Bill Owens (songwriter)

Bill Owens (September 28, 1935 – April 7, 2021)[1] was an American country music songwriter. He was the uncle of Dolly Parton.[2] Over the course of his career, he wrote more than 800 songs.[3]

He wrote the song “Put It Off Until Tomorrow" with Parton. The song won the 1966 BMI Song of the Year award.[4] He mentored his niece, Dolly Parton, and taught her chords on the guitar and took her around places to sing.[5] Parton said, "He saw early on that that I was serious about my singing".[5]

References
  1. "Bill Owens, Dolly Parton's uncle and musical mentor, dead at 85". Fox23. 2021-04-07. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
  2. KRISTIN M. HALL (April 7, 2021). "Bill Owens, uncle and musical mentor to Dolly Parton, dies". The Seattle Times.
  3. "Dolly's Mentor Bill Owens Passes". April 8, 2021.
  4. Clouse, Allie (April 7, 2021). "Bill Owens, a songwriter and environmentalist, has died, niece Dolly Parton says". Knoxville News Sentinel.
  5. Carroll, Nicole (October 7, 2020). "Dolly Parton". No. Vol. 116, No. 281. The Tennessean (Nashville). USA Today. p. 2–F. Retrieved April 26, 2021.



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