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Moon Mullican

Aubrey Wilson Mullican, known professionally as Moon Mullican, born March 29, 1909, near Corrigan, Texas, was an American country singer, songwriter, and pianist. He began playing the organ as a child and was introduced to country blues by a local sharecropper. At sixteen years old, he left home for Houston, starting a professional career in local clubs in 1926. In the 1930s, he gained his famous nickname, which his family attributed to his love for the domino variation Shoot the Moon. Mullican worked with several groups, including the Blue Ridge Playboys and the Texas Wanderers,...