Biography
Born Elmer Ray Doggett, he set out to establish his own place in country music. His late-1950s singles failed to chart, yet he supplied original material to Bob Denton, Ace Ball, Johnny Guidry, Jan Moore, Darrell Rhodes and Bruce Chanel. Writing as Elmer Ray, he joined Slim Willet and Dean Beard on the songs “On My Mind Again” and “Rakin’ And Scrapin’.”
His most notable credit was producing Kenny Rogers’s first release, the 1958 single “We’ll Always Have Each Other.” He later helmed sessions for Tommy Clay, the Counts, Huey Meaux and Lelan Rogers, and during the 1980s he managed the Houston-based wholesaler Big H Sound Distributors.
Doggett suffered a fatal heart attack in Nashville on March 16, 2002.
His most notable credit was producing Kenny Rogers’s first release, the 1958 single “We’ll Always Have Each Other.” He later helmed sessions for Tommy Clay, the Counts, Huey Meaux and Lelan Rogers, and during the 1980s he managed the Houston-based wholesaler Big H Sound Distributors.
Doggett suffered a fatal heart attack in Nashville on March 16, 2002.