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  • Category: Recording
  • Star rank: 2102
  • Address:
    1612 Vine St
  • Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing south
  • GPS location:
    34.100018, -118.326530

Webb Pierce

Next star: Morton Downey
Previous star: Hal Roach

Biography

Webb Michael Pierce (August 8, 1921 – February 24, 1991) was one of the most popular American honky tonk vocalists of the 1950s, charting more number one hits than any other country artist during the decade.

Fact file

  • Birth name: Webb Michael Pierce
  • Born: August 8, 1921 West Monroe, Louisiana, USA
  • Died: February 24, 1991 (aged 69)
  • Genres: country, honky tonk
  • Occupations: singer-songwriter
  • Instruments: guitar
  • Years active: 1952–1982
  • Labels: 4 Star, Decca, MCA, Plantation

Read more about Webb Pierce at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database

Vine St, east side, between Selma and Hollywood

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