Earl Thomas Conley, who enjoyed a nearly unbroken streak of 18 Number One hits in the Eighties â including âHolding Her and Loving You,â âAngel in Disguiseâ and the duet with Emmylou Harris âWe Believe in Happy Endingsâ â died in Nashville early Wednesday morning, following a battle with a condition similar to dementia. He was 77.
An influential singer who also wrote or co-wrote the bulk of his hits, Conley was memorialized in a Twitter post by Blake Shelton, who wrote: âMy heart is absolutely destroyed today⊠Earl was my all time favorite singer, hero and my friend. Prayers to his family. We will all miss you deeply my brother. Now go restâŠ.â (Yahoo Entertainment)