Cindy Walker

Cindy Walker, born July 20, 1918 is an American singer/songwriter and dancer.

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Born in Mart, Texas, Walker wrote a great many hit songs for a number of country music stars such as Bob Wills, Eddy Arnold, and Carl Smith. Walker wrote songs for Bing Crosby and the 1962 rock song "Dream Baby" for Roy Orbison. She also authored "Distant Drums" for Jim Reeves, a song that stayed at No.1 on the British charts for five weeks in 1966.

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Other popular songs she wrote include "You Don't Know Me" co-written with Eddy Arnold and recorded by Ray Charles. She also penned "In The Misty Moonlight" that was a big hit for both Jerry Wallace and Dean Martin, plus the Western song made popular by Gene Autry, "Blue Canadian Rockies".

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For Bob Wills, she wrote many of his hit songs and they co-wrote "Sugar Moon" which years after being a considerable success for him was included by k.d. lang on her Shadowland album.

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In addition to her song writing, Walker also sang on stage and recorded a number of albums. Some of her best recording work was produced by Fred Foster at his Monument Records.

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In 1970, she became a charter inductee to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 1997 she was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and in 1998 into the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame.

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July 20: July 20 is the 201st day (202nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 164 days remaining....

1918: 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar....

Mart, Texas: Mart is a city located in Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 2,273....

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