Dallas Frazier

Dallas June Frazier ( October 27, 1939 – January 14, 2022 in Spiro , Oklahoma ) was an American country music singer and songwriter . In the 60 's he wrote several number 1 hits.

Life

A native of Oklahoma, Dallas Frazier grew up in Bakersfield, California . At the age of twelve he won a talent contest run by Ferlin Husky . Husky welcomed the up-and-coming talent, who could play multiple instruments, into his band. Two years later, some singles were recorded for the Capitol label. For four years Frazier was a cast member of the television show Hometown Jamboree .

He rose to prominence on the country and pop scene in 1960 when the Hollywood Argyles had a #1 hit with his song Alley Hoop . The now married, deeply religious Frazier then retired from show business for a few years. In 1963, Husky persuaded his former protégé to start over. He then moved to Nashville with his wife , where he worked as a songwriter.

In 1966 he had his final breakthrough. First, Jack Greene 's There Goes My Everything, written a few years earlier, topped the country charts. The song was CMA Song of the Year and was recorded by numerous artists, including Elvis Presley and Engelbert Humperdinck , who years later achieved a million hits with it. Connie Smith took third place with Ain't Had No Lovin' . George Jones hit the top 10 several times with Dallas Frazier songs. In the same year he wrote Elvira . This title was first interpreted by himself and then by Rodney Crowell .

Numerous other stars of the country scene such as Charley Pride , Merle Haggard or Carl Smith used his material. He himself had little success with his own songs, despite a passable voice. In 1976 he was elected to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame . In the early '80s, the Oak Ridge Boys had a #1 hit with Elvira . Dallas Frazier was suddenly back in the spotlight, but surprisingly turned his back on Nashville and the music business. He had drinking problems and his marriage was in trouble. In 1988 he became a non-denominational Christian minister and from 1999 to 2006 he was pastor of Grace Community Fellowship in the small town of White House, Tennessee .

After retiring as a pastor in 2006, Frazier returned to his music career. In 2011 he released the album Writing & Singing Again .

discography

studio albums

• 1966: Elvira
• 1967: Tell It Like It Is
• 1970: Singing My Songs
• 1971: My Baby Packed Up My Mind and Left Me

singles

year	title album	Top placement, total weeks, awardchart positionschart positions (Year, Title, Album , Rankings, Weeks, Awards, Notes)		Remarks
		U.S	Country
1966	Elvira Elvira	U.S72 (4 weeks) U.S	—
1967	Everybody Oughta Sing a Song	—	Country28 (11 weeks) Country
1968	The Sunshine of My World	—	Country43 (8 weeks) Country
	I Hope I Like Mexico Blues	—	Country59 (5 weeks) Country
1969	The Conspiracy of Homer Jones	—	Country63 (9 weeks) Country
	California Cotton Fields Singing My Songs	—	Country45 (10 weeks) Country
1970	The Birthmark Henry Thompson Talks About	—	Country45 (7 weeks) Country
1971	Big Mable Murphy My Baby Packed Up My Mind and Left Me	—	Country43 (8 weeks) Country
1972	North Carolina	—	Country42 (11 weeks) Country

More singles

• 1954: Space Command
• 1966: Just a Little Bit of You
• 1966: Especially for You
• 1967: My Woman Up't and Gone
• 1970: She Wants to Be Good
• 1971: My Baby Packed Up My Mind and Left Me
• 1971: High Steppin' Mama
• 1973: Let That Lonesome Fiddle Man Take the Lead

awards

• 1967: CMA - Song Of The Year: "There Goes Me Everything"
• 1967: TNN - Song Of The Year: "There Goes My Everything"
• 1969: TNN - Song Of The Year: "All I Have To Offer You Is Me"
• 1982: TNN - Song Of The Year: "Elvira"
• 1976: Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame

web links

• Dallas Frazier , inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame

itemizations

1. ↑ Dallas Frazier, Country Songwriter Behind 'Elvira,' 'Beneath Still Waters' & More, This
2. ↑ Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Retrieved December 7, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Dallas Frazier - Writing and Singing Again | Dallas Frazier. Retrieved December 7, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Chart sources: US