Eddie Noack
b. De Armand A. Noack Jnr., 29 April 1930, Houston, Texas, USA, d. 5 February 1978. Noack who gained degrees in English and Journalism at University of Houston made his radio debut in 1947 and first recorded for Goldstar in 1949. In 1951, he cut several songs for Four Star including Too Hot To Handle. Leased to the TNT label, it drew attention to his songwriting and was recorded by several artists. He joined Starday in 1953 (beginning a long association with 'Pappy' Daily), where his immediate success came as a writer when several of his song were recorded by top artists including Hank Snow who scored a maior hit with These Hands in 1956. Noack moved with Daily to his D label where in 1958, after recording rockabilly tracks as Tommy Wood, he had a country hit with Have Blues Will Travel. During the '60s, Noack quit recording to concentrate on songwriting and publishing and had many of his songs including Flowers For Mama, Barbara Joy, The Poor Chinee, A Day In The Life Of A Fool and No Blues Is Good News successfully recorded by George Jones. Noack did make some further recordings in the '70s, including arguably some of his best for his fine tribute album to Jimmie Rodgers. He moved to Nashville and in 1976, recorded an album that found release in Britain (where he had toured that year) on the Look label. He worked in publishing for Daily and in an executive role for the Nashville Songwriters Association until his death from cirrhosis in 1978. A fine performer somewhat in the style of Hank Williams, he is perhaps more appreciated today as a singer than he was in his own time.