Dorsey Dixon

Dorsey Murdock Dixon (October 14, 1897 – April 18, 1968) was an American old-time and country music songwriter and musician. He was also a millworker who spent much of his life working in textile mills in North and South Carolina. Dixon’s best known songs were “Wreck on the Highway”, which resulted in a copyright dispute with country musician Roy Acuff, and “Babies in the Mill”, which was about the Southern textile industry’s exploitation of child labor in the early 20th century. Biography Dixon was born on October 14, 1897, in Darlington, South Carolina. He was one of seven children, all of whom, together with their father, worked at the local textile mill, Darlington Cotton Manufacturing Company. References Cited works * Further reading * *Russell, Tony, and Bob Pinson. Country Music Records: A Discography, 1921–1942 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004), p. 321 External links *“The Wreck on the Highway” at Documenting the American South – contains the lyrics and an audio file of the song performed by Dorsey Dixon. *Illustrated Dixon Brothers discography