I'm sure a struggling country singer-songwriter would be happy with that.Ĭheck out my other comment on this blog about Linde and how he fits into the country music scene. In this current (post-Beatles) world of "writing and performing your own material" I'm sure Dennis Linde would have said …Įlvis barely wrote a song (yes, he actually has a couple of co-writing credits where he actually did contribute to the writing of the song … having said that his take on music renders a lot of songs covered totally different to the originals but that is something off topic here) but he knew what he liked.Īn album track on an Elvis album (given their volume of sales) is good eating money, but a Top 10 in the US that is the gift that keeps giving.Īn Elvis had a #2 in the US (and a Top 10 in the UKL and elsewhere) with Dennis Linde's "Burning Love" in 1972 and he also recorded two more Linde compositions – 'For The Heart' and 'I Got A Feelin' In My Body' as album tracks (and B sides) in the 70s.Īnd, then, the songs are covered by others because Elvis did them … over 90 for "Burning Love" … the gift that keeps giving. The attention earned him a deal with Elektra, which released his self-titled sophomore record in 1973". " He also signed a solo deal with Mercury's Intrepid imprint, issuing his debut effort, Linde Manor … In 1972, Elvis scored his final number one hit with "Burning Love," (actually it was a #2) launching Linde to the forefront of Nashville songwriters. Linde scored his first major hit a year later when Roy Drusky cut his "Long Long Texas Road.
#DENIS LINDE LICENSE#
When speeding tickets cost him his license and his day job, Linde turned to songwriting, relocating to Nashville in 1969 to join the Combine Music staff (which also included Kris Kristofferson, Mickey Newbury, and Wanda Jackson). Louis band the Starlighters, driving a dry-cleaning delivery truck by day. During the late '60s, he played in the St.
Louis, first picking up the guitar at the age of 15. Born Ma, in Abilene, TX, Linde spent much of his adolescence in St. He also wrote "Goodbye Earl", a gold single for the Chicks in 2000.Dennis Linde (Ma– December 22, 2006) … "Songwriter Dennis Linde remained a fixture of the country charts for decades, penning blockbusters for everyone from Elvis Presley to the Dixie Chicks. country hits "Long Long Texas Road", "The Love She Found in Me", "Walkin' a Broken Heart", "Then It's Love", "I'm Gonna Get You", "In a Letter to You", "Bubba Shot the Jukebox", "It Sure Is Monday", "Callin' Baton Rouge", and "John Deere Green". He is best known for writing the 1972 Elvis Presley hit, "Burning Love", and he also wrote the top-5 U.S. Linde died of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2006 at the age of 63. In 2001, he was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. His wife and daughter collected the awards because Linde shunned awards shows and avoided publicity. In 1994, Linde won BMI's "Top Writer Award" and received four awards as BMI's most-performed titles for that year. Rarely working with co-writers, he wrote both words and music for most of his songs. Dennis Linde was an American music songwriter based in Nashville who has had over 250 of his songs recorded.
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