Legendary singer and songwriter Mel Tillis is currently ... Wednesday evening that singer Johnny Lee had “informed us that our friend Mel Tillis is in critical condition….please pray.” ...

Throughout the years, his compositions were frequent Top 10 hits, for Pierce, Bobby Bare, Ray Price, Brenda Lee, Ricky Skaggs, Randy Travis, and others. Mel Tillis was inducted into the Country ...

More:Country Music Hall of Famer Mel Tillis dead at 85 A number of artists are slated to perform Tillis' music at the memorial service, including Brenda Lee, Alison Krauss with Street Corner ...

Mel Tillis, the Country Music Hall of Famer known for his stammer when he spoke that disappeared when he sang, died Sunday morning of suspected respiratory failure. He was 85. Tillis’ publicist ...