Songwriter Dallas Frazier, a multi-Grammy winner who's enshrined within the Nashville Songwriters Corridor of Fame, died on Friday, based on a report. He was 82.
Frazier constructed a profession on his notable songwriting capacity, creating hits like Hollywood Argyles' 1960 hit "Alley Oop", The Oak Ridge Boys‘ 1981 classic "Elvira," and the 1971's Jack Greene-recorded "There Goes My Everything."
"Dallas Frazier is among the greatest country songwriters of all time," said Kyle Young, CEO of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Billboard reported.
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Frazier, who was born in Spiro, Oklahoma, also co-wrote numerous No. 1 hits with A.L. "Doodle" Owens, including 1969’s "All I Have to Offer You (Is Me)," which was Charley Satisfaction‘s first No. 1 Billboard Hot Country Songs hit. Pride scored two other No. 1 country hits alongside Frazier and Owens, including "(I’m So) Afraid of Dropping You Once more," in 1969, "I Can’t Believe That You’ve Stopped Loving Me," in1970, and "Then Who Am I," in 1974. (Satisfaction died in 2020 to COVID-19-related problems).
Recording Artist Connie Smith, BMI's Clay Bradley and Songwriter Dallas Frazier throughout Sugar Hill Data' "Long Line of Heartaches" Reception With Connie Smith on Sept. 8, 2011, on the BMI places of work in Nashville, Tennessee.
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"He could convey infectious fun with ‘Elvira,’ and then write something as stunningly sad and true as ‘Beneath Still Waters,’" Younger added. "His songs helped Connie Smith to become a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. He was a man of kindness, generosity, and faith, who overcame a hardscrabble upbringing to offer smiling gifts to all of us. He lived a beautiful life of a beautiful mind."
In 1976, Frazier was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Corridor of Fame, and he continued producing prime hits.
Dallas Frazier performs at "Songs That Tell a Story," the ultimate Marty Stuart Artist-in-Residence Present at Nation Music Corridor of Fame and Museum on September 25, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Getty Photographs)
Frazier wrote "Beneath Still Waters" for Emmylou Harris in 1980, which turned a No. 1 nation hit. He additionally co-wrote Tanya Tucker‘s "What’s Your Mama’s Name?" which turned her first No. 1 hit, Billboard reported.
Frazier's applauded writing capacity created a magical really feel to listeners, he stated in an interview in 2018 with journalist Tom Roland.
Dallas Frazier, left, and Marty Stuart carry out at "Songs That Tell a Story," the Third of Three Marty Stuart Artist-in-Residence Reveals at Nation Music Corridor of Fame and Museum on Sept. 25, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Getty Photographs)
"I’ve noticed this all my life in writing songs, there’s a thing called feel, and it’s magic when you get ahold of it," Frazier stated. "It can make or break a record. You can have a great song and all, but if it doesn’t have that feel, it just doesn’t do anything. ‘Elvira’ had the feel. And The Oaks, what a tremendous cut. With Richard Sterban doing his thing on it and the horns just making it first class…it had so much magic in it, it’d just raise the hair on your arms."
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