Don Robertson
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Donald Irwin Robertson (born 5 December 1922, Beijing, China) was a songwriter, mostly in the country and popular music genres. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. As a performer, he hit the US top ten with "The Happy Whistler" in 1956.
[edit] Best known published songs
- "Anything That's Part of You"
- "Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger" (with Doris Clement and John Crutchfield)
- "Born to Be with You"
- "Hummingbird"
- "I Don't Hurt Anymore" (with Jack Rollins)
- "I Love You More and More Every Day"
- "I'm Counting on You"
- "I Really Don't Want to Know" (with Howard Barnes)
- "Ninety Miles an Hour (Down a Dead End Street)" (with Hal Blair)
- "No More" (with Hal Blair, performed by Elvis Presley)
- "Please Help Me, I'm Falling" (with Hal Blair)
- "Ringo" (with Hal Blair)
- "There's Always Me"
- "You're Free to Go" (with Lou Herscher)
[edit] External links
- Don Robertson site
- Nashville Songwriters' Foundation Biography of Don Robertson
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