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      • Dallas Frazier (October 27, 1939 – January 14, 2022) was an American country musician and singer-songwriter. Frazier was born in Spiro, Oklahoma. His career lasted from 1954 until 1988. His best known songs were "Elvira", "There Goes My Everything", and "Alley Oop". In 1966, he was nominated for a Grammy Award.
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    Dallas Frazier (October 27, 1939 – January 14, 2022) was an American country musician and songwriter who had success in the 1950s and 1960s. [1] Life and career. Frazier was born in Spiro, Oklahoma, on October 27, 1939, [2] but was raised in Bakersfield, California. [2] .

  4. www.nytimes.com › music › dallas-frazier-deadDallas Frazier, Who Wrote Hits for Country Stars, Dies at 82

    Jan 16, 2022 · Dallas June Frazier was born on Oct. 27, 1939, in Spiro, Okla. His parents, William Floyd Frazier and Eva Marie Laughlin Frazier, were itinerant laborers who moved the family to...

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  5. people.com › country › dallas-frazier-countryDallas Frazier Dead: Celebrated Country Songwriter Dies at 82

    Jan 17, 2022 · Born on Oct. 27, 1939, in Spiro, Oklahoma, Frazier found songwriting success early in life as a teenager. At age 14, Frazier began recording for Capitol Records, and in 1960 he penned the song...

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  7. www.udiscovermusic.com › news › dallas-frazierDallas Frazier, Hit Writer For The Oak Ridge Boys, Emmylou ...

    Jan 17, 2022 · Celebrated and prolific country songwriter and artist Dallas Frazier, perhaps best known as the composer of the Oak Ridge Boys’ platinum-selling 1981 smash “Elvira,” died on January 14 at the age...

  8. www.rollingstone.com › music › music-countryDallas Frazier, 'Elvira' Songwriter, Dead at 82 - Rolling Stone

    Jan 15, 2022 · Dallas Frazier, the country songwriter behind enduring hits like “Elvira” and “Beneath Still Waters,” died Jan. 14, his family announced on Facebook. He was 82. Born Oct. 27, 1939,...

  9. musicrow.com › 2022 › 01Songwriting Titan Dallas Frazier Dies - MusicRow.com

    Jan 16, 2022 · He was born in Spiro, Oklahoma in 1939, but was raised in Bakersfield, California. Frazier recalled his early years as being characterized by labor camps and cotton fields. The boy was highly musical, teaching himself to play guitar, piano and other instruments. He was writing songs by age 12.

  10. variety.com › 2022 › musicDallas Frazier Dead at 82: Songwriter Penned 'Elvira' and ...

    Jan 16, 2022 · Dallas Frazier, a songwriter who broke out with the pop novelty hit “Alley Oop” and went on pen country classics like the Oak Ridge Boys ‘ “Elvira,” died Friday at 82. “Dallas Frazier is among...

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