Kris Kristofferson

Kris Kristofferson was born in Brownsville, Texas, and before his music career he studied at Oxford and served in the Army. He moved to Nashville in the late 1960s, where he worked as a songwriter and wrote songs recorded by other artists, among them “Me and Bobby McGee” and “Help Me Make It Through the Night”.

His debut album came out in 1970. He also acted in films and was part of the supergroup The Highwaymen. He died in 2024, at 88.