John Wesley Ryles

Although singer/songwriter John Wesley Ryles had over thirty chart singles between 1968 and 1988, he never reached the heights of some of his contemporaries. He was raised in rural Louisiana and Texas in a family who entertained themselves in the evening by singing. A guitar player from age six, he made his radio debut the following year. His family formed the Ryles Family Singers and entertained on various local radio stations until accepting an invitation to become regulars on Fort Worth's Cowtown Hoedown, which led to joining the Big D Jamboree in Dallas. The whole family m...