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Williams adapted the melody for the song from T. Texas Tyler's 1945 recording of "You'll Still Be in My Heart," written by Ted West in 1943. [4]In the Williams episode of American Masters, country music historian Colin Escott states that Williams was moved to write the song after visiting his wife Audrey in the hospital, who was suffering from an infection brought on by an abortion she had ...
Dinah Washington (/ ˈ d aɪ n ə /; born Ruth Lee Jones; August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was an American singer and pianist, one of the most popular black female recording artists of the 1950s. [1]
Herbert Paul Gilley (October 1, 1929 – June 16, 1957) was an American country music lyricist and promoter from Kentucky. In his lifetime, he was little known as a songwriter, but decades after his death by drowning at age 27, he was identified more widely as likely having written the lyrics to a dozen famous songs, including two that were hits for Hank Williams: "Cold, Cold Heart" and "I'm ...
On April 23, he performed "Cold, Cold Heart" and sang a truncated "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)" with Anita Carter, and later joined the cast in singing "Glory Bound Train". [82] During the same year, Williams had a brief extramarital affair with dancer Bobbie Jett, resulting in the birth of their daughter, Jett Williams .
He was a favorite singer of fellow RCA Victor artist Elvis Presley. [2] He had five songs that made the adult contemporary (or easy listening) chart in Billboard magazine. The song "Cold", released in 1967, was his most successful, topping the chart for two weeks at the end of that year. [ 3 ]
Colt Ford. Jason Kempin/Getty Images Country singer Colt Ford is looking back on his terrifying brush with death. The musician, 54, claimed during an interview on the Big D & Bubba radio show that ...
Heart attack Doc Pomus: 65: March 14, 1991: Manhattan, New York City, U.S. Lung cancer Chris Austin Country singer and Fiddler/Guitarist for Ricky Skaggs and Reba McEntire's road bands: 27: March 16, 1991: Otay Mountain, San Diego, California, U.S. Plane crash [58] Joey Cigainero Keyboardist for Reba McEntire's road band: 27: March 16, 1991
Name Age Date Location Cause of death Jeff Golub: 59: January 1, 2015: New York City, New York, U.S.: Progressive supra-nuclear palsy [1]: Little Jimmy Dickens: 94: January 2, 2015