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	Stereophile: Otis Blackwell, 1931–2002
		Blackwell had been in ill health since suffering a debilitating stroke in 1991, the year after he moved to Nashville to establish a new record label with Col. Tom Parker, Elvis Presley's former manager.
		Otis Blackwell was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Foundation Hall of Fame in 1986.
		Blackwell is survived by his wife, Mamie Wiggins Blackwell of Nashville, and seven children: Otis Jr.
	stereophile.com /news/11337 (493 words)

	Encyclopedia: Otis Blackwell
		This may have been due to the pervading climate of racial prejudice, as is shown by his use of the "white-sounding pseudonym John Davenport," [1] which was also the name of his stepfather.
		The songs that Blackwell had written for Elvis also had Elvis listen as co-writer because Col. Tom Parker thought it was an insult to have a fl man get full profit for the songs.
		Otis Blackwell was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1986 and in 1991 into the National Academy of Popular Music's Songwriters Hall of Fame.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Otis-Blackwell (767 words)

	[Deathwatch] Otis Blackwell, Songwriter, 70 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Blackwell suffered an apparent heart attack Monday night and was pronounced dead on arrival at Saint Thomas Hospital, hospital spokesman Paul Lindsey said.
		Blackwell often sang the songs himself before they were recorded, and some music historians believe his style influenced Presley, who died in 1977.
		Blackwell never met Presley and said in 1989 their relationship was best kept at a distance: "We had just a great thing going and I just wanted to leave it alone." Copyright 2002 The Associated Press.
	slick.org /pipermail/deathwatch/2002-May/000129.html (338 words)

	Otis Blackwell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Otis Blackwell, a songwriter who transformed such slang phrases as "all shook up" and "great balls of fire" into exuberant anthems of the 1950s rock 'n' roll revolution, has died.
		Blackwell was born and raised in Brooklyn and became a fan of the movies' singing cowboys, particularly Tex Ritter, as well as such blues singers as Chuck Willis.
		Blackwell was inducted into the Songwriters' Hall of Fame the same year, and, in 1994, a group of rock and country artists, including Chrissie Hynde, Kris Kristofferson, Graham Parker and Deborah Harry, collaborated on "Brace Yourself," a tribute album of Blackwell's songs.
	www.hotplatters.com /obits/2002/otis.html (762 words)

	Billboard.BIZ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Otis Blackwell, who wrote dozens of hit songs -- including "Don't Be Cruel," "Return to Sender" "All Shook Up" for Elvis Presley -- died yesterday (May 6) of a heart attack.
		Blackwell wrote more than 1,000 songs that were recorded by performers such as the Who ("Daddy Rolling Stone"), James Taylor ("Handy Man"), Peggy Lee ("Fever"), Jimmy Jones ("Handy Man"), and Jerry Lee Lewis ("Great Balls of Fire," "Breathless").
		Blackwell often sang the songs himself before they were recorded, and some music historians believe his style influenced Presley's.
	www.billboard.com /bb/biz/newsroom/printable_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1484175 (245 words)

	Niagara Falls Reporter
		His name was Otis Blackwell and he died of a heart attack May 6 at the age of 71.
		Otis Blackwell very well may have been the greatest songwriter alive during the early decades of rock'n'roll.
		Blackwell was a true romantic and the theme of women's sexuality and its power over mere mortal men was a common theme that ran through his music.
	www.niagarafallsreporter.com /croisdale64.html (770 words)

	The man who put the fizz into Elvis - smh.com.au
		The songwriter Otis Blackwell, who has died aged 70, wrote some of the most enduring hits of the 1950s including Great Balls of Fire, which was immortalised by Jerry Lee Lewis, and Elvis Presley's Don't Be Cruel and All Shook Up.
		Blackwell had more than 1,000 songs to his name, which were recorded by performers ranging from Ray Charles to The Who.
		Otis Blackwell was born in Brooklyn, New York.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/05/12/1021002414854.html (802 words)

	USATODAY.com - Otis Blackwell bridged racial barriers with music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The amazing thing is that Blackwell, an African American, created most of them at a time when racism was as big in the music industry as it remains in the heart of a Ku Kluxer.
		Blackwell told me he didn't just write hit songs for Presley, he recorded the words and the beat so that the "king" of rock 'n' roll could record the tunes the way Blackwell meant for them to be sung.
		The musical union between Presley and Blackwell — and to a lesser degree with Lewis and Lee — was a bridge that few people knew existed across the racial divide of the 1950s and 1960s.
	www.usatoday.com /news/opinion/columnists/wickham/2002-05-09-wickham.htm (694 words)

	Otis Blackwell -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This may have been due to the pervading climate of racial prejudice, as is shown by his use of the "white-sounding pseudonym John Davenport," which was also the name of his stepfather.
		Otis Blackwell was inducted into the (Click link for more info and facts about Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame) Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1986 and in 1991 into the National Academy of Popular Music's (Click link for more info and facts about Songwriters Hall of Fame) Songwriters Hall of Fame.
		Otis Blackwell passed away in 2002 and was interred in (Click link for more info and facts about Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery) Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Nashville.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/o/ot/otis_blackwell.htm (359 words)

	onhifi.com -- Features Archives
		Otis Blackwell died on May 6 of a heart attack at the age of 70.
		Blackwell was a songwriter who wrote over 1000 songs and was credited with selling more than 185 million records -- many of them considered indelibly linked to the artists who made them hits.
		Born in Brooklyn, Blackwell was exposed to gospel and blues at home, but he was also fascinated early on by the music of Tex Ritter he heard in the Western movies he loved to watch.
	www.onhifi.com /features/20020601.htm (648 words)

	Otis Blackwell
		Otis Blackwell was a pianist and a singer whose vocal style was said to have had a strong influence on the young Elvis Presley.
		Blackwell made further recordings for RCA Records and the Groove label which were among the earliest examples of the emerging rock'n'roll style.
		Otis Blackwell, songwriter: born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1931 - died in Nashville, Tennessee, on May 6, 2002.
	www.spectropop.com /remembers/OBobit.htm (987 words)

	Jimmy's Place ~ Otis Blackwell, songwriter ~ celebrating the 50's generation! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Otis was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1931.
		Otis wrote under the name John Davenport as well as his given name and achieved a great deal of success as a songwriter.
		Otis Blackwell passed away on May 6, 2002 in Nashville.
	home.comcast.net /~jimmysplace/blackwell.htm (458 words)

	EMXC - eMax Holdings Corporation. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The legendary music of song-writer performer Otis Blackwell has been the rock N Roll, since its very inception three decades The King of Rock and Roll Elvis Presley recorded Otis songs “All Shook Up”;, Don’t Be Cruel, and Return to Sender.
		In year Otis Blackwell was honored and added as the newest inductee to the Nashville Songwriters International Association’s hall of Fame.
		Otis Blackwell began writing songs when he was about 15 and by age 17 had signed with JD records in New York Otis Blackwell wrote Fever was a hit in 1956 for Little Willie John, Peggy Lee and Ray Peterson.
	www.emaxcorp.com /otis.html (310 words)

	Planet Garth Forums - Legendary songwriter Otis Blackwell dies in Nashville
		Blackwell was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and initially he wanted to be a singer rather than a writer.
		Blackwell earned critical plaudits for a pair of late ‘70s albums These Are My Songs and Singing The Blues.
		Otis Blackwell was unquestionably a prime contributor to the rise of rock ‘n’ roll.
	www.planetgarth.com /forums/showthread.php?t=114166 (399 words)

	Behind The Hits: Specials: In Memoriam: Otis Blackwell
		Blackwell, who wrote dozens of hit songs including "Don't Be Cruel" and "All Shook Up" for Elvis Presley, died Monday of a heart attack.
		Blackwell wrote more than 1,000 songs that were recorded by performers such as Ray Charles, Billy Joel, The Who, James Taylor, Otis Redding, Peggy Lee and Jerry Lee Lewis.
		Blackwell often sang the songs himself before they were recorded, and some music historians believe his style influenced Presley's.He was forced to share writing credits with Elvis on the songs he wrote for him, although Presley never wrote any part of them.
	216.117.175.177 /In%20Memoriam/blackwell.html (234 words)

	African American Registry: Otis Blackwell held the pen of musical success!
		Otis Blackwell’s* birth in 1931 is celebrated on this date.
		One of Blackwell’s early records titled Daddy Rollin' Stone was released by Jay-Dee in 1953.
		Blackwell's playing was more rock-and-roll, or pop-oriented and he continued to record many records, but none of them ever managed to crack the top forty.
	www.aaregistry.com /african_american_history/1682/Otis_Blackwell_held_the_pen_of_musical_success (425 words)

	VH1.com : Otis Blackwell : Biography
		At that point, Tex Ritter was Otis Blackwell's main man. Smooth blues singers Chuck Willis and Larry Darnell also made an impression.
		Blackwell never met Elvis in person, but his material traveled a direct pipeline to the rock icon; "Return to Sender," "One Broken Heart for Sale," and "Easy Question" also came from his pen.
		In 1976, Blackwell returned to recording with a Herb Abramson-produced set for Inner City comprised of his own renditions of the songs that made him famous.
	www.vh1.com /artists/az/blackwell_otis/bio.jhtml (490 words)

	Songwriters Hall of Fame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Blackwell, whose more than 1,000 songs have sold nearly 200 million records, began his career in the late 40's, tinkering around with writing songs while making a living as a pants presser in a tailor shop.
		He was a singer as well and, in the early 50's, he actually performed in various clubs and theaters in Brooklyn, eventually deciding to soft-pedal the performing and to focus on writing.
		Already an inductee of the Nashville Songwriters Association, Blackwell's crowning moment came in the late 1980’s when The Black Rock Coalition, a prominent organization of fl rock musicians, led by Vernon Reid, the lead guitarist of the band, Living Color, held a tribute for him at the Prospect Park Bandshell in his native Brooklyn.
	www.songwritershalloffame.org /exhibit_home_page.asp?exhibitId=152 (472 words)

	Songwriter Otis Blackwell Dies in Nashville
		NASHVILLE (Reuters) -- Songwriter Otis Blackwell, whose tunes "Don't Be Cruel" and "Great Balls of Fire" became smash hits for Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis, has died, hospital officials said Tuesday.
		Blackwell, who was 70 and reported by friends to be ill for some time, was brought to St. Thomas Hospital Monday, where he was pronounced dead on arrival, a hospital spokesman said.
		Blackwell's song "Fever," which he wrote under a pseudonym but never explained why, became a signature tune for Peggy Lee.
	mixonline.com /news/audio_songwriter_otis_blackwell/index.html (270 words)

	Otis Blackwell Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Otis Blackwell worked as a singer/songwriter/pianist in the 50's, 60's and 70's.
		Blackwell admired Presley, and Presley looked to Blackwell for inspiration on the arrangements of some of his early pop songs.
		Otis Blackwell had a very successful run as a prolific writer of nearly 1,000 songs.
	www.tsimon.com /blackwell.htm (592 words)

	BLACKWELL, Otis : MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He sold six songs for $25 each on Xmas Eve '55, including 'Don't Be Cruel', of which he made a demo playing piano, using a cardboard box for a drum.
		The subsequent Elvis Presley record was no. 1 for nine weeks; the only Presley hit to match it was also a Blackwell tune: 'All Shook Up'.
		Blackwell was writing a score for a biographical film about Presley when Presley died; he recorded 'The No. 1 King Of Rock'n'Roll' on his own Fever label.
	www.musicweb-international.com /encyclopaedia/b/B140.HTM (287 words)

	Blackwell, Otis -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		When Elizabeth Blackwell was graduated as a doctor of medicine in 1849, she became the first woman doctor in the United States.
		Along with her sister Elizabeth, who was the first licensed woman physician in modern times, Blackwell ran the New York Infirmary for Women and Children (now NYU Downtown Hospital).
		When Unita Blackwell was elected to office in Mayersville, Miss., in 1976, she became the first African American woman mayor in the state's history.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9389534 (707 words)

	Otis Blackwell 1931-2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Otis Blackwell continued to record many records, but none of them ever managed to crack the top forty.
		And Otis Blackwell was in class all by himself.
		Blackwell was born in Brooklyn and began his professional career as a singer and songwriter for Jay-Dee Records in New York.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/680095/posts (1581 words)

	Fever by Peggy Lee Songfacts
		Otis Blackwell was a singer/songwriter/pianist, but most well-known for his songwriting.
		Blackwell had this credited to the name John Davenport (his stepfather) because he was under contract at RCA and was concerned he wouldn't get royalties for it.
		Blackwell said in an interview that Little Willie John didn't want to record this at first because he didn't like the finger snapping.
	www.songfacts.com /detail.lasso?id=3496 (607 words)

	NME.COM - News - OTIS BLACKWELL DIES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		OTIS BLACKWELL, the man who wrote some of the most enduring classics in the rock and roll cannon, including 'RETURN TO SENDER', 'ALL SHOOK UP' and 'GREAT BALLS OF FIRE', died yesterday (May 6) from a heart attack.
		Blackwell is credited with writing songs that sold over 185 million copies.
		A Tribute to Otis Blackwell' was released in 1994, three years after he had a stroke.
	www.nme.com /news/101663.htm (203 words)

	All shook up as rock loses great songwriter - smh.com.au
		One of rock's greatest songwriters, Otis Blackwell, has died in Nashville at the age of 70.
		Blackwell, whose tunes Don't Be Cruel and Great Balls of Fire became smash hits for Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis respectively, launched his writing career by selling six songs for $280.
		Blackwell never met Elvis but his material travelled a direct pipeline to the rock icon; Easy Question also came from his pen.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/05/08/1019441520983.html (213 words)

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