Birth place: Macon, Georgia
Birth name: Richard Wayne Penniman
Father: Charles Penniman
Mother: Leva Mae Penniman
Marriage: Ernestine Campbell (1959-1961, divorced)
Children: Danny, adopted (date unavailable publicly, now an adult)
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2003 – Is inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
November 2008 – Rolling Stone Magazine places him at number 12 on their list of the 100 greatest singers.
2009 – Hip surgery leaves him in chronic pain after surgeons are unable to remove a broken bone.
October 2012- At 79 years-old, he plays a 90 minute show at the Pensacola Interstate Fair.
2013 – In a Rolling Stone interview, he claims he is finished making music.