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Harlan Howard
Sign in to saveAmerican country music songwriter (1927–2002)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Duck Calls - an Enduring American Folk Art
- Turkey calls
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1927
- Active to
- 2002
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,257
- Total plays
- 7,718
Tags
country
Harlan Howard (1927-2002), a native of Detroit, was one of the most prolific and successful of the “old school” Nashville songwriters. While living and working in Los Angeles, he enjoyed a few minor successes, before the break-out hits “Pick Me Up On Your Way Down” and “Heartaches by the Number” led him to move to Nashville in 1960. There, he became an immediate success, his songs recorded by innumerable country artists. Among his biggest hits was the Patsy Cline classic “I Fall to Pieces. <a h
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Perry
- Family name
- Howard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Lexington
- Place of death
- Nashville
- Spouse
- Jan Howard
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- country music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Monument Records
- Work location
- Nashville
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- date of birth
- 1927-09-08
- date of death
- 2002-03-03
- place of burial
- Tennessee
- start of work period
- 1958-00-00
- birth name
- Harlan Perry Howard
- name in native language
- Harlan Howard
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
Sources (2)
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