Dorsey Dixon
Old-time music, Musical Artist
1897 – 1968
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Who was Dorsey Dixon?
Dorsey Murdock Dixon was an American old-time and country music songwriter and musician. He was also a millworker who spent much of his life working in textile mills in North and South Carolina. Dixon's best known songs were "The Wreck on the Highway", which resulted in a copyright dispute with country musician Roy Acuff, and "Babies in the Mill", which was about the Southern textile industry's exploitation of child labor in the early 20th century.
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- Born
- Oct 14, 1897
Darlington - Profession
- Died
- Apr 18, 1968
Plant City
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on July 23, 2013
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