Can you guess who this person is?

In 1959, I moved to Clovis, New Mexico where I worked with Norman Petty, who had produced Buddy Holly. I recorded in London & New York, but a pop approach to my music did not work. By the mid-1960s, I was performing live on WSM Radio in Nashville. It was then that I received a call from Don Law who gave me the opportunity to record for Columbia Records. I enjoyed my first minor hit in 1967 with the song 'Hard luck Joe'.