Woodrow Wilson Sovine (July 17, 1918 — April 4, 1980), better known as Red Sovine, was a country music singer. He was associated with truck driving songs, particularly those recited as na . .   Expand    Wikipedia

Woodrow Wilson Sovine (July 17, 1918 — April 4, 1980), better known as Red Sovine, was a country music singer. He was associated with truck driving songs, particularly those recited as narratives but set to music. The most famous example was his 1976 number one hit "Teddy Bear." Born in 1918 in Charleston, West Virginia, Sovine was taught to play guitar by his mother. His first venture into music was with his childhood friend Johnnie Bailes, with whom he performed as "Smiley and Red, the Singing Sailors" in the country music revue Jim Pike's Carolina Tar Heels on WWVA-AM in Wheeling, West Virginia. Faced with limited success, Bailes left to perform as part of The Bailes Brothers. Sovine got married, and continued to sing on Charleston radio, while holding down a job as a supervisor of a hosiery factory. With the encouragement of Bailes, Sovine formed The Echo Valley Boys.

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