David Allan Coe, Controversial Country Star Who Sang ‘The Ride’ and ‘You Never Even Called Me By My Name,’ Dies at 86
Variety
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David Allan Coe, the controversial outlaw country star best known for songs like “The Ride,” “Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile” and “You Never Even Called Me By My Name,” has died, according to Rolling Stone.
He was 86.
Coe, born in 1939 in Akron, Ohio, got his start in 1960s Nashville writing for established artists. […]
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