David Frizzell, born on September 26, 1941, in El Dorado, Arkansas, is an American country music singer. He began performing at age 12 with his brother Lefty Frizzell and toured with him throughout the 1950s and 1960s. In 1981, he scored his first Number One country hit with "You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma", a duet with Shelly West. This song won the Country Music Association's Song of the Year and Vocal Duet of the Year awards in 1981 and was nominated for a Grammy Award. He and West also won the Academy of Country Music award for Vocal Duo of the Year in 1981 and 1982. In August 1982, he achieved his only solo Number One country single with "I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home". He continued to tour and record with West until 1986. After parting ways with Shelly West, he continued recording and releasing solo albums, though he was unable to maintain the same level of commercial success and popularity that he had achieved during the early 1980s. In 2014, he released Buddy Holly Country Tribute: Remember Me.
