Jerry Chesnut

Songwriter et chanteur Country US né Jerry Donald Chesnut, le 7 Mai 1931 à Loyall, Harlan County (Kentucky). Jerry Chesnut est décédé le 15 Décembre 2018.

Country songwriter Jerry Chesnut was born in Kentucky on May 7, 1931, and he spent much of his early life following his father around the coalmining camps in eastern Kentucky. He served in Korea, and worked for a railroad in Florida during the mid-'50s, writing the occasional song. Chesnut moved to Nashville in 1958 to make it in the music industry, but spent nine fruitless years until Del Reeves recorded his "A Dime at a Time" in early 1967. By the end of the year, the song had peaked at number 12 in the Country charts and Jerry Chesnut had a hit on his hands.
Over the next three years, Chesnut wrote hits for Roy Drusky ("Weakness in a Man"), Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton ("Holding on to Nothin'") and George Jones ("If Not for You"). In 1968, two of Chesnut's songs were recorded by Del Reeves; "Looking at the World Through a Windshield" and "Good Time Charlie" both hit the Top Five.
Chesnut parlayed his success into an artists contract with United Artists in 1969. He recorded a few unsuccessful singles during 1969-70, but returned to songwriting soon after, writing "A Good Year for the Roses" for George Jones, "The Wonders You Perform" for Tammy Wynette, "Oney" for Johnny Cash and Chesnut's first number one, "It's Four in the Morning," for Faron Young. Jerry Chesnut won Billboard's Songwriter of the Year award in 1972, and 20 years later received induction into the Nashville Songwriter's Association Hall of Fame. Jerry Chesnut passed away on December 15, 2018.

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2000

DISCOGRAPHY

Singles

03/1968	SP UNITED ARTIST UA 50265 (US)	On The Back Row / Woman
1968	SP UNITED ARTIST UA 50331 (US)	Small Enough To Crawl / What's Happened To Mankind
02/1969	SP UNITED ARTIST UA 50473 (US)	Gotta Lotta Hen House Ways / Pretty Woman It Is
06/1969	SP UNITED ARTIST UA 50549 (US)	Tiny Fingers / Bet Your Sweet Life
01/1970	SP UNITED ARTIST UA 50623 (US)	Small Enough To Crawl / Legend Of The Highway
08/1970	SP UNITED ARTIST UA 50694 (US)	Lonely Alone / Anything But Over You