records in tennessee, not long after roy marries his childhood sweetheart, they move to nashville, roy rockets to the top of the charts with a string of hits. jamie: was oh, "pretty woman" a game changer. >> they love the song it made him a international super star. jamie: roy and claudette have three boy, roy, anthony and wesley, roy can't ask for more. then in 1966, tragedy strikes. >> claudette and my dad were coming back from the drag races on their motorcycles, at the end of the ride, truck pulled on ut and claudette was killed instantly. jamie: as 30-year old widower with three young sons, roy relies on his parents who live across the street for child care, he writes and tours, back in nashville, young wesley finds comfort in his father's songs. >> how it visited with him, he was on the road all of the time, so, that was i just always, would go to those records and listen. jamie: on tour in leads eengland, his drummer insist he go out and have fun, at a nightclub he meets 17-year-old beauty barbara skwraeu jacobs. >> he ran into my mom, and he looked over said grab that girl i'm going to

they move to nashville and roy rockets to the top of the charts with a string of hits, including o "ohetty woman." was that a game changeer? >> people loved the song. it made him into an international superstar. >> roy and claudette have klee boys. roy dwayne, anthony, and wesley. roy can't ask for more. either professionally or personally. then in 1966, tragedy strikes. >> claudette and my dad were coming back from the drag races on their motorcycles. at the end of the ride, a truck pulled out and claudette was killed instantly. >> as a 30-year-old widower with three young sons, he relies on his parents who live across the street, for child care. while he soothes himself by writing and touring. back in nashville, young wesley finds comfort in his father's songs. >> it's kind of how we would visit with him, because he was on the road all the time. so just all these -- we would go to those records and listen. >> while on tour in england in 1968, roy's drummer insists he go out and have some fun. at a nightclub, he meets 17-year-old beauty barbara jacobs. >> he ran into my mom and my dad