Teen Beat / Teen Rock
Years active 1963-1996
(Elvis soundalike, better than Elvis I think)
always click on pic's
Hollis, Oklahoma, USA
Born Nov. 22, 1941, Died March 17, 1996 (a. 54), Amarillo, Texas
Terry LaVerne Stafford
(November 22, 1941 – March 17, 1996) was an American singer and songwriter, best known for his 1964 U.S. Top 10 hit, "Suspicion", and the 1973 country music hit, "Amarillo by Morning". Stafford was also known for his Elvis Presley sound-alike voice.
Biography
Stafford was the only son of William Nathan "Bill" Stafford (1921–2011), a United States Navy veteran of World War II and a construction worker, and the former Juanita J. Roach (1919–2001). He had two sisters, Linda Williams of Amarillo and Judy Snead of Hendersonville, Tennessee. He, like his mother, was born in ruralHollis in Harmon County in the southwestern corner of Oklahoma. Mrs. Stafford was a lens grinder for an optical company and worked in a laundry. Stafford was reared in Amarillo, Texas, and graduated there in 1960 from Palo Duro High School. He then moved to Los Angeles, California, to pursue a musical career. ... read full text here >>> Terry Stafford