Billy Edd Wheeler

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Billy Edd Wheeler (born December 9, 1932, Boone County, West Virginia) is an American songwriter, performer, writer and visual artist. He has written songs performed by over 90 different artists including Judy Collins, Bobby Darin, The Kingston Trio, Johnny Cash, Neil Young, Kenny Rogers, and Elvis Presley.

He is also author of 16 plays. These include several long-running outdoor dramas such as Hatfields & McCoys at Beckley, West Virginia and Young Abe Lincoln in Lincoln City, Indiana.

[edit] Awards

Wheeler is a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. He has received 13 awards from ASCAP, won distinguished Allumnus awards from Warren Wilson College and Berea College, the "Best Appalachian Poetry" award from Morris Harvey College and a "Pacesetter Award for Music and Drama" from Billboard Magazine.[1]

[edit] External links

[edit] Notes and sources

  1. ^ Billy Edd Wheeler Home Page


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