- Aliases
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Heywood Jenkins
- Real name
- Lee Emerson Bellamy
- Born
- September 21, 1927
- Died
- December 2, 1978
- Country
- United States
- IPI
-
00056461574 6 works
- Affiliation
- BMI
- Comments
- Lee Emerson was a country singer and songwriter from Virginia. He performed with Marty Robbins, Johnny Horton and wrote songs recorded by both of them as well as Porter Wagoner and many others. He was shot and killed by Barry Sadler of "The Ballad of the Green Berets" fame.
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