Warner Mack - I'm Gonna Move On

Warner Mack Warner Mack was a popular performer for Decca Records during the 1960s. Warner is one of the few musicians actually born in Nashville. He was born Warner MacPherson, on April, 2 1938, the son of a Presbyterian minister, When Warner was 9 years old, his parents moved the family (Warner and his two sisters, Juanita and Dean) to Vicksburg, Mississippi. During his youth, Mack taught himself to play guitar. He played at various school functions and local clubs while in high school. Later, Warner performed on radio shows for the US Air Force as a country blues artist. A talented athlete, he had offers to play both college baseball and football; he was also offered a spot on the St. Louis Cardinals, but Mack really wanted to be a musician. He got his start on the KWKH Louisiana Hayride and then appeared on Red Foley's Ozark Jamboree, gaining an even greater following. He still kept a day job at a tire company and also worked as an announcer on a Vicksburg radio station. Warner moved to Nashville in the late '1950s. His stage name (Mack) came about through a mistake on a record label. Mack began his professional career when he inked a recording contract with the Decca Records in 1957 and made his chart debut with the single, Is It Wrong (No. 9, 1957). Warner wrote the song at the age of 13, after a failed teenage romance. Sonny James had a number one cover of the song in 1974. At age 29, his music career was virtually over, even though some of his biggest hits were <b>...</b>