John Conlee
- MatchJohn Conlee
- 100%Gene Watson
- 87%T. G. Sheppard
- 78%Ronnie Milsap
- 75%Johnny Lee
- 71%Vern Gosdin
- 70%John Anderson
- 68%Mel McDaniel
- 67%Daryle Singletary
- 64%Earl Thomas Conley
- 64%Sammy Kershaw
Biography
11 August 1946, Versailles, Kentucky, USA. Conlees early years were filled with farm chores, but he was playing the guitar on local radio before he was 10. He describes Versailles as a very small town with a very large barbershop chorus in which he sang high tenor. Like soul singer Solomon Burke, he became a licensed embalmer. In the mid-70s he set about establishing himself in Nashville. He worked as a morning disc jockey, and he was signed to MCA Records. His best-known... Read more