Between 1964 and 1982, Don appeared on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart as a songwriter on ten occasions. Just To Satisfy You (which became a number one hit on the country charts for Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson in the spring of 1982) and Wildwood Weed (which became a top five hit on the pop charts for Jim Stafford in the summer of 1974) are BMI award winning songs that Don had a hand in writing. Other compositions written or co-written by Don include:
Ain’t That Weird All My Trials Always Leave ‘em Crying Anita You're Dreaming B Side Bad Weed Best Friend You Ever Had Boll Weevil Airlines The Breakfast Food Song Broke Folk Chit Akins Make Me A Star Come On By Comin’ Home To You Country Agent Report Coward At The Alamo Crawdad Song Dealyer’s Stoned Dear Don Bowman Dear Fred Dear Harlan Howard Dear Sister East Virginia Blues El Matador Ellie Mae End Can't Be Far Away Everything’s Right With The World Freda On The Freeway Freddy Four Toes Get Your Head Out Of Your Past Giddyup Do Nut Go Somewhere And Find Myself A Sheep Going Home To Stay Got Into The Wrong House Graduation Day Green Sleeves Guess This Must Be Love Guess What Drops Heartache On The Way House Of The Settin’ Sun How Come It Is	Hurry Home To An Empty House Hurts On Me I Can’t Get Over You I Cried A No 2 Washtub Plum Full I Get The Feeling We're Through I’ll Never Get Over Gettin' Over You I’ll Save A Place I’m Goin’ Home To Stay I’m Plastered I Must Have Got Somethin In My I Plan To Cry A Lot I’ve Got The Fever I Wonder Just Where I Went Wrong In The Pine Trees It Ain’t Over Til The Fat Lady Sings Jimmy Drinks Corn Just For You Just Keep Reminding Me King Kong Last Of The Bad Dates Last Will And Testament Of Sam Le Chemin Est Long Leroy Puppybreath For President Letter To Ellie May Little Diesel Drivin Devil Live To Love Another Day Look Into My Teardrops Look What I’ve Got Man ‘s Foolish Pride Mask Of Tears Messin’ Up My Mind Mexican Corn Miss Sue More Cold Hard Facts More Than Me My Heart Is Aching Never Did Finish That Song Nobody Knows Now Everybody Knows	Ole Paint On The Road Too Long Other You Poor Old Ugly Gladys Jones Power Tool Song Red River Sally Right Before My Eyes Roy Raisin San Francisco Scene She’ll Still Be Gone So This Is What Its Like To Be Someone’s Gotta Cry Songen Om Messias Stay Away From Lonely Places Steel Streets Of San Francisco That’ll Never Sell Records That’s Show Biz Then I’ll Be Free Things Are Lookin Up Those Hollywood Clothes Tijuana Drum And Bugle Corps Tom Dooley Baby Tour Of Tijuana Under Tremendous Amount Of Pressure Wave Goodbye To Me Weird Weekend What Little Tears Are Made Of When I’m Gone Where Do You Spend The Time Where I Went Wrong Why Don’t You Wash Your Feet Willon And Waylee Win A Few Lose A Few World’s Worst Guitar Picker Worried Man The Worst Is Yet To Come You Could Have Heard A Heart You’re Right