Leon Payne
Birth date
June 15, 1917
Death date
September 11, 1969
Place of birth
Alba, Texas, USA
Profession
Sound
Age
52 years
Biography
Leon Roger Payne, "the Blind Balladeer", was an American country music singer/songwriter. He was blind in one eye at birth, and lost the sight in the other eye in early childhood. Payne wrote hundreds of country songs in a prolific career that lasted from 1941 until his death in 1969. He is perhaps best known for his hits "I Love You Because", "You've Still Got a Place in My Heart", "Psycho", "Worst of Luck" and the 1948 song "Lost Highway", a song made famous by Hank Williams in 1949.
Also known as
P. Patterson
