Music Deaths: Dallas Frazier, Country (Wrote 'Elvira' and 'Alley Oop')

DALLAS FRAZIER, 82

Died 14 January 2022

From Oklahoma.  Had eight country songs that rose  to  between #28 and #63 between 1967 and 1972.  But really hit it big writing "Alley Oop" for the Hollywood Argyles (#1-1957), "There Goes My Everything" for Jack Green, "All I Have to Offer You (Is Me)" for Charley Pride and especially, "Elvira" for the Oak Ridge Boys.

I remember my sister Julie and brother Bob having a great time playing and singing along with his last country hit "North Carolina" on the jukebox at Silver Dollar Saloon at Carolina Beach, North Carolina, in 1976.  We sure had a great time with that song.

Dallas Frazier, "Mr. Elvira"-- Part 3

Dallas Frazier's following "Tell It Like It Is" also did well.  His songs have been sung often, even
George Jones recorded a whole album of Dallas Frazier songs.

Some of the artists who have sung his songs:  Diana Ross, Engelbert Humperdink, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jack Greene, Connie Smith (who in 1972 also recorded a whole album of his music), Brenda Lee, Charley pride, Merle Haggard, Elvis Presley and Moe Bandy.

Dallas Frazier charted eight times on country charts and he was inducted into the Nashville Songwriter Hall of Fame in 1976.  Of course, the Oak Ridge Boys had a huge hit with "Elvira.'

In 1972, he released his "North Carolina," that song I enjoyed so much at the Silver Dollar Saloon at Carolina Beach as well as his "Elvira."  We played those two over and over again.  I'm sure the folks there were more than a bit tired of it.

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Dallas Frazier "Mr. Elvira"-- Part 2

Back on September 20, 2014, I started to write about singer, songwriter Dallas Frazier.  (Hit the Dallas Frazier label to read what I wrote back then.)

Born October 27, 1939, he had much success on the country charts in the 1950s and 1960s.  Born in Spiro, Oklahoma, but raised in Bakersfield, California and as a teen, played for Ferlin Husky.

In 1957, his song "Alley Oop" became a U.S. #1 hit by the Hollywood Argyles and was his first hit.  He moved to Nashville and found work as a songwriter.  he had early success with "Timber I'm Falling" a 1964 hit for Ferlin Husky.

In 1966, he released a solo album called "Elvira."  Yep, that song made even more famous by the Oak Ridge Boys.

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