Danny Dill
Danny Dill | |
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| Birth name | Horace Eldred Dill |
| Born | September 19, 1924 Clarksburg, Tennessee, United States |
| Origin | Huntingdon, Tennessee, United States |
| Died | October 23, 2008 (aged 84) Davidson County, Tennessee |
| Genres | country |
| Occupation(s) | singer, songwriter |
Horace Eldred "Danny" Dill (September 19, 1924[1] – October 23, 2008) was an American country music singer and songwriter. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1975.[2]
Biography
Dill, born in Clarksburg, 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 the Grand Ole Opry during 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 with Marijohn Wilkin, was Top 10 country hit for Lefty Frizzell and has become a standard recorded by many country, folk and pop music musicians. Another notable Dill composition was "Detroit City (I Wanna Go Home)", that was a hit for Bobby Bare, Tom Jones and Dean Martin.
Selected compositions
- "I'm Hungry for your lovin"
- "Long Black Veil"
- "Detroit City" (with Mel Tillis)
- "Partners" (recorded by Jim Reeves in 1959)
- "So Wrong" with Carl Perkins and 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
- ^ Social Security Death Index Search
- ^ Cooper, Peter (October 24, 2008). "'Long Black Veil' co-writer 'Danny' Dill dies at age 83". Tennessean.com. Retrieved 2008-10-29. [dead link]
- ^ "Opry Timeline - 1940s". Grand Ole Opry. Archived from the original on March 17, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2012.
External links
- Danny Dill at the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
- Danny Dill MP3s[permanent dead link]
- Danny Dill discography
- Danny Dill's son-in-law's memorial
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- 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