- Born
- May 11, 1935
- Country
- United States
- IPI
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00055546176 35 works
- Affiliation
- BMI
- Comments
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Rockabilly singer, mainly active in the first half of the 1960s, and songwriter, inducted into the 'Rockabilly Hall of Fame' in 2002 and into the 'Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame' in 2018. Teamed up with Roy Orbison, Melson wrote such hits as “Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel)”, “Crying”, and “Blue Bayou”.
- Ranking
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971st most covered composer/author
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