#don schlitz

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Don Schlitz Proved Songwriters Still Matter

By Loud Drip Staff Don Schlitz, the songwriter behind “The Gambler,” died Thursday at 73. His catalog, honors, and reach across country music make his death more than a loss of one writer. It is a reminder that songs still outlast branding, hype, and industry churn. What we know / What to watch:AP reported on April 17, 2026 that Don Schlitz died Thursday at a Nashville hospital at age 73. The…

Don Schlitz Proved Songwriters Still Matter

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Feature Artist / Don Schlitz / August 29, 2024 / 12pm ET

Donald Allen Schlitz Jr. (born August 29, 1952) is an American songwriter who has written more than a score of number one hits on the country music charts. He is best known for his song “The Gambler” (Kenny Rogers), and as the co-writer of “Forever and Ever, Amen” (Randy Travis), and “When You Say Nothing at All” (Keith Whitley and Alison Krauss & Union Station). For his songwriting efforts,…

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Tony Jackson performing “Deeper Than The Holler” for Randy Travis. ____________________________ Deeper Than The Holler Songwriter: Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz

Well, I've heard those city singers Singing 'bout how they can love Deeper than the oceans Higher than the stars above But I come from the country And I know I ain't seen it all

But I heard that ocean's salty And the stars, they sometimes fall And that would not do justice To the way I feel for you So I had to sing this song About all the things I knew

My love is deeper than the holler Stronger than the river Higher than the pine trees growin' tall upon the hill My love is purer than the snowflakes That fall in late December And honest as a Robin on a springtime window sill And longer than the song of a whippoorwill

From the back roads to the Broadway shows With a million miles between There's at least a million love songs That people love to sing And every one is different And every one's the same And this is just another way Of saying the same thing

My love is deeper than the holler Stronger than the river Higher than the pine trees growin' tall upon the hill My love is purer than the snowflakes That fall in late December And honest as a Robin on a springtime window sill And longer than the song of a whippoorwill

My love is deeper than the holler Stronger than the river Higher than the pine trees growin' tall upon the hill My love is purer than the snowflakes That fall in late December And honest as a Robin on a springtime window sill And longer than the song of a whippoorwill

A whippoorwill

[mariocki]

Infinite list of favourite lyrics: 150/?

Kenny Rogers - The Gambler (1978)

"He said: 'Son, I've made a life

Out of readin' people's faces,

And knowing what their cards were

By the way they held their eyes.

So if you don't mind my saying,

I can see you're out of aces -

For a taste of your whiskey,

I'll give you some advice.'

So I handed him my bottle

And he drank down my last swallow,

Then he bummed a cigarette

And asked me for a light.

And the night got deathly quiet,

And his face lost all expression;

Said, 'If you're gonna play the game, boy,

You gotta learn to play it right.'

[...]

And when he'd finished speaking,

He turned back toward the window;

Crushed out his cigarette,

Faded off to sleep.

And somewhere in the darkness,

The gambler, he broke even -

But in his final words I found

An ace that I could keep."

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Lee Ann Womack – “Why They Call It Falling” Song written by Don Schlitz and Roxie Dean. Schlitz is one of this year’s Country Music Hall of Fame inductees.

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The Country Music Hall of Fame Class of 2017:

Veteran Era -- Jerry Reed

Modern Era -- Alan Jackson

Songwriter -- Don Schlitz

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​Randy Travis, Don Schlitz, & More - "Forever And Ever, Amen"

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Sweethearts of the Rodeo – “Midnight Girl/Sunset Town” Song written by Don Schlitz, who was just selected for the Country Music Hall of Fame along with Alan Jackson and Jerry Reed