TEXAS MUSIC IS LOVED NAT STUCKEY For SEPTEMBER 28th 2014 Nathan Stuckey was a Singer and Songwriter born in Cass County, Texas in 1933. He died of lung cancer in 1988 in Nashville Tennessee. He recorded for various labels between 1966 and 1978, charting in the top 10 of Hot Country Songs with Sweet Thang, Plastic Saddle, Cisco and Take Time to Love Her. Raised in Atlanta, Texas graduated high school there before attending Arlington State College, where he earned a radio and television degree. Nat established himself as a radio announcer, first at Radio Station KALT in Atlanta, Texas, then at Radio Station KWKH in Shreveport, Louisiana. While at KWKH, Nat became a member of the Louisiana Hayride and the last major act with beginning roots from the Hayride. He became a hit songwriter after he co-wrote Buck Owens number-one single Waitin in Your Welfare Line in 1965. Following this song, Stuckey wrote and recorded Sweet Thang on Paula Records. Another of Stuckeys compositions, Pop a Top, was recorded by Jim Ed Brown on RCA Records in 1967. A year later, Stuckey signed with RCA himself. Among his hits for RCA were Plastic Saddle and Sweet Thing and Cisco. Stuckey teamed with Connie Smith on the duet of Young Love, followed by another single and two albums. The duo was in the final nominations for a Grammy for their version of Whispering Hope He wrote his first No. 1 hit, Waitin in Your Welfare Line while working as a radio announcer for KWKH radio station in Shreveport. The song was recorded by Buck Owens, and Stuckey moved to Nashville in 1968 when he signed a contract with RCA Victor Records. He was nominated for a Grammy Award for best sacred performance for his 1969 duet with Connie Smith titled Whispering Hope. Pop a Top was a hit for Jim Ed Brown, nominated for two Grammies for the song in 1968. Through his Texas Promise Land Development Company, Nat began acquiring land in Tennessee and Texas and left a sizable estate to his heirs upon is early death at the age of 54.
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