Buck Owens

Alvis Edgar Owens, Jr. (August 12, 1929 – March 25, 2006), better known as Buck Owens, was an American singer and guitarist who had 21 No. 1 hits on the Billboard country music charts with his band, the Buckaroos. They pioneered what came to be called the Bakersfield sound—a reference to Bakersfield, California, the city Owens called home and from which he drew inspiration for what he preferred to call American music. While Owens originally used ... More

Date of birth:

  • Aug 12, 1929

Date of death:

  • Mar 25, 2006 (age 76 years)

Also known as:

  • Alvis Edgar Owens, Jr.,
  • buck_owens,
  • Buck Owens,
  • Alvis Edgar Owens Jr.,
  • Owens, Buck

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  • 1948
  • 1951
  • 1977
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