Keith Whitley

Keith Whitley (b. July 1, 1955 in Sandy Hook, Kentucky - d. May 9, 1989 near Nashville, Tennessee) was an American country music singer.

Whitley learned to play a guitar at a very young age, and became involved with a reg

Keith Whitley (b. July 1, 1955 in Sandy Hook, Kentucky - d. May 9, 1989 near Nashville, Tennessee) was an American country music singer.

Whitley learned to play a guitar at a very young age, and became involved with a regional television show when he was eight years old. He and his friend Ricky Skaggs formed a bluegrass band, which landed both of them their first break in 1970 when they joined Ralph Stanley's Clinch Mountain Boys. Whitley was singing lead for the band by 1974.