95.7 KEZJ - Southern Idaho's Best Country » Johnny wright http://kezj.com Southern Idaho's Best Country Sat, 18 May 2013 10:00:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Country Singer Johnny Wright Dies at 97 http://kezj.com/country-singer-johnny-wright-dies-at-97/ http://kezj.com/country-singer-johnny-wright-dies-at-97/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:30:42 +0000 Jeff Giles http://tsminteractive.com/?p=50003 Johnnie Wright, the singer best known for his 1965 hit ‘Hello Vietnam’ and his lengthy marriage to fellow country star Kitty Wells, passed away Tuesday morning in his Tennessee home. He was 97.

Wright rose to prominence in the ’50s as half of the duo Johnnie & Jack, which helped introduce Latin rhythms to the country charts with a string of hits that included ‘Ashes of Love,’ ‘Poison Love,’ and ‘(Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely.’

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