Induction Year: 1999
Birth Name: Royce Glenn Sutton
Birth Date: 09-28-1937
Place of Birth: Hodge, Louisiana
Death Date: 04-17-2007
Place of Death: Nashville, Tennessee
"Almost Persuaded"
(written with Billy Sherrill)
Grammy for Best Country Song, BMI Country Song of the Year
David Houston | 1966 | #1 country |
Patti Page | 1966 | #20 adult contemporary |
Sheb Wooley (Ben Colder) | 1966 | #6 country |
Etta James | 1969 | #24 pop |
Merle Haggard | 1987 | #58 country |
"Already It's Heaven"
(written with Billy Sherrill)
David Houston | 1968 | #1 country |
"Bedtime Story"
(written with Billy Sherrill)
Tammy Wynette | 1972 | #1 country |
"Have a Little Faith"
(written with Billy Sherrill)
David Houston | 1968 | #1 country |
"I Don't Wanna Play House"
(written with Billy Sherrill)
Tammy Wynette | 1967 | #1 country |
"Kids Say the Darndest Things"
(written with Billy Sherrill)
Tammy Wynette | 1973 | #1 country, #72 pop |
"Livin' in a House Full of Love"
(written with Billy Sherrill)
David Houston | 1965 | #3 country |
"She Still Comes Around (To Love What's Left of Me)"
Jerry Lee Lewis | 1968 | #2 country |
"Sing About Love"
Lynn Anderson | 1973 | #3 country |
"Stay There 'Til I Get There"
Lynn Anderson | 1970 | #7 country |
"Take Me to Your World"
(written with Billy Sherrill)
Tammy Wynette | 1968 | #1 country |
"The Ways to Love a Man"
(written with Billy Sherrill, Tammy Wynette)
Tammy Wynette | 1969 | #1 country |
"To Make Love Sweeter for You"
(written with Jerry Kennedy)
Jerry Lee Lewis | 1968 | #1 country |
"We Can Make It"
(written with Billy Sherrill)
George Jones | 1972 | #6 country |
"What a Man, My Man Is"
Lynn Anderson | 1974 | #1 country,#93 pop |
"What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)"
Jerry Lee Lewis | 1968 | #2 country, #94 pop |
Lynn Anderson | 1971 |
Rod Stewart | 1972 |
"With One Exception"
(written with Billy Sherrill)
David Houston | 1967 | #1 country |
"You Mean the World to Me"
(written with Billy Sherrill)
David Houston | 1967 | #1 country |
"You're My Man"
Lynn Anderson | 1971 | #2 country, #62 pop |
"Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad"
(written with Billy Sherrill)
Tammy Wynette | 1967 | #3 country |