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Dorsey Burnette

Born
December 28, 1932
in Memphis, TN 
Active Decades
19001020304050607080902000 
 
by Bruce Eder
Dorsey Burnette is best remembered today as the brother of Johnny Burnette and a member of The Johnny Burnette Trio, and as the father of Billy Burnette. He had a solo career of his own, however, during the early '60s, and also wrote over 350 songs covered by the likes of Rick Nelson, Jerry Lee Lewis, Waylon Jennings, Glen Campbell, and Stevie Wonder, among many others.



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