Bill Anderson
b. James William Anderson III, 1 November 1937, Columbia, South Carolina, USA. Country performer Anderson learned the guitar when he was aged 12 and formed his own school band. He graduated in journalism from the University of Georgia, becoming a sports writer and also working for a radio station, an experience that influenced his song "Country DJ". In 1958 Ray Price won a gold disc when he recorded Anderson's "City Lights". Anderson's first hit as an artist was with "That's What It's Like To Be Lonesome" in 1959. He followed this with "The Tips Of My Fingers" (1960), a country success for Roy Clark and Eddy Arnold and a UK pop hit for Des O'Connor, and "Po' Folks' (1961), which inspired the Po" Boys, the name of his band. His frontman, Jimmy Gateley, wrote Sonny James' country hit "The Minute You're Gone", a UK success for Cliff Richard.
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