Buck Owens

Alvis Edgar "Buck" Owens Jr. was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and band leader. He was the lead singer for Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, which had 21 No. 1 hits on the Billboard country music chart. He pioneered what came to be called the Bakersfield sound, named in honor of Bakersfield, California, Owens's adopted home and the city from which he drew inspiration for what he preferred to call "American music".

12 August 1929

Born on the same birth day (12 August): Albert Bartha • Andrei Agius • Andy Hui • Franciscus Sonnius • Ian Hutchinson (motorcyclist) • Kjell Grede • Manoa Vosawai • Samuel Moutoussamy • Sir Mix-a-Lot • Sunye • Sushil Koirala • Tristan Charpentier

Born in the same month (August 1929): Ahmed Kathrada • Ann Calvello • Bill Foster (basketball, born 1929) • Fritz Von Erich • Hafizullah Amin • Herman Badillo • István Kertész (conductor) • Larisa Bogoraz • Leila Abashidze • Pat Harrington Jr. • Roch La Salle • Roy Crimmins • Ulrich Wegener • X. J. Kennedy • Zoltán Czibor