Roger Hallmark (August 9, 1946 – November 29, 2014) was an American country music singer from

Cullman, Alabama Cullman is the largest city and county seat of Cullman County, Alabama, United States. It is located along Interstate 65, about north of Birmingham and about south of Huntsville. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 14,775, with an ...

; he actively recorded from the early 1970s until the early 1980s. His work was done in

Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham ( ) is a city in the north central region of the U.S. state of Alabama. Birmingham is the seat of Jefferson County, Alabama's most populous county. As of the 2021 census estimates, Birmingham had a population of 197,575, down 1% fr ...

, and included an album of fight songs for the Crimson Tide Football team entitled "Alabama Football Songs." His best known work is "Bear," a tribute song to the late football coach of the

University of Alabama The University of Alabama (informally known as Alabama, UA, or Bama) is a public research university in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Established in 1820 and opened to students in 1831, the University of Alabama is the oldest and largest of the publi ...

's Crimson Tide,

Paul "Bear" Bryant Paul William "Bear" Bryant (September 11, 1913 – January 26, 1983) was an American college football player and coach. He is considered by many to be one of the greatest college football coaches of all time, and best known as the head coach of ...

. In the late 1970s, he had a minor hit with the song "A Message to Khomeini".WFMU's Beware of the Blog: 365 Days No. 148 - Roger Hallmark - A Message to Khomeini / Maharishi (mp3s)
/ref> His other political satire songs include "Pluck Kahdaffy Duck" and "You Don't Mess with Uncle Sam".

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American country singer-songwriters 1946 births 2014 deaths People from Cullman, Alabama Country musicians from Alabama Singer-songwriters from Alabama {{US-country-musician-stub