Early in my career I began receiving letters from a woman in the Midwest who claimed to be my mother.

I always wanted to grow up fast. I longed for more than the Mississippi Delta could give.

How often does a guy who lives and breathes baseball meet a woman who loves the game and understands it as well as he?

Johnny Duncan was one of the first opening acts I hired for my show, and he is the one who initiated me into astrology. I got hooked. It made a lot of sense to me.

In 20 years I had sold more records for RCA than any artist except Elvis Presley.

My brothers and sisters all sang, too, and they all have good voices.

Early in my career I began receiving letters from a woman in the Midwest who claimed to be my mother.