T. G. Sheppard

William Neal Browder (born July 20, 1944) is an American country music singer, known professionally as T. G. Sheppard. He had 22 number-one hits on the US country charts between 1974 and 1986, including 14 consecutive number ones between 1980 and 1982.

Early life Browder was born in Humboldt, Tennessee, United States. He dropped out of high school at age 15 and ran away from home to become involved in the music industry in Memphis, Tennessee.

Career William Browder, as he was then known, first recorded for Atco Records as Brian Stacy in 1966.

He recorded the song "Devil in the Bottle", which became a No. 1 hit on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart and also became a top 60 Pop hit in 1975.

T.G. Sheppard currently tours throughout the year and, after a two-decade hiatus, he released a new single "I Wanna Live Like Elvis" in January 2019 with a new album set to be released at a later date.

Sheppard was a friend of Elvis Presley's and hosts his own show on SiriusXM's Elvis Radio. Sheppard's show was created to replace new broadcasts of disc jockey and Presley friend George Klein's show after Klein's death in 2019.

Personal life Sheppard is married to singer-songwriter Kelly Lang and resides in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Sheppard owned a small chain of now-defunct restaurants under the name of "T.G.'s North of the Border Cafe and Cantina" in Tennessee. The restaurant had locations in Gatlinburg and Chattanooga.

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