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Roscoe Shelton was an American electric blues and R&B singer. He is best remembered for his 1965 hit single, "Strain on My Heart," and his... working relationships with both The Fairfield Four and Bobby Hebb. Other notable recordings include "Think It Over" and "Baby Look What You're Doin' To Me". Fred James, who produced much of Shelton's later work, noted that Shelton moved effortlessly into soul, unlike many of his 1950s blues and R&B recording contemporaries. Shelton was born in Lynchburg, Tennessee and was raised in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1949 he joined the Fairfield Four, singing lead vocals on their gospel music output, before spending four years conscripted in the United States Air Force. Upon discharge he joined The Skylarks in 1956 and recorded for Excello's subsidiary label, Nashboro Records. After the group disbanded Shelton sang alongside and toured with both Bobby Hebb and DeFord Bailey, Jr. In 1961 Shelton's debut album Roscoe Shelton Sings was released by Excello, before various singles followed, including "Strain on My Heart" . The track was a Top 40 success in the Billboard R&B chart.
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Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. Tennessee is the 36th most extensive and the 17th most populous of the 50 United States. Tennessee is bordered by Kentucky and Virginia to the north, North Carolina to the east, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south, and Arkansas and Missouri to the west. The Appalachian Mountains dominate the eastern part of the state, and the Mississippi River forms the state's... western border. Tennessee's capital and second largest city is Nashville, which has a population of 626,144. Memphis is the state's largest city, with a population of 670,902. The state of Tennessee is rooted in the Watauga Association, a 1772 frontier pact generally regarded as the first constitutional government west of the Appalachians. What is now Tennessee was initially part of North Carolina, and later part of the Southwest Territory. Tennessee was admitted to the Union as the 16th state on June 1, 1796. Tennessee was the last state to leave the Union and join the Confederacy at the outbreak of the U.S. Civil War in 1861, and the first state to be readmitted to the Union at the end of the war.
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