Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "\"Lost Highway\" is a country music song written and recorded by blind country singer-songwriter Leon Payne in 1948. It was released in October 1948 on Nashville-based Bullet label.In the early days of Leon Payne's career, he used to travel from one place to another, trying to find jobs wherever he could. Once he was in California hitchhiking to Alba, Texas, to visit his sick mother, he was unable to get a ride and finally got help from The Salvation Army. He wrote \"Lost Highway\" on the edge of the road while waiting for a ride. Payne wrote hundreds of country songs in a prolific career that lasted from 1941 until his death in 1969. He is perhaps best known for his hits \"I Love You Because\", \"You've Still Got a Place in My Heart,\" and for the two songs that Hank Williams recorded: \"Lost Highway\" and \"They'll Never Take Her Love from Me.\" Payne released his version in October 1948."@en }
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- Lost_Highway_(Leon_Payne_song) abstract "\"Lost Highway\" is a country music song written and recorded by blind country singer-songwriter Leon Payne in 1948. It was released in October 1948 on Nashville-based Bullet label.In the early days of Leon Payne's career, he used to travel from one place to another, trying to find jobs wherever he could. Once he was in California hitchhiking to Alba, Texas, to visit his sick mother, he was unable to get a ride and finally got help from The Salvation Army. He wrote \"Lost Highway\" on the edge of the road while waiting for a ride. Payne wrote hundreds of country songs in a prolific career that lasted from 1941 until his death in 1969. He is perhaps best known for his hits \"I Love You Because\", \"You've Still Got a Place in My Heart,\" and for the two songs that Hank Williams recorded: \"Lost Highway\" and \"They'll Never Take Her Love from Me.\" Payne released his version in October 1948.".