Songwriter Dallas Frazier, a multi-Grammy winner who’s enshrined in the Nashville Songwriters Corridor of Fame, died on Friday, per a assert. He used to be 82.
Frazier constructed a profession on his necessary songwriting ability, rising hits like Hollywood Argyles’ 1960 hit “Alley Oop”, The Oak Ridge Boys‘ 1981 traditional “Elvira,” and the 1971’s Jack Greene-recorded “There Goes My All the pieces.”
“Dallas Frazier is one of the excellent country songwriters of all time,” stated Kyle Young, CEO of the Country Music Corridor of Fame and Museum, Billboard reported.
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Frazier, who used to be born in Spiro, Oklahoma, moreover co-wrote various No. 1 hits with A.L. “Doodle” Owens, including 1969’s “All I Want to Supply You (Is Me),” which used to be Charley Pride‘s first No. 1 Billboard Hot Country Songs hit. Pride scored two different No. 1 country hits alongside Frazier and Owens, including “(I’m So) Vexed of Shedding You All all over again,” in 1969, “I Can’t Imagine That You’ve Stopped Loving Me,” in1970, and “Then Who Am I,” in 1974. (Pride died in 2020 to COVID-19-connected concerns).
Recording Artist Connie Smith, BMI’s Clay Bradley and Songwriter Dallas Frazier at some stage in Sugar Hill Files’ “Long Line of Heartaches” Reception With Connie Smith on Sept. 8, 2011, at the BMI places of work in Nashville, Tennessee.
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“He would possibly direct infectious fun with ‘Elvira,’ and then write something as stunningly unhappy and excellent as ‘Below Silent Waters,’” Young added. “His songs helped Connie Smith to turn out to be a member of the Country Music Corridor of Fame. He used to be a individual of kindness, generosity, and faith, who overcame a hardscrabble upbringing to offer smiling gifts to all of us. He lived a glorious lifetime of a glorious thoughts.”
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In 1976, Frazier used to be inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Corridor of Fame, and he persisted producing top hits.
Dallas Frazier performs at “Songs That Train a Tale,” the final Marty Stuart Artist-in-Plan Demonstrate at Country Music Corridor of Fame and Museum on September 25, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Getty Images)
Frazier wrote “Below Silent Waters” for Emmylou Harris in 1980, which grew to turn out to be a No. 1 country hit. He moreover co-wrote Tanya Tucker‘s “What’s Your Mama’s Title?” which grew to turn out to be her first No. 1 hit, Billboard reported.
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Frazier’s applauded writing ability created a magical in actuality feel to listeners, he stated in an interview in 2018 with journalist Tom Roland.
Dallas Frazier, left, and Marty Stuart create at “Songs That Train a Tale,” the Third of Three Marty Stuart Artist-in-Plan Reveals at Country Music Corridor of Fame and Museum on Sept. 25, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Getty Images)
“I’ve noticed this all my lifestyles in writing songs, there’s a ingredient called in actuality feel, and it’s magic at the same time as you gather ahold of it,” Frazier stated. “It would possibly per chance well compose or fracture a yarn. You are going to have the option to have a colossal song and all, but if it doesn’t have that in actuality feel, it lawful doesn’t carry out the rest. ‘Elvira’ had the feel. And The Oaks, what a successfully-organized decrease. With Richard Sterban doing his ingredient on it and the horns lawful making it top quality…it had so grand magic in it, it’d lawful elevate the hair on your arms.”
