McClinton, O. B. (Osbie Burnett), 1940-1987

found: His Hard way to go, c1991:t.p. (O.B. McClinton) p. 1, etc. (Osbie Burnett McClinton; b. 4/25/40, Senatobia, Miss.; d. 9/23/87)

found: The Goldwax story. Volume 2 [SR] p2004:container (Oboe) insert (O.B. McClinton; b. Osbie Burnett McClinton, Apr. 25, 1940, Senatobia, Miss., d. 1987; first recorded for Savoy as "Oboe")

found: African American National Biography, accessed February 25, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(McClinton, O. B.; Osbie Burnett McClinton; country musician / singer; born 25 April, 1940 in Senatobia, Mississippi, United States; graduated from Rust College in Holly Springs, Mississippi (1966); won on-air talent contest for teenaged musicians broadcast over WDIA Memphis; worked as a disc jockey, radio station WDIA; was drafted into U.S Air Force, stationed in Okinawa (1966); songwriter for Florence, Alabama-based Fame Publishing Company (1968), Memphis-based soul label Stax Records; signed a contract with Stax's subsidiary label, Enterprise Records (1971); notched two Top Forty country hits for singles Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You, My Whole World Is Falling Down; died 23 September, 1987 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States)