When we did that kind of stuff our only rule was... Well, we didn't have any rules, really, but my rule, because I was the drinker of the group, was not at any time of the day before the night we're working.

He said that he loved producing and writing albums. /UK No. His first hit as a producer and songwriter was "The Fool" recorded by rockabilly artist Sanford Clark in 1956.

Barton Lee Hazlewood (July 9 1929 – August 4 2007) was an American country and pop singer songwriter and record producer most widely known for his work with guitarist Duane Eddy during the late 1950s and singer Nancy Sinatra in the 1960s. Hazlewood had a distinctive baritone voice that added a resonance to his music.