Mel McDaniel

Mel McDaniel. Soundtrack: The Americans. Country singer Mel McDaniel was born on September 6, 1942 in Checotah, Oklahoma. His father was a truck driver. McDaniel grew up in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. Mel was inspired to play music after he saw Elvis Presley on television. McDaniel learned how to play the trumpet in fourth grade and subsequently learned how to play the guitar. At age fourteen Mel taught himself the guitar chords...