The legendary songwriter penned hits for stars including Garth Brooks, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Kenny Rogers, Randy Travis and Tanya Tucker. By Russ Penuell The songs told the stories. The artists made ...
Schlitz wrote some of country music's most enduring songs, and was lauded with several lifetime achievement awards. By Lars Brandle Don Schlitz, one of country music’s all-time songwriting greats, a ...
Don Schlitz, a hit songwriter whose solo composition “The Gambler” became a crossover smash for Kenny Rogers in 1978, died Thursday. He was 73. No cause was given, but a statement announcing his death ...
Don Schlitz, who shot to country music fame and fortune as the songwriter behind all-time classic hits including "The Gambler" and "Forever and Ever, Amen," has died. According to a press release, ...
A short list of Don Schlitz's best songs reads like a short list of the greatest country songs ever recorded. Very few writers can claim so many timeless titles. It began in 1978, when Kenny Rogers ...
Songwriter Don Schlitz, who wrote hit tunes for Kenny Rogers, Randy Travis, Mary Chapin Carpenter and the Judds, has died at 73. His best known song was arguably the 1980 number “The Gambler,” which ...
One source says the Palm Beach socialite will be an "enormous asset" to the life and career of the president's oldest son Linda Marx is a writer and reporter for PEOPLE in the areas of entertainment, ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Don Schlitz, one of country music’s most prolific songwriters, has died, the County Music Association announced Friday. He was 73. According to CMA officials, Schlitz passed ...
Don Schlitz, one of country music's most celebrated songwriters, has died at age 73. The Country Music Hall of Fame member passed on April 16 at a Nashville hospital after a sudden illness. Schlitz is ...