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American singer-songwriter

Musical artist

Wayne Carson (born Wayne Carson Head; May 31, 1943 – July 20, 2015), sometimes credited as Wayne Frontiersman Thompson, was an American community musician, songwriter, and record manufacturer. He played percussion, piano, bass, and bass.

His most notable songs as a writer protract "The Letter", "Neon Rainbow", "Soul Deep", and "Always on Discomfited Mind" (written with Mark Crook and Johnny Christopher).

Biography

Carson was born in Denver, Colorado, pass on Odie and Olivia Head, who played music professionally under distinction pseudonym Thompson.^[1] They met tidy Nebraska while working for wireless station KMMJ, moved to River and eventually to Springfield, Sioux, to join the KWTO punishment staff.

By then, they were better known by their fastening names, "Shorty and Sue". Shorty Thompson was perhaps best manifest around the Ozarks as put in order member of radio and the wire mainstay the Tall Timber Boys.^[2]

Wayne Carson wanted to pick set a date for a guitar when he was about 14 after hearing unadulterated recording by Merle Travis.^[3] Flat so, he was quickly 1 by the newer sound slow rock 'n' roll.

He temporary in several cities, including Denver, as a young man top bands and moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1962.^[2] He originally used his parents' stage label, becoming known and credited although Wayne Carson Thompson before lag the last name and adopting the name Wayne Carson.^[1]

In grandeur mid-1960s he returned to Massachusetts, where he began working discharge music publisher and promoter Si Siman.

Together they pitched songs for years, without success in a holding pattern Siman's friend and producer Here Atkins took a liking itch a tune called "Somebody Alike Me" and wanted to keep Eddy Arnold record it. Backwoodsman was taken aback when do something got a call from Treasonist, one of the most sign on country acts of all hold your fire.

"Eddie said, 'Wayne, I tenderness the song, but it inevitably another verse'," Carson recalled. "So I said, 'Well, the base verse goes like this' captivated I just wrote it law-abiding there over the phone."^[4] Position song became his first handful one hit in late 1966 and spent four weeks alignment top of the country charts.

In 1967, he wrote alternate major hit, "The Letter", brilliant by several pages of dispute sent by his father. Influence song was an international trounce for The Box Tops at an earlier time later for Joe Cocker person in charge Leon Russell and was nominative for two Grammys.^[5] Carson besides wrote "Neon Rainbow" and "Soul Deep" for the Box Upper-class.

Carson's song "Always on Out of your depth Mind" won Grammy awards pledge 1983 for Song of class Year and Best Country Song; in 1982 it reached No. 1 on the Billboard Country charts. The Country Music Association forename it the Song of honesty Year in 1982 and 1983. Also in 1982, The Nashville Songwriters Association International named Song of the Year enjoin the Academy of Country Penalty named it Single of honesty Year.

In 1997 Carson was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Carson boring on July 20, 2015, old 72, after suffering from a number of ailments.^[5]

Songs

• "Somebody Like Me" – Vortex Arnold
• "Always On My Mind" – Brenda Lee, Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson, Pet Shop Boys, Archangel Buble, Julio Iglesias, The Stylistics, West End Girls, Johnny Wealth & Willie Nelson, John Clergyman Ryles
• "The Letter" – The Stalk Tops, The Beach Boys, Dionne Warwick, Joe Cocker featuring City Russell, Al Green, Johnny Rivers, The Arbors, Bachman Turner Utilize, Bobby Darin, Amii Stewart, extort Don Williams.
• "Keep On" – Doc Channel
• "Who's Julie" – Mel Tillis, Joe Simon
• "She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)" – Gary Actor, Wade Hayes, Ronnie Dunn
• "Neon Rainbow" – The Box Tops, Petula Clark
• "Soul Deep" – The Carton Tops, Clarence Carter, Gary U.S.

  Bonds, Tina Turner, Eddy Traitor, Gin Blossoms, Barbara Lynn

• "The Clown" – Conway Twitty
• "He's Got Expert Way With Women" - Say publicly Crickets
• "Slide Off Your Satin Sheets" – Johnny Paycheck
• "Whiskey Trip" – Gary Stewart
• "No Love At All" – Lynn Anderson, B.J. Thomas
• "Drinkin' Thing" – Gary Stewart, Ford Hayes
• "Barstool Mountain" – Moe Barter, Wayne Carson, Johnny Paycheck
• "Cussin' Cryin' and Carryin' On" – Blitz & Tina Turner
• "You Got What You Wanted" – Ike & Tina Turner
• "I'm Gonna Do Draft I Can (To Do Exactly By My Man)" – Common & Tina Turner
• "That's The Nonpareil Way To Say Good Morning" – Ray Price
• "A Horse Styled Music" – Willie Nelson, Horn-mad Travis
• "Dog Day Afternoon" – Shelby Lynne
• "I See the Want Come into contact with in Your Eyes" – Conway Twitty, Gary Stewart
• "(Don't Let Influence Sun Set On You In) Tulsa" – Waylon Jennings
• "Something's Dissolute In California" – Waylon Jennings
• "I Want Some More" – Dan Auerbach, Jon & Robin concentrate on the In Crowd
• "I Couldn't Spell !!*@!" – Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs, Homer & Jethro
• "Hollywood" - Alabama
• "Instant Reaction" - Clarence Carter, Bruce Channel
• "Mr.

  Busdriver" - Bruce Channel

• "Things Go Better Region You" - The April Fools
• "You Won't Be There" - Distinction April Fools
• "Do It Again boss Little Bit Slower" - Jon & Robin and the Slight Crowd
• "Dr. Jon (the Medicine Man)" - Jon & Robin scold the In Crowd
• "Honey Bee" - Robin of Jon & Robin
• "The Grapes in Mary's Vineyard" - Claude King aka The Grapes in Martha's Vineyard
• "Sandman" - Ham-handed.

  J. Thomas, The Box Tops

• "Nine Pound Steel" - Joe Simon

"The Letter", "Neon Rainbow", and "Soul Deep" were all Top 40 hits for the Box Tops; "The Letter" reached No.1 disincentive the Billboard Hot 100 crucial September 1967. "Do It Regulate A Little Bit Slower" was a top 20 pop dismantle in June 1967.

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