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John Wesley Ryles might not be a name that many modern country music fans know, but he certainly had his time at the top of the industry. <\/p>\n
His career got off to a start in the 1960s when he was still a teenager and he ran off a string of hits through the 1980s. <\/p>\n
Sadly, that one-time teen star has died. He was 74. <\/p>\n
His death was first announced on social media by Tracy Pitcox<\/b><\/a>,<\/b> owner of Hart of Texas Records.<\/p>\n \u201cAt age 17, he made his debut in 1968 with the single \u201cKay,\u201d a Top Ten hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts, and the title track to his debut album for Columbia Records,\u201d Pitcox wrote. \u201cRyles later recorded one album, Reconsider Me, for the Plantation label, which produced a No. 39 single in its title track. It was followed by two non-album singles, \u2018Tell It Like It Is\u2019 and \u2018When a Man Loves a Woman,\u2019 both on the Music Mill label in 1976.<\/p>\n \u201cHe then moved to Dot records,\u201d the post continued. \u201cHis first single on ABC\/Dot, \u2018Fool,\u2019 made it to No. 18 on the Hot Country chart followed by his highest-peaking single, the No. 5 \u2018Once in a Lifetime Thing.\u2019 When that label merged with MCA Records, he issued the album Let the Night Begin there. The first single, \u2018Liberated Woman\u2019 climbed to No. 14 on the Billboard Hot Country chart. It was followed by a rendition of \u2018Always on My Mind,\u2019 which went to #20 on the Billboard Hot Country chart. The last song released from this album, \u2018Perfect Strangers,\u2019 reached No. 24 on the Billboard Chart.\u201d<\/p>\n Pitcox wrote that since the release of his last single in 1988, Ryles has worked as a background vocalist and in the production side of the industry. <\/p>\n Country singer Mark Willis also posted about Ryles\u2019 death. <\/p>\n \u201cWe lost a GIANT in the music industry,\u201d he wrote. \u201cJohn Wesley Ryles sang more harmonies on records, that to the listener, sounded like the artist themselves! He could blend with ANYBODY! John sang on my first four records and always had a flawless blend with the lead vocal. It was perfect. My condolences to Joni and his entire family! Please lift them up in prayer.\u201d<\/p>\n Parade Magazine noted<\/b> <\/a>that Ryles became \u201cone of Nashville\u2019s most in-demand background vocalists,\u201d after 1988. The outlet reported that he worked with the likes of Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn, Randy Travis and Blake Shelton.<\/p>\n He was married to Joni Lee, the daughter of country music icon Conway Twitty.<\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.pennlive.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" John Wesley Ryles might not be a name that many modern country music fans know, but he certainly had his time at the top of the industry. His career got off to a start in the 1960s when he was still a teenager and he ran off a string of hits through the 1980s. Sadly, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2142859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2142859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2142859"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2142859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2142860,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2142859\/revisions\/2142860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2142859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2142859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2142859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}