| LC control no. | n 84089518 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Tillis, Mel |
| Variant(s) | Tillis, Lonnie Melvin |
| Birth date | 1932-08-08 |
| Death date | 2017-11-19 |
| Place of birth | Tampa (Fla.) |
| Place of death | Ocala (Fla.) |
| Field of activity | Country music |
| Profession or occupation | Country musicians Singers Composers Lyricists Stutterers |
| Found in | His Stutterin' boy, c1984: t.p. (Mel Tillis) p. 13 (Lonnie Melvin Tillis; b. Aug. 8, 1932, Tampa, Fla.) McCloud, B. Definitive country (Tillis, Mel; given name, Lonnie Melvin Tillis; b. Aug. 8, 1932, Tampa, Fla.; singer, songwriter, guitar, drums, violin, music publisher, actor, author, comedy) New York times WWW site, viewed Nov. 20, 2017 (in obituary published Nov. 19: Mel Tillis; b. Lonnie Melvin Tillis, Aug. 8, 1932, Tampa, Fla.; d. Sunday [Nov. 19, 2017], Ocala, Fla., aged 85; his career as a country singer and the writer of enduring hit songs like Ruby, don't take your love to town earned him a place in the Country Music Hall of Fame and a National Medal of Arts, but he was equally well known for the stutter he employed to humorous and self-deprecating effect onstage) |
| Associated language | eng |
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