About Mel Street
Lived 1933 – 1978 (aged 45). Mel Street was an American singer and songwriter.
King Malachi "Mel" Street (October 21, 1933 – October 21, 1978) was an American country music singer who had 13 top-20 hits on the Billboard country charts.
Biography Street was born near Grundy, Virginia, United States. Publications cite his year of birth as 1933 and his family also maintains that he was born in 1933. However, his gravestone gives the year as 1936. He began performing on western Virginia and West Virginia radio shows at the age of 16. He moved back to West Virginia in 1963 to open an auto body shop.
From 1968 to 1972, Street hosted a show on a Bluefield, West Virginia, television station. He recorded his first single, "Borrowed Angel" – which he also wrote – in 1969 for a small, regional record label, Tandem Records. and later charted four posthumous songs. Street's idol, George Jones, sang "Amazing Grace" at his funeral.
His posthumous album, Mel Street's Greatest Hits, was promoted via television advertisements in 1981, and sold 400,000 copies.
Discography Albums Year Album US Country Label 1972 Borrowed Angel 14 Metromedia Country 1973 The Town Where You Live /Walk Softly On the Bridges 37 1974 Two Way Street 37 GRT 1975 Smokey Mountain Memories 16 1976 Mel Street's Greatest Hits 26 Country Colors — 1977 Mel Street 45 Polydor 1978 Country Soul 47 Mel Street — Mercury 1980 Many Moods of Mel 61 Sunbird
Singles Year Single Chart Positions Album US Country CAN Country 1972 "Borrowed Angel" 7 9 Borrowed Angel "Lovin' On Back Streets" 5 8 1973 "Walk Softly On the Bridges" 11 6 The Town Where You Live /Walk Softly On the Bridges "The Town Where You Live" 38 58 "Lovin' On Borrowed Time" 11 7 Two Way Street 1974 "You Make Me Feel More Like a Man" 15 — "Forbidden Angel" 16 47 Smokey Mountain Memories 1975 "Smokey Mountain Memories" 13 43 "Even If I Have to Steal" 17 17 "(This Ain't Just Another) Lust Affair" 23 — 1976 "The Devil in Your Kisses (And the Angel in Your Eyes)" 32 — Mel Street's Greatest Hits "I Met a Friend of Yours Today" 10 — Country Colors "Looking Out My Window Through the Pain" 24 — 1977 "Rodeo Bum" 56 — "Barbara Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know" 19 — Mel Street (1977) "Close Enough for Lonesome" 15 — 1978 "If I Had a Cheating Heart" 9 — Country Soul "Shady Rest" 24 — "Just Hangin' On" 68 — Mel Street (1978) 1979 "The One Thing My Lady Never Puts Into Words" 17 — Many Moods of Mel 1980 "Tonight Let's Sleep On It Baby" 30 — "Who'll Turn Out the Lights" 36 — 1981 "Slip Away" (w/ Sandy Powell) 48 —
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Frequently asked questions
Who was Mel Street?
American singer
When was Mel Street born?
Mel Street was born on 21 October 1933 in Grundy, Virginia.
When did Mel Street die?
Mel Street died on 21 October 1978 in Hendersonville, Tennessee.
What was Mel Street's occupation?
Mel Street was a singer and songwriter.
What nationality was Mel Street?
Mel Street was American.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Mel Street. https://biography.guide/mel-street/
MLA: "Mel Street." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/mel-street/.
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