Howard, Harlan Perry

Howard, Harlan Perry
▪ 2003

      American country songwriter (b. Sept. 8, 1927/29, Lexington, Ky.—d. March 3, 2002, Nashville, Tenn.), wrote more than 4,000 songs during his six-decade-long career and saw over 100 of them—including “Heartaches by the Number” (1959), “I Fall to Pieces” (1961; co-written with Hank Cochran), and “Busted,” which won a Grammy Award in 1963—reach the country top 10; from 1984 to 1995 the Harlan Howard Birthday Bash concert and picnic was held in Nashville to raise funds for songwriters organizations. Known as “Mr. Songwriter” and the “dean of Nashville songwriters,” Howard was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1997.

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