John Dee Loudermilk Jr. (March 31, 1934 – September 21, 2016) was an American singer and songwriter. Although he had his own recording career during the 1950s and 1960s, he was primarily known as a songwriter. His best-known songs include "

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", a 1968 hit for UK singer

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and a U.S. No. 1 hit in 1971 for

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. He wrote " Ebony Eyes", a 1961 U.K. No. 1 and U.S. No. 8 for

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, and also wrote "

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", a 1964 Top 20 hit in both the U.S. and the U.K. for

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, "This Little Bird", a U.K. No. 6 for

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in 1965, and "

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", a U.S. Top Ten hit in 1967 for

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. That song was also a U.S. No. 1 country hit for

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in the following year.

Early life and career

Loudermilk was born in Durham, North Carolina, to Pauline and John D. Loudermilk Sr., an illiterate carpenter. John D. Jr.'s family were members of the

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. He was influenced by the church singing of the

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. His cousins

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and Charlie Loudermilk were known professionally as

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. Loudermilk was a graduate of Campbell College (now

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), a private North Carolina Baptist Convention-owned college in

Buies Creek, North Carolina Buies Creek ()
, from the North Carolina Collection's website at the

. As a young boy, Loudermilk learned the guitar, and while still in his teens wrote a poem that he set to music, "

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". The owners of local television station

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, where he worked as a graphic artist, allowed him to play the song on-air, resulting in

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musician

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putting it on record in 1956. It spent 20 weeks on the Billboard magazine pop chart, reaching No. 6. After

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had his first hit record with Loudermilk's "

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", Loudermilk's career path was under way. Loudermilk recorded some of his own songs—including "Sittin' in the Balcony", which reached No. 38 on the pop charts in 1957—as "Johnny Dee", for the North Carolina-based

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label. In 1958, he signed with

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and recorded five unsuccessful singles to 1959, including the original version of "Tobacco Road". In 1961, he signed with

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, where he had a number of hits: * "Language of Love" (US No. 32, UK Top 20) in 1961 * "

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" (US No. 73) in 1962 * "Callin' Doctor Casey" (US No. 83) in 1962 * "Road Hog" (US No. 65) in 1962 It was as a songwriter that Loudermilk made his mark. In 1963 he wrote another all-time hit for George Hamilton IV, " Abilene". Working out of the country music capital of

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, Tennessee, Loudermilk became one of the most productive songwriters of the 1960s and 1970s, penning

and pop music hits for

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and others. His song "The Pale Faced Indian" (later known as "

") was a hit in the 1970s; and "

" was a hit in the 1960s and 1970s for, among others, the Nashville Teens,

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, and

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. Several singers recorded "Midnight Bus"; Loudermilk commented that the best was by

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. After suffering from prostate cancer and respiratory ailments, Loudermilk died on September 21, 2016, at his home in Christiana, Tennessee. He was 82. The actual cause of death was a heart attack, according to his son Michael. The John D. Loudermilk Collection is in the

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of the Wilson Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

"Indian Reservation"

A well-known story surrounding one of Loudermilk's songs is that, when he was asked by the ''Viva! NashVegas'' radio show about the origins of the Raiders' hit song "

", he fabricated the story that he wrote the song after his car was snowed in by a blizzard and he was taken in by

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Indians. A self-professed

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ster, he spun the tale that a Cherokee chieftain, "Bloody Bear Tooth" asked him to make a song about his people's plight and the

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, even going so far as to claim that he had later been awarded "the first medal of the

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", not for writing the song, but for his "blood"; further fabricating that his "great-great grandparents, Homer and Matilda Loudermilk" were listed on the

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. Had this tall tale been true, he would have been a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, which he was not. In spite of the song's title, neither the

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, nor the

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, nor the

of Oklahoma communities (the only

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Cherokee tribes) are known as "reservations".

Notable compositions

* " Abilene" (a hit for

) * "Angela Jones" (a hit in the US for Johnny Ferguson and in the UK for Michael Cox) * "

" (a hit for George Hamilton IV) * "Bad News" (covered by Johnny Cash,

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, and

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) * "Big Daddy ('s Alabamy Bound)" (covered by

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Jerry Reed Jerry Reed Hubbard (March 20, 1937 – September 1, 2008) was an American singer, guitarist, composer, and songwriter as well as an actor who appeared in more than a dozen films. His signature songs included " Guitar Man", " U.S. Male", "A Thi ...

, and

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) * "Blue Train" (George Hamilton IV – 1972) * "Break My Mind" (covered by George Hamilton IV,

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Sammy Davis Jr. Samuel George Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American singer, dancer, actor, comedian, film producer and television director. At age three, Davis began his career in vaudeville with his father Sammy Davis Sr. and the ...

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, Gram Parsons, Wreckless Eric, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Flying Burrito Brothers,

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and

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) * "(He's My) Dreamboat" (a hit for Connie Francis) * " Ebony Eyes" (a hit for

) * " Everything's Alright" (a No. 16 ''Billboard'' hit for the Newbeats) * "Google Eye" (a hit for

) * "The Great Snowman" ( Bob Luman) * "Hey Ma ! (Hide The Daughter)" (a single for "Little" Jimmy Dickens, 1959) * "He's Just a Scientist" (a notable recording by John D. Loudermilk himself, also recorded by Connie Francis in 1961, but unreleased until 1987) * "I Hear It Now" (a notable recording by John D. Loudermilk himself) * " I Wanna Live" (a hit for

) * "I'll Never Tell" (recorded by

) * "

" (a hit for

and later for Paul Revere and The Raiders; also included in "

Indian Outlaw "Indian Outlaw" is a song written by Jumpin' Gene Simmons and John D. Loudermilk, and performed by American country music artist Tim McGraw. It was released in January 1994 as the first single from his album ''Not a Moment Too Soon''. It was McGr ...

") * "

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" (a hit for

) * "Paper Tiger" (a hit for

) * "Road Hog" (1962, A Portuguese version called "O Calhambeque" released in 1963 by Brazilian singer Roberto Carlos is a very big hit in Brazil, well known to the public until today; same story in France with Joe Dassin's version "Bip bip" in 1964) * "

Sad Movies (Make Me Cry) "Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)" is a 1961 pop song by the American singer Sue Thompson. The song was written by John D. Loudermilk and appears on Thompson's 1962 Hickory Records album ''Meet Sue Thompson''. Background Although Thompson was in her thir ...

" (a hit for

)(covered by Boney M; there's a Portuguese version, "Filme Triste", released in 1962 by Brazilian vocal group

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) * "Sittin' in the Balcony" ( a hit for

) * "

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", (recorded in 1965 by Skeeter Davis, and in 1967 by Sandy Posey, became a hit in UK in 1984 for Tracey Ullman) * "

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" (a hit for both

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and

) * "The Language of Love" * "

" (a hit for The Casinos (1967),

(1968),

(1976), Toby Beau (1979), Neal McCoy (1996); also covered by more than a dozen others including

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& Johnny Nash * "This Little Bird" (a hit for

and The Nashville Teens) * "

" (a hit for Dick and Dee Dee) * "

" (a hit for The Nashville Teens (1964); also recorded by

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(1963, 1966), the

(1966),

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(1966), Rare Earth (1969), Edgar Winter's White Trash (1970),

(1985) and many more) * "Top 40, News, Weather and Sports" recorded 1961 by

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* "Torture" (a hit in English for

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, also recorded in

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and

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as "Cœur blessé" and Italian as "Pagherai" by Petula Clark) * " Turn Me On" (made famous by Norah Jones' cover) * "

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" (a hit for

) * "Weep No More My Baby" (B-side to Brenda Lee's hit " Sweet Nothin's") * "What A Woman in Love Won't Do" (Sandy Posey) * "Windy and Warm" (Played by guitarists Chet Atkins and Doc Watson) * "You Call It Joggin' (I Call It Runnin' Around) (recorded by Mose Allison and

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)

Discography

Albums

Singles

Guest singles

Notes

References

External links

* *
John D. Loudermilk Collection
Southern Folklife Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
NAMM Oral History Interview
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