Dorman was born in
Drew, Mississippi. He wrote a song called "
Mountain of Love", which he released as a single in 1960 on the Rita record label. The song became a hit in the U.S., selling over a million copies and reaching No. 7 on the
Billboard R&B singles chart and No. 21 on the
Billboard Hot 100. Though it was Dorman's only hit record, it proved to be a popular song for
covers;
Charley Pride,
Johnny Rivers, and
Ronnie Dove all hit the U.S. chart with the song, and it was also recorded by
Bruce Springsteen,
The Beach Boys,
Tommy Cash, and
Narvel Felts. He also wrote three songs for
country music and
blues singer pianist
Moon Mullican in the early 1960s. These songs are the blues song "Mr Tears"; the
honky tonk ballad "Just to be With You"; and the bluesy country drinking song "This Glass I Hold". Dorman died in October 1988 in
Memphis, Tennessee, at the age of 56.
Bear Family Records posthumously reissued an album of Dorman's recordings in 1999. == References ==