Jerry Chesnut(1931-2018)

Composer
Soundtrack

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Jerry Chesnut was born on 3 May 1931 in Harlan County, Kentucky, USA. He was a composer, known for Ça cogne et ça rigole chez les routiers (1974), Feeling Minnesota (1996) and Le professeur (1972). He died on 15 December 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

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Awards
- 2 nominations total

Known for

Ça cogne et ça rigole chez les routiers (1974)

Ça cogne et ça rigole chez les routiers

4.9

Soundtrack("If It Feels Good Do It")

1974

Cameron Diaz, Keanu Reeves, and Vincent D'Onofrio in Feeling Minnesota (1996)

Feeling Minnesota

5.4

Soundtrack("Looking At the World Through A Windshield")

1996

Alain Delon in Le professeur (1972)

7.1

Soundtrack("Domani è un altro giorno (The Wonders You Perform)")

1972

Carla Gugino, Pauly Shore, Mason Adams, Cindy Pickett, and Lane Smith in L'apprenti fermier (1993)

L'apprenti fermier

5.9

Soundtrack("T-R-O-U-B-L-E")

1993

Credits

Composer

George Jones & Alan Jackson: A Good Year for the Roses
Music Video
- Composer
- 1994

Soundtrack

True Detective
8.9
TV Series
- writer: "Another Place Another Time"
- 2019
Conan
8.2
TV Series
- writer: "Looking at the World Through a Windshield"
- 2015
The Heart of Country: How Nashville Became Music City USA
7.3
TV Movie
- writer: "Holding on to Nothing"
- 2014
Dolly: A Collection of Hits & Duets
Video
- writer: "Holding on to Nothin'"
- 2014
The Marty Stuart Show
8.7
TV Series
- writer: "I'm Looking at the World Through the Windshield"
- writer: "Holding on to Nothing" (uncredited)
- 2012–2013
Longmire
8.3
TV Series
- writer: "T-R-O-U-B-L-E"
- 2012
Opry Memories
TV Movie
- writer: "Holding On To Nothin'"
- 2011
Petty Blue
7.7
TV Movie
- writer: "T-R-O-U-B-L-E"
- 2010
Tu crois que tu sais danser
7.0
TV Series
- writer: "T.R.O.U.B.L.E."
- 2009
Opry Video Classics: Duets
6.6
Video
- writer: "Holding On to Nothin'"
- 2007
RocKwiz
7.7
TV Series
- writer: "Good Year For The Roses" (uncredited)
- 2007
Black Widow
3.3
- writer: "Domani e un Altro Giorno (The Wonders you Perform)"
- 2005
The Right Spectacle: The Very Best of Elvis Costello - The Videos
8.2
Video
- writer: "Good Year For The Roses"
- 2005
EastEnders
4.8
TV Series
- writer: "Good Year For The Roses" (uncredited)
- 2004
The Big One
7.1
- writer: "Looking at the World Through A Windshield" (1967)
- 1997

Personal details

Alternative name
- Jerry Chestnut
Born
- May 3, 1931
- Harlan County, Kentucky, USA
Died
- December 15, 2018
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA

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Trivia
He was a songwriter whose works were recorded by Johnny Cash ("Oney"), Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton ("Holding on to Nothing"), Loretta Lynn ("They Don't Make 'Em Like My Daddy"), and Tammy Wynette ("The Wonders You Perform"), among others. His song "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" was a hit for Elvis Presley in 1975, and climbed the country charts again in 1992 with a version by Travis Tritt. "A Good Year for the Roses" was a No. 2 hit for George Jones in 1970; in 1981, a version by Elvis Costello did well in the U.K.

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