Mickey Newbury, part of a wave of Texas musicians whose literate songwriting helped change country music in the 1960s, has died. He was 62. Newbury, best known for “An American Trilogy,” his ...
Mickey Newbury, part of a wave of Texas musicians whose literate songwriting helped change country music in the 1960s, has died. He was 62. Mr. Newbury, best-known for “An American Trilogy,” an ...
Singer-songwriter Mickey Newbury, who wrote Kenny Rogers’ first hit and arranged “American Trilogy” as performed by Elvis Presley, died Sunday Sept. 29 of emphysema in Springfield, Ore. He was 62.