American Songwriter

Born on This Day in 1928, the Country Star Who Overcame a Stutter to Notch a String of Hits and Wrote an International No. 1 for Ray Charles

On this day (April 2) in 1928, Don Gibson was born in Shelby, North Carolina. He started his career as a recording artist. However, Gibson didn’t find chart success until he started writing his own ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 2003, Country Music Said Goodbye to the Sad Poet Whose Songs Were Recorded by the Likes of Johnny Cash, Neil Young, and Patsy Cline

On this day (November 17) in 2003, country singer/songwriter Don Gibson died at the age of 75. Throughout his career, he wrote and recorded some of the most memorable and widely-covered songs in ...