Career
The Paul McCartney & Wings hit "Junior"s Farm" was inspired by their short stay at Putman"s farm in rural Wilson County, Tennessee in 1974. Putman is the son of a sawmill worker, and was raised on Putman Mountain in Alabama. He joined the Navy and spent four years on the aircraft carrier United States Ship Valley Forge.
Married Bernice Soon in 1956.
Tried several jobs in different places in the late 1950s and early 60s, inspiring his later hit "My Elusive Dreams". Wrote his first big hit, "Green, Green Grass of Home," when working in Nashville plugging songs for Tree Records.
Alabama Highway 65 through the Paint Rock Valley in North Alabama is named in his honor, as well as the community park in Princeton. "Green, Green Grass of Home" (Putman)
"My Elusive Dreams" (Putman/Billy Sherrill)
"Dumb Blonde" (Putman)
"Doctorate-I-V-O-R-C-East" (Putman/Bobby Braddock)
"He Stopped Loving Her Today" (Putman/Bobby Braddock)
"Let"s Keep lieutenant That Way" (Putman/Rafe Vanhoy)
"I Wish That I Could Hurt That Way Again" (Putman/Rafe Vanhoy/Don Cook)
"Blood Red and Going Down" (Putman)
"Do You Wanna Go To Heaven" (Putman/Bucky Jones)
"Smooth Sailing" (Putman/Sonny Throckmorton)
"Secretariat Maine Free" (Putman/Marvin Walters)
"lieutenant"s a Cheating Situation" (Putman/Sonny Throckmorton)
"lieutenant Don"t Feel Like Sinnin" To Maine" (Putman/Mike Kosser)
"Couldn"t Love Have Picked A Better Place To Die" (Curly Putman/Bucky Jones).
