Billy Wayne Grammer was born on August 28, 1925 in Benton, Illinois. And sadly passed away on August 10, 2011 at the age of 85.✝️
Billy Grammer was an American country music singer and accomplished guitar player.🎸
He recorded the million-selling "Gotta Travel On", which made it onto both the country and pop music charts in 1959.🎶
Grammer would also become a regular performer on the Grand Ole Opry, eventually designing, and marketing his namesake guitar after co-founding a guitar company, in Nashville, Tennessee.❤️🎸
Grammer founded RG&G (Reid, Grammer & Gower) Company in 1965 with Clyde Reid and J.W. Gower.
RG&G made the Grammer guitar from 1965 until 1968, when a fire consumed the factory in downtown Nashville.
The company was then sold to Ampeg, and a new factory was erected down the street from the old one. The company was renamed Grammer Guitar, Inc.
They produced the Grammer guitar until 1970.🎸
His guitar was installed into the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville on March 1, 1969.❤️
In 1990, he was inducted into the Illinois Country Music Hall of Fame, along with Tex Williams, Lulu Belle and Scotty, and Patsy Montana.🏆
Billy Grammer is laid to rest at Mount Pleasant Church, Cemetery in Null, Illinois.🙏
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