Orville Couch
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Orville Couch was a 1950s Texas country singer and songwriter best remembered for the 1962 honky-tonk standard “Hello Trouble,” which Buck Owens turned into a country Top-5 hit and which has since been recorded by the Desert Rose Band, the Flying Burrito Brothers, and many other country and bluegrass acts.
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- Worked the Texas honky-tonk circuit in the 1950s as a singer and songwriter.
- Co-wrote “Hello Trouble” with Eddie McDuff; cut the original Decca single in 1962.
- Couch’s own 1962 Vee-Jay original reached No. 5 country.
- The song has since been recorded by the Desert Rose Band, the Flying Burrito Brothers, and many other country and bluegrass acts.
