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Here is Mel Tillis discussing his stutter/stammer on the Tonight Show with guest host Roy Clark - August 2, 1976.
Mel had me put together a compilation of clips where he talked about his stutter/stammer on television.
20 lis 2017 · Remembering How Mel Tillis Overcame Stuttering To Be A Country Music Star. One of Nashville’s most prolific hit-makers died Sunday. Mel Tillis spent the last year dealing with intestinal issues, according to his publicist. He died at a hospital in Ocala, Florida, at age 85.
19 lis 2017 · With Mel Tillis songs on the radio, and his face and famous stutter gracing movie screens, they decided to sign him as their spokesperson in the early 80’s. At first, Mel’s stutter is what the commercial writers scripted their spots around (the 2nd half of this video).
A short time later, Tillis acquired Amarillo, Texas, Rock FM station KYTX, which changed calls to KMML (a play on Tillis' stutter) (that station is now known today as KXSS-FM, a Top 40 radio station and is currently still a sister station to KIXZ). Still later, he operated WMML in Mobile, Alabama.
19 lis 2017 · Mr. Tillis stuttered only when he spoke, not when he sang. His resonant baritone was suited to both traditional country and pop-leaning material and was the vehicle for upward of 70 Top 40...
20 lis 2017 · Mel Tillis toured into his 80s and even had his own theater where he performed in Branson, Missouri. In recent years, a fan told him she'd come to hear him stutter and he hadn't stammered a bit. He told her he'd spent most of his life trying to quit.
