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Tony
Stampley
Tony Stampley has written more songs for Hank Williams Jr than any other
writer. Songs such as I like My Whiskey On Ice and Women On Fire, I’ve
Been Down, American Offline, Woman On The Run. The Nashville Scene,
Video of the year and Top Five funny song of the year in 1985 with the
parody song about Boy George Where’s The Dress. Had over 50 songs
recorded by Major label Artist such as John Anderson, George Jones,
Randy Travis, Moe Bandy and Joe Stampley, Confederate Railroad, and
Guitar Legend Lonnie Mack.
Most recently "Heal Me " on Billy Curringtons latest release and tons more... |
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Jerry
had
his first cut in 1968, when Charley Pride recorded The Day
The World Stood Still, which reached the Top 5, and followed it
up with the Top 3 hit, The Easy Part’s Over, the latter earning
the first of their two BMI awards. The following year, Jeannie
C. Riley had a Top 40 success with The Back Side Of Dallas.
In 1970, Stan Hitchcock had back-to-back hits with Call Me
Gone and Dixie Belle. However, that same year, Mel
Tillis had a Top 5 with Heaven Everyday. In 1971, Foster
and Rice racked up a slew of hits that included, All I Want
to Do Is Say I Love You (Brian Collins), At Least Part Of
The Way (Stan Hitchcock), Give Him Love and Think
Again (both Patti Page) and Is It Any Wonder That I Love
You and What About The Hurt (both Bob Luman). That
year, they set the then ASCAP record, receiving 5 awards. The
following year, the duo had a bumper crop of major hits that
included, Somebody Loves Me, Someone To Give My Love To
and Love Is A Good Thing (all by Johnny Paycheck), It
Takes You and When You Say Love (both by Bob Luman),
Is It Any Wonder That I Love You (Nat Stuckey) and
Would You Take Another Chance On Me (their first No.1, from
Jerry Lee Lewis). Lewis also recorded Think About It Darlin’
as the flip-side of his follow-up single, Chantilly Lace. During
the year, they broke their own ASCAP award record by receiving
10 awards. In 1973, it was Jerry’s turn to make his chart debut,
when Copperhead scraped in and then Looking Back
(a 1958 Pop hit for Nat "King" Cole), reached the Top 60, both
on Cinnamon. That year, Foster and Rice had another generous
helping of songs cut and made hits of by other artists,
including All In The Name Of Love (Narvel Felts),
Darling You Can Always Come Back Home (Jody Miller), I
Hate Goodbyes (Bobby Bare), Something About You I Love
(Johnny Paycheck) and Take Time To Love Her (Nat
Stuckey). During 1974, their run continued unabated with Born
To Love And Satisfy (Karen Wheeler), Loving You Has
Changed My Life and Hey There Girl (both David
Rogers), When Your Good Love Was Mine, Until The End
Of Time and I Want To Stay (all by Narvel Felts/Felts
and Bill Rice’s future wife, singer/songwriter Sharon Vaughn),
I’ll Think Of Something (Hank Williams, Jr.), Song And
Dance Man and My Part Of Forever (both by Johnny
Paycheck) and Rosie Cries A Lot (Ferlin Husky). Once
again, they broke their own ASCAP record when they received
eleven awards plus four production awards for their newly
constituted production company, Farah. Their roster was Narvel
Felts, Bobby Bare, Sharon Vaughn and Foster and Rice themselves.
During 1975, Eddy Raven had hits with Foster and Rice’s Ain’t
She Something Else and You’re My Rainy Day Woman. The
following year, Paycheck scored with another of Jerry and Bill’s
songs, I Can See Me Lovin’ You Again. In addition, they
had hits from Jacky Ward with I Never Said it Would Be Easy
and Jerry Lee Lewis with Let’s Put It Back Together Again.
In 1977,Mickey Gilley took their song, Here Comes The Hurt
Again into the Top 10.
They had major cuts from Steve Wariner with Easy Part’s Over
(1980), Jerry Lee Lewis with the Top 5 single Thirty Nine
And Holding (1981), Johnny Rodriguez with First Time
Burned (1984) and the No.1 hit from Conway Twitty, Ain’t
She Something Else (1985). Jerry has had over 500 songs
recorded during his career, mostly by major artists.
Jerry and Bill are the most awarded songwriting
team in the history of ASCAP, and hold the records for most
awards received in one year. They also hold the distinction of
having 10 songs in the billboard country music charts in one
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Bobby
Keel
BOBBY KEEL IS A SONGWRITER EXTRORDINAIRE. HAVING WRITTEN
HUNDREDS OF SONGS AND HAVING BEEN AWARDED 14 GOLD AND 12 PLATINUM ALBUMS
FOR SALES OF OVER 20,000,000 RECORDS HE IS TRULY A GIANT AMONG HIS
PEERS. AMONG THOSE WHO HAVE RECORDED BOBBY KEEL SONGS ARE HANK WILLIAMS
JR., ALBERT KING, DAVID ALAN COE, CONFEDERATE RAILROAD, TRAVIS TRITT,
MOE BANDY, JOE STAMPLEY, TAMMY WYNETTE, JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ, THE FORESTER
SISTERS, THE CARTER FAMILY, THE BALLISTIC PINTOS, FREDDY POWERS, RAY
PENNINGTON, AND ZIGGYDALE. HE HAS BEEN MENTIONED AS ONE OF THOSE WHO
BELONG IN THE SONGWRITERS HALL OF FAME BY "THE TENNESSEAN" NASHVILLE'S
LARGEST PUBLICATION. BOBBY IS ALSO AN ACCOMPLISHED GUITARIST AND
KEYBOARDIST. AMONG HIS BUSINESS ACCOMPLISHMENTS HE IS A SUCCESSFUL MUSIC
PUBLISHER AND SESSION PLAYER. BOBBY IS A LOW HANDICAP GOLFER OFTEN
SHOOTING PAR. AMONG HIS SONGWRITING HEROES ARE DON WAYNE, MICKY NEWBURY,
KRIS KRISTOFFERSON, AND WHITEY SHAFER. |
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Stonewall Thomas
Rock & Roll, Singer-Songwriter Stonewall.
Who's MP3.com chart topping singles include the #1 "Sunsets For You", #1
"Never Say Goodbye" and Five other top 5 singles including "Karma", I'm
Not A Criminal", "Noah". ...and more |
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Rand
Bishop is a
Grammy-nominated, BMI
Award-winning, Million-play
songwriter with well over
200 cuts to his credit—by
such artists as Beach Boys,
Heart, Cheap Trick, Indigo
Girls, Tim McGraw, David
Ball, Peter Noone, Richie
Havens and Vanilla
Fudge—among many others.
Bishop’s My List,
recorded by Toby Keith
(co-written with Tim James)
spent five weeks at number
one on the Billboard .
plenty more here...
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Tirk Wilder
Tirk wrote the theme
song for the mega-hit CBS television show, "Walker, Texas Ranger", "The
Eyes of The Ranger" received the prestigious BMI TV Music award for three
consecutive years.
On the heels
of a record contract with RCA Victor, he appeared with such greats as
Jerry Lee Lewis, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Dickie Betts, Black Oak Arkansas, David Allen Coe, Earl Thomas
Conley, and many others. He has also toured throughout the country as keyboard player for country
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Dave Gibson &
Dasiy Dern
"Midnight Fire"
became a top 5 hit for Steve Warnie, immediately followed by
"Heart Trouble", which also scored in the top 5.
Dave has written hit songs for
Alabama; "Jukebox In My Mind," Tanya Tucker; "If It
Don't Come Easy," Confederate Railroad; "Queen of Memphis"
and "Daddy Never Was The Cadillac Kind," Joe Diffie;
"Ships That Don't Come In," Pam Tillis; "Do You Know
Where Your Man Is," Conway Twitty; "House On Old Lonesome
Road," and most recently the hit "Lonely and Gone" for
Montgomery Gentry. |
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Chris Gantry
Chris has written
more than 1,000 songs some of them with Kris Kristofferson, Mel Tillis, Shel Silverstein, and Eddie Rabbit.
Over 100 of his songs were recorded by various artist; Roy Clark, Johnny
Cash, Sonny Curtis, Robert Goulet, Wayne Newton, Johnny Lee, Reba
McEntire, Billy Walker, Garry Pucket, KD Lang, Davey T Hamilton, Yankee
Grey, and Rhett Akins, including Dreams of the Everyday Housewife,
by Glen Campbell which won three M.M.I awards Chris recorded five albums
for Monument and ABC Dot
Records. |
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The Luboffs
As songwriters, we have had
success with "Trust Me," the first single on Snoop Dogg's "Topp
Dogg" album, "I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much," a No. 2 chart
recording by Bobby Womack, "Body Language" cut by Patti LaBelle
(gold album) and the featured song in the John Travolta movie,
"The Experts," among others. |
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Troy Martin
Troy Martin "Baby's Gotten Good At
Goodbye, She Can't Say I Didn't Cry. etc." |
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Boomer
Castleman
Inventor:
Bigsby PalmPedal
Music Director:
The International Country Music Awards Show;
A live Audio/Vidio production featuring top
international artist.
Tom Jones
hosting.Musician:
Played on recording
sessions
for Pop, Country, and R&B artist such as;
Linda Ronstadt, Vic Dana, Lola Folana, Kenny
Rodgers, Merilee Rush, Michael Martin Murphy, George
Hamilton, Tammy Wynette, David Alan Coe, Johnny
Rodriguez, George Jones, Dorsey Burnette, Johnny
Paycheck, Patti Page, Johnny Lee, Roy Clark, Mel
Tillis, Earl Scugges, Trini Lopez, Dave Dudley, Hoyt
Axton, Big Al Downing, Gerry Mulligan, and many
more.Live
Performances:
The White
House, Washington DC December 29th, 2000; 2001 Super
Blues Fest, San Diego; American Bandstand (One of
only two artists to perform live. The other was Jim
Stafford); guitarist for flutist James Galway on the
"Stranded in West Texas" show; Staff guitarist for
the Smokey Mountain Steel Guitar Jamboree,
Knoxville, TN (a yearly event).Background
Vocalist: "In the Heat of the
Night" (Oscar for best sound track, 1968); "I Dream
of Jeannie", "For Singles Only", "The Tiger Makes
Out", guitarist on "Take This Job & Shove It",
movie; "New Country", "Christmas on the General
Jackson", "The Graham Parsons Notebook" (Vocalist &
Guitarist).Songwriter:
Songs by
Lyle Lovett, John Dever, The Monkeys, George
Hamilton IV, Ronnie Prophet, Chad Evertt, Rusty
Weir, Seldom Seen, Ray Wylie Hubbord, Michael
Martin Murphy, BW Stevenson, Mari Wilson, and the TV
shows "Bonanza" & "I Dream of Jeannie".Producer:
"Judy Mae" (Boomer Castleman,Mums
Records); "Telephone Man" (Mari Wilson, BNA/GRT
Records); "Say You Do", (Bobby David, 20th Century
Records); "Hollywood & Vine" (Kim Morrison, Malalco
Records); "Just Fir You" (Ronnie Prophet, Cachet/TeeVee
Records) Records; "Peter the Meter Reader" (Mari
Wilson WMOT Records); "Silent Partners" (Rodney Lay,
Sun Records); "Summertime Blues" (Boomer Castleman,
Cream Records); "Internet Man", "900 Song" (Mari
Wilson WB/Giant Records); "Mr Hyde" (Mr Hyde, axim
Records); "Personal Notes" (Boomer Castelman, RLG
Records) "HOT LYX" (Boomer Castleman, RLG Records).Awards:
Vocals on Quincy Jones Oscar winning soundtrack "In
the Heat of the Night", "Telephone Man" (Mari Wilson
RIAA Certified gold record); "Just For You" (Ronnie
Prophet CRIA Certified gold record); "Telephone Man"
(Mari Wilson Ampex Golden Reel Award); "Just For
You" Ronnie Prophet Ampex Golden Reel Award);
"Telephone Man" (Mari Wilson UK Certified Silver);
"Spotlight Guitar" (Boomer Castleman, Guitar Player
Magazine June 1994); "Lick-of-the-month" (Boomer
Castleman Guiter Player Magazine, March 1999);
("Rock & Read" Magazine Boomer Castleman 'Cover
Story');Record
Labels: Owned BNA Records, a
successeful independent label, sold to BMG, 1993;
Head of Delta Disc Records A&R 1999, currently COO
of Legend Records; also owns and operates Amria
Records
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Bob Hicks
(Conway Twitty, Loretta
Lynn, George Strait, and other cuts past and present.) Hasn't
missed a fest yet. Ask him about his bio and the old & new days when ya see him. He loves to share his experiences. |
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Stan Webb
"I'm From the Country,"
Tracy Byrd SESAC Legacy Award for his string of musical achievements.
Wait till ya hear his new stuff. |
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Lisa Aschmann
With over 400 cuts from radio and movies from Jazz to
Bluegrass or Soup to Nuts, Lisa is an eclectic and prolific
songwriter .at the top of her game. Cuts by
Diamond Rio, Collin Raye, Aiofe Clancy, Art Garfunkel, Aaron
Neville, Grace Griffith, Don Jones, Alice Newman,Wayfaring
Stranger and with her co-writer, Joel Evans, she’s had
over 30 TV and film placements this past year, including
Numbers, Bones, West Wing, The Young and the Restless, JAG,
Providence, and The Perfect Man. “A Dozen Roses Ago”, “What Are
The Chances of That?” and “Until It Happens To You.” and
of course more... |
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Irene Kelley
"A Little Bluer Than That" Alan Jackson, Drive- BMG
"Hold Her", Loretta Lynn, Still Country- Audium "O,
Mexico", Trisha Yearwood , "Thinkin About You"- MCA
"Second Chance" Trisha Yearwood, Inside Out- MCA "Cold
All The Time" Bill Anderson, What I Feel - indie
"Somewhere Between Texas And Mexico" Pat Green -
Universal/Mercury/Republic "Don't Waste My Time" Little
Big Town- SONY "Not So Different After All", Brother
Phelps - Asylum Records "You Are A Rock (And I'm A
Rolling Stone)", Carl Jackson - CBS "Jesus Rock My
Baby", The Whites - Curb Records
"Silver and Gold", Claire Lynch - Rounder Records "Love
Can't Ever Get Better Than This", Ricky Skaggs & Sharon
White - CBS (Sony) & Curb "Run To the Well, Virginia"
Stevens Sisters- Little By Little -Rounder "Scorns
of Time" Allan Hall - Curb "You're Gonna Need This
Memory" Pierce Pettis , Great Big World- Compass
"Sure Do Miss You Now" Pure Prairie League, All In Good
Time - Drifters Church "Keep My Love There While I'm
Gone", Claire Lynch
"Jealousy", Claire Lynch , Silver & Gold - Rounder
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Tommy Barnes
Cat Daddy, (7 Hank Jr. cuts, 6 Tim McGraw cuts including "Indian
Outlaw", 3 Little Texas cuts including "My Love", Western Flyer,
Englebert Humperdink and Celinda Pink have also cut his songs)
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Earl Clark
A songwriters songwriter, living
what he writes.
I
Found Jesus On The Jailhouse Floor - George Strait One Step At A Time
- George Strait Can't Break It To My Heart - Tracy Lawrence
Renegades, Rebels & Rogues - Tracy Lawrence It's Not The End Of The
World But A Damn Good Start-Emilo I Can Do That - Tanya Same Ole Fool
- Johnny Rodriguez Stray Cats - Willie Nelson
Cowboys & Girls Of The Night - Willie Nelson |
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Tony Mullins
Campfire ring -a ding. How
Forever Feels- Kenny Chesney Angel In My Eyes -I’ll Take
Love Over Money- Aaron Tippin All I Want Is A Life - Tim
McGraw Home - TIm McGraw Aint That Just Like A Dream - Tim
McGraw Lonely Grill - Lonestar What About You - Sons of
the Desert The 5th -
Brad Martin |
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Chris & Camille Wallin
I’m Tryin’ - Trace Adkins
Speed - Montgomery Gentry
Beer Run - Garth Brooks
Artists who have cut Chris's songs include Lorrie Morgan, , Sammy
Kershaw, Tommy Shane Steiner, Michael Peterson, Jeffrey Steele,
Confederate Railroad, Neal McCoy, Brian McComas, Brad Paisley, Joe
Diffie, Diamond Rio and more..... |
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Buzz Rabin & Jimmy Compton
Guys, I need your bios. Thanks Buzz and
Jimmy for being there. Where the hell is the Travs and those hats?
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Billy Yates
BILLY YATES AT # 1 FOR 26 WEEKS IN 2005 (01/20/06) -
For the past 2 years, our own
Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter, Billy Yates, has enjoyed widespread
recognition among country music fans around the world. While performing
more than 100 shows all over Europe during the past two years, Yates and
his M.O.D. (my own damn) Record Label decided to start releasing singles
there. "Our first single went straight to number one, the second did the
same and the craziness hasn't stopped".
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Devon O'Day Her songwriting career includes credits
by George Strait, Hank Williams, Jr, Lee
Ann Womack, Kim McLean, Dolly Parton,
Ray Stevens, Trace Adkins, Neal McCoy and
more. Though now an ASCAP songwriter, she holds a
"Million-Air" award from BMI. As of 2006 she hosts
Country Hitmakers on 100 radio stations across the
country, as well as launching Country Spirit
nationally (a weekly gospel/inspirational radio show), and
narrating the "Impact Songs" series for the Bravo network.
She also hosts weekend shows on SIRIUS Radio's Spirit
Channel. Her voice is heard on campaigns, promotions, and
programs for The Billy Graham Crusade, Women of Faith,
United Methodist Communications, KFC, Hilton Hotels, Drexel
Heritage Furniture, United Way, and many others. Her voice
has been heard on CBS, PBS, NBC, TNN, CMT, Lifetime, RFD-TV,
MSNBC, and FOX. She has been the voice of choice to narrate
specials at the request of such artists as Garth Brooks, The
Dixie Chicks, Kenny Chesney, Trace Adkins, John Michael
Montgomery, The Isaacs, Bill Gaither, and Trisha Yearwood.
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Mack Vickery
Mack has written countless songs,
which have been recorded by Americas Top Country Stars, including, “The Jamestown Ferry” (Tanya Tucker),
“I’m The Only Hell My Mama Ever Raised” (Johnny Paycheck), “The
Fireman” (George Strait), “Right In The Wrong Direction” (Vern Gosdin) “Rockin’ My Life Away” (Jerry Lee Lewis. Mack has
written many songs for the late great Waylon Jennings such as
“The Eagle”, “If She’ll Leave Her Mama”, “Cedartown Georgia” and
“ I Can’t Keep My Hands Off You”. Mack has written songs for
Charlie Pride, Mel Street, Ricky Van Shelton, Mark Chestnut,
John Anderson, Mickey Gilley, Hank Williams Jr., Claude King,
Lefty Frizzell, Cal Smith, Willie Nelson, George Jones, Becky
Hobbs, Louise Mandrell, Barbi Benton, Faron Young & Earnest Tubb. |
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Billy Ray Reynolds
Over the years, Reynolds has continued to churn out quality
tunes for the likes of Waylon, Johnny Cash, Tanya Tucker, David
Rogers, Tompall Glaser, John Conlee, Johnny Rodriguez, Jack
Greene, David Frizzell and many, many more. Plans to record the
ruggedly handsome singer were periodically floated by, and
then--similarly--they'd vanish in the breeze. |
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Michael Peterson
The success of the hit single,
"Drink, Swear, Steal & Lie" catapulted Michael Peterson into the
national spotlight in 1997 and the follow up release, "From Here
To Eternity," earned the singer his first #1 hit. The
self-titled debut disc was certified gold and Peterson was
recognized as country music's top selling new male artist of
1997 and 1998. |
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Jimmy Payne
As a songwriter Jimmy Payne has
had songs recorded by Charley Pride, Ray Price, Bill Anderson,
Glen Campbell, Grandpa Jones, Jim Glaser, Tompall and the Glaser
Brothers, Cal Smith, Connie Smith, Jo-El Sonnier, Jeanne Pruett,
Tammy Wynette, Dottie West, Daniel O'Donnell, Frank Ifield,
Frank Jennings and many others. |
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Kim McLean (Kim Patton-Johnston)
In 1999, McLean received a Dove Award for Country Gospel song of the year
for "Count Your Blessing" which was recorded by The
Martins. Other artists who've recorded Kim McLean songs
include Tim McGraw, The Happy Goodmans, Trisha Yearwood,
Jennifer Hanson, Lee Ann Womack, Billy Gilman, Sierra,
and more. Since her first publishing deal with Little
Big Town, she has also written for EMI, Centergy, King
Lizard, New Haven, Worley World, Skyline, and Sony-Tree.
Her own publishing company, Kim McLean Music houses most
of her Gospel copyrights. Her songs have been used on
several major network TV shows including JAG,
Early Edition, As The World Turns, The
West Wing, and Hope & Faith, which also
included a cameo appearance by McClean. Rick Schroder
used "All We Ever Find", a McLean composition recorded
by Tim McGraw, for the feature film Black Cloud,
about a Native American boxer who made the Olympic
boxing team. In 2001, McLean returned to her maiden
name, and launched a solo artist career of her own with
the creation of Hippie Chick Twang Records. Her album,
"Happy Face" contains a duet with Dolly Parton called
"Angels and Eagles". The title cut of the album, Kim
McLean composed with Kenny Alphin, Big Kenny of Big and
Rich.
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Dick Feller
Five of
Dick Feller's songs have won
BMI Awards:
"Any
Old Wind That Blows"; "The Credit Card Song"; "East Bound And Down"; "Lord, Mr. Ford";
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Gary Talley
As a songwriter, he has penned
cuts for Keith Whitley, The Box Tops, James Cotton, T.G.
Shepard, Fish Heads & Rice and others. He has continued writing
and teaching, while at the same time playing television
appearances, live events or touring with artists like Billy
Preston, Sam Moore, Pam Tillis, Brenda Lee, Tammy Wynette, Rufus
Thomas, Tim McGraw, Sam "the Sham" Samudio, David Lee Murphy,
Bobby Whitlock, Tracy Nelson, Dr. John, Mac Gayden, Bobby Bare,
Ray Vega, Deirdre Reilly, the Hombres, Jason D. Williams, James
Carr, Lloyd Price, and Little Eva among others. |
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Robert Jason
BMI Millionaire Award (one million
airplays worldwide) For "She Ain't Your Ordinary Girl";
NSAI #1 Award; R&R #1 Award; Quadruple Platinum Record For
"Alabama's Greatest Hits - For The Record" - Featuring "She Ain't Your
Ordinary Girl"; John Lennon Songwriting Contest Award
[Gospel/Inspirational]; Basil Morrotta Honorium - Best Piano Composition
[1983]; CLIO Award - Best Commercial, Radio "Penguins Frozen Yogurt";
Christian Country Radio #1 [2001] for "Yours", Recorded By The Fox
Brothers; Power Source Christian Country Charts #1 [2001] for "Yours",
Recorded By The Fox Brothers |
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Steve Fox is a Canadian singer/songwriter. He was born in
Brampton, Ontario and raised in
Vancouver, then moved to
Toronto in the early 1980s to pursue a career in music. He got his
break in 1995 with a rock LP "Where The Blue Moon Rises" followed by a
CD , but in 2001 he released his platinum album Small World which
led to notable singles "Small Town", "Cheap Red Wine" and "Couple On The
Cake", a duet with
Beverley Mahood and a video featuring
Leslie Neilson. Steve released the album "Lunch With Chet" with the
single "Dream On". He also is noted for writing the
Montgomery Gentry single "Daddy Won't Sell The Farm". Currently
Steve is producing records for other artists. Steve released his single
"If My Life Was a Movie" in January 2007. |
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Jimmy
Payne
In
1966 he signed a five-year contract with Epic Records. Gary Puckett and
the Union Gap. "L.A.Angels" taking it to number 21 in the national
charts. Other national charts records were "Ramblin' Man," "Where Has
All The Love Gone," "Tonight's The Night Miss Sally Testifies" and "Turnin'
My Love On."Charley Pride had a number one million selling hit with "My
Eyes Can Only See As Far As You" that was written by Jimmy and Naomi
Martin. As a songwriter Jimmy Payne has had songs recorded by Charley
Pride, Ray Price, Bill Anderson, Glen Campbell, Grandpa Jones, Jim
Glaser, Tompall and the Glaser Brothers, Cal Smith, Connie Smith, Jo-El
Sonnier, Jeanne Pruett, Tammy Wynette, Dottie West, Daniel O'Donnell,
Frank Ifield, Frank Jennings and many others. Jimmy has recorded for
Epic, Vanguard, Veejay, RCA, Jasmine, Ocean, Word, Cinnamon, Lyco, Ric,
Sounds Upon Cumberland, Kik and K-Ark. |
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Danny Dill Songwriters Hall of Fame member ,
his songwriting credits include two country classics -- "The Long Black
Veil" and "Detroit City." He got his start as a professional musician
while working with Annie Lou Stockard as Annie Lou and Danny, a duet act
that performed on the Grand Ole Opry during the '40s and '50s. Although
Dill recorded as a solo artist, he found his greatest success as a
songwriter. "The Long Black Veil," a Top 10 country hit for Lefty
Frizzell in 1959. Recorded in later years by numerous artists,
including Johnny Cash, Joan Baez, The Band and the Kingston Trio. Dill
and Mel Tillis co-wrote "Detroit City," which Bobby Bare took to the Top
10 in 1963. It remains a signature song for both Bare and Tillis. Dill's
songs were also recorded by Ray Price, Willie Nelson, Jim Reeves, Eddy
Arnold, Carl Smith, Webb Pierce and Faron Young. He was inducted into
the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1975. |
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Don Wayne
"Saginaw Michigan" with Bill Anderson which provided a huge hit for
the late Lefty Frizzell in 1964. The multi-award winning hit "Country
Bumpkin" for Cal Smith in 1974 and the clever "Belles Of Southern Bell"
for Del Reeves in 1966. |
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R.C. O'Leary
His
songs have been described as a mixture of Folk, Country, Blues, Pop and
Rockabilly.
In '76 I signed with Warner Brothers (Nashville). "Jailbirds Can't Fly"
(Peter Fonda), "Me and Rosana" (Garrick
Alden), "That's What Friends Are For" (Harlan Sanders), "Honky Tonker"
(Ronnie Prophet).
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David Allds
Third year fest head who once had special Fest Logo
"T" shirts made with Don Henley and Glen Campbell at a golf game trying
to drop a hint. When I first met "Smoothie," I saw his
calloused hands and said, "Damn, you must be a drummer!" Hit
song writer and hit record producer, (I think) with Mel Tillis and
so on. Founder of
Flatlanders Publishing
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