How to Succeed at Life, Love & Songwriting - Interview With Dallas Frazier

This is the audio version of the blogpost you can find at AllThingsVocal.com.

 Today I interview Dallas Frazier… legendary songwriter. Listen to this All Things Vocal podcast episode to get insider tips for navigating a successful songwriting career, as well as finding personal success and satisfaction, living and learning along the way.

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Subjects covered in this episode include:

• His early start in Bakersfield, California, working with Ferlin Husky, signing as artist with Capital Records at 14 years old, writing his own material. 

• How he experienced working on TV with a well-rounded 'out of the box' band and learning to love more than one style of music.

• Marrying Sharon, the love of his life, at 18 years old. They have been together ever since (she was right there on the couch as we talked)

• How he wrote some of his iconic songs such as Ally Oop. It reached #1 on the charts 58 years ago, and is still played today. Dallas wrote it at the cotton gin where he was working at the time.

• Making the move with Ferlin to Nashville, and his incredible hit-writing success there. 

• Dallas's battle with alcoholism. His journey into Christian ministry, his battle with perfectionism and how he found new balance, wisdom and joy.

• Now writing again, better than ever, he and I discuss writing for the market as opposed to the heart, and the balance needed there.

• We finished with Dallas offering some very important insight from his life for those who want to become successful songwriters.

• My deepest gratitude to Ginny, and to Dallas for his friendship and support, as well as this interview for us all!

Dallas Frazier bio highlights:

• Hit song credits include: Elvira, Ally Oop, There Goes My Everything, If My Heart Had Windows, All I Have To Offer You Is Me, Beneath Still Waters, Will You Visit Me On Sundays, Fourteen Carat Mind, What's Your Mama's Name, Mohair Sam, The Son of Hickory Hollow's Tramp and tons more.
• His songs topped country chart as well as landed in the pop charts, he also had some R&B success with songs such as 'Big Mable Murphy' cut by Diana Ross as well as Brook Benton. 
• In 1994 Keith Richards and George Jones did a duet on Dallas' song 'Say It's Not You'. 
• 'There Goes My Everything' won CMA's 'Song of the Year' in 1966.
• 'Elvira' won BMI 'Country Song of the Year' in 1966.
• Artists who cut Dallas Frazier 'tribute albums' (all songs written by Dallas) include George Jones and Connie Smith.
• Dallas was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1976
• Country Music Hall Of Fame honored Dallas by featuring him in their 'Poets & Prophets Salute'.
• There is a documentary being produced by Brian Oxley, projected to be finished by summer of 2018.