(August 12, 1929 – March 25, 2006)

Buck Owens (born Alvis Edgar Owens, Jr.) was a well known singer and guitarist
who had 21 No. 1 hits on the Billboard country music charts with his band, the
Buckaroos. They pioneered what came to be called the Bakersfield Sound, a
reference to the city Owens called home, Bakersfield, California. Owens is a
member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Nashville songwriters Hall
of Fame.

Buck Owens (left) and the Buckaroos

Buck’s guitar in the museum at Buck Owens’ Crystal Palace.

"Act Naturally” became Buck Owens and the Buckaroos’ first No. 1
hit in 1963.