Jimmy Osborne

b. Wayne Osborne Jnr., 8 Apr 1923, Winchester, Kentucky, USA, d. 26 Dec 1958. After somebody offered him a acoustic guitar, Osborne made a decision to be a vocalist with 16 he was showing up frequently on WLAP Lexington. Globe Battle II disrupted his programs and, for a while, he entertained just in the evenings and weekends, while business days inside a factory. Following the battle, he performed on many channels including WLAP, before coming to KWKH Shreveport in 1947. His vocal function there using the Bailes Brothers and on The Louisiana Hayride resulted in him saving for Ruler Information. In 1948, he obtained lots 10 country strike with his 1st release, ‘My Center Echoes’. He came back to WLEX Lexington, functioning as a disk jockey and vocalist. He always known as himself the Kentucky Folk Vocalist and he previously a penchant, like Crimson River Dave McEnery, for composing songs about topical ointment occasions. In 1949, his documenting of 1 such amount, ‘The Loss of life Of Small Kathy Fiscus’, the storyplot from the tragic loss of life of a young lady in California, became lots 7 strike for him. (The tune provides since been effectively recorded by numerous others, including Howard Vokes and Kitty Wells). Through the Korean Battle, Osborne created an limitless line of tale songs, the majority of a patriotic character such as for example ‘God Make sure you Protect America’, which provided him another Top 10 strike in 1950. Others included ‘Give thanks to God For Victory In Korea’ and ‘The Tone of voice Of Totally free America’. He produced performances on Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry and on WLS Chicago’s Country wide Barn Dance. In 1952, he opened up a record store in Louisville, where he also became extremely popular for his radio present on WKLO. He produced further Ruler recordings until 1955 but he attained no further strikes. Osborne suffered rounds of melancholy and during among these intervals he dedicated suicide. In 1988, a Dutch record label, Firmly Nation, released an record that contained a few of his Ruler singles. (He’s not linked to the Osborne Brothers.)