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George Hamilton IV (July 19, 1937 - September 17, 2014) was a highly acclaimed country singer, songwriter, and guitarist with a great deal of crossover appeal who became famous during the early 1960s. He is best known for "Abilene" (1963), which topped the Country charts and made the Pop/Rock Top 20.

Born George Hege Hamilton IV in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, he began his music career as a teen idol, scoring his first hit at age 19 with "A Rose And A Baby Ruth" (1956), which became a Top 10 Pop/Rock hit. This smash was followed by a string of mostly pop hits through the early 1960s that also includes "Why Don't They Understand" (1957) and "The Teen Commandments" (1958) before he switched to country in the early 1960s. In 1960, he joined the Grand Ole Opry and began recording for RCA. That same year, he scored his first hit on the Country charts with "Before This Day Ends" which was followed by a long string of hits through 1978 that also includes "Three Steps To The Phone (Millions Of Miles)" (1961), "If You Don't Know I Ain't Gonna Tell You" (1962), "Fort Worth, Dallas Or Houston" (1964), "Early Morning Rain" (1966), "Urge For Going" (1967), "Break My Mind" (1967), and "She's A Little Bit Country" (1970), along with his signature song, "Abilene" (1963).

Known widely as the "International Ambassador of Country Music," Hamilton toured and recorded extensively over the years, and he amassed a large following worldwide. He became extremely popular in Canada and hosted a number of TV shows in that country during the 1970s. Besides his longtime membership in the Grand Ole Opry, Hamilton's numerous other honors and accolades also included being inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in 2010.

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