RAINWATER, MARVIN
(*1925)
RAINWATER, MARVIN (b. M. Karlton Percy, Wichita, Kan., July 2, 1925) Rainwater is a SINGER/SONGWRITER of Indian descent who had his greatest success in country and ROCKABILLY-styled recordings in the late 1950s. Raised in Kansas, Rainwater was actually named Marvin Percy (Rainwater was his mother's maiden name); he grew up in a fairly well-to-do family and originally trained to be a veterinarian. After serving in the Navy in World War II, he took up a career in music, getting his first break in…