Jerry Chesnut

 

Birth Name: Jerry Donald Chesnut
Induction Year: 1996
Date of Birth: 5/7/1931
Place of Birth: Loyall, KY

Former Occupations:
railroad conductor
vacuum cleaner distributor

Education:
Grade School--Loyall, KY (from 1937-1945)
High School--Loyall High (from 1945-1949)


Career Milestones:

1958--moved to Nashville

1967--first major hit, "A Dime At a Time," recorded by Del Reeves; on the charts for 5 months

1968--first #1, "Another Place Another Time," recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis; song received a Grammy nomination

1970--signed with United Artists Records as a recording artist

1971--signed on as a regular on the television series, "Hee Haw"

Awards:

1969--NSAI\Country Song\Woman Without Love

1968--BMI\Country\Another Place, Another Time

1971--BMI\Country\A Good Year For the Roses

1972--Billboard\Writer of the Year (U.S.)

1973--NSAI\Country Song\Four in the Morning

1973--Billboard\Writer of the Year (Internationally)

1993--BMI\Million Performance Award\T-R-O-U-B-L-E (recorded by Travis Tritt)

1995--NSAI\Country Song\T-R-O-U-B-L-E

1996--BMI\Two Million Performance Award\T-R-O-U-B-L-E (recorded by Travis Tritt)

Catalog Highlights

A Chair That Rocked Us All

  • Artists: Gov. Jimmie Davis, Hank Williams Jr., Del Reeves

A Dime At a Time

  • Artist: Del Reeves

After You

  • Artists: Hank Williams Jr., George Jones, Pat Boone

Another Place Another Time

  • Artists: Jerry Lee Lewis (1968)

A Good Year For the Roses

  • Artists: George Jones (1971), Elvis Costello (1980), Alan Jackson and George Jones (1995)

Before Your Time

  • Artist: Bobby Lewis

Best Way I Know How

  • Artist:Mel Tillis

Daddy Did His Best

  • Artists: Stoney Edwards, Porter and Dolly

Days When Jim Liked Jenny

  • Artist: Jimmy Dean

Don't She Look Good

  • Artists: Bill Anderson

Everything Will Be Allright

  • Artist: Bill Carlisle

Feeling Like A Woman

  • Artists: Patsy Sledd, Barbara Mandrell

Goodtime Charley's

  • Artists: Del Reeves, George Strait

Holding On To Nothing

  • Artists: Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton (1969)

Home Away From Home

  • Artist: Jerry Lee Lewis

Honky Tonk Stuff

  • Artist: Jerry Lee Lewis

If I Had You

  • Artist: Bobby Lewis

If It Feels Good Do It

  • Artist: Dave Dudley

If Not For You

  • Artist :George Jones

If You Were Me

  • Artist: Patsy Sledd
  • Co-writer: Hal Bynum

It Could Have Been Me

  • Artist:Billie Jo Spears
  • Co-writer: Walter Woodward

It's Four in the Morning

  • Artists: Faron Young (1972), Tom Jones (1980)

It's Midnight

  • Co-writer: Billy Edd Wheeler

  • Artists: Elvis Presley (1975)

Landmark Tavern

  • Artist: Del Reeves and Penny Dehaven

Lonely Alone

  • Artist:Jerrry Chesnut
  • Co-writers: Hal Bynum, Jim Kandy

Looking At the World (Through a Windshield)

  • Co-writer: Mike Hoyer

  • Artists: Del Reeves (1969), Commander Cody (1971), Son Volt Group (1996)

Moccasin Branch

  • Artist: George Lindsey

Mama's Gonna Fix The Baby's Wagon

  • Artists: Carol Channing, Joyce Paul

No More Hanging On

  • Artist: Jerry Lee Lewis

One Run For The Roses

  • Artists: Narvel Felts, Conway Twitty, Cal Smith

Oney

  • Artists: Johnny Cash (1973)

Pick A Little Happy song

  • Artist: Bob Gallion

Small Enough To Crawl

  • Artists: Jerry Chesnut, Jerry Wallace

The First Time I Saw Her

  • Artists: Red Sovine, Marty Robbins

The Wonders You Perform

  • Artists: Tammy Wynette (1971), Ornelli Vanoni (1972)

They Don't Make Em' Like My Daddy Anymore

  • Artists: Loretta Lynn (1975)

Things For You And I

  • Artists: Bobby Lewis, Slim Whitman
  • Co-writer: Earl Sinks

To Be A Child Again

  • Artist: Anita Carter

T-R-O-U-B-L-E

  • Artists: Elvis Presley (1975), Wayne Newton (1980), Travis Tritt (1992)

When We Tried

  • Artist: Jan Howard

Where Do We Go From Here

  • Artist: Melba Montgomery

Why Didn't You Come Home Last Night

  • Artist: Joyce Paul

Woman Without Love

  • Artists: Bob Luman (1969), Brook Benton (1969), T. D. Valentine (1969), Johnny Darrel, (1969)

Comments:

Received 23 BMI performance awards and 2 ASCAP performance awards

Web Site: www.jerrychestnut.net