Cindy Walker
Cindy Walker (July 20, 1918 – March 23, 2006) was a prolific American songwriter, as well as a country music singer and dancer. As a songwriter Walker was responsible for a large number of popular and enduring songs recorded by many different artists.
She adopted a craftsman-like approach to her songwriting, often tailoring particular songs to specific recording artists. She produced a large body of songs that have been described as “direct, honest and unpretentious”. She had Top 10 hits spread over five decades.
Walker was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1997 and inducted into the Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Fame in March 2011.
Career
Early life
Cindy Walker was born on July 20, 1918 on her grandparents' farm near Mart near Mexia east of Waco, Texas, the daughter of a cotton-broker. Her maternal-grandfather F.L. Eiland was a noted composer of hymns and her mother was a fine pianist. From childhood Cindy Walker was fond of poetry and wrote habitually. As a teenager, inspired by newspaper accounts of the dust storms on the American prairies in the mid-1930s, Walker wrote the song, "Dusty Skies" (later recorded by Bob Wills and his band). In 1936, her "Casa de Mañana" was performed by the Paul Whiteman Orchestra (as part of the Texas Centennial celebrations). By the end of the decade Cindy Walker was singing and dancing in Texas stage shows.
Walker, Cindy Filmography
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2002, role: actress , character name: Herself
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1999, role: actress , character name: Herself
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1953, role: actress
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1944, role: actress , character name: Vocalist
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1942, role: actress , character name: Singer
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1940, role: actress , character name: Singer Cindy
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1940, role: actress , character name: Singer with The Pacemakers
Walker, Cindy Filmography
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1975, role: actress
Cindy Walker
ALBUMS
- Sioux City Sue released: 1991
- Only the Lonley released:
Sioux City Sue
Released 1991- Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
- Cold, Cold Heart
- New San Antonio Rose
- I Love You So Much It Hurts
- Born to Lose
- I Love You a Thousand Ways
- Guitar Polka
- No Letter Today
- Wabash Cannonball
- Mexicali Rose
- Candy Kisses
- Pistol Packin' Mama
- At Mail Call Today
- I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes
- Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
- Room Full of Roses
- If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time
Born: 1918-07-20
Died: 2006-03-23
