Leon Payne

Aliases: Pat Patterson
Rock Rogers
Real name: Leon Roger Payne
Born: June 15, 1917
Died: September 11, 1969
Country: United States
IPI: 00023636698 3 works
00023706800 29 works
Affiliation: BMI
Comments: 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: Dennis Payne Nephew

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Originals

Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
Blue Side of Lonesome	Leon Payne	June 1960	(25 artists)
Close to You	Leon Payne	May 1963	Barbara Dex
I Die Ten Thousand Times a Day	Leon Payne	September 1955	Merle Haggard and The Strangers
I Love You Because	Leon Payne	October 1949	(187 artists)
Lost Highway	Leon Payne	October 1948	(68 artists)
Lumberjack	Leon Payne	February 12, 1957	(2 artists)
Teach Me to Forget	Leon Payne	August 1941	(5 artists)
That Ain't It	Rock Rogers	June 1956	The Ronnie Hayward Trio
They'll Never Take Her Love	Leon Payne	March 1949	(35 artists)
Things Have Gone to Pieces	Leon Payne	June 1960	(12 artists)
With Half a Heart	Leon Payne	April 1, 1960	(2 artists)
You Are the One	Leon Payne	January 1956	(8 artists)
You Still Got a Place in My Heart	Leon Payne	May 1950	(23 artists)

Covers by Leon Payne

Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
Blackboard of My Heart	Leon Payne	July 1956	Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys
Crazy Arms	Leon Payne	July 1956	Kenny Brown and Marilyn Kaye and The Arkansas Ramblers
I Don't Know Why	Leon Payne	February 1951	Aristocrats [US1]
Pride Goes Before the Fall	Leon Payne	May 1963	Jim Reeves [US]
Young Love	Leon Payne	May 1957	Ric Cartey with The Jiva-Tones

Songs written by Leon Payne

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Blue Side of Lonesome	Leon Payne	Leon Payne	1960	Covered by (25 artists)
Bracero	Leon Payne	Stu Phillips [CA]	March 1966	Covered by (2 artists)
Call Her Your Sweetheart	Leon Payne	Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar	April 16, 1951	Covered by Frank Ifield
Close to You	Leon Payne	Leon Payne	May 1963	Covered by Barbara Dex
For Now and Always	Leon Payne	Hank Snow, The Singing Ranger and The Rainbow Ranch Boys	February 13, 1953	Covered by Lu Ann Simms with Percy Faith and His Orchestra
I Die Ten Thousand Times a Day	Leon Payne	Leon Payne	September 1955	Covered by Merle Haggard and The Strangers
I Love You Because	Leon Payne	Leon Payne	August 11, 1949	Covered by (187 artists)
It's Nothing to Me	Leon Payne	Loy Clingman	February 1957	Covered by (14 artists)
Jim Bridger	Leon Payne	Johnny Horton	January 1961	Covered by (5 artists)
Lost Highway	Leon Payne	Leon Payne	1948	Covered by (68 artists)
Lumberjack	Leon Payne	Leon Payne	February 1957	Covered by (2 artists)
Pride Goes Before a Fall	Leon Payne	Jim Reeves [US]	August 1962	Covered by (4 artists)
Psycho	Leon Payne	Eddie Noack	1968	Covered by (11 artists)
Take Me	George Jones, Leon Payne	George Jones & The Jones Boys	June 15, 1965	Covered by (22 artists)
Teach Me to Forget	Leon Payne	Leon Payne	April 5, 1941	Covered by (5 artists)
That Ain't It	Leon Payne	Rock Rogers	June 1956	Covered by The Ronnie Hayward Trio
The Selfishness in Man	Leon Payne	George Jones	January 7, 1965	Covered by (5 artists)
They'll Never Take Her Love from Me	Leon Payne	Leon Payne	1948	Covered by (35 artists)
Things Have Gone to Pieces	Leon Payne	Leon Payne	1960	Covered by (12 artists)
With Half a Heart	Leon Payne	Leon Payne	April 1, 1960	Covered by (2 artists)
You Are the One	Leon Payne	Leon Payne	September 1955	Covered by (8 artists)
You Can't Pick a Rose in December	Leon Payne	Eddie Kirk	May 17, 1949	Covered by (3 artists)
You've Still Got a Place in My Heart	Leon Payne	Leon Payne	May 14, 1950	Covered by (23 artists)

Releases

Albums

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	A Living Legend of Country Music	Leon Payne	May 1963	Starday Records

Singles

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Arizona Lullaby	Leon Payne	August 1941	Bluebird
Baby Boy	Leon Payne	October 1948	Bullet [US]
Blue Side of Lonesome	Leon Payne	June 1960	D
I Die Ten Thousand Times a Day	Leon Payne	September 1955	Starday Records
If I Could Only Live My Life Over	Leon Payne	February 1951	Capitol Records
I Love You Because	Leon Payne	October 1949	Capitol Records
Little Rock Rock	Rock Rogers	June 1956	Starday Records
Lumberjack	Leon Payne	February 12, 1957	Mercury
There's No Justice	Leon Payne	April 1, 1960	D
They'll Never Take Her Love	Leon Payne	March 1949	Bullet [US]
You Are the One	Leon Payne	January 1956	Starday Records
You Still Got a Place in My Heart	Leon Payne	May 1950	Capitol Records