Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, December 1, 1993 TAG: 9312010227
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: NASHVILLE, TENN. LENGTH: Short
Houston suffered a ruptured brain aneurism Thanksgiving Day and never regained consciousness, said Paul Hockett, spokesman for Bossier Medical Center in Bossier City, La., where Houston died.
"Almost Persuaded" chronicled a honky-tonk flirtation in which a married man considered cheating on his wife.
"A song like that comes along once in a lifetime," he said in a 1977 interview.
Houston was one of the most successful country singers in the mid-1960s and had performed on the Grand Ole Opry since 1972.
Among his other hits were "Already It's Heaven," "You Mean the World to Me," "Can't You Feel It," "The Twelfth of Never," "I Love You, I Love You" and "With One Exception."
Houston, who lived in Kenner, La., last appeared on the Opry Nov. 6. He had not been an active recording artist for the past 10 years.
Houston first worked the "Louisiana Hayride" radio show in Shreveport, La., when he was 12 years old. In 1963, Epic Records signed him based on his song "Mountain of Love."
by CNB