Jerry Chesnut
Jerry Donald Chesnut was an American country music songwriter. His hits include "Good Year for the Roses", "It's Four in the Morning" and "T-R-O-U-B-L-E"
Born and raised in Harlan County, Kentucky, he moved to Nashville in 1958 to pursue his career. In 1967, Del Reeves recorded Chesnut's "A Dime at a Time" to give the songwriter his first chart hit single. In 1968, Jerry Lee Lewis's hit recording of Chesnut's "Another Place, Another Time" was nominated for a Grammy Award. In 1972, Chesnut was named Billboard's 'Songwriter of the Year', and in 1992 he became a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Jerry Chesnut died in Nashville on December 15, 2018, at the age of 87.
Selective list of songs
Source:This list includes the song title and artist who have recorded the song.
- "A Dime At A Time" – Del Reeves, Steep Canyon Rangers
- "Another Place, Another Time" – Jerry Lee Lewis, Arthur Alexander
- "Daddy Did His Best" – Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton, Dale Ann Bradley
- "Don't She Look Good?" – Bill Anderson, Eddy Arnold
- "Good Year for the Roses" – George Jones, Alan Jackson, Elvis Costello, Counting Crows, Johnny Paycheck, Toni Willé
- "Holding on to Nothing" – Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton
- "It's Four in the Morning" – Faron Young, Tom Jones, Ernest Tubb
- "Weakness In A Man" – Waylon Jennings, Roy Drusky
- "If Not for You" - George Jones
- "It's Midnight" – Elvis Presley
- "Looking at the World Through a Windshield" – Del Reeves, Son Volt, Commander Cody
- "Love Coming Down" – Elvis Presley
- "Love of a Rolling Stone" – Bonnie Tyler
- "Miles And Miles From Nowhere" – Arthur Alexander
- "Oney" – Johnny Cash
- "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" – Elvis Presley, Travis Tritt
- "They Don't Make 'em Like My Daddy" – Loretta Lynn
- "The Wonders You Perform" – Tammy Wynette
- "Woman Without Love" – Elvis Presley, Bob Luman, Joe Simon, Johnny Darrell, T.D. Valentine, Brook Benton