Willie Phelps, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetWillie Phelps
American songwriter
Date of Birth: 05-Sep-1914
Date of Death: 01-Mar-2004
Profession: songwriter
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Willie Phelps
- Willie Thomas Phelps (Chesapeake City, Sept.
- 5 1914- March 1, 2004) was an American songwriter and country and western guitarist.
- He performed with his brothers Norman and Earl as the Phelps Brothers.
- His songs were recorded by country artists such as Jim Reeves, and once by Elvis Presley.
- Phelps' songs featured in cowboy films in the 1930s; the three brothers had a screen appearance as Ray Whitley's cowboy band in Hittin' the Trail 1937, and Phelps' "Move Slow, Little Dogie" featured in the film The Renegade Ranger 1938. In 1961 he saluted Jimmie Rodgers (d.1933) and Hank Williams (d.1953) on an EP Willie Phelps Salutes Rodgers And Williams, with the songs A1: "Hank Williams Meets Jimmie Rodgers", A2: "There's A New Star In Hillbilly Heaven", B1: "Hank Williams Will Live Forever", B2: "So Long Pal Jimmie"
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