Danny Dill

 

Birth Name: Horace Eldred Dill
Induction Year: 1975
Date of Birth: 9/19/1924
Place of Birth: Clarksburg, Carroll County, TN

 

Education:
High School--Clarksburg High (from 1931-1943)

Career Milestones:

1952--first writer signed to Cedarwood Publishing Company

mid 1970s--began working as a "writer-consultant" at Buckhorn Music with former collaborator Marijohn Wilkin

Catalog Highlights

Long Black Veil

  • Co-writer: Marijohn Wilkin

  • Artists: Lefty Frizzell, The Kingston Trio, The Country Gentlemen, Joan Baez

Partners

  • Artists: Jim Reeves

Detroit City

  • Artists: Bobby Bare (1963)

If You Saw Her Through My Eyes

  • Artists: Carl Smith

Works of the Lord

  • Artists: Carl Smith

The Best Mistake

  • Artists: George Morgan

When You Said Goodbye

  • Artists: Eddy Arnold

Cause I Love You

  • Artists: Webb Pierce

Don't Sell the Farm

Let Me Talk To You

  • Artists: Willie Nelson, Ray Price

Empty Lot

  • Artists: Cowboy Copas

The Comeback

How Much I Must Have Loved You

  • Artists: Faron Young

The Old Courthouse

I Wanna Go Home

  • Artists: Billy Grammer