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Answers: OH YEA..HE WAS A GREAT SONGWRITER~SINGER FROM THE EARLY YEARS...HE JOINED BOB WILLS PLAYBOYS IN THE MID 30'S.... BLIND SINCE CHILDHOOD ..HE WROTE SUCH GREAT MASTER PIECES AS..

1.YOU STILL GOT A PLACE IN MY HEART..POSSUM
2.I LOVE YOU BECAUSE..JIM REEVES
3.TAKE ME..CO-WROTE WITH THE POSSUM
4.LOST HIGHWAY..HANK SR,
5.THINGS HAVE GONE TO PIECES..POSSUM
6.FOOLS RUSH IN..ELVIS
7.EMPTY ARMS..SONNY JAMES

LEON ROGER PAYNE..1917-1969

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Leon Roger Payne was born in Alba, Texas on June 15, 1917. He was blind in one eye at birth, and lost the sight of the other eye in early childhood. He attended the Texas school for the blind from 1924 to 1935, where he met his future wife, Myrtie Velma Courmier. They had two children together, as well as two children from Myrtie's previous marriage. He died on September 11, 1969 in San Antonio, Texas.

Leon wrote hundreds of country songs in a prolific career that lasted from 1941 until his death in 1969. He is perhaps best known for his hits "I Love You Because," and "You've Still Got A Place In My Heart." He began his music career in the mid-1930s, playing a variety of instruments in public, and later performing on KWET radio in Palestine, Texas starting in 1935. He also had a stint playing with Bob Wills' Texas Playboys in 1938. Eventually he formed his own group, the Lone Star Buddies, in 1949 and performed regularly on the Louisiana Hayride show in Shreveport, Louisiana and later on the Grand Ole Opry. Much of his musical legacy is in the form of recordings of his songs by other artists, perhaps most famous of which are two of his songs recorded by Hank Williams Sr.; "Lost Highway," and "They'll Never Take Her Love From Me," which were both minor hits.

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The late and great Leon Payne is a staple in classic country song writing. He wrote so many country classic songs such as "You've Still Got A Place In My Heart", "Lost Highway" and many other greats. You can go to bmi.com to find a complete list of the songs written by this great man.

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