Erick, Oklahoma

Erick is a city located in Beckham County, Oklahoma. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 1,023.

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Beckham County, Oklahoma - 2000

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Erick was home to two of country music's more idiosyncratic performers. Sheb Wooley, the actor, songwriter, and singer who recorded the saga of the "one-eyed one-horned flying purple people eater" was born there in 1921. Roger Miller, country superstar and author of "King of the Road," "Dang Me," "You Can't Roller Skate in a Buffalo Herd," and many others, was born in Fort Worth, Texas, but grew up in Erick from the age of three.

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Country music - Sheb Wooley - Purple people eater - 1921 - Roger Miller - Fort Worth, Texas

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