Don Choate was born in Nashville, Tennessee,[1] and attended William James High School in White Bluff. He left school early and worked as a tool and diemaker, with aspirations to become a professional musician and songwriter. One of his first successes as a songwriter was "The Lonesome Waltz", co-written with Vic McAlpin and recorded by George Morgan in 1953.[2] In 1958 Wayne recorded "Head Over Heels In Love" for the Swan label, followed the next year by "Poor Little Jimmy" for Look Records, which, though not a hit, was later recorded by both Hank Snow and Burl Ives.[2][3][4]
^ abc"Don Wayne, “Country Bumpkin” Songwriter, Dies at 78", CMT, September 13, 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2015
^ abcWalt Trott, "Nashville Country Music Scene An insider's view on what's happening in Music City", November 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2015
January 01, 1970
wayne, songwriter, donald, william, choate, 1933, september, 2011, wrote, recorded, wayne, american, country, music, songwriter, wayneborn, 1933, 1933nashville, tennessee, united, statesdiedseptember, 2011, 2011, aged, united, statesgenrescountry, musicoccupat. Donald William Choate May 30 1933 September 12 2011 who wrote and recorded as Don Wayne was an American country music songwriter Don WayneBorn 1933 05 30 May 30 1933Nashville Tennessee United StatesDiedSeptember 12 2011 2011 09 12 aged 78 United StatesGenresCountry musicOccupation s Songwriter Don Choate was born in Nashville Tennessee 1 and attended William James High School in White Bluff He left school early and worked as a tool and diemaker with aspirations to become a professional musician and songwriter One of his first successes as a songwriter was The Lonesome Waltz co written with Vic McAlpin and recorded by George Morgan in 1953 2 In 1958 Wayne recorded Head Over Heels In Love for the Swan label followed the next year by Poor Little Jimmy for Look Records which though not a hit was later recorded by both Hank Snow and Burl Ives 2 3 4 His biggest successes as a songwriter included Walk Tall recorded by Faron Young and a big UK hit for Irish singer Val Doonican in 1964 Saginaw Michigan recorded by Lefty Frizzell Belles of Southern Bell a hit for Del Reeves If Teardrops Were Silver recorded by Jean Shepard and his biggest hit Country Bumpkin a 1 hit on the country chart in 1974 for Cal Smith Smith also had hits with several more Wayne songs including It s Time to Pay the Fiddler She Talked A Lot About Texas and Woman Don t Try To Sing My Song Other musicians who recorded his songs included Jim Reeves Loretta Lynn Conway Twitty and Hank Williams Jr 4 Wayne won three BMI Awards and an ASCAP Performance Award and was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Association International Hall of Fame in 1978 3 4 He died in 2011 aged 78 from brain cancer 3 References edit Obituary Donald Choate Crest View Funeral Home Retrieved 2 July 2015 a b Don Wayne Discogs com Retrieved 2 July 2015 a b c Don Wayne Country Bumpkin Songwriter Dies at 78 CMT September 13 2011 Retrieved 2 July 2015 a b c Walt Trott Nashville Country Music Scene An insider s view on what s happening in Music City November 2011 Retrieved 2 July 2015 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Don Wayne songwriter amp oldid 1159344830, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
