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Posted by Geoff Simons
on October 26, 2008, 9:05 pm, in reply to "Death of Danny Dill"
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Steve,
The song written by Danny that was recorded by Jim was "Partners". It was released as a single coupled with "I'm Beginning To Forget You" and was also included on the compilation album "He'll Have To Go".
Regards,
Geoff
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: I just read this on the CMT website. Off the
: top of my head, I don't remember which
: song(s) of his Jim recorded, but I'll bet
: someone will come up with that information.
: Funeral services were held Saturday (Oct.
: 25) in Huntingdon, Tenn., for Nashville
: Songwriters Hall of Fame member Danny Dill,
: who died Thursday (Oct. 23) at a Nashville
: hospital at age 84. Born Horace Eldred Dill,
: his songwriting credits include two country
: classics -- "The Long Black Veil"
: and "Detroit City." He got his
: start as a professional musician while
: working with Annie Lou Stockard as Annie Lou
: and Danny, a duet act that performed on the
: Grand Ole Opry during the '40s and '50s.
: Although Dill recorded as a solo artist, he
: found his greatest success as a songwriter.
: He and the late Marijohn Wilkin co-wrote
: "The Long Black Veil," a Top 10
: country hit for Lefty Frizzell in 1959. With
: cryptic lyrics about a murder, it resembled
: a traditional folk song and was recorded in
: later years by numerous artists, including
: Johnny Cash, Joan Baez, The Band and the
: Kingston Trio. Dill and Mel Tillis co-wrote
: "Detroit City," which Bobby Bare
: took to the Top 10 in 1963. It remains a
: signature song for both Bare and Tillis.
: Dill's songs were also recorded by Ray
: Price, Willie Nelson, Jim Reeves, Eddy
: Arnold, Carl Smith, Webb Pierce and Faron
: Young. He was inducted into the Nashville
: Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1975.
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