Don Williams (born May 27, 1939,
Floydada, Texas, United States) is an American
country singer, songwriter and a 2010 inductee to the
Country Music Hall of Fame. He grew up in
Portland, Texas, and graduated in 1958 from Gregory-Portland High School. After seven years with the
folk-pop group
Pozo-Seco Singers, he began his solo career in 1971, singing popular ballads and amassing 17 number one country & western hits.