Don Lanier

Don Lanier
Birth name Don Lanier
Genres R&B, Soul

Don Lanier is a songwriter and composer. He composed and wrote dozens of songs for artists including Ray Charles, Dean Martin, The Everly Brothers and Hank Snow. His latest contributions as a songwriter and composer were on Featuring by Norah Jones and on Sugartime by Charlie Phillips.[1] According to the liner notes of the 1962 album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, he was the original guitarist of Buddy Knox' Rhythm Orchids.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Don Lanier—Allmusic". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/don-lanier-p96485/credits. Retrieved 2011-05-14. 
  2. ^ (1962 (1988 re-release)) Album notes for Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music by Ray Charles, p. 4 [booklet]. Rhino Records (R2 70099).