The BIOGRAPHY of Wynn Stewart

Moving to Texas

In 1968, he moved his family to Mansfield, Texas, just south of Fort Worth and Dallas, to be centrally located for touring. Wynn had always wanted to own a ranch and have horses. He was touring a lot so he didn't have a lot of time to ride. He had a Missouri Foxtrotter named Diamond, so named because he was dark brown with lots of tiny white specs of hair all over his belly. Dolores and Wynn went on a trailride once in Midlothian. All the other riders were getting saddle sore and wanted to trade horses with Wynn. He was the smart one because his was the only gaited horse in the bunch. Gaited horses are very smooth to ride on. He loved that horse but I remember getting bucked off of it once when my cousin, Kathy, and I tried to ride him double. :-/
There is a picture of Wynn and his horse in the Photo album section.

Following the success of "It's Such a Pretty World Today", Wynn concentrated on softer, more commercially acceptable material, and the result was a string of hit singles:

• "In Love" was released on 8/24/68 and peaked at #16

• "Strings" was released on 12/14/68 and peaked at #29

• "Let the Whole World Sing It With Me" was released on 4/5/69 and peaked at #20

• "World Wide Travelin Man" was released on 7/26/69 and peaked at #19

• "Yours Forever" was released on 11/15/69 and peaked at #47

• "You Don't Care What Happens To Me" was released on 4/11/70 and peaked at #55

• "It's a Beautiful Day" was released on 9/12/70 and peaked at #13

• "Heavenly" was released on 1/2/71 and peaked at #32

• "Baby, It's Yours" was released on 5/1/71 and peaked at #55

• "Hello Little Rock" was released on 9/8/71 and peaked at #53

Wynn was also a regular on a weekly television show in Fort Worth, Texas, called "Panther Hall".

Ralph Mooney re-joined him briefly in Texas but then hired on with Waylon Jennings. Wynn left Capitol and signed with RCA in Nashville in 1972. Over the next 3 years he released a number of singles, which were all produced by Bobby Bare, such as:

• "Paint Me a Rainbow" (released 11/11/72, peaked at #49)

• "Love Ain't Worth a Dime Unless It's Free (released 7/14/73, peaked at #51)

• "It's Raining in Seattle"/"If I Were You" (which he co-wrote with Harlan Howard), (released 10/27/73, peaked at #62)

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