George Hamilton IV

George Hege Hamilton IV was an American country musician. He began performing in the late 1950s as a teen idol, later switching to country music in the early 1960s.

Hamilton was born in WinstonSalem, North Carolina, on July 19, 1937. While a 19yearold student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Hamilton recorded A Rose and a Baby Ruth for a Chapel Hill record label, Colonial Records. The song, written by John D. Loudermilk, climbed to No.on the United States Billboard Hot 100 chart. By 1960, A Rose and a Baby Ruth had attained gold record status for ABCParamount . The selfpenned Bside of the record, If You Dont Know, revealed Hamiltons ambitions to be a rockabillycountry singer. In late 1959, Hamilton moved his family to Nashville, Tennessee to further his work as a country musician. On February 8, 1960, Hamilton officially became a member of the Grand Ole Opry. Later that same year, he began recording for RCA Records, having been signed by Chet Atkins. In the UK he was less successful, with his biggest hit being I Know Where Im Going in 1958. In 1984 he appeared with Billy Graham on his UK tour Mission England and made other ap

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