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Famous Arkansan: Elton Britt

Oct 20, 2019
Jill Rohrbach

Arkansas likes to pay tribute to its famous Arkansans, as it does for Elton Britt (1913-1972), the first country and western artist to sell a million single records. "There's a Star Spangled Banner Wa...

Elton Britt gold record

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