George Morgan

George Thomas Morgan (June 28, 1924 – July 7, 1975) was a mid-20th-century American country music singer. He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and a former member of the Grand Ole Opry. He is best known for his 1949 hit single "Candy Kisses". He was the father of singer Lorrie Morgan, who is also a country music star.

Biography Morgan was born to Zachariah "Zach" Morgan and Ethel Turner in Waverly, Tennessee, United States, but was raised in Barberton, Ohio. In the early 1950s he hosted a 15-minute radio program syndicated nationally by RadiOzark Enterprises in Springfield, Missouri.

In 1974, Morgan was the last person to sing on the stage of the Ryman Auditorium, before the Grand Ole Opry moved to the new Grand Ole Opry House. A week later, he was the first to sing on stage at the venue.

Death He died in 1975 of a heart attack after undergoing open heart surgery, and "From This Moment On" (2006).

Discography Albums Year Album US Country Label 1964 Tender Lovin' Care 17 Columbia Slippin' Around (w/ Marion Worth) 12 1965 Red Roses for a Blue Lady 9 1967 Candy Kisses 35 Starday Country Hits by Candlelight 33 1968 Steal Away Barbara 1969 Sounds of Goodbye Like a Bird 42 Stop 1971 Real George 1974 Red Rose from the Blue Side of Town /Somewhere Around Midnight 37 MCA 1975 A Candy Mountain Melody From This Moment On 37 4 Star

Singles Year Single Chart Positions Album US Country CAN Country 1949 "Candy Kisses" 1 singles only "Please Don't Let Me Love You" 4 "Rainbow in My Heart" 8 "All I Need Is Some More Lovin'" 11 "Room Full of Roses"A 4 "Cry-Baby Heart" 5 "I Love Everything About You" 4 "Ring on Your Finger" 15 1952 "Almost" 2 1953 "(I Just Had a Date) A Lover's Quarrel" 10 1956 "There Goes My LOVE" 15 1959 "I'm in Love Again" 3 "Little Dutch Girl" 20 "The Last Thing I Want to Know" 26 1960 "You're the Only Good Thing (That's Happened to Me)" 4 1964 "One Dozen Roses (And Our Love)" 23 Tender Lovin' Care "All Right (I'll Sign the Papers)" 45 "Slippin' Around" (w/ Marion Worth) 23 Slippin' Around "Tears and Roses" 37 singles only 1965 "Dear John" "It's All Coming Home to You But Me" 1966 "A Picture That's New" 27 "Saving All My Love (For You)" "Home Is Where the Heart Is" "Married" "Speak Well of Me (To the Kids)" 1967 "I Couldn't See" 40 Candy Kisses "Shiny Red Automobile" 58 1968 "Barbara" 55 Barbara "Living" 56 "Sounds of Goodbye" 31 Sounds of Goodbye "I'll Sail My Ship Alone" 1969 "Like a Bird" 30 Like a Bird "We've Done All the Lovin' We Can Do" Real George "Enemy" Like a Bird 1970 "Lilacs and Fire" 17 Real George "Kansas City Stockyards" "I Wouldn't Have You Any Other Way" 1971 "Rose Is Gone" singles only "Gentle Rains of Home" 68 1973 "Let's Live Together Marianne" "Makin' Heartaches" 62 93 Red Rose from the Blue Side of Town /Somewhere Around Midnight "Mr. Ting-a-Ling (Steel Guitar Man)" 56 83 1974 "Red Rose from the Blue Side of Town" 21 19 "Somewhere Around Midnight" 66 "A Candy Mountain Melody" 82 A Candy Mountain Melody 1975 "In the Misty Moonlight" 65 From This Moment On "From This Moment On" 62 1978 "I Just Want You to Know" single only 1979 "I'm Completely Satisfied with You" (w/ Lorrie Morgan) 93 From This Moment On A"Room Full of Roses" also peaked at No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100.