Dallas Frazier: Last News

Country songwriter Dallas Frazier died, age 82, on Friday at a care facility in Gallatin, TN after suffering two strokes in late 2021.The three-time Grammy nominee's songs were recorded by the likes of Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Diana Ross, Engelbert Humperdink, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Jack Greene, George Jones, Charley Pride, Emmylou Harris, and Tanya Tucker.In 1981, The Oak Ridge Boys covered Dallas' 1961 track Elvira, which became one of their signature songs. RIP: Country songwriter Dallas Frazier died, age 82, on Friday at a care facility in Gallatin, TN after suffering two strokes in late 2021 (pictured in 2019)'We lost a dear friend today,' the five-time Grammy-winning band said in a statement on Friday.'Dallas Frazier had an influence on our country music career from the beginning.

Dallas Frazier was a hit-making country music songwriter known for writing “Elvira,” which was a hit for the Oak Ridge Boys.  Dallas Frazier was a legendary country music songwriter who wrote number one hit songs for the Oak Ridge Boys and Emmylou Harris. He was still a teenager when he started working with country music icon Ferlin Husky and released his first single, “Space Command,” at the age of 14.

Country songwriter Dallas Frazier died, age 82, on Friday at a care facility in Gallatin, TN after suffering two strokes in late 2021.The three-time Grammy nominee's songs were recorded by the likes of Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Diana Ross, Engelbert Humperdink, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Jack Greene, George Jones, Charley Pride, Emmylou Harris, and Tanya Tucker.In 1981, The Oak Ridge Boys covered Dallas' 1961 track Elvira, which became one of their signature songs. RIP: Country songwriter Dallas Frazier died, age 82, on Friday at a care facility in Gallatin, TN after suffering two strokes in late 2021 (pictured in 2019)'We lost a dear friend today,' the five-time Grammy-winning band said in a statement on Friday.'Dallas Frazier had an influence on our country music career from the beginning.

Country songwriter Dallas Frazier died, age 82, on Friday at a care facility in Gallatin, TN after suffering two strokes in late 2021.The three-time Grammy nominee's songs were recorded by the likes of Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Diana Ross, Engelbert Humperdink, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Jack Greene, George Jones, Charley Pride, Emmylou Harris, and Tanya Tucker.In 1981, The Oak Ridge Boys covered Dallas' 1961 track Elvira, which became one of their signature songs. RIP: Country songwriter Dallas Frazier died, age 82, on Friday at a care facility in Gallatin, TN after suffering two strokes in late 2021 (pictured in 2019)'We lost a dear friend today,' the five-time Grammy-winning band said in a statement on Friday.'Dallas Frazier had an influence on our country music career from the beginning.

Dallas Frazier, the songwriter behind such country hits as The Oak Ridge Boys’ “Elvira,” The Hollywood Argyles’ “Alley Oop” and Emmylou Harris’ “Beneath Still Waters,” has died, according to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s CEO Kyle Young. He was 82.