PIERCE, WEBB
(1921–1991)
PIERCE, WEBB (b. West Monroe, La., August 8, 1921–February 24, 1991) Pierce was one of the most successful and popular of the HONKY-TONK singers of the 1950s and 1960s, second only to EDDY ARNOLD in placing chart hits during that period. Born in rural Louisiana, Pierce began playing guitar as a teenager and got his first radio job after the war in Monroe. He went to Shreveport, then the center of country music in the state, thanks to the popular LOUISIANA HAYRIDE radio program that originated…