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Their initial releases were not hits, though Lefty Frizzell took the Wheeler-penned \"Run 'Em Off\" to the Top Ten of the U.S. country chart. \nWheeler signed as a solo artist to Sun Records in 1957 and went on tour with Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, and Carl Perkins. After a short time living in California, he returned to Nashville and recorded for several more labels in the 1960s. Later, he toured with George Jones and Roy Acuff. \nHis biggest success was 1973 hit \"John's Been Shucking My Corn,\" though the success of his daughter Karen would eclipse his own in the decade. He bought a guitar shop in Nashville in the late 1970s, and played at the Grand Ole Opry at times with Acuff. Wheeler was onstage playing with Rev. 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