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Chanteur
Country US aveugle né le 15 Juin 1917
à Alba (Texas). Leon Payne a débuté dans le milieu des années quarante, jouant avec les "Texas Playboys" de Bob Wills, puis avec les "Rhythm Boys" de Jack Rhodes. En 1948, Leon monte son propre orchestre les "Lone Star Buddies" et enregistre chez Bullet Records. Grand compositeur à la voix douce et plaintive, il a enregistré aussi chez Capitol, MGM, Decca et Starday Records. Leon Payne, qui a aussi pris le nom de
Rock Rogers, est décédé le 11 Septembre 1969.
A popular
singer and multi-instrumentalist of the postwar era, Leon Payne achieved his
lasting fame as a songwriter whose most successful works -- among them "Lost
Highway" and "I Love You Because" -- remain among the country music canon's most
enduring compositions. Payne was born blind on June 15, 1917, in Alba, TX, and
until the age of 18 he attended the Texas School for the Blind in Austin. There,
he was encouraged by teachers to begin learning music as a method of supporting
himself and became adept on guitar, piano, organ, drums, and trombone. In the
mid-'30s he began performing with a number of area groups and began playing on
radio in 1935.
Payne joined
Bob Wills' Texas Playboys in 1938, and he remained affiliated with the group
to some degree for the majority of his career. At about the same time, he began
writing the first of the several thousand songs he would compose over the course
his lifetime. In 1939, he cut his first solo recordings, including "You Don't
Love Me but I'll Always Care" and "Down Where the Violets Grow," which evidenced
his smooth, subtle Vocals technique. After spending the large part of the next
decade drifting through Texas performing under the moniker "The Texas Blind
Hitchhiker," he hooked up with Jack Rhodes & the Rhythm Boys in 1948. He also
played frequently with
Wills.
In 1949, Payne formed his own band, the Lone Star Buddies, which guested on
programs like the Grand Ole Opry, the Louisiana Hayride, and the Big D Jamboree.
Two of his songs also reached the charts in cover versions:
George Morgan scored a big hit with "Cry-Baby Heart," and more significantly,
Hank Williams cut "Lost Highway," one of his most popular efforts. Payne's
own recording of his "I Love You Because," penned for his wife Myrtle, became
his biggest hit in 1950; in the same year, both
Ernest Tubb and
Clyde Moody cut their own versions of the song.
Williams also had another hit with Payne's "They'll Never Take Her Love From
Me." As the decade wore on, his songs grew even more popular among his
contemporaries; among the most successful were
Hank Snow's 1953 "For Now and Always" as well as a pair of hits for
Carl Smith, 1954's "More Than Anything Else in the World" and 1956's "Doorstep
to Heaven."
Payne continued to record through 1964; in 1963, he issued two LPs, Leon Payne:
A Living Legend of Country Music and Americana, and at one point even cut a
rockabilly single, "That Ain't It," under the alias Rock Rogers. Still, he never
repeated the success of "I Love You Because," which was later resurrected by
Johnny Cash in 1960 and as a huge 1963 pop hit for Al Martino. A year later,
it was also covered by
Jim Reeves, who earned posthumous success with Payne's "Blue Side of
Lonesome" in 1966 and "I Heard a Heart Break Last Night" in 1968. Also charting
with renditions of "I Love You Because" were Smith in 1969,
Don Gibson in 1978, and Roger Whittaker in 1983; most importantly, it was
one of the songs recorded by
Elvis Presley during his legendary Sun Records sessions of 1954.
In 1965, Payne suffered a heart attack which forced him to curtail his touring;
that same year, his "Things Have Gone to Pieces" was a hit for
George Jones. In 1967,
Gibson covered "Lost Highway," and
Johnny Darrell was successful with "They'll Never Take Her Love From Me." On
September 11, 1969, Payne died following another heart attack.
http://www.talentondisplay.com/LeonPayne.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Payne
Talents : Vocals, Guitar, Songwriter
Style musical : Honky Tonk, Traditional Country, Nashville Sound, Countrypolitan
Lost Highway
(1948)
 (Leon Payne)
Rolling Stone
(1948)
I
LOVE YOU BECAUSE
(1949)
YOU ARE
THE ONE (1956)
That Ain't It
(1956)
LITTLE ROCK ROCK (1956)
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Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles
| 06/1941 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-8735 (US) |
Down Where The Violets Grow / Ten Thousand Tomorrows |
| 08/1941 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-8788 (US) |
When Sun Sets In Sierra / Neath Indian Summer Moon |
| 08/1941 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-8812 (US) |
Arizona Lullaby / Teach Me To Forget |
| 09/1941 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-8837 (US) |
Neath The Old Pine Tree / Let It End This Way |
| 02/1948 | 78 t. BULLET 649 (US) |
Leon PAYNE with Jack RHODES & The LONE STAR BUDDIES - Don't Try It / Lifetme To Regret |
| 07/1948 | 78 t. BULLET (647) 657 (US) |
Leon PAYNE with Jack RHODES & The LONE STAR BUDDIES - Empty Arms / Lipstick Trail |
| 10/1948 | 78 t. BULLET 670 (US) |
Baby Boy /
Lost Highway
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| 12/1948 | 78 t. BULLET 671 (US) |
What's The Need /
Rolling Stone
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| 03/1949 | 78 t. BULLET 672 (US) |
I Found Someone New / They'll Never Take Her Love |
| 07/1949 | 78 t. BULLET 679 (US) |
Cheaters Never Win / I'll Stick By You |
| 10/1949 | 78 t. CAPITOL 57-40238 (US) |
I Love You
Because
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| 12/1949 | 78 t. CAPITOL 57-40270 (US) |
Find Them, Fool Them And Leave Them / I Hate To Leave You |
| 03/1950 | 78 t. CAPITOL 920 (US) | I'm A Lone Wolf / I Just Said Good Night To My Dreams |
| 03/1950 | SP CAPITOL F920 (US) |
I'm A Lone Wolf / I Just Said Good Night To My Dreams |
| 05/1950 | 78 t. CAPITOL 1093 (US) | You've Still Got A Place In My Heart / I Couldn't Do A Thing Without You |
| 05/1950 | SP CAPITOL F1093 (US) |
You've Still Got A Place In My Heart / I Couldn't Do A Thing Without You |
| 08/1950 | 78 t. CAPITOL 1164 (US) | Did I Forget To Tell You? / I Miss That Girl |
| 08/1950 | SP CAPITOL F1164 (US) |
Did I Forget To Tell You? / I Miss That Girl |
| 12/1950 | 78 t. CAPITOL 1321 (US) | Because You Love Me / My Daddy |
| 12/1950 | SP CAPITOL F1321 (US) |
Because You Love Me / My Daddy |
| 01/1951 | 78 t. CAPITOL 1338 (US) | Great American Eagle (with Tex RITTER) / Fatal Letter |
| 01/1951 | SP CAPITOL F1338 (US) | Great American Eagle (with Tex RITTER) / Fatal Letter |
| 02/1951 | 78 t. CAPITOL 1405 (US) | I Don't Know Why / If I Could Only Live My Life Over |
| 02/1951 | SP CAPITOL F1405 (US) |
I Don't Know Why / If I Could Only Live My Life Over |
| 04/1951 | 78 t. CAPITOL 1463 (US) | Empty Dreams / Farewell Waltz |
| 04/1951 | SP CAPITOL F1463 (US) |
Empty Dreams / Farewell Waltz |
| 06/1951 | 78 t. CAPITOL 1580 (US) | Lonely And Blue Over Someone / A Million Years Ago |
| 06/1951 | SP CAPITOL F1580 (US) |
Lonely And Blue Over Someone / A Million Years Ago |
| 09/1951 | 78 t. CAPITOL 1782 (US) | It's Many A Mile Back Home / Teach Me To Forget |
| 09/1951 | SP CAPITOL F1782 (US) |
It's Many A Mile Back Home / Teach Me To Forget |
| 11/1951 | 78 t. CAPITOL 1872 (US) | Gentle Hands / He's The Light Of The World |
| 11/1951 | SP CAPITOL F1872 (US) |
Gentle Hands / He's The Light Of The World |
| 12/1951 | 78 t. CAPITOL 1912 (US) | I Want You To Love Me / How Can I Help It? |
| 12/1951 | SP CAPITOL F1912 (US) |
I Want You To Love Me / How Can I Help It? |
| 04/1952 | 78 t. CAPITOL 2055 (US) | Polk Salad Green / Weeping Willow |
| 04/1952 | SP CAPITOL F2055 (US) |
Polk Salad Green / Weeping Willow |
| 07/1952 | 78 t. CAPITOL 2155 (US) | Jesus Paid The Price / Golden Harvest |
| 07/1952 | SP CAPITOL F2155 (US) |
Jesus Paid The Price / Golden Harvest |
| 11/1952 | 78 t. CAPITOL 2295 (US) | Mailman / Lying To My Heart |
| 11/1952 | SP CAPITOL F2295 (US) |
Mailman / Lying To My Heart |
| 04/1953 | 78 t. CAPITOL 2454 (US) | I Need Your Love / Wouldn't It Be Wonderful? |
| 04/1953 | SP CAPITOL F2454 (US) |
I Need Your Love / Wouldn't It Be Wonderful? |
| 07/1953 | 78 t. CAPITOL 2651 (US) | Sister Sue Polka / If I Took The Time |
| 07/1953 | SP CAPITOL F2651 (US) |
Sister Sue Polka / If I Took The Time |
| 09/1953 | 78 t. DECCA 28851 (US) | Pedro,The Hot Tamale Man / Don't Be Afraid |
| 09/1953 | SP DECCA 9-28851 (US) |
Pedro,The Hot Tamale Man / Don't Be Afraid |
| 03/1954 | 78 t. DECCA 29046 (US) | The Face In The Crowd (Leon PAYNE with The Anita Kerr Singers) / You Haven't Got A Heart |
| 03/1954 | SP DECCA 9-29046 (US) |
The Face In The Crowd (Leon PAYNE with The Anita Kerr Singers) / You Haven't Got A Heart |
| 11/1954 | 78 t. DECCA 29333 (US) | A Lifetime To Regret / The Moon, Your God, And You |
| 11/1954 | SP DECCA 9-29333 (US) |
A Lifetime To Regret / The Moon, Your God, And You |
| 09/1955 | 78 t. STARDAY 208 (US) | I Die Ten Thousand Times A Day / We're On The Main Line |
| 09/1955 | SP STARDAY 45-208 (US) |
I Die Ten Thousand Times A Day / We're On The Main Line |
| 11/1955 | 78 t. STARDAY 215 (US) | Christmas Everyday / Christmas Love Song |
| 11/1955 | SP STARDAY 45-215 (US) |
Christmas Everyday / Christmas Love Song |
| 01/1956 | 78 t. STARDAY 220 (US) | Doorstep To Heaven /
You Are The
One
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| 01/1956 | SP STARDAY 45-220 (US) |
Doorstep To Heaven /
You Are The
One
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| 03/1956 | 78 t. STARDAY 232 (US) | Two By Four (Impersonation Of "You Know Who") / You Can't Lean On Me |
| 03/1956 | SP STARDAY 45-232 (US) |
Two By Four (Impersonation Of "You Know Who") / You Can't Lean On Me |
| 06/1956 | 78 t. STARDAY 245 (US) | Rock
Rogers -
That Ain't It
/
Little Rock Rock
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| 06/1956 | SP STARDAY 45-245 (US) | Rock
Rogers -
That Ain't It
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Little Rock Rock
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| 07/1956 | 78 t. STARDAY 250 (US) | All The Time / One More Chance |
| 07/1956 | SP STARDAY 45-250 (US) |
All The Time / One More Chance |
| 10/1956 | 78 t. STARDAY 267 (US) | Sweet Sweet Love / A Prisoner's Diary |
| 10/1956 | SP STARDAY 45-267 (US) | Sweet Sweet Love / A Prisoner's Diary |
| 1956 | EP DIXIE 45-502 (US) |
Blue Suede Shoes (Thumper JONES) / I've Got Five Dollars (George JONES) / Run Boy (Leon Payne) / Heartbreak Hotel (Thumper JONES) / Folsom Prison Blues (Thumper JONES) / Seasons Of My Heart (George Jones) |
| 1956 | 78 t. DIXIE 503 (US) | Yes I Know Why (George Jones) / If You Do Dear (Leon Payne) / These Hands (Benny Barnes) / What Am I Worth (George Jones) / So Doggone Lonesome (Leon Payne) / Cause I Love You (George Jones) |
| 1956 | EP DIXIE 45-504 (US) |
Blackboard Of My Heart (Leon Payne) / Crazy Arms (Leon Payne) / Uncle Pen (Leon Payne) / + 3 by other artists |
| 1956 | EP DIXIE 45-505 (US) |
Blue Suede Shoes (Leon Payne) / Folson Prison Blues (Leon Payne) / + 4 by other artists |
| 1956 | EP DIXIE 45-506 (US) |
You Are The One (Leon Payne) / My Baby Left Me; For Rent (Leon Payne) / What Would You Do If Jesus Came To Your House (Leon Payne) / + 2 by other artists |
| 1956 | EP DIXIE 45-508 (US) |
Doorstep To Heaven (Leon Payne) / For Rent (Leon Payne) / + 4 by other artists |
| 1956 | EP DIXIE 45-509 (US) | Blackboard Of My Heart (an uncredited artist) / Crazy Heart (an
uncredited artist) / Uncle Pen
(an uncredited artist) /
My Baby Left Me
 (Rock
Rogers) / You Are The One (Leon
Payne) / Yes I
Know Why (an uncredited artist (George
Jones)) / |
| 02/1957 | SP MERCURY / STARDAY 71063x45 (US) |
Lumberjack / A Million To One |
| 1957 | EP DIXIE 45-513 (US) |
You Are The One (Leon Payne) / I've Got A New Heartache (Leon Payne) / I'm Really Glad You Hurt Me (Leon Payne) / + 3 by other artists |
| 1957 | EP DIXIE 45-515 (US) |
Before I Met You (Leon Payne) / I'm A One Woman Man (Leon Payne) / + 4 by other artists |
| 10/1959 | SP D 1108 (US) |
Brothers Of A Bottle / Mitzie McGraw |
| 1959 | SP TNT TNT-168 (US) |
I'll Still Be Around / My Ship Of Dreams |
| 1959 | SP Dee Jay DJ-199-NSD (US) (promo) | Ain't There No Fiddles In Austin / I Just Can't Build A Bridge (To Get Over You) |
| 04/1960 | SP D 1138 (US) |
There's No Justice / With Half A Heart |
| 06/1960 | SP D 1150 (US) |
Things Have Gone To Pieces / Blue Side Of Lonesome |
| 06/1961 | SP HACIENDA WW-003 (US) |
Reflex Reaction / The Banter Song |
| 1961 | SP HACIENDA WW-008 (US) |
Lot's Wife Looked Back / Cry, Baby, Cry |
| 1962 | SP TNT TNT-192 (US) |
We'll Break The Tie / Walls Are Closing |
| 03/1963 | SP STARDAY 620 (US) |
Joe Lopez / You Stood Me Up This Morning ('Cause I Let You Down Last Night) |
| 07/1963 | SP STARDAY 637 (US) |
Close To You / Log Train |
| 03/1964 | SP STARDAY 666 (US) |
September Memory / Six Foot Six |
| 1965 | SP LONGHORN LH 555 (US) |
Truth Is In My Pocket / Everybody's Buddy, That's Me |
| 1990 | SP Texas TX-507 (US) | One More Repossession (I'll Be Out Of Debt) / Eye To Eye (To A Fool) |
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Albums
| 05/1963 | LP 12" Starday SLP-231 (US) |
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A Living Legend Of Country Music - Close To You / You Are The One / Pride Goes Before The Fall / I Love You Because / Two By Four / September Memory / You Stood Me Up This Morning ('Cause I Let You Down Last Night) / Lost Highway / She's Out Of Town / They'll Never Take Her Love From Me / You Can't Lean On Me / How Do You Cancel A Heart-Ache |
| 06/1963 | LP 12" Starday SLP-236 (US) |
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Americana - rare ballads and tall tales - Joe Lopez / The Hole In The Wall / Cory Belle / Six Foot Six / Injun Joe / Don't Make It Fifty-Four / Log Train / The Lincoln County War / Michael Mulvaney / The Gypsy Girl / Hugh Glass / Wilderness Road |
| 1973 | LP 12" CMH CMH-221 (GER) |
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I Love You Because - I Love You Because / Great American Eagle / Fatal Letter / My Daddy / Link In The Chain Of Broken Hearts / I'm A Lone Wolf / I Just Said Goodbye To My Dreams / You've Still Got A Place In My Heart / I Couldn't Do A Thing Without You / Did I Forget To Tell You / I Miss That Gal / Empty Dreams / Farewell Waltz / Lying To My Heart / Mailman / Weeping Willow |
| 197? | LP 12" Country Classics Library CCL 1123 (NL) |
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I LOVE YOU BECAUSE - I Love You Because / The Great American Eagle / The Fatal Letter / My Daddy / A Link In The Chain Of Broken Hearts / I'm A Lone Wolf / I Just Said Goodbye To My Dreams / You Still Got A Place In My Heart / I Couldn't Do A Thing Without You / Did I Forget To Tell You / I Miss That Gal / Empty Dreams / Farewell Waltz / Lying To My Heart / Mailman / Weeping Willow |
| 1980 | LP 12" Castle LP-8011 (GER) |
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Gone But Not Forgotten - Million Years Ago / Lonely And Blue Over Someone / I Hate To Leave You / Find Them Fool Them And Leave Them / Golden Harvest / Jesus Paid The Price / How Can I Help It / I Want You To Love Me / Fatal Letter / Great American Eagle / I Found Someone New / They'll Never Take Her Love From Me |
| 1992 | CD Cowgirlboy LP-5084 (GER) |
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THE Original "I Love You Because" - I Love You Because / Link In The Chain Of Broken Hearts / Empty Arms / Lipstick Trail / Don't Try It / One More Chance / All The Time / You Can't Lean On Me / Two By Four / Pedro The Hot Tamale / Don't Be Afraid / I'm Just A Lone Wolf / I Couldn't Do A Thing Without You / I Just Said Goodbye To My Dreams / Log Train / You Stood Me Up This Morning ('Cause I Let You Down Last Night) |
| 1997 | CD King 28C-4116 (US) |
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28 Big Ones - I Love You Because / Lost Highway / She's Out Of Town / Gypsy Girl / Six Foot Six / Wilderness Road / Log Train / Hole In The Wall / September Memory / You're Living In The Past / Trapped / Moonbeams In Your Hair / Close To You / I'm Sitting Right Where You Left Me / You Are The One / A Prisoner's Diary / A Million To One / Blackboard Of My Heart / All I Do Is Cry / All The Time / They'll Never Take Her Love From Me / Pride Goes Before The Fall / Then I Cried; Who Could Ask For More / It Hurts Me / Crazy Arms / I Die Ten Thousand Times A Day / Cory Belle |
| 10/1999 | CD Bear Family BCD-16195 (GER) |
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I Love You Because - I Love You Because / I Miss That Gal / Poke Salad Greens / Link In The Chain Of Broken Hearts / I Hate to Leave You / Find Them, Fool Them, And Leave Them / You've Still Got A Place In My Heart / I'm A Lone Wolf / If I Could Only Live My Life Over / How Can I Help It / Mailman / Lolita / Did I Forget To Tell You / Sister Sue Polka / I Just Said Goodbye To My Dreams / It's Many A Mile Back Home / I Don't Know Why / Weeping Willow / Lonely And Blue Over Someone / Restless Heart / Lyin' To My Heart / Fatal Letter / I Want You To Love Me / I Couldn't Do A Thing Without You / Farewell Waltz / Wouldn't It Be Wonderful / Teach Me To Forget / By Your Side / Empty Dreams / Golden Harvest |
| 2008 | CD Hillbilly Researcher HBR 059 (UK) |
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THE Lang / worth Sessions - Half As Much / Let's Turn Back The Years / The Gold Rush Is Over / Almost / Weeping Willow / Now That You're Here, Everything's All Right / Don't Stay Away (Till Love Grows Cold) / The Wild Side Of Life / The Road Of No Return / Jambalaya / It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels / Full Time Job / Poke Salad Greens / Sweethearts Or Strangers / I'm Planting A Rose / I'd Still Want You / Bumble Bee / Jesus Paid The Price / Waiting In The Lobby Of Your Heart / Golden Harvest / Darlin' Don't Go / You Can't Pick A Rose In December / Lifetime Or Regret / Molly Darling / I'm A Lone Wolf / Tennessee Saturday Night / Tennessee Waltz / A Link In The Chain Of Broken Hearts / Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy |
| 2008 | CD BACM CD D 225 (UK) |
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Lost Highway - Neath The Old Pine Tree / Let It End This Way / Ten Thousand Tomorrows / Lost Highway / Baby Boy / Great American Eagle / My Daddy / I Need Your Love / Gentle Hands / He Is The Light Of The World / Call Her Your Sweetheart / I'm Sorry For You My Friend / Silver And Gold / I'm Gonna See My Baby Tonight / Please Please / You Win Again / That's Me Without You / Don't Just Stand There / Relax And Take It Easy / Streamlined Cannonball / Little Girl In My Home Town / Doorstep To Heaven / A Prisoner's Diary / Lumberjack |
| 2010 | CD BACM CD D 295 (UK) |
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Lang-Worth Transcriptions, vol. 1 - I'll Sail My Ship Alone / They'll Never Take Her Love From Me / Letters Have No Arms / Unfaithful One / I Couldn't Do A Thing Without You / Kentucky Waltz / Mississippi / Take Me In Your Arms / If I Could Only Live My Life Over / Because You Love Me / If You Want Some Lovin' / Poison Love / My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean / The Waltz You Saved For Me / I'm Drifting Back To Dreamland / There's Been A Change In Me / When It's Lamp Lightin' Time In The Valley / Afraid / Let Me Call You Sweetheart / Empty Saddles / Tie Me To Your Apron Strings Again / Ramona / Down In The Little Green Valley / I Want To Be With You Always / Cold, Cold Heart / Let's Live A Little / Sick, Sober And Sorry |
| 2011 | CD BACM CD D 355 (UK) |
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Lang-Worth Transcriptions, vol. 2 - I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You / Lonely And Blue / A Million Years Ago / Bouquet Of Roses / The Last Round-Up / Girl Of My Dreams / Crazy Heart / That Little Boy Of Mine / Jesus And The Atheist / Steal Away / Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide / He Knows / Teach Me To Forget / Great American Eagle / I'm In A Crowd But So All Alone / If Teardrops Were Pennies / Always Late / Mom And Dad Waltz / It's Many A Mile Back Home / Hey Good Looking / Give Me More More More Of Your Kisses / How Long Will It Take To Stop Loving You / Me And My Broken Heart / How Can I Help It / Let Old Mother Nature Hace Her Way / Gentle Hands / I Want You To Love Me / Sundown Sue |
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(Leon Payne)
