Alongside Loretta Lynn, Marty Robbins, and Faron Young, and more, Leroy Van Dyke also has an impressive ’60s era country hit Imagine a song so popular that, as a No. 1 hit, it equals the number of combined weeks that Patsy Cline’s “I Fall To Pieces,” Faron...
Though Leroy Van Dyke’s defining hits “The Auctioneer” (1956) and “Walk On By” (1961) came just five years apart, they shook up the charts at two very different times in country music history. Up-tempo honky tonk reigned supreme in...
Leroy Van Dyke, singer of the 19-week No. 1 “Walk On By,” joins the show from his home in Sedalia, Mo. The 91-year-old country music legend also cut the million-seller “The Auctioneer” in 1957, which accentuated his agriculture background and education from the...
T.G. Sheppard, Crystal Gayle, Johnny Lee, Charley Pride, Lynn Anderson and Conway Twitty Make List NASHVILLE, Tenn. – To ring in the New Year, Newsweek in association with Billboard magazine compiled a list of the Top 100 Country Songs of All...
Music legend finding new audiences via Subway commercial “We’re gettin’ that mailbox money now,” country music legend Leroy Van Dyke says of his signature hit “The Auctioneer” being used in commercials for Subway’s new $4.99 “Fresh Value Meal” campaign. Van Dyke says...
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