- Aliases
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Pat Patterson
Rock Rogers
- Personal name
- Leon Roger Payne
- Born
- June 15, 1917
- Died
- September 11, 1969
- Country
- United States
- IPI
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00023636698 3 works
00023706800 33 works
- Affiliation
- BMI
- Comments
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Country singer and songwriter given the moniker the "Blind Ballader. Payne was blind in one eye at birth and lost sight in the other in an accident in early childhood. Payne was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970,
- Family
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Dennis Payne Nephew
- Ranking
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996th most covered composer/author
937th most covered performer
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