george jones

Here is the video of "He Stopped Loving Her Today," recorded by Keith Urban just minutes ago.

Country music legend George Jones died early Friday morning (April 26, 2013) at the age of 81 in Nashville at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Jones appeared on the KWKH Louisiana Hayride in Shreveport, Louisiana in it's heyday and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1992.

Country hit-maker died this morning in Nashville.

George Glenn Jones was born on September 12, 1931 in Saratoga, Texas, and was raised in Vidor, Texas, with his brother and five sisters. When he was seven, his parents bought a radio and he heard country music for the first time. Given a guitar when he was nine, Jones was soon busking for money on the streets of Beaumont.

Country Music Legend George Jones has just announced that he has to postpone two shows scheduled for April 20 and 21.

Your response was so wonderful on that funny Vince Gill video I thought you might like to see Vince and the ol' possum, Geoege Jones have a video battle!

Legendary singer George Jones was finally released from the hospital after being admitted six days ago, on March 29, for an upper respiratory infection. His publicist, Kirt Webster, said in a public statement that the 80-year-old Jones “wants to thank all his friends and fans for their prayers and well wishes over the past few days.”

Country music legend George Jones is in a Nashville area hospital with an upper respiratory infection. Mr. Jones has many number one hits including ‘He Stopped Loving Her Today’.

George Jones and Glen Campbell will be honored with lifetime achievement awards next year. During a special ceremony on Feb. 11 — one day before the 2012 Grammy Awards, which will air on CBS — their contributions will be acknowledged by the Recording Academy in front of five other honorees and an invitation only crowd.

George Jones may be getting up there in age (he turned 80 in September), but he isn’t done hitting the road yet! The ‘Why Baby Why’ hitmaker just announced plans to tour North America through November 2012, touching some 35 cities over the next year.

When the Country Music Association (CMA) asked George Jones to trim his act to 90 seconds for the 1999 CMA awards, Jones decided to boycott the event. In solidarity,  Alan Jackson interrupted his own song and launched into Jones’s song “Choices” and then walked offstage.

My favorite country music legend, George Jones "The Ole' Possum" is celebrating his 80th birthday today. George & Nancy photo by Flickr