Dennis Linde
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Dennis Linde (born March 18, 1943 in Abilene, Texas) is an American songwriter.
Although he is best known for writing the 1972 Elvis Presley hit, Burning Love, Dennis Linde has written numerous hit songs for mainly country music singers. In 2000, his song for the Dixie Chicks, "Goodbye, Earl," stirred much attention for its humorous take on spousal abuse. Linde has written tunes recorded by Roger Miller, Tanya Tucker, Gary Morris, Don Williams, the Judds and Garth Brooks.
In 2001, Linde was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.[1]
[edit] Solo Albums
- 1970 - Linde Manor
- 1971 - Surface Noise (unreleased)
- 1973 - Dennis Linde
- 1974 - Trapped in the Suburbs
- 1977 - Under the Eye
[edit] Some well-known country songs written for other artists
- Long Long Texas Road (#5, Roy Drusky, 1970)
- The Love She Found In Me (#5, Gary Morris, 1983)
- I'm Gonna Get You (#1, Eddy Raven, 1988)
- Bubba Shot The Jukebox (#4, Mark Chesnutt, 1992)
- It Sure Is Monday (#1, Mark Chesnutt, 1993)
- Callin' Baton Rouge (#2, Garth Brooks, 1993)
- John Deere Green (#1, Joe Diffie, 1994)
- Goodbye Earl (#13, Dixie Chicks, 2000)
- The Talkin' Song Repair Blues (#18, Alan Jackson, 2005)