Mel Street

Artist Biography For Mel Street

King Malachi Street October 21 1935 – October 21 1978 Commonly Known As Mel Street Was An American Country Music Singer.
Street Was Born In Grundy Virginia To A Coal Mining Family. Publications Cite His Year Of Birth As 1933 Although His Family Maintains That He Was Born In 1935. He Began Performing On Western Virginia And West Virginia Radio Shows At The Age Of Sixteen. Street Subsequently Worked As A Radio Tower Electrician In Ohio And As A Nightclub Performer In The Niagara Falls Area. He Moved Back To West Virginia In 1963 To Open Up An Auto Body Shop.
From 1968 To 1972 Street Hosted His Own Show On A Bluefield West Virginia Television Station. He Recorded His First Single "Borrowed Angel " In 1970 For A Small Regional Record Label. A Larger Label Royal American Records Picked It Up In 1972 And It Became A Top-10 Billboard Hit. He Recorded The Biggest Hit Of His Career "Lovin' On Back Streets" In 1973.
Street Continued To Flourish Throughout The Mid-1970s Recording Several Hits Such As "You Make Me Feel More Like A Man " "Forbidden Angel " "I Met A Friend Of Yours Today " "If I Had A Cheatin' Heart " And "Smokey Mountain Memories". He Signed With Mercury Records In 1978. But Suffering From Clinical Depression And Alcoholism He Committed Suicide By A Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound On October 21 1978 His 45th Birthday. Sadly He Had A Record Debut On The Country Charts On October 21 As Well A Prophetic Song Called "Just Hangin' On".

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Biography - Mel Street

King Malachi Street October 21 1935 – October 21 1978 Commonly Known As Mel Street Was An American Country Music Singer.
Street Was Born In Grundy Virginia To A Coal Mining Family. Publications Cite His Year Of Birth As 1933 Although His Family Maintains That He Was Born In 1935. He Began Performing On Western Virginia And West Virginia Radio Shows At The Age Of Sixteen. Street Subsequently Worked As A Radio Tower Electrician In Ohio And As A Nightclub Performer In The Niagara Falls Area. He Moved Back To West Virginia In 1963 To Open Up An Auto Body Shop.
From 1968 To 1972 Street Hosted His Own Show On A Bluefield West Virginia Television Station. He Recorded His First Single "Borrowed Angel " In 1970 For A Small Regional Record Label. A Larger Label Royal American Records Picked It Up In 1972 And It Became A Top-10 Billboard Hit. He Recorded The Biggest Hit Of His Career "Lovin' On Back Streets" In 1973.
Street Continued To Flourish Throughout The Mid-1970s Recording Several Hits Such As "You Make Me Feel More Like A Man " "Forbidden Angel " "I Met A Friend Of Yours Today " "If I Had A Cheatin' Heart " And "Smokey Mountain Memories". He Signed With Mercury Records In 1978. But Suffering From Clinical Depression And Alcoholism He Committed Suicide By A Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound On October 21 1978 His 45th Birthday. Sadly He Had A Record Debut On The Country Charts On October 21 As Well A Prophetic Song Called "Just Hangin' On". read less

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