Terry Stafford is best-known for his lone Top 10  hit single,

"Suspicion."

Stafford's voice uncannily resembled Elvis Presley's, especially on

"Suspicion," which was originally recorded by Presley on his  album Pot Luck.

After "Suspicion" peaked at number three early in 1964,

he had another Top 40 hit with "I'll Touch a Star"

which reached number 23 in the summer of that year.

 Following "I'll Touch a Star," none of Stafford's singles made the charts.

 In the late '60s, he turned to professional songwriting

and he continued writing songs into the '80s.

Two of his best-known songs are Buck Owens' "Big in Vegas" and

George Strait's "Amarillo by Morning."

Terry Stafford died Sunday, March 17, 1996

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