Don Robertson (songwriter)
Donald Irwin Robertson was an American songwriter and pianist, mostly in the country and popular music genres. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. As a performer, he hit the US Top 10 with "The Happy Whistler" in 1956. The track reached No. 8 in the UK Singles Chart the same year. It sold more than one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.
5 December 1922
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Born on the same birth day (5 December): Andy Kim (singer) • Brian Lewis (sprinter) • Calvin Trillin • Carl Ferdinand Cori • Christina Rossetti • Duane Ross • Fausto Sozzini • Francesco Scarlatti • Gabriel Hjertstedt • Gary Allan • Gennadiy Agapov • Jacopo Sala • Jianwen Emperor • Jimmy Dimmock • Joakim Lindström • Johannes Heesters • Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg • Kim Simmonds • Manish Malhotra • Matteo Ferrari • Michel'le • Olli Jokinen
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