Here governments around the globe the report s authors need to take action to preserve natural systems before it s too late Nathan Rott n.p.r. News this is n.p.r. News. I mean Scotland and this is a day in the life from a 6th who was on this day in 2002 that the song writer Otis Blackwell died in Nashville Tennessee Blackwell is known for writing some of the most widely adored early American rock n roll songs he was born in 1931 and raised in Brooklyn New York he learned to play the piano very young and began performing wherever he could after winning a local talent contest at the legendary Apollo in Harlem he earned a record deal his 1st recording was called that a Rolling Stone. Though it didn t make much noise in the u.s. It became a hit in Jamaica earning him some cachet within the industry he began writing for other artists when he learned he could make extra money one of the 1st songs she wrote for another artist was a rockabilly tune purchased by an up and coming singer from Me