Graeme gibson biography of donald

Graeme gibson biography of donald: Thomas Graeme Cameron Gibson CM FRCGS

Donald Eugene Gibson April 3, [ 1 ] — November 17, was an American songwriter and country musician. Gibson was nicknamed "The Sad Poet" because he frequently wrote songs that told of loneliness and lost love. He dropped out of school in the second grade. His first band was called Sons of the Soil, with whom he made his first recording for Mercury Records in The afternoon session resulted in a double-sided hit on both the country and pop charts.

Gibson recorded a series of successful duets with Dottie West in the late s and early s, the most successful of which were the Number two country hit "Rings of Gold" and the top 10 hit "There's a Story Goin' Round" Roy Orbison was a fan of Gibson's songwriting, and in , he recorded an album of his songs simply titled Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson.

Don married Bobbi Patterson in He died of natural causes on November 17, Gibson was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in Originally constructed in , the renovated art deco gem features an exhibit of the life and accomplishments of singer-songwriter Don Gibson, an intimate seat music hall, and adjoining function space that can accommodate up to people.