Ten For Today: Mickey Newbury

Tom Jones, Solomon Burke, The Box Tops, Mickey Newbury, Etta James, Sammi Smith, Brook Benton, The Walker Brothers, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Bonnie "Prince" Billy

Mickey Newbury, one of the all-time songwriting greats, was born this day in 1940 in Houston, and died in 2002. For me, he is right up there with Bacharach & David, Jimmy Webb, Felice & Bordeleaux Bryant, Whitfield & Strong, and Mann & Weill in the pantheon of artists known more as songwriters for other artists than performers of their own songs. You do…