▁Prom ot ions ▁were ▁mentioned ▁occasionally ▁in ▁Billboard ▁magazine , ▁for ▁instance ▁listing ▁his ▁ 1 9 5 5 ▁clients ▁as ▁L ula ▁Bell ▁Si ▁and ▁her ▁Country ▁Fol k , ▁Lin ville ▁Ball , ▁Paul ▁He bert ▁and ▁Bob ▁Nash . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 6 ▁he ▁promoted ▁B ever ly ▁B ress on . ▁ ▁Song writer ▁G ille y ▁was ▁known ▁to ▁write ▁song ▁lyr ics ▁in ▁high ▁school . ▁In ▁his ▁first ▁year ▁of ▁college , ▁he ▁wrote ▁an ▁ess ay ▁titled ▁" Get ting ▁a ▁Song ▁Pub lished ", ▁warning ▁against ▁the ▁" song ▁sh ark " ▁who ▁asks ▁for ▁payment ▁from ▁the ▁song writer . ▁In ▁the ▁More head ▁In k pot , ▁G ille y ▁was ▁cred ited ▁as ▁the ▁writer ▁of ▁" C old , ▁Cold ▁Heart ", ▁j ok ingly ▁said ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁inspired ▁by ▁a ▁basketball ▁ref eree . ▁Dec ades ▁later , ▁music ▁journalist ▁Ch et ▁F li ppo ▁wrote ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 1 ▁that ▁G ille y ▁tra ve led ▁to ▁a ▁Nash ville ▁bus ▁station ▁where ▁he ▁met ▁H ank ▁Williams ▁to ▁sell ▁the ▁songs ▁" C old , ▁Cold ▁Heart " ▁and ▁" I ' m ▁So ▁L ones ome ▁I ▁Could ▁Cry ". ▁G ille y ▁sold ▁the ▁songs ▁out right ▁because ▁the ▁one - time ▁payment ▁to ▁him ▁was ▁higher ▁if ▁he ▁allowed ▁others ▁to ▁take ▁credit . ▁Histor ian ▁W . ▁Lyn n ▁Nick ell ▁wrote ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2