Deena Kaye Rose

Deena Kaye Rose (previously Dick Feller; born January 2, 1943) is an American country musician and songwriter. Beginning in the 1970s, she wrote and recorded music for United Artists Records. As an activist, she has given performances and lectures on her experiences as a transgender woman.

Biography Early life Rose was born in Bronaugh, Missouri, United States. On her twelfth birthday, she got her first guitar from her grandfather that was bought at a garage sale. Although it only had one string, she immediately started to tune it. Some time later, she started taking guitar lessons by hitching rides with the local mailman to a neighboring town, and, at fifteen, was playing for dances with a local band. Graduating from high school, she played lead guitar in various rock and blues groups including The Sliders in Pittsburg, Kansas, and surrounding areas. In early 1964, she went to Los Angeles to play in a band and hone her songwriting skills. Having had no particular luck, she returned home to Missouri to continue playing with local bands.

Songwriting In 1966, she moved to Nashville, Tennessee and toured with Mel Tillis' The Statesiders, Skeeter Davis, Stu Phillips, and Warner Mack, with whom she also recorded.

Jimmy Dean's producer then asked her to write a song for Dean similar to what she wrote for Williams, which became "Lord, Mr. Ford". Her next single, the humorous "The Credit Card Song", Her book was rejected by the Nashville library system in 2019.

Awards Five of Rose's songs have won BMI Awards: "Any Old Wind That Blows" "The Credit Card Song" "East Bound and Down" "Lord, Mr. Ford" "Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)"

Discography All music billed to Dick Feller.

Albums Year Album Peak positions Label US Country 1973 Dick Feller Wrote 41 United Artists 1974 No Word on Me 30 Asylum 1975 Some Days Are Diamonds 44 1982 Audiograph Alive — Indigo 2001 Centaur of Attention — Cyberphonic "—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles Year Single Peak positions Album US Country US CAN Country CAN AC 1972 "The Sum of Marcie's Blues" — — — — — Dick Feller Wrote 1973 "Daisy Hill" — — — — — "Biff, the Friendly Purple Bear" 22 101 36 17 59 1974 "Makin' the Best of a Bad Situation" 11 85 33 38 — No Word on Me "The Credit Card Song" 10 105 40 38 — Dick Feller Wrote "Cry for Lori" — — — — — No Word on Me 1975 "Uncle Hiram and the Homemade Beer" 49 — — — — Some Days Are Diamonds 1976 "Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)" — — — — — 1982 "Instant Glue" — — — — — Audiograph Alive "—" denotes releases that did not chart