Rex Griffin Griffin's "The Last Letter" is considered to have brought about a stark new literacy in songwriting, one that had a huge impact on writers such as Ernest Tubb, Lefty Frizzell, Hank Williams, Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson.   Birth Names: Rex Griffin Induction Year: 1970 Date of Birth: 8/12/1912 Place of Birth: Gadsden, AL Date of Death: 1959 Place of Death: New Orleans, LA Career Milestones: early 1930s--began singing career; worked at radio stations throughout the South late 1930s--recorded 38 songs for Decca Records 1937--recorded "The Last Letter" 1939--recorded "Lovesick Blues," which served as the basis for Hank Williams' version (recorded 10 years later; became Williams' first major hit) Catalog Highlights The Last Letter Artists: Rex Griffin (1937), Blue Sky Boys, The Carter Family, Willie Nelson, Jack Greene (1968), Connie Smith (1968) Just Call Me Lonesome Artists: Eddy Arnold (1955) Won't You Ride In My Little Red Wagon Artists: Hank Penny and His Radio Cowboys (1939) Let Forgiveness In Artists: Webb Pierce (1961) I Told You So Beyond the Last Mile Over the River Everybody's Tryin' to Be My Baby