Jim Fullen
Jim Fullen : country singer and songwriter of allegheny "backporch" mountain music
As a 19-year old private, Jim served in the 187th Airborne in Korea, where he often entertained his buddies with his songs, such as "My M-1 Rifle", and "Jumpboots and Parachutes." At the age of 25, he married Donna (Wilson) and they had three children...all grown up now -- one a high school principal, one a junior high counselor, and the other a physical therapist. Mom and Dad are quite proud.
While working his way through college, Jim sang and recorded his music and lucked out with his first national hit "Rosie's Gone Again" in 1957, picked up by DOT Records. Over the next few years, George Jones recorded Jim's "Not Even Friends"; Brenda Lee did "I'm Your Toy" and Slim Whitman, Wayne Walker and Ernest Tubb did "What Kind of God Do You Think You Are?" Jim appeared locally at Eddie and Millie's Ruton's HillBilly Park and nationally on the MidWestern Hayride, Wheeling Jamboree, the Old Dominion Square Dance and the Grand Ole Opry.
Because it was a real struggle to earn enough money to properly raise a family, Jim began teaching in 1963. He received his PhD from The Ohio State University in 1973 and started his professorship at the Newark Campus. The same 23 years he also served as the Mayor of Hanover, Ohio.
Jim has since retired. He still teaches part-time at the colleges, but has re-emerged on the country music scene and presently entertains all over. This father of three and grandfather of seven, you better believe, will continue to amaze radio and the music industry.
Same Old Story, a gorgeous Fullen original, was his debut release with the highly respected darkHorse traditions label and was released as a single on the all-star traditional country music collection, "Mel-o-dramatic Cowboy."