On this day (November 20) in 1930, Claude “Curly” Putman Jr. was born in Princeton, Alabama. After a stint in the United States Navy and years of working in a sawmill and other odd jobs, he landed his ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Country songwriter Claude “Curly” Putman, who wrote iconic country songs like “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” “D-I-V-O-R-C-E,” and “The Green, Green Grass of Home” has died. He was ...