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CLUBS,
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| THE LEIGHTONS | ||
| The Neighbors | The Neighbors U-PLAY Records Sept 28, 1963 | |
| John and Sharon | Taken in Smiley Burnett’s back yard soon after our return from Hawaii in 1965. | |
| Hawaii | At the Kaala Service Club Schfield Brks. Hawaii | |
| Philippines | John and Sharon in the Philippines performing at Clark AFB | |
| Golden Nugget | Leightons at Golden Nugget, Las Vegas | |
| THE COUNTRY SUNSHINE BAND | ||
| The
Band |
John Noreen | Johnny Blankenship | Sharon Joe Sola | Tedd Ginn | |
| Johnny Blankenship | ... plays guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, and sometimes piano and steel guitar and drums. | |
| Roscoe Whorton | ... played piano with John and Sharon just before John had to quit working | |
| Rod Culpepper | No Picture available Please contact Sharon Joyner | |
| Don "Buck' Felts | No Picture available Please contact Sharon Joyner | |
| Ted Ginn | Tedd Ginn | |
| Curly Harris | Curly Harris | |
| Wayne Moore | Check out Wayne's web site! Wayne Moore | |
| Joe Sola | ... started his music career with John and Sharon in 1966, when he was just 18. | |
| Danny Stonestreet | Danny Stonestreet | |
| Skeeter Stultz | 1969 5th Academy of Country Music Awards was nominated for the best Steel Guitar | |
| Doug Vaughan | No Picture available Please contact Sharon Joyner | |
| Ray Williams | Ray Williams | |
| Sharon Leighton | Pictured playing drums. Lead vocal and guitar | |
| AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS | ||
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| CLUBS GIGS AND TOURS | ||
| Freddy W. / Corky M. | John, Freddy Weller, Sharon, Corky Mayberry | |
| Tex Ritter | Tex Ritter with Leightons at the Nashville West | |
| Gene Bowman | Gene Bowman (club owner from Australia) | |
| Jack Armstrong | Jack Armstrong, guitar player who is retired due to health problems. Formerly owned and operated Country Music magazine with partner Roscoe Whorton ... | |
| Del & Sue Smart | Del & Sue Smart | |
| Music City News | Sharon Leighton, Johnny Bond, Tex Williams Merle Travis and Eddie Dean |
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| RECORDINGS - THEN AND NOW | ||
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| FRIENDS ON THE ROAD | ||
| Johnny Western | He is probably best known to western fans as the writer of 'The Ballad of Paladin' theme song | |
| Tex Williams | His popularity peaked in the late 1940s. Williams is perhaps best-known for this talking blues style. | |
| Eddie Dean | ... one of the seven Hollywood "Singing Cowboys" who achieved prominence for both his musical western films and his Country vocals. | |
| Sheb Wooley | In the late 1950s, he embarked on a recording career, and recorded the song that made him famous ..."People Eater". Wooley also wrote the theme song for the long-running television show "Hee Haw". | |
| Ernest Tubb | He was the sixth person to be elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame and a regular performer on the Opry from 1943 to the time of his death. | |
| Don Sutton | [Sharon] had the opportunity (after John died) to sing the National Anthem at Angel Stadium. They took me down into the dugout for a photo op with my old friend Don Sutton and I also got to meet Steve Garvey. | |
| Mayf Nutter | Mayf Nutter came out of a northern West Virginia background to enjoy a varied career as a musician and actor. | |
| Skeets McDonald | Skeets McDonald migrated from the Ozarks to California via Detroit (where he scored a huge hit with The Tattooed Lady), and became a fixture at Capitol Records. |
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| Wynn Stewart | The Leightons with guest. Wynn Stewart Starland, Bellflower -1966 | |
| Al Bruno | Al Bruno ACM award winning guitar player. Top notch studio musician now living in Las Vegas where he does record producing and works shows at clubs around town. | |
| "Smiley" Burnette | Smiley had two well known trademarks during his career; his floppy hat and his white horse with a black circle around one eye. | |
| Marvin Joyner | Marvin and Sharon Joyner | |
| SHARON NOW | ||
| My Testimony | I worked with John as the distaff part of a duo, “The Leightons,” and soon we added two musicians to form a band, which we called “Country Sounds.” | |
| Dad O'Hearn | ||
| My Mother | ||
| My Dad | ||
| John Leighton | ||
| Marvin Joyner | In 1966, Marvin Joyner became our fan club president and best friend. | |
| Sons and Daughters | This picture was taken Christmas 2002. It was taken at my son's house. This is my daughter Sharlee, my son Gene, me and Marvin. | |
| Grandchildren | This picture is also at Gene's house Christmas 2002.The little one on your left is my daughter's youngest, Savanna. Across the back is Brice ... | |
| Campus Crusade | ||
| Country Gospel | ||
| Eyes on Christ | ||