Mickey Newbury

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Mickey Newbury was an influential American singer-songwriter known for his poetic, genre-blending country songs that were widely covered by other artists in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf country musician
human
recording artist
singer-songwriter
activeYearsEndYear 2002
activeYearsStartYear 1960
birthName Milton Sims Newbury Jr.
causeOfDeath lung disease
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1940-05-19
dateOfDeath 2002-09-29
familyName Newbury
linked to: Newbury, Berkshire
genre country music
folk
pop
psychedelic country
givenName Milton
inductedInto Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
influenced Guy Clark
Kenny Rogers
Kris Kristofferson
Townes Van Zandt
Waylon Jennings
Willie Nelson
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement outlaw country
name Mickey Newbury
notableAchievement inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
notableAlbum Live at Montezuma Hall
notableWork An American Trilogy
Frisco Mabel Joy
Heaven Help the Child
I Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)
Looks Like Rain
numberOfChildren 3
occupation musician
record producer
singer-songwriter
placeOfBirth Houston, Texas, United States
placeOfDeath Springfield, Oregon, United States
linked to: Springfield, Oregon
recordLabel Elektra Records
Mercury Records
RCA Records
residence Nashville, Tennessee, United States
songCoveredBy Elvis Presley
Jerry Lee Lewis
Joan Baez
Kenny Rogers and The First Edition
Roy Orbison
Tom Jones
spouse Susan Newbury
styleCharacteristic genre-blending arrangements
melancholic themes
poetic lyrics
wroteSong An American Trilogy
Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings
Heaven Help the Child
She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye
Sweet Memories
Time Is a Thief

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