Country Artist Rex Allen Jr.

Rex Allen Jr. was the star of Yesteryear and The Statler Brothers Show on TNN for 9 years and with over 50 hits like “It’s Over”, “Lonely Street” and “Two Less Lonely People”, Rex is truly a living legacy of Country and Western Music and a member of The Western Music Hall Of Fame.

After three successful years on The Statler Brothers Show, TNN asked Rex to consider spinning off the most popular segment Yesteryear into its own series. Yesteryear debuted on September 30, 1994 and within four weeks became the number 2 rated show with an average viewing audience of over 28 million people in 58 million households nationally. Rex returned to the Statler Brothers show in 1996 for two more seasons. The last show he did as a regular was the highest rated show in TNN history.

Rex has had a steady flow of top 40 singles during his recording career. Songs like “Lonely Street”, “No, No, No” and “It’s Over” to name just a few. Rex was also honored in 1982 by having his song and recording “I Love You Arizona“ adopted as the official state song.

A body of albums such as “Brand New”, “Ridin High”, Oklahoma Rose”, “Cat’s in the Cradle” and “The Singing Cowboy” cemented Rex’s reputation as a highly original and refreshingly versatile singer/songwriter. Through this national recognition and media exposure Rex Allen Jr. was named Most Promising Male Vocalist by the fan voted Music City New Awards and won the Country Music Magazine “Entertainer of the Year”.