and expanded it six years later with the addition of Kris Jr. To provide for his family, Kristofferson joined the Army, ...

Kris Kristofferson was a retired American singer ... he was given the opportunity to teach English literature at West Point, but he decided to pursue a songwriting career instead.

Few songwriters have had as profound an effect on country music as Kris Kristofferson ... and had been assigned to West Point military academy to teach English. Before accepting the commission ...

Kris Kristofferson, the actor ... and was tapped by a superior to teach English at West Point, but instead he turned to songwriting. His music came at a time when the nation's baby boom was ...

However, he later declined a position as a teacher at the US Military Academy in West Point, New York, to concentrate on his songwriting career in Nashville. Kris Kristofferson is a well-known ...

Kris Kristofferson, the beloved singer-songwriter ... In '65, Kristofferson was commissioned to teach literature at West Point. He ended up choosing to Nashville to pursue a music career instead.

US singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson ... He was offered a teaching job at West Point but decided instead to head to Nashville, where he began to submit songs for others to record.

Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar with a ... turned down an appointment to teach at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, to pursue songwriting in Nashville. Hoping to break ...

KRIS KRISTOFFERSON in a scene from the 1976 film A Star is Born ... he was enthralled by the works of poet William Blake — at the US Military Academy in West Point, New York, but he turned it down in ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kris Kristofferson ... turned down an appointment to teach at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, to pursue songwriting in Nashville. Hoping to break into ...