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Lefty Frizzell
Lefty Frizzell
Popular country music singer-songwriter, Rockabilly Hall of Fame inductee
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John D. Loudermilk
John D. Loudermilk
American singer and songwriter
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Larry Gatlin
Larry Gatlin
American country and Southern gospel singer and songwriter
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Fred Foster
Fred Foster
American record producer, songwriter, and music business executive
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Cindy Walker
Cindy Walker
American songwriter, country music singer and dancer
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Roy Orbison
Roy Orbison
American singer-songwriter
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Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
American wife and husband country music and pop songwriting team
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Floyd Cramer
Floyd Cramer
American pianist
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Don Schlitz
Don Schlitz
American country singer-songwriter
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Harlan Howard
Harlan Howard
American songwriter
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Ronnie Milsap
Ronnie Milsap
American recording artist; country music singer and pianist
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Dottie West
Dottie West
American country music singer
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Will Jennings
Will Jennings
American songwriter
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Earl Scruggs
Earl Scruggs
American musician
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Billy Sherrill
Billy Sherrill
American record producer, songwriter, and arranger
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Deborah Allen
Deborah Allen
American country music singer, songwriter, author, and actress
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Allen Shamblin
Allen Shamblin
American country music songwriter
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Jack Clement
Jack Clement
American musician
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Bobby Braddock
Bobby Braddock
American musician
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Grady Martin
Grady Martin
American musician
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Roy Turk
Roy Turk
American songwriter and lyricist
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Chet Atkins
Chet Atkins
American guitarist and record producer
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Webb Pierce
Webb Pierce
American honky-tonk vocalist, songwriter and guitarist
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Buddy Knox
Buddy Knox
American singer and songwriter
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J. D. Souther
J. D. Souther
American singer, songwriter, and actor
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Jeannie Seely
Jeannie Seely
American singer
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Ray Stevens
Ray Stevens
American country and pop singer-songwriter musician
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Dottie Rambo
Dottie Rambo
Gospel music singer-songwriter
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Dave Loggins
Dave Loggins
American musician
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Roger Cook
Roger Cook
English singer, songwriter and record producer
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Hal David
Hal David
American lyricist
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Mark D. Sanders
Mark D. Sanders
American musician
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Alan Jackson
Alan Jackson
American recording artist; country singer
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George Hamilton IV
George Hamilton IV
singer
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Jessi Colter
Jessi Colter
American country music artist
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Connie Smith
Connie Smith
American country music artist
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Bill Anderson
Bill Anderson
American country music singer and songwriter
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Arthur Smith
Arthur Smith
American country musician, songwriter and producer
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Tanya Tucker
Tanya Tucker
American country music singer
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Mike Curb
Mike Curb
American record producer, musician, sports executive
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Billy Hill
Billy Hill
American songwriter and lyricist
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Hank Garland
Hank Garland
American musician
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Wayne Carson
Wayne Carson
American singer-songwriter
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Don McLean
Don McLean
American singer-songwriter
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Glenn Sutton
Glenn Sutton
American musician
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Moon Mullican
Moon Mullican
American recording artist; country and western singer, songwriter, and pianist
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Bill Monroe
Bill Monroe
American bluegrass musician, songwriter
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Gary Nicholson
Gary Nicholson
American singer-songwriter and record producer
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Vince Gill
Vince Gill
American country singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
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John Bettis
John Bettis
American lyricist
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Paul Gilley
Paul Gilley
American songwriter
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Kris Kristofferson
Kris Kristofferson
American country music singer, songwriter, musician, and film actor
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Chuck Jackson
Chuck Jackson
American recording artist; R&B singer
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Mac Davis
Mac Davis
American songwriter, singer and actor
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Albert Hammond
Albert Hammond
Gibraltarian singer, songwriter, and record producer
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Donna Fargo
Donna Fargo
American country singer-songwriter
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Marty Robbins
Marty Robbins
American singer, songwriter and racing driver
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Freddie Hart
Freddie Hart
American musician
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Donald Eugene Gibson (April 3, 1928 – November 17, 2003) was an American songwriter and country musician. A Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, Gibson wrote such country standards as "Sweet Dreams" and "I Can't Stop Loving You", and enjoyed a string of country hits ("Oh Lonesome Me") from 1957 into the mid-1970s.

Gibson was nicknamed "The Sad Poet" because he frequently wrote songs that told of loneliness and lost love.