Don Robertson
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American songwriter b. 1922 (1922–2015)
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- Praise the Human Season
- Musical Kaleidoscope Project : World One
- Scale
- Ripples in Time
- Illustrated Philosophy Primer for Young Readers
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#1 Don Robertson (born Donald Irwin Robertson, December 5, 1922, Beijing, China) was an American songwriter and pianist, mostly in the country and popular music genres. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. As a performer, he hit the US Top 10 with "The Happy Whistler" in 1956. The track reached #8 in the UK Singles Chart the same year. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. He composed or co-composed with Hal Blair <a href="https://www.las
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Robertson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Beijing
- Occupation
- pianist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- RCA Victor
- Image
- Don Robertson (1966).png
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- date of birth
- 1922-12-05
- date of death
- 2015-03-16
- birth name
- Donald Irwin Robertson
- name in native language
- Don Robertson
- different from
- Donald Robertson
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
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