Don Robertson (songwriter)

Donald Irwin Robertson (December 5, 1922 – March 16, 2015) 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.^[1] It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.^[2]

Although contracted to Capitol at the time of his biggest selling hit single, Robertson subsequently signed a recording contract with RCA Victor. He composed or co-composed with Hal Blair, many hits for other musicians, including Elvis Presley who recorded over a dozen of Robertson's songs, five of which appeared in Presley's numerous films.^[2] He died in 2015.^[3]

Best known published songs

• "Anything That's Part of You" (performed by Elvis Presley)
• "Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger" (with Doris Clement and John Crutchfield)
• "Born to Be with You" (performed by The Chordettes)
• "Hummingbird" (performed by Les Paul and Mary Ford and Frankie Laine)
• "I can't seem to say goodbye" (performed by Jerry Lee Lewis, Jean Shepard, Hawkshaw Hawkins.
• "I Don't Hurt Anymore" (with Walter E. Rollins), (performed by Hank Snow)
• "I Love You More and More Every Day" (performed by Al Martino)
• "I Met Her Today" (with Hal Blair), (performed by Elvis Presley)
• "I'm Counting on You" (performed by Elvis Presley)
• "I Really Don't Want to Know" (with Howard Barnes), (performed by Elvis Presley)
• "Love Me Tonight" (performed by Elvis Presley)
• "Ninety Miles an Hour (Down a Dead End Street)" (with Hal Blair), (performed by Hank Snow)
• "No More" (based on the song "La Paloma", co-written with Hal Blair, performed by Elvis Presley and Dean Martin)
• "Not One Minute More" (with Hal Blair), (performed by Della Reese)
• "Please Help Me, I'm Falling" (with Hal Blair), (performed by Hank Locklin)
• "Ringo" (with Hal Blair), (performed by Lorne Greene)
• "Stand In" (with Hal Blair), (performed by Don Robertson himself and Jim Reeves)
• "There's Always Me" (performed by Elvis Presley and Jim Reeves)
• "You're Free to Go" (with Lou Herscher) (performed by Carl Smith)

References

External links

• Don Robertson site
• Nashville Songwriters' Foundation Biography of Don Robertson
• Obituary