Birth name James Elton Baker Name Elton Britt Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter Role Singer-songwriter | Instruments Guitar Genres Country Years active 1942–1970 | |
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Born June 27, 1913
Marshall, Arkansas, United States ( 1913-06-27 ) Died June 23, 1972, McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania, United States Albums Yodel Songs, The Wandering Cowboy Similar People Rosalie Allen, Sheldon Allman, The Five Stars, Wilf Carter, Buchanan Brothers | ||
Elton Britt CHIME BELLS
Elton Britt (June 27, 1913 – June 22, 1972), was an American country music guitarist and singer-songwriter.
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Elton britt blue texas moonlight 1946 the skytoppers country music greats
Biography
Elton Britt was born James Elton Baker, in Marshall, Arkansas, a small town in Searcy County, United States. He recorded over 600 sides and 60 albums for RCA and other labels in more than a 30-year span, and is best known for such hit songs (several of which he wrote or co-wrote) as "Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)," "Detour," "Chime Bells," "Maybe I'll Cry Over You," "Pinto Pal," and the million-selling wartime hit "There's a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere".The recording had sold a million discs by 1944 and it was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA.
A singer, bandleader, radio and television performer, songwriter and standard-setting yodeler, he starred in at least two films in the late 1940s, and had hit records as late as 1968 with "The Jimmie Rodgers Blues".
He died on June 22, 1972, five days before his 59th birthday, due to a heart attack.
He had at least four children, at least three boys and one daughter. His father was James Baker, and he had two sisters, Gretta Sanders and Druse Baker, and several brothers.