From Cleveland, Oklahoma, Elton Britt grew up to be one of hillbilly music’s best-known singers and prolific yodelers. All you have to do is sit down and listen to songs like “Chime Bells” or “There’s a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere” to know you’re listening to some good music.

Elton had a great career, and was a headliner on several top shows in the country, such The Louisiana Hayride, Wheeling Jamboree, Garden State Jamboree, and the Hayloft Jamboree. I remember Elton making appearances on the Wheeling Jamboree at the time I was a headliner there. In 1990, he was inducted into the Western Music Hall of Fame.  Elton died June 22, 1972.

Dusty Owens
TCM Radio News

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