Dallas Frazier, writer of Oak Ridge Boys hit 'Elvira' and others songs, dead at 82
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Songwriter Dallas Frazier, a multi-time Grammy winner who is enshrined in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, died on Friday, according to a report. He was 82.
"Dallas Frazier is among the greatest country songwriters of all time," said Kyle Young, CEO of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Billboard reported.
Frazier, who was born in Spiro, Oklahoma, also co-wrote numerous No. 1 hits with A.L. "Doodle" Owens, including 1969’s "All I Have to Offer You (Is Me)," which was Charley Pride‘s first No. 1 Billboard Hot Country Songs hit. Pride scored two other No. 1 country hits alongside Frazier and Owens, include "(I’m So) Afraid of Losing You Again," in 1969, "I Can’t Believe That You’ve Stopped Loving Me," in1970, and "Then Who Am I," in 1974. (Pride died in 2020 to COVID-19-related complications).
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