Born Lawrence Hankins Locklin in the Florida Panhandle, he is one of country musics' Honky Tonk singers. The member of the Grand Ole Opry, Locklin's biggest hits include Send Us a Pillow You Dream In, Geisha, & ''Please Aid Maine I personally'm Falling'', the latter a song that attend There are no.Octet on the Billboard Hot 100 pop music charts. Billboard Magazine's 100th Anniversary issue also listed it as the second most successful country single of the Rock and Roll era.

Locklinside got the heavy below in Europe, and inside Ireland his popularity was such that in 1963 he recorded an album known as Irish Songs Country Style.