Dorsey Dixon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Musician, songwriter, millworker
Date of Birth: 14-Oct-1897
Place of Birth: Darlington, South Carolina, United States
Date of Death: 18-Apr-1968
Profession: fiddler
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Dorsey Dixon
- Dorsey Murdock Dixon (October 14, 1897, Darlington, South Carolina – April 18, 1968, Plant City, Florida) was an American old-time and country music songwriter and musician.
- He was also a millworker who spent much of his life working in textile mills in North and South Carolina.
- Dixon's best known songs were "Wreck on the Highway", which resulted in a copyright dispute with country musician Roy Acuff, and "Babies in the Mill", which was about the Southern textile industry's exploitation of child labor in the early 20th century.
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