Detroit City (ver. 1) by Danny Dill - Piano Sheets and Free Sheet Music

Horace Eldred Dill (September 19, 1925 – October 23, 2008), known professionally known as Danny Dill, was an American country music songwriter. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1975.[1] Dill, born in Clarksburg, Tennessee, got his start as a professional musician while working with Annie Lou Stockard as Annie Lou and Danny, a duet act who performed on the Grand Ole Opry during the 1940s and 50s. Although Dill recorded as a solo artist, he found his greatest success as a songwriter. His 1959 tune, "Long Black Veil," written with Marijohn Wilkin, was Top 10 country hit for Lefty Frizzell and has become a standard recorded by many country, folk and pop music musicians. Another notable Dill composition was Bobby Bare's 1963 recording of "Detroit City (I Wanna Go Home)." "Detroit City" is a song made famous by country music singer Bobby Bare. Originally released in 1963, the song — sometimes known as "I Wanna Go Home" (from the opening line to the refrain) — was Bare's first Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart that summer, and became a country music standard. Prior to Bare's success with.