Gene Cotton

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Gene Cotton (Born June 30, 1944 in Columbus, Ohio) is a pop and folk Singer/Songwriter. He is best known for his four Billboard Top 40 entries 1976-1978. Cotton has been a resident of Leiper's Fork, Tennessee since the late 70s.^[1] In recent years, Cotton has scaled back his career as a singer and songwriter and spent much of his savings on a legal fight against the construction of a state highway that would surround Nashville.^[2]

1 Discography
2 Trivia
3 External links
4 References

[edit] Discography

"Sunshine Roses" Pop # 79, 1974
"You've Got Me Runnin'" Pop # 33, 1976
"Before My Heart Finds Out" # 23, 1978
"You're A Part Of Me" with Kim Carnes Pop # 36, 1978
"Like A Sunday In Salem {the Amos & Andy Song}" Pop # 40, 1978
"If I Could Get You Into My Life" Pop # 76, 1982

[edit] Trivia

Cotton's wife is a schoolteacher.^[3]

For more than a generation, Cotton has attended an inner-city church in Nashville.^[4]

In 2001, Cotton lost a race for a seat in the Tennessee House of Representatives to Republican Glen Casada. Casada won 3,185 votes to Cotton's 1,554. in a special election in which only 13 percent of registered voters cast ballots. Both Casada and Cotton campaigned on strong opposition to proposals for a state income tax.^[5]

Cotton was instrumental 80's pop singer Michael Johnson's career.^[6]

Cotton is one of nine children.

He was arrested when he was thirteen and spent time in Juvenile Hall in Columbus, Ohio.

[edit] External links

[edit] References

^ Karen Emerson-McPeakstaff. "Leiper's Fork residents say artists attract artists", Tennessean, The (Nashville, TN), November 3, 2004. Retrieved on August 4, 2006.
^ "On Outskirts Of Nashville, Foes Of Sprawl Attune Region", Boston Globe, May 3, 2003. Retrieved on August 4, 2006.
^ Tim Chavez. "Even Those Who Favor Income Tax Can't Overlook State's Poor Spending Habits", Tennessean, The (Nashville, TN), November 23, 1999. Retrieved on August 4, 2006.
^ Tim Chavez. "Even Those Who Favor Income Tax Can't Overlook State's Poor Spending Habits", Tennessean, The (Nashville, TN), November 23, 1999. Retrieved on August 4, 2006.
^ Richard Locker. "Gop Gains Tenn. House Seat In Special Election", Commercial Appeal,, December 12, 2001. Retrieved on August 4, 2006.
^ Jack Hurst. "Hitmaker Starts Over and Makes New Fan publisher =Chicago Tribune,", June 20, 1986. Retrieved on August 4, 2006.