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Harlan HowardHarlan Perry Howard (September 8, 1927 - March 3, 2002) is an American Hall of Fame country music songwriter. Born in Detroit, Michigan, he began writing country music at a young age. After serving as a paratrooper with the United States Army, he went to Los Angeles, California hoping to sell his music. He did manual labor to get by while writing songs and pushing his finished material. Eventually he sold some of his compositions and after a few achieved minor success, his song "Pick Me Up on Your Way Down" went to No. 2 on the country music charts. Ray Price had a major hit with his "Heartaches By The Number" and, buoyed by his success, in 1960 he moved to Nashville, Tennessee. Bringing a large repertoire of compositions, he signed a contract with Acuff-Rose Music. Howard's songs were so successful that in 1961 alone he had fifteen of his compositions on the country music charts, earning himself ten BMI awards. Among his biggest successes was "I Fall to Pieces," co-written with Hank Cochran and recorded by Patsy Cline. Harlan Howard was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1973 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1997. He passed away in 2002 and was buried in the historic Nashville City Cemetery. Howard, Harlan Howard, Harlan Howard, Harlan Howard, Harlan
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