Leon Payne

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Born
15 June 1917
Born In
Wood County, Texas, United States
Died
11 September 1969 (aged 52)
Leon Payne (Alba, TX, June 15, 1917 – September 11, 1969), "the Blind Balladeer", was an American country music singer and songwriter. He wrote hundreds of country songs in a prolific career that lasted from 1941 until his death in 1969. He is perhaps best known for his hits "I Love You Because", "You've Still Got a Place in My Heart" and the 1948 song "Lost Highway", a song made famous by Hank Williams in 1949. Leon Payne recorded under the alias Rock Rogers in the rockabilly style. He also wrote under the pen-name of "Pat Patter… read more
Leon Payne (Alba, TX, June 15, 1917 – September 11, 1969), "the Blind Balladeer", was an American country music singer and songwriter. He wrote hundreds of country songs in a prolific career that lasted from 1941 until his death in 1969. He is perhaps best known for his hits &quo… read more
Leon Payne (Alba, TX, June 15, 1917 – September 11, 1969), "the Blind Balladeer", was an American country music singer and songwriter. He wrote hundreds of country songs in a prolific career that lasted from 1941 until his death in 1969. He is perhaps best known for his hits "I Love You Because", "You've Still Got a Place in My He… read more

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1 Play track Country Volume 9 I Love You Because
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2 Play track A Living Legend of Country Music Lost Highway
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3 A Living Legend of Country Music They'll Never Take Her Love From Me
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4 Play track Real Rockabilly Vol 2 I'm a Lone Wolf
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5 Early Country and Western from Bullet Records of Nashville Empty Arms
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6 A Shot in the Dark - Tennessee Jive - Country Music on Nashville's Independent Labels 1945-1955, Vol. 1 Don't Try It
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7 Play track 28 Big Ones I Die Ten Thousand Times A Day
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8 Baby Boy / Lost Highway Baby Boy
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9 A Living Legend of Country Music Pride Goes Before The Fall
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10 I Love You Because Mailman
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  1. 511 listeners

    1963 · 12 tracks

    A Living Legend of Country Music
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  2. 245 listeners

    2008 · 24 tracks

    Lost Highway
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  3. 186 listeners

    1987 · 15 tracks

    I Love You Because
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