Fred Burch
Appearance
Fred Burch is an American popular songwriter.[1] Burch and fellow songwriter Don Hill also recorded as South, a 1969 single "Barefoot In The Woods" on the Silver Fox label. In 1983 he wrote a musical, American Passion, with Willie Fong Young.[2][3]
Selected songs
- "Dream on Little Dreamer." - a hit for Perry Como in 1965[4]
- "How High's the Watergate, Martha?"[5]
- "PT-109"
- "Tragedy" Paul McCartney
- "He Made a Woman Out of Me" Bobbie Gentry/Bettie Lavette
- "Snakes Crawl at Night" Charley Pride
- "Tragedy" Brenda Lee
- "Sing You Children Sing" Elvis Presley
- "The Love Machine" Elvis Presley
- "Atlantic Coastal Line" Burl Ives
- "Strange" Patsy Cline
References
- ^ Billboard - 1 Jan 1966 - Page 29 "Burch's biggest to date is the Perry Como hit last year, "Dream on Little Dreamer."
- ^ East West: The Chinese-American News Magazine 1975 "According to the author, novelist Patrick Anderson, Young and another songwriter, Fred Burch (of "How High's the Watergate, Martha?" fame) met in 1969 when Young"
- ^ Dan Dietz Off Broadway Musicals, 1910-2007: Casts, Credits, Songs, Critical Reception p16
- ^ Charles Portis, Jay Jennings - Escape Velocity: A Charles Portis Miscellany 2012- Page 80 "Nevertheless, with a few really big sellers and a small catalog of standards, a writer can retire young. Crutchfield and collaborator Fred Burch, both thirtyish and Kentuckians, are two comers, part of Nashville's new wave. They wrote Dream On, Little Dreamer ..."
- ^ MusicVF.com - Fred Burch