Danny Dill
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Birth name | Horace Eldred Dill |
Born | Clarksburg, Tennessee,United States | September 19, 1924
Origin | Huntingdon,Tennessee,United States |
Died | October 23, 2008 Davidson County, Tennessee | (aged 84)
Genres | country |
Occupation(s) | singer, songwriter |
Horace Eldred "Danny" Dill(September 19, 1924[1]– October 23, 2008) was an Americancountry musicsinger and songwriter. He was inducted into theNashville Songwriters Hall of Famein 1975.[2]
Biography
[edit]Dill, born inClarksburg, Tennessee,got his start as a professional musician while working with Annie Lou Stockard as Annie Lou and Danny, a duet act who performed on theGrand Ole Opryduring the 1940s and 50s. Annie Lou And Danny Dill were made members of The Opry in the 1940s.[3]Although Dill recorded as a solo artist, he found his greatest success as a songwriter.
His 1959 tune, "Long Black Veil",written withMarijohn Wilkin,was Top 10 country hit forLefty Frizzelland has become a standard recorded by many country,folkandpop musicmusicians. Another notable Dill composition was "Detroit City (I Wanna Go Home)",that was a hit forBobby Bare,Tom JonesandDean Martin.
Selected compositions
[edit]- "I'm Hungry for your lovin"
- "Long Black Veil"
- "Detroit City"(withMel Tillis)
- "Partners" (recorded byJim Reevesin 1959)
- "So Wrong"withCarl Perkinsand Mel Tillis
- "The Comeback"
- "Let Me Talk to You"
- "There's A Time"
- "I'll Take It Before I Say Goodbye"
- "Coming Home"
- "Partners"
- "Come In Outta' The Rain"
- "Where The Sad People Are"
References
[edit]- ^Social Security Death Index Search
- ^Cooper, Peter (October 24, 2008)."'Long Black Veil' co-writer 'Danny' Dill dies at age 83 ".Tennessean.Retrieved2008-10-29.[dead link]
- ^"Opry Timeline - 1940s".Grand Ole Opry. Archived fromthe originalon March 17, 2017.RetrievedJuly 5,2012.
External links
[edit]- 1924 births
- 2008 deaths
- People from Huntingdon, Tennessee
- American country singer-songwriters
- American male singer-songwriters
- Cub Records artists
- Grand Ole Opry members
- 20th-century American singer-songwriters
- Singer-songwriters from Tennessee
- People from Carroll County, Tennessee
- Country musicians from Tennessee
- 20th-century American male singers