Editing Al Dexter (section)

==Biography==
Born in [[Jacksonville, Texas]], United States,<ref name="LarkinGE"/> Dexter owned a bar in the 1930s and helped popularize the style of country music known as [[honky tonk]].<ref name=r235>Russell, p.&nbsp;235.</ref> He made his recording debut on November 28, 1936, for ARC Records.<ref name=rp314>Russell, Pinson, p.&nbsp;314.</ref> and was probably the first artist to ever use the term "honky tonk" in a country song when he recorded "Honky Tonk Blues" at his first session.<ref name=r235/><ref name=lc150>La Chapelle, p.&nbsp;150.</ref> 

His self-penned hit, "[[Pistol Packin' Mama]]", became the 1943 marching chorus of the [[New York Yankees]]. The 1943 movie of the same name, made by the [[Republic Pictures]], gave Dexter close to $250,000 in royalties. Another hit from the 1940s was "[[Guitar Polka]]", which entered ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'s'' list as the "Most Played Juke Box Folk Record" for 16 weeks running in 1946.<ref name=r236>Russell, p.&nbsp;236.</ref> Other hits include "[[So Long Pal]]", "Triflin' Gal", "[[I'm Losing My Mind Over You]]" and "[[Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry]]."<ref name="LarkinGE"/>

Dexter was the first country singer to perform on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]], and in 1971, was inducted into the [[Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame]].<ref name="LarkinGE"/> 

He died on January 28, 1984, in [[Lewisville, Texas]].<ref name="LarkinGE"/>

On August 21, 2010, Dexter was inducted into the Texas Country Music Hall Of Fame, located in [[Carthage, Texas]]. Other inductees that night were [[George Jones]] along with composer Ray Winkler.

Following Al Dexter's death in 1984, his family discovered 50 master tapes containing studio recordings. In 2010, Al Dexter's son, Carl Wayne Poindexter, released the three-disc CD box set entitled ''Al Dexter's Found Masters Volume 1–3'' on his independent record label, Al Dexter Estate Productions. This professionally produced collection contained digitally re-mastered studio recordings which were made by Dexter with various band line-ups and configurations.