John D. Loudermilk (born March 31, 1934) is an American singer and songwriter.Contents [hide] 1 Biography 2 Notable compositions 3 Discography 3.1 Albums 3.2 Singles 3.3 Guest singles 4 References 5 External links
[edit] Biography
Born in Durham, North Carolina, Loudermilk grew up in a family who were members of the Salvation Army faith and was influenced by the church singing. His cousins Ira and Charlie Loudermilk were known professionally as the Louvin Brothers. Loudermilk is a graduate of Campbell College (now Campbell University), a private North Carolina Baptist Convention-owned college in Buies Creek, North Carolina.
As a young boy he learned to play the guitar, and while still in his teens wrote a poem that he set to music. The owners of the local television station, where he worked as a handyman, allowed him to play it on air resulting in country musician George Hamilton IV putting it on record (the song; "A Rose And A Baby Ruth"). After Eddie Cochran had his first hit record with Loudermilk's song, "Sittin' in the Balcony", his career path in music was firmly set.
Loudermilk recorded some of his songs, including "Sittin' in the Balcony", under the stage name Johnny Dee (reaching #38 on the pop charts in 1957), and had a number of hits on RCA Victor; "Language Of Love" (US #32/UK Top 20) in 1961, "Thou Shalt Not Steal" (US #73), "Callin' Doctor Casey" (US #83) and "Road Hog (US #65) all in 1962, but it was as a songwriter that he made his mark. Working out of country music capital Nashville, Tennessee, Loudermilk became one of the most productive songwriters of the 1960s and 1970s, penning country and pop music hits for the Everly Brothers, Johnny Tillotson, Chet Atkins, The Nashville Teens, Paul Revere & the Raiders, Johnny Cash, Marianne Faithfull, Stonewall Jackson, Sue Thompson and others.
Loudermilk was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1976. [edit] Notable compositions "Angela Jones" (a hit for Johnny Ferguson) "A Rose and a Baby Ruth" (a hit for George Hamilton IV) "Break My Mind" (covered by Glen Campbell, Linda Rondstadt and Gram Parsons) "Ebony Eyes" (a hit for The Everly Brothers) "Google Eye" (a hit for The Nashville Teens) "The Great Snowman" "Indian Reservation" (a hit for Don Fardon and later for Paul Revere and The Raiders) "Indian Outlaw" "Let's Think About Living" (a hit for Bob Luman) "Norman" (a hit for Sue Thompson) "Paper Tiger" (a hit for Sue Thompson) "Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)" (a hit for Sue Thompson) "Talk Back Trembling Lips" (a hit for Johnny Tillotson) "The Language of Love" "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" (a hit for The Casinos) "This Little Bird" (a hit for Marianne Faithfull and The Nashville Teens) "Thou Shalt Not Steal" (a hit for Dick and Dee Dee) "Tobacco Road" (a hit for The Nashville Teens) "Top 40, News, Weather and Sports" recorded 1961 by Mark Dinning "Torture" (a hit for Kris Jenson) "Turn Me On" "Waterloo" (a hit for Stonewall Jackson) "Windy and Warm" "You Call It Joggin' (I Call It Runnin' Around) (recorded by Mose Allison) [edit] Discography [edit] AlbumsYear Album Label 1961 Language of Love RCA 1962 Twelve Sides of John D. Loudermilk 1966 A Bizarre Collection of the Most Unusual Songs 1967 Suburban Attitudes in Country Verse 1968 Country Love Songs 1969 The Open Mind of John D. Loudermilk 1970 The Best of John D. Loudermilk 1971 Volume 1-Elloree Warner 1979 Just Passing Through MIM
[edit] SinglesYear Single Chart Positions Album US Country US 1957 "Sittin' in the Balcony" — 38 single only 1961 "Language of Love" — 32 Language of Love 1962 "Thou Shalt Not Steal" — 73 singles only "Callin' Dr. Casey" — 83 "Road Hog" — 65 Twelve Sides 1963 "Bad News" 23 — singles only 1964 "Blue Train (Of the Heartbreak Line)" 44 132 "Th' Wife" 45 — 1965 "That Ain't All" 20 — 1966 "Silver Cloud Talkin' Blues" — — A Bizarre Collection of the Most Unusual Songs "You're the Guilty One" — — single only 1967 "It's My Time" 51 — Suburban Attitudes in Country Verse 1968 "Old Folks of Okracoke" — — single only 1969 "Brown Girl" — — The Open Mind of John D. Loudermilk 1971 "Lord Have Mercy" — — Volume 1-Elloree 1979 "Every Day I Learn a Little More About Love" — — Just Passing Through
[edit] Guest singlesYear Single Artist US Country 1967 "Chet's Tune" Some of Chet's Friends 38
