Bob Gallion was an American country music

Country music

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 singer. Between 1958 and 1973, he recorded for various country labels, charting nine times on the Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

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 charts. His biggest hit was "Wall to Wall Love", which went to number 5 in 1962.

Biography

Bob Gallion was born April 22, 1924 in Ashland, Kentucky

Ashland, Kentucky

Ashland, formerly known as Poage Settlement, is a city in Boyd County, Kentucky, United States, nestled along the banks of the Ohio River. The population was 21,981 at the 2000 census. Ashland is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area . As of the 2000 census, the...

. In the 1940s, he worked as a session guitar player before joining Stoney Cooper

Stoney Cooper

Dale Troy Cooper , known professionally as Stoney Cooper, was an American country star and member of the Grand Ole Opry. He was a master of the fiddle and the guitar.-Biography:...

 and Wilma Lee Cooper

Wilma Lee Cooper

Wilma Lee Leary , known professionally as Wilma Lee Cooper, was an American bluegrass-based country music entertainer.-Biography:...

's band. Gallion recorded for MGM Records

MGM Records

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 in the 1950s, releasing the singles "That's What I Tell My Heart" and "You Take the Table and I'll Take the Chairs". In September 1959, he joined the promotion staff at Acuff-Rose Music

Acuff-Rose Music

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.

Moving to Hickory Records

Hickory Records

Hickory Records is a United States record label founded by Acuff-Rose Music in 1954 which operated the label up to 1979. Present owner Sony/ATV Music Publishing revived the label in 2007. Originally based in Nashville, functioning as an independent label throughout its history, it has had several...

 in 1960, he charted five more singles, including the top 10 hits "Loving You (Was Worth This Broken Heart" and "Wall to Wall Love". Gallion worked as a disc jockey

Disc jockey

A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...

 for WGUN

WGUN

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 in Atlanta Georgia, then returned to recording in 1968 with the single "Pick a Little Happy Song" on United Artists Records

United Artists Records

United Artists Records was a record label founded by Max E. Youngstein of United Artists in 1957 initially to distribute records of its movie soundtracks, though it soon branched out into recording music of a number of different genres.-History:...

. He also toured with Pati Powell and performed at the WWVA Jamboree

WWVA Jamboree

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, and charted one last time with the duet "Love by Appointment". After this song, Gallion retired as a performer and worked at a booking agency.

Gallion died in 1999 at age 75, in Williamstown, West Virginia

Williamstown, West Virginia

Williamstown is a city in Wood County, West Virginia, United States, along the Ohio River. It is part of the Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,996 at the 2000 census...

. He was survived by his wife, June, who continued to run his booking agency.

Singles

Year	Title	Chart Positions
		US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
1958	"That's What I Tell My Heart"	28
1959	"You Take the Table and I'll Take the Chairs"	18
1960	"Loving You (Was Worth This Broken Heart)"	7
1961	"One Way Street"	20
	"Sweethearts Again"	20
1962	"Wall to Wall Love"	5
1963	"Ain't Got Time for Nothin'"	23
1968	"Pick a Little Happy Song"	71
1973	"Love by Appointment" (with Pati Powell)	99