Leroy Van Dyke

Leroy Van Dyke is an American country and honky-tonk singer and guitarist born in Mora, Missouri, in 1929. He studied agricultural journalism at the University of Missouri before building a music career that stretched across several decades. His two biggest songs, 'The Auctioneer' (1956) and 'Walk On By' (1961), made him one of the more distinctive voices in classic country music.