Donnie Fritts, a Muscle Shoals songwriter, artist and actor who wrote songs like “We Had It All,” recorded by numerous artists including Waylon Jennings and Ray Charles, and a frequent collaborator with Kris Kristofferson, died, Tuesday at age 76.
Donnie Fritts, a Muscle Shoals songwriter, artist and actor who wrote songs like “We Had It All,” recorded by numerous artists including Waylon Jennings and Ray Charles, and a frequent collaborator with Kris Kristofferson, died, Tuesday at age 76.Amanda Sowards/Montgomery Advertiser via AP

His death on Tuesday was confirmed by his label, Single Lock Records, where he had put out two records in 2018 and 2015.

Fritts was a well-known session player from Florence, Alabama, playing drums and keyboard

He co-wrote songs like Dusty Springfield’s “Breakfast in Bed,” and “Choo Choo Train” by the Box Tops. He then joined Kristofferson’s band as a keyboard player for decades, which led him to be cast along with Kristofferson in films like “Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid” and “A Star is Born.”