George Glenn Jones was born on September 12, 1931 in Saratoga, Texas. The gift of a guitar when Jones was a young boy of nine soon saw him busking for money on the streets of his home town of Beaumont. Jones left home at sixteen and headed for Jasper, Texas where he found work singing and playing on a local radio station. George Jones' first country hit came in 1955 with "Why Baby Why." This was followed by a brief period as a rockabilly performer, a time that George is not fond of remembering. Even though he was asked to perform on the Grand Ole Opry in 1956, he remained in Texas instead of making Nashville his home. That same year, he had several hits, including "Just One More" and "Yearning," a duet with Jeanette Hicks. The year 1957 included such hits as "Color of the Blues" and "Treasure of Love."
