Biography
Hoyt Wayne Axton (March 25, 1938 – October 26, 1999) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor. He became prominent in the early 1960s, establishing himself on the West Coast as a folk singer with an earthy style and powerful voice. Among his best-known songs are "Joy to the World", "The Pusher", "No No Song", "Greenback Dollar", "Della and the Dealer", and "Never Been to Spain".
Awards & recognition
- Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame · 2007
Filmography23 titles
Reading Rainbow
The Civil War
I Dream of Jeannie
WKRP in Cincinnati
Murder, She Wrote
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
McCloud
Gremlins
The Black Stallion
The Bionic Woman
Buried Alive
Smoky
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
Growing Pains
The Black Stallion Returns
We're No Angels
Christmas Comes to Willow Creek
Disorganized Crime
Liar's Moon
Endangered Species
King Cobra
Doorways
Number One Fan