caption death_date death_place years_active birth_place label article_title background birth_date instrument genre image origin name occupation
promotional photo 28 october 2006 nashville , tennessee 1958 & ndash ; 2006 kemp , texas , united states jordan records marijohn wilkin
 solo_singer 14 july 1920 guitar gospel music , country , christian music marijohnwilkin.jpg nashville , tennessee , united states marijohn wilkin songwriter
marijohn wilkin

marijohn wilkin -lrb- july 14 , 1920 -- october 28 , 2006 -rrb- , née melson , was an american songwriter , famous in the country music genre for writing a number of hits .
wilkin won numerous awards over the years and was referred to as `` the den mother of music row , '' as chronicled in her 1978 biography from word books -- `` lord , let me leave a song '' -lrb- authored with darryl e. hicks -rrb- , honored as `` one of the 100 most important books about nashville 's music industry ! ''
