His plain-spoken songs were recorded by Elvis Presley, Kenny Rogers and many others. The duo of Johnny Cash and June Carter made his “Jackson” a huge country hit. By Bill Friskics-Warren Bill ...
If you’re a music lover, chances are you know and love a song written by the late Billy Edd Wheeler. Wheeler’s family ...
A West Virginia Music Hall of Famer from Boone County has died. Musician, author and playwright Billy Edd Wheeler passed away ...
Billy Edd Wheeler, the songwriter behind staple country songs including Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash's "Jackson" and Kenny Rogers' "Coward of the County," died on Monday (Sept. 16.) ...
My father, Billy Edd Wheeler, passed away peacefully at home yesterday surrounded by family,' one of his children wrote on social media. 'We love you Dad. You will be missed by so many but also ...
The country music world has been “rocked” by the third death of an influential member “in a week,” according to a September ...
BOONE COUNTY, WV (WOWK) – A West Virginia Music Hall of Famer from Boone County has died. Musician, author and playwright Billy Edd Wheeler passed away at his home in Swannanoa, North Carolina on ...
Billy Edd Wheeler, a country music singer-songwriter who penned hits for stars like Johnny Cash, Kenny Rogers, Elvis Presley and more, has died at age 91. Wheeler — best known as the co-writer ...
Billy Edd Wheeler, an Appalachian folk singer who wrote vividly about rural life and culture in songs like “Jackson,” a barn-burning duet that was a hit in 1967 for June Carter and Johnny Cash as well ...
