Nat Stuckey

Before gaining notice as a country songwriter and recording artist, Nat Stuckey served as a DJ, after which he assembled his first country band toward the close of the 1950s and secured a recurring slot on the Louisiana Hayride. Signing with Shreveport, Louisiana’s Paula label took place during those years and produced a modest chart entry with the 1966 single “Sweet Thang.” Recognition next arrived through songwriting when Buck Owens cut “Waitin’ In Your Welfare Line,” allowing Stuckey to collect the publishing income; he soon repeated that achievement by penning “Pop a Top,” which Jim Ed Brown recorded. Additional performer credits included the 1968 releases “Plastic Saddle” and “Sweet Thang and Cisco,” yet his reputation ultimately rested more firmly on his catalog of compositions than on his own recordings. In later years Stuckey turned to work in advertising.