American country music singer-songwriter (1930–2016)
Curly Putman
Birth name
Claude Putman Jr.
Born
(1930-11-20)November 20, 1930 Princeton, Alabama, U.S.
Died
October 30, 2016(2016-10-30) (aged 85) Lebanon, Tennessee, U.S.
Genres
Country music
Occupation(s)
Songwriter
Musical artist
Claude "Curly" Putman Jr. (November 20, 1930 – October 30, 2016) was an American songwriter.
Born in Princeton, Alabama, his greatest success was "Green, Green Grass of Home" (1964, sung by Porter Wagoner), which was covered by Roger Miller, Elvis Presley, Kenny Rogers, Don Williams, Johnny Paycheck, Burl Ives, Johnny Darrell, Gram Parsons, Joan Baez, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Grateful Dead, Johnny Cash, Roberto Leal, Dean Martin, George Jones, Merle Haggard, Bobby Bare, Joe Tex, Nana Mouskouri, Charley Pride, and Tom Jones.
Claude "Curly" Putman Jr. (November 20, 1930 – October 30, 2016) was an American songwriter. Born in Princeton, Alabama, his greatest success was "Green...
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solo No. 1 single in six years. It was written by Bobby Braddock and CurlyPutman. The week after Jones' death in 2013, the song re-entered the Hot Country...
Carter) Cash 2:41 7. "I Got Stripes" Cash, Charlie Williams 1:42 8. "Green, Green Grass of Home" CurlyPutman 2:57 9. "Greystone Chapel" Glen Sherley 5:34...
Elusive Dreams" is a country music song written by Billy Sherrill and CurlyPutman. Putman recorded his song in March 1967 and released it on ABC Records in...
"Chattanooga City Limit Sign" is a song written by Bob Drawdy and originally recorded by Johnny Cash for his Billy Sherrill–produced 1981 album The Baron...
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record country. Her first country single, "Dumb Blonde" (composed by CurlyPutman, one of the few songs during this era that she recorded but did not write)...
he had another top 10 song with "Let's Keep It That Way" written by CurlyPutman and Rafe Van Hoy. In November, "Rock 'N' Roll (I Gave You the Best Years...
Chesnutt, and Tracy Lawrence. Braddock sometimes co-wrote songs with CurlyPutman or Sonny Throckmorton, fellow members of the Nashville Songwriters Hall...
remaining there for 18 weeks. The song, written by Bobby Braddock and CurlyPutman, tells the story of a man whose lover leaves him, but he vows to love...
(Wynn Stewart) 1969 Bobby Russell "Little Green Apples" Roger Miller CurlyPutman & Bobby Braddock for "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" (Tammy Wynette) Tom T. Hall for...
11, his grandmother introduced to him songwriters Bobby Braddock and CurlyPutman and he became interested in songwriting. He grew up listening to country...
Preston Foster 1970 Love Letters from Elvis Green, Green Grass of Home CurlyPutman 1975 Today Guadalajara Pepe Guízar 1963 Fun in Acapulco Guitar Man Jerry...
was held in Nashville, where the band stayed at the farm of songwriter CurlyPutman Jr. The trip was immortalised in the 1974 non-album single "Junior's...
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