Dennis Linde
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Dennis N. Linde, born on March 18, 1943, in Abilene, Texas, was an American musician and songwriter based in Nashville. He began playing guitar at age 15 and started his career with a St. Louis group called the Starlighters. Linde's breakthrough came when he moved to Nashville in 1969, writing "Where Have All the Average People Gone" for Roger Miller. His most notable work was writing "Burning Love," recorded by Elvis Presley in 1972, which became an international hit. Throughout his career, Linde released several albums and wrote numerous top-5 U.S. country hits. He won BMI's Top Writer Award in 1994 and was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2001. Linde passed away on December 22, 2006, at age 63 due to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
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