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Artist

Joe Melson

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Born
May 11, 1935
Country
United States
IPI
00055546176 35 works
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
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
971st most covered composer/author
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