Hank Cochran

About

Prolific country songwriter for Patsy Cline and others who also had popular solo works.

Before Fame

He moved to Nashville to start writing songs in 1960 and right away scored a major hit with I Fall To Pieces, which Patsy Cline took to a Billboard Country #1.

Trivia

He had Billboard Country Top 40 hits with Sally Was a Good Old Girl and country staple A Little Bitty Tear as a solo performer.

Family Life

He was married to Jeannie Seely, who two years before their marriage won a Grammy Award with Don't Touch Me, a song he had written.

Associated With

His song A Little Bitty Tear was covered by Burl Ives, who took it all the way up to #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 list.