Buck Owens

Alvis Edgar " Buck " Owens Jr. (August 12, 1929 – March 25, 2006) was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He was the frontman for The Buckaroos , which had 21 No. 1 hits on the Billboard country music chart. He pioneered what came to be called the Bakersfield sound , named in honor of Bakersfield, California , Owens's adopted home and the city from which he drew inspiration for what he preferred to call "American music".

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