Horace Eldred "Danny" Dill (September 19, 1924 – October 23, 2008) was an American country music singer and songwriter. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1975.

Biography

Dill, born in

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, got his start as a professional musician while working with Annie Lou Stockard as Annie Lou and Danny, a duet act who performed on the

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during the 1940s and 50s. Annie Lou And Danny Dill were made members of The Opry in the 1940s. Although Dill recorded as a solo artist, he found his greatest success as a songwriter. His 1959 tune, " Long Black Veil", written with Marijohn Wilkin, was Top 10 country hit for Lefty Frizzell and has become a standard recorded by many country, folk and pop music musicians. Another notable Dill composition was " Detroit City (I Wanna Go Home)", that was a hit for

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Selected compositions

* "I'm Hungry for your lovin" *" Long Black Veil" *"

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" (with Mel Tillis) * "Partners" (recorded by Jim Reeves in 1959) * " So Wrong" with

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and Mel Tillis * "The Comeback" * "Let Me Talk to You" * " There's A Time" * "I'll Take It Before I Say Goodbye" * "Coming Home" * "Partners" * "Come In Outta' The Rain" * "Where The Sad People Are"

References

External links

Danny Dill at the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dill, Danny 1924 births 2008 deaths People from Huntingdon, Tennessee American country singer-songwriters American male singer-songwriters Cub Records artists Grand Ole Opry members 20th-century American singers Singer-songwriters from Tennessee People from Carroll County, Tennessee Country musicians from Tennessee 20th-century American male singers