LOUDERMILK, JOHN D.
(*1934)
LOUDERMILK, JOHN D. (b. Durham, N.C., March 31, 1934) One of the most famous country songwriters of the 1950s and 1960s, Loudermilk supplied hundreds of songs to Nashville's establishment while also recording his own material, mostly in a folksy manner. The son of a carpenter who had worked on the Duke University chapel, Loudermilk began his musical career in church, becoming a member of the local Salvation Army band in his teens and quickly mastering a number of instruments. When he was…