greatest success came from ballads about the trials of love James had 72 country and pop charted releases from 1953 to 1983 including an unprecedented fiveyear streak of 16 straight Billboard 1 singles among his 26 1 hits Twentyone of his albums reached the country top ten from 1964 to 1976 James was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1961 and cohosted the first Country Music Association Awards Show in 1967 He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2007 Description above from the Wikipedia article Sonny James licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia