A.L. "Doodle" Owens

 

Birth Name: Arthur Leo Owens
Induction Year: 1999
Place of Birth: Waco, TX
Date of Death: 10/4/1999
Place of Death: Nashville, TN

 

Career Milestones:

1965--moved to Nashville

1966--began co-writing with Dallas Frazier, a relationship that resulted in over 100 singles

Catalog Highlights

All I Have to Offcer You Is Me

  • Co-writer: Dallas Frazier

  • Artists: Charley Pride (1969)

(I'm So) Afraid Of Losing You Again

  • Co-writer: Dallas Frazier

  • Artists: Charley Pride (1969)

I Can't Believe That You've Stopped Loving Me

  • Co-writer: Dallas Frazier

  • Artists: Charley Pride (1970)

Touching Home

  • Co-writer: Dallas Frazier

  • Artists: Jerry Lee Lewis (1971)

Johnny One Time

  • Co-writer: Dallas Frazier

  • Artists: Brenda Lee, Willie Nelson

The Right Left Hand

  • Co-writer: Dennis Knutson

  • Artists: George Jones (1987)

Just For What I Am

  • Co-writer: Dallas Frazier

  • Artists: Connie Smith (1972)

It Was Always So Easy (To Find an Unhappy Woman)

  • Co-writer: Sanger D. "Whitey" Shafer

  • Artists: Moe Bandy (1975)

Fourteen Minutes Old

  • Co-writer: Dennis Knutson

  • Artists: Doug Stone (1990)

Would You Walk With Me Jimmy?

  • Co-writer: Sanger D. "Whitey" Shafer

  • Artists: Arlene Harden (1973)

Where Did They Go, Lord

  • Co-writer: Dallas Frazier

  • Artists: Elvis Presley

Wine Colored Roses

  • Co-writer: Dennis Knutson

  • Artists: George Jones (1986)

Hank and Lefty Raised My Country Soul

  • Co-writer: Dallas Frazier

  • Artists: Stoney Edwards (1973)

Comments:

Received a BMI Million-aires (1 million performances) award for "Fourteen Minutes Old"