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Henry D. "Homer" Haynes (Henry Doyle Haynes) was born on 27 July, 1920 in near Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S., is an American musician and entertainer (1920–1971). Discover Henry D. "Homer" Haynes's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 51 years old?

Popular As Henry Doyle Haynes
Occupation N/A
Age 51 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 27 July 1920
Birthday 27 July
Birthplace near Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
Date of death 7 August, 1971
Died Place Hammond, Indiana, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1920

Henry Doyle Haynes (July 27, 1920 – August 7, 1971) was an American comedy entertainer and musician who gained fame on radio and television as a country and jazz guitarist and as the character Homer of the country music comedy and parody duo Homer and Jethro with Kenneth C. Burns for 35 years beginning in 1936.

Haynes was born near Knoxville, Tennessee, on July 29, 1920.

1936

He met Kenneth Burns during a WNOX-AM audition in 1936 when they were both 16 years old.

Haynes strummed the guitar and Burns played the mandolin.

Known as Junior and Dude (pronounced "dood'-ee"), the duo was rechristened Homer and Jethro when WNOX Program Director Lowell Blanchard forgot their nicknames during a 1936 broadcast.

1939

In 1939 they became regulars on the Renfro Valley Barn Dance radio program.

Haynes was drafted into the US Army and served in the medical corps in the Pacific.

1945

He reunited in Knoxville in 1945 with Burns, who had served in Europe.

1947

In 1947, the duo moved to Cincinnati, Ohio and were working at WLW-AM on the station's Midwestern Hayride. They signed with King Records, where they worked as a house band and recorded singles on their own, and two years later signed with RCA Records.

1948

The pair was fired along with several other stars by new management at WLW in 1948 and, after a brief tour, they moved to Springfield, Missouri and performed on KWTO-AM with Chet Atkins, the Carter Family and Slim Wilson.

1949

In 1949 they moved to Chicago and appeared on National Barn Dance on WLS-AM; and later appeared on television programs including Ozark Jubilee, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Johnny Cash Show and The Tonight Show.

1959

The pair recorded more than 50 albums during their career and won a Grammy for the best comedy performance in 1959 for "The Battle of Kookamonga", a parody of Johnny Horton's "Battle of New Orleans".

1971

Haynes died on August 7, 1971, of a heart attack in Hammond, Indiana.

He had lived the last decade of his life just across the state line in Lansing, Illinois.

2001

He and Burns were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001 as Homer and Jethro.