Harlan Perry Howard was an American songwriter, principally in country music.
10 Facts About Harlan Howard
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Harlan Howard was born on September 8,1927, in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up on a farm in Michigan.
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In later years, Harlan Howard recalled the personal formative influence of country music:.
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Harlan Howard completed only nine years of formal education, though he was an avid reader.
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Harlan Howard did manual labor while writing songs and pushing his finished material.
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Harlan Howard's songs were so immediately successful that, in 1961 alone, he had fifteen of his compositions on the country music charts, earning him ten BMI awards.
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Harlan Howard wrote the classic Kingston Trio song "Everglades", and the song "Busted", originally a hit for both Ray Charles and Johnny Cash and later a hit for John Conlee who used the song to create awareness for Feed the Children.
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Harlan Howard coined the oft-quoted phrase defining a great country song as Three Chords and the Truth.
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Harlan Howard was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1973, the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1997, and the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1997.
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Harlan Howard died in Nashville in 2002, at the age of 74, and was buried in Nashville City Cemetery.