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8th September 1927 |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia Harlan Perry Howard (September 8, 1927 - March 3, 2002) is an American Hall of Fame country music songwriter.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, he began writing country music at a young age. After serving as a paratrooper with the United States Army, he went to Los Angeles, California, hoping to sell his music. He did manual labor while writing songs and pushing his finished material. Eventually he sold some of his compositions and, after a few minor successes, his song "Pick Me Up on Your Way Down", recorded by Charlie Walkie, went to No. 2 on the country music charts in late 1958. A year later Ray Price had a major hit with "Heartaches By The Number"; simultaneously it went to No. 1 on the Pop Charts as sung by Guy Mitchell. Buoyed by these two major hits, Howard moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1960. Bringing along a large portfolio of compositions, he signed a contract with Acuff-Rose Music. Howard's songs were so immediately successful that in 1961 alone he had fifteen of his compositions on the country music charts, earning himself ten BMI awards. Among his biggest hits was "I Fall to Pieces," co-written with Hank Cochran and recorded by Patsy Cline. He also wrote the classic Kingston Trio song "Everglades".
Harlan Howard was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1973 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1997. He died in 2002 and was buried in the historic Nashville City Cemetery.
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