Oscar Washington

American songwriter, poet, teacher, guitarist, columnist, and music entrepreneur (born February 18, 1912 in Tulsa, Oklahoma – died around 2004 in Saint Louis, Missouri).

Oscar Washington wrote 70 songs, but is mostly known for co-writing "Night Train". As a guitarist, he recorded under the pseudonym Faith Douglas. In his day job, he was a high school chemistry teacher. Douglas also ran the publishing company [l746165] (also appears as [l1365999] or [l1579032]) and founded three labels, [l481959] (also appears as [l250531]), [l=Peak Records (23)], and [l160833].

Died under mysterious circumstances around 2004, aged 92.