Leon Payne
Age: 52 | From: Alba, Texas, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1917-06-15 04:48:47
Death: 1969-09-11 04:48:47
Aliases: P. Patterson
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Alba, Texas, USA
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Movie Involvements: 2
TV Involvements: 1
Most Famous Work
Biography
Leon Roger Payne, "the Blind Balladeer", was an American country music singer/songwriter. He was blind in one eye at birth, and lost the sight in the other eye in early childhood. Payne wrote hundreds of country songs in a prolific career that lasted from 1941 until his death in 1969. He is perhaps best known for his hits "I Love You Because", "You've Still Got a Place in My Heart", "Psycho", "Worst of Luck" and the 1948 song "Lost Highway", a song made famous by Hank Williams in 1949.
Most Famous Work
Dont Look Back
(1967) Music
CMT: Inside Fame
(2005) MusicActing
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