Danny Dill

Danny Dill
Birth name	Horace Eldred Dill
Born	September 19, 1924(1924-09-19)
Origin	Huntingdon, Tennessee
Died	October 23, 2008(2008-10-23) (aged 84) Davidson County, Tennessee
Genres	country
Occupations	singer, songwriter

Horace Eldred Dill (September 19, 1924^[1]–October 23, 2008), known professionally known as Danny Dill, 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. 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 Bobby Bare's 1963 recording of "Detroit City (I Wanna Go Home)".

Selected compositions

• "Long Black Veil"
• "Detroit City"
• "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

1. ^ Social Security Death Index Search
2. ^ Cooper, Peter (October 24, 2008). "'Long Black Veil' co-writer 'Danny' Dill dies at age 83". Tennessean.com. http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081024/TUNEIN/81024099/1005/. Retrieved 2008-10-29. ^{[dead link]}

External links

• Danny Dill at the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
• Danny Dill MP3s
• Danny Dill discography
• Danny Dill's son-in-law's memorial

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Name	Dill, Danny
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Date of birth	September 19, 1924
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Date of death	October 23, 2008
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