b. Walter Ralph Emery, 10 March 1933, McEwen, Tennessee, USA. Emery became one of America's most recognizable television celebrities owing to the 11 years that he spent as the host of the networkedNashville Now chat show. However, he had been involved with country music for many years before 1982, when he first appeared on that show. When aged four, he went to live with his grandparents, owing to his mother's breakdown caused seemingly by his alcoholic father. He grew up a shy boy, preferring to be alone and found his greatest happiness in listening to the radio, especially th...