Sonny Throckmorton
James Fron "Sonny" Throckmorton (born April 2, 1941) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Known primarily for his songwriting,
Throckmorton's songs have been recorded more than 1,000 times by various
country singers.
Throckmorton was born in Carlsbad, New Mexico, although his family soon moved to Wichita Falls, Texas. He moved to San Francisco, California after graduating from college, and first played rock & roll before switching his focus to country music.
Throckmorton returned to Texas in 1975. However, other songwriters had continued selling his songs. Over 150 of his songs were recorded in only nine months, including Johnny Duncan's first Number One hit, "Thinking of a Rendezvous". Other artists who had hits with his songs included John Conlee, Dave & Sugar, Merle Haggard, The Oak Ridge Boys, and Jerry Lee Lewis.
He was named Songwriter of the Year by the Nashville Songwriters Association International in 1978, 1979 and 1980, as well as Songwriter of the Year by Broadcast Music Incorporated in 1980. Between 1976 and 1980, at least one of his songs appeared on the country charts almost every week.
Near as I can tell, Sonny now lives in Spicewood, Texas.
(Like Kristofferson, Sonny is a much better songwriter than singer, so I will let other people sing his songs for him)