'The Letter' songwriter Wayne Carson dies at age 72

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'The Letter' songwriter Wayne Carson dies at age 72

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Grammy-winning songwriter Wayne Carson, who wrote hits like the Willie Nelson classic "Always On My Mind," and The Box Tops' "The Letter," has died. He was 72.

Carson died on Monday in Nashville, Tennessee, in hospice care after a lengthy illness, according to family friend Shirley Hutchins.

He got his first No. 1 hit in 1966 on "Somebody Like Me," performed by Eddy Arnold, and his songs have been covered by artists across genres, from Elvis Presley to Al Green. "Always On My Mind," co-written with Johnny Christopher and Mark James, won two Grammy Awards in 1982.

He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1997.


-- (c) Associated Press 2015-07-22

[Always18]

"The Letter" - great lyrics from Wayne Carson but the best interpretation for me will always be the Joe Cocker version (Mad dogs and Englishmen tour).

[Pinot]

Give me a ticket for an aeroplane

Ain't got time to take a fast train

Lonely days are gone

I'm a going home

My baby wrote me a letter

The story behind the song:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Letter_(The_Box_Tops_song)

[sammygood]

no idea who that is, i know the willy nelson song, but this is one for the TV old timers i guess

[chickenslegs]

no idea who that is, i know the willy nelson song, but this is one for the TV old timers i guess

One of the very few good things about being an "old timer" is that we can remember the days of great music...

...even if we can't remember what it was we came upstairs for.