Name: Hoyt Axton
Date of Birth: 25 March 1938 Father of Mark Axton. Mother is Mae Boren Axton, who wrote Elvis Presley's hit song "Heartbreak Hotel". Wrote "Joy To The World" and "Never Been To Spain" for Three Dog Night. Formed his own record label, Jerimiah Records, in 1978. Best known country hits included "When the Morning Comes" and "Boney Fingers" (1974) and "Della and the Dealer" (1979). Country and folk singer. In November of 2007, the Oklahoma born-and-raised singer/songwriter was inducted posthumously, along with his mother, to the Oklahoma Country Music Hall of Fame in Muskogee, Oklahoma. ... Never quite recovered from a stroke suffered in 1995. Axton spent a significant amount of time struggling with alcohol and cocaine addiction and several of his songs, including "The Pusher," "Snowblind Friend," and "No-No Song," chronicled his drug problems. In the early 1960s he released his first folk album titled "The Balladeer," which was recorded at the legendary Troubadour. The album included his song "Greenback Dollar", a 1963 hit for The Kingston Trio. He served in the US Navy aboard the USS Princeton (LPH-5), before pursuing a music career. After his discharge, he began singing folk songs in San Francisco nightclubs. Read more Hoyt Axton movies (actor)
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