Mel McDaniel: Biography, Facts and Career
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Melvin Huston McDaniel (September 6, 1942 – March 31, 2011) was an American country music artist. Many of his top hits were released in the 1980s, including "Louisiana Saturday Night", "Big Ole Brew", "Stand Up", "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On" (which reached number one on the country chart), "I Call It Love", "Stand on It", and a remake of Chuck Berry's "Let It Roll (Let It Rock)". McDaniel's type of country music has been referred to as "the quintessential happy song" in comparison to other country artists who discuss broken hearts and lost loves. When asked why most of his songs were positive in their outlook, McDaniel told the Anchorage Daily News that "there's enough things in the world to keep you bummed out" and that his fans did not want to "hear me singing something that's gonna bum 'em out some more."
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- Full name: Mel McDaniel
- Born: 1942-09-06
- Nationality: United States
- Known as: Musician
- Wikidata ID: Q783896
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Melvin Huston McDaniel (September 6, 1942 – March 31, 2011) was an American country music artist.
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Mel McDaniel was born on 1942-09-06.
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