Alan Edgar "Buddy" Owens (born May 23, 1948 in

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), known professionally as Buddy Alan, is an American

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artist. The son of

Buck Owens Alvis Edgar "Buck" Owens Jr. (August 12, 1929 – March 25, 2006) was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He was the frontman for The Buckaroos, which had 21 No. 1 hits on the ''Billboard'' country music chart. He pioneered what came ...

and

Bonnie Owens Bonnie Owens (born Bonnie Campbell; October 1, 1929 – April 24, 2006) was an American country music singer who was married to Buck Owens and later to Merle Haggard. Biography She was born Bonnie Campbell in Blanchard, Oklahoma, United Sta ...

and stepson of

Merle Haggard Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential figures in country music, he was a central pioneer of the Bakersfield ...

, Alan recorded four albums for

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in the 1970s. He also charted eight singles in the Top 40 on the ''

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'' country charts, including his No. 7 debut single "Let the World Keep On A-Turnin'", a duet with Buck.

Biography

Alan Edgar Owens was born May 22, 1948, in

, to country music artist

and his then-wife,

. He founded a rock band called the Chosen Few at age 14 before turning his interests to country music. When Bonnie Owens divorced Buck and married

, Alan moved to Arizona with his mother and new stepfather. Crediting himself as Buddy Alan, he charted for the first time in 1968 with "Let the World Keep On A-Turnin'", a duet with Buck Owens that reached Top Ten on the country charts. This was followed by "When I Turn Twenty-One", which Haggard co-wrote. Alan toured with his father (who also worked as his promoter) and released an album entitled ''Wild, Free and Twenty One'', in addition to making appearances on ''

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''. Later on, he charted again in the Top 20 with "Cowboy Convention", a duet with Owens' guitarist

Don Rich Donald Eugene Ulrich (August 15, 1941 – July 17, 1974), best known by the stage name Don Rich, was an American country musician who helped develop the Bakersfield sound in the early 1960s. He was a noted guitarist and fiddler, and a ...

, and earned a Most Promising Male Artist award from the

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. He continued to chart into the 1970s, but retired from the music business in 1978 to attend college. After that, he became a music director at local radio stations, and was voted four times as ''Billboard'' Music Director of the Year.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Awards and nominations

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alan, Buddy 1948 births Living people Musicians from Mesa, Arizona American country singer-songwriters Capitol Records artists Country musicians from Arizona Singer-songwriters from Arizona