I would have posted WHO?, but the internet provided that answer.
Understandable.
You are not a musician.
He claim to fame was a songwriter.
For instance, Glen Campbell had a hit with Southern Nights.
(he said it was on of his favorite songs)
[video=youtube;FsokkO0o3bw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsokkO0o3bw[/video]
Working in a Coal mine is known to me, not anything else.
He wrote other songs that Lee Dorsey recorded.
(he sang back up on
Working In A Coal Mine)
[video=youtube;FA3Royf9_zM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA3Royf9_zM[/video]
The Pointer Sisters
had a hit with one of his songs....
[video=youtube;70Y4c0ofAT4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70Y4c0ofAT4[/video]
The guy was good.
Very good.
[video=youtube;C6ldpOBWKAE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6ldpOBWKAE[/video]