Gene Sullivan

Gene Sullivan (November 16, 1914–October 24, 1984) was an American songwriter.

Early life and career Gene Sullivan (William Eugene Sullivan) was born in 1914 in Birmingham, Alabama to a coal miner. He worked in the mines from the age of 16, also pursued boxing professionally in his youth. Their shared journeys on the concert circuit led to their duet act, Wiley & Gene, formed in Dallas in 1939. In that same year, their single "Make Room in Your Heart for a Friend" charted #2 in 1946, marking their only country music hit. Despite solo pursuits—Sullivan's most notable being his 1957 Top 10 hit "Please Pass the Biscuits"—the pair reunited several times throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Post-music career, Sullivan managed a music store in Oklahoma City.