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Donald Irwin Robertson (December 5, 1922 – March 16, 2015) was an American songwriter and pianist, mostly in the country and popular music genres. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. As a performer, he hit the US Top 10 with "The Happy Whistler" in 1956. The track reached #8 in the UK Singles Chart the same year. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. Although contracted to Capitol at the time of his biggest selling hit single, Robertson subsequently signed a recording contract with RCA Victor. He composed or co-composed with Hal Blair, many hits for other musicians, including Elvis Presley who recorded over a dozen of Robertson's songs, five of which appeared in Presley's numerous films.〔 He died in 2015. ==Best known published songs== *"Anything That's Part of You" (performed by Elvis Presley) *"Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger" (with Doris Clement and John Crutchfield) *"Born to Be with You" (performed by The Chordettes) *"Hummingbird" (performed by Les Paul and Mary Ford and Frankie Laine) *"I Don't Hurt Anymore" (with Walter E. Rollins), (performed by Hank Snow) *"I Love You More and More Every Day" (performed by Al Martino) *"I Met Her Today" (with Hal Blair), (performed by Elvis Presley) *"I'm Counting on You" (performed by Elvis Presley) *"I Really Don't Want to Know" (with Howard Barnes), (performed by Elvis Presley) *"Love Me Tonight" (performed by Elvis Presley) *"Ninety Miles an Hour (Down a Dead End Street)" (with Hal Blair), (performed by Hank Snow) *"No More" (based on the song "La Paloma", co-written with Hal Blair, performed by Elvis Presley and Dean Martin) *"Not One Minute More" (with Hal Blair), (performed by Della Reese) *"Please Help Me, I'm Falling" (with Hal Blair), (performed by Hank Locklin) *"Ringo" (with Hal Blair), (performed by Lorne Greene) *"Stand In" (with Hal Blair), (performed by Don Robertson himself and Jim Reeves) *"There's Always Me" (performed by Elvis Presley and Jim Reeves) *"You're Free to Go" (with Lou Herscher) (performed by Carl Smith) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Don Robertson (songwriter)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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