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Marijohn Wilkin

Marijohn Wilkin (née Melson, formerly Russell, later Selman; July 14, 1920 – October 28, 2006) was an American songwriter, famous in country music for writing a number of hits such as "One Day At a Time" and "My Long Black Veil". Wilkin won numerous awards over the years and was referred to as "The Den Mother of Music Row," as chronicled in her 1978 biography Lord, Let Me Leave a Song (authored with Darryl E. Hicks). It was honored as “One of the 100 Most Important Books about Nashville’s Music Industry.”[1]

Marijohn Wilkin

(1920-07-14)July 14, 1920
Kemp, Texas, United States

Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.

October 28, 2006(2006-10-28) (aged 86)
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.

Songwriter

Guitar

1958 – 2006

Jordan Records

Ballads of the Blue and Gray (Columbia, 1962)

Country and Western Songs (Columbia Harmony, c. 1963)

I Have Returned (Word, 1974)

I Thought of God

Isn't it Wonderful (Word, 1975)

Where I'm Going (Word, 1975)

Reach Up and Touch God's Hand (Word, 1976)

Higher Than High (Word, 1977)

Lord, Leave Me a Song (Word, 1978)

One Day at a Time (Word, 1980)

A Little Bit of Jesus (Word, 1981)

His Kind of Love (Buckhorn Music Publishers, UNK date)

Cooper, Daniel (1998). "Marijohn Wilkin". In The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 587.

Interview with Marijohn Wilkin in the International Songwriters Association's "Songwriter Magazine", dealing mainly with her songwriting : 1983

Obituary in The Independent, October 30 2006

at AllMusic

Marijohn Wilkin

Interview with Marijohn Wilkin in International Songwriters Association's "Songwriter Magazine"