Johnny Duncan

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Johnny Duncan, country singer and songwriter, was born on October 5, 1938, in Dublin, Texas. He grew up in a musical family and was close to his cousins, Jim, Eddie, and Dan Seals. Jimmy Seals and Dan Seals went on to achieve fame in Seals & Crofts and England Dan and John Ford Coley, respectively. As a boy, Duncan was influenced by such crooners as Eddy Arnold, Frank Sinatra, and Perry Como. He was also inspired by his mother, who played rhythm guitar and taught the instrument to Duncan. His first performances were in the family country band that consisted of his mother, his fiddling uncle Ben Moroney, and cousins Jim and Dan Seals. They played dance halls around Dublin. Duncan majored in English at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. At the age of twenty he married Betty Deisher. They had three daughters. He moved to Clovis, New Mexico, in 1959 and recorded demos with producer Norm Petty. He then moved the family to the Nashville area, where he worked construction jobs and in radio. As an on-air personality and jingle singer at a radio station in Franklin, Tennessee, Duncan had access to well-known recording artists to whom he could pitch his songs. Such popular country stars as Marty Robbins, Conway Twitty, and Charley Pride recorded Duncan’s songs. Duncan’s growing reputation earned him a performance on Ralph Emery’s morning show on WSM-TV Nashville in 1966. Subsequently, he signed with Columbia Records, and his singles “Rainbow Road” and “Hard Luck Joe” were relea

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Last Train to San Fernando

The Essential Johnny Duncan

Nashville Country Guys, Volume 3

Nashville Country Guys, Volume 2

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Tennessee Hits From 1957-1958

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Singer/Songwriter

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100 Essential 1960s & 1950s Hits

The Johnny Duncan Archive of 1957

Sweet Country Woman

Classic Country

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Norman Petty Masters

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Skiffle - The Essential Collection (Digitally Remastered)

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