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Posted by Steve Drummond
on February 21, 2008, 3:33 pm
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Just picked this up off the net.
SPOKANE, Wash. -- Charles Ryan, the musician and songwriter who co-wrote the hit song "Hot Rod Lincoln," has died. He was 92.
Ryan died Saturday after a long battle with heart disease, his family said.
Ryan and W.S. Stevenson wrote "Hot Rod Lincoln" and Ryan first recorded it in 1955. The song was inspired by his commutes in his 1941 Lincoln from Spokane to play gigs at the Paradise Club in Lewiston, Idaho. It has been recorded many times since.
He worked as a musician and songwriter, touring with Jim Reeves, Johnny Horton and others.
Ryan's version of "Hot Rod Lincoln" hit the Billboard Top 100 charts in 1960 and stayed there for six months. Many versions exist, with the words often altered by each new group.
Ryan is a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.
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