KILGORE, MERLE
(*1934)
KILGORE, MERLE (b. Wyatt M. K., Chickasha, Okla., August 9, 1934) Kilgore was a country SINGER/SONGWRITER who later had some success as an actor in B-Westerns. Though born in Oklahoma, Kilgore was raised in Louisiana, and took up the guitar at an early age. He was already working as a deejay and guitarist in his late teen years, scoring his first hit with his own composition More, More, More. He was featured guitarist on THE LOUISIANA HAYRIDE radio program from 1952 through the end of the…