Donald Irwin Robertson (born December 5, 1922) was a songwriter, mostly in the country and popular music genres. He was born in Beijing, China. December 5 is the 339th day (340th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Country music, formerly called country and western music or country-western, is an amalgam of popular musical forms developed in the southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, spirituals, and the blues. ... Popular music is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and mostly distributed commercially. ... Beijing? (Chinese: 北京; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Pei-ching; Postal System Pinyin: Peking) is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ...
He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame was established by the Nashville Songwriters Foundation, Inc. ... See also: 1971 in music, other events of 1972, 1973 in music, 1970s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 17 - Highway 51 South in Memphis, Tennessee is renamed Elvis Presley Blvd January 20 - Pink Floyd debuts Dark Side of the Moon during a performance at...
Best known published songs
"Anything That's Part of You"
"Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger" (with Doris Clement and John Crutchfield)
ROBERTSON: Well, yes, but I've been a member of Parliament for nineteen years, and eighteen of them have been in opposition, when the Labour Party suggested that perhaps we should not be playing the part in the world that has generally been suggested by the people.
ROBERTSON: Well, with the greatest of respect, the history of Germany is entirely different to the history of this country, and I don't believe that people would want to draw direct parallels, and one of the reason that of course Germany spends less on defence is because they have mass conscription.
ROBERTSON: What we're saying is that we must try and assess what it is we want to do as a country, what it is we have to do as a country and how best all of that could be done within the constraints, within the constraints.
Don had a 30 year career as a police officer in California and Texas, and he was also a competitive rodeo cowboy.
DonRobertson was indeed a unique individual and once you met him you would never forget the encounter.
Don and Nancy often brought their little grand daughter, Elizabeth, to the reenactments, and everyone could easily tell that Elizabeth and her "Poppy" had a special relationship.
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