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very well-known singers who are in the Country Music Hall of Fame as well as the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Merle Haggard is listed first to provide a good example of how many folks record some of the top songs. It was too labor-intensive to do the same for each artist; however, using Merle’s it is evident budding recording artists imagine a song written by a star may propel them to stardom. As is always the case on this site, everything in blue is a link to a song, video or information.
Four Great Traditional Country Music Songwriters
… they wrote for other genres as well
Note: A handful of the songs in this site update have co-writers … I just listed the main songwriter.
Site Update #58’s theme is songwriters … four in particular. In general, we hear a lot about the songwriters when they are the ones who are singing a hit song. In most cases, it is a household-name singer. However, for this update, we will highlight four legendary songwriters who mostly focused on songwriting. We will provide a brief bio of each and several of their songs recorded by others. First, though the update focuses on the four career songwriters, I do want to point out that many, many singing stars are also Songwriters Hall of Fame members. There are too many to list here … that said, the following is a representative list of five
>> Merle Haggard: A Place to Fall Apart … original by Merle and Janie Fricke 1984, Going Where the Lonely Go … original by Merle in 1982 ... more than 10 covers, Hungry Eyes … original by Merle 1969 … over 30 covers, If We Make It Through December … Merle’s original in 1973 … at least 40 covers, Today I Started Loving You Again ... original by Merle in 1968 [recorded at least 156 times], Mama Tried original by Merle in 1968 [at least 79], Silver Wings … original by Merle in 1968 [over 70 covers], Somewhere Between … Merle had original in 1967 [at least 39 covers] … Buck Owens and Susan Raye 1970 Video
>> Bill Anderson: Bill has written hundreds of songs across seven decades … more than 100 have been chart hits. Here is a handful: Still [Bill reached #1 in 1963, City Lights, Ray Price took it to #1 in 1958], Mama Sang A Song [Bill’s #1 in 1962. Walter Brennan also released it in 1962 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #38, AC #14, 1962], Once A Day [Connie Smith … #1 in 1964]}, Saginaw Michigan [Lefty Frizzell… #1 in 1964, Slipping Away [Jean Shepard … peaked at #4 in 1973] and many many more.
Merle Haggard
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Bill Anderson
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