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2 unusual facts about American Songwriter


Get Off on the Pain

Jim Malec with American Songwriter gave the album a 4 ½ rating, lauding the songwriting on the release, calling it "eternally substantive" saying "... he breathes a fresh layer of depth and realism into what might otherwise be well-worn stories".

Rhett Miller

American Songwriter named Miller their Writer of The Week for the week of June 25, 2012 and included him on their The Muse July Sampler.


Chris Farren

Farren produced albums by Boy Howdy, Kevin Sharp, and Deana Carter in the 1990s, and was named Country Producer of the Year in 1997 by American Songwriter magazine.


see also

Acrobat Records

Acrobat Records is the independent record label of American songwriter Matt Nathanson formed in 1993.

Arthur James

Jimmy Griffin a.k.a. Arthur James (1943–2005), American songwriter

Bill Roberts

Billy Roberts (born 1936), American songwriter and musician credited with composing the 1960s rock music standard "Hey Joe"

Black Eyed Man

American songwriter Townes Van Zandt wrote "Cowboy Junkies Lament" especially for the band.

Bridget Benenate

Bridget Benenate is an American songwriter who first found success with the song "Permission to Shine," which was performed by the band Bachelor Girl and shot to the top of the Australian charts in 1999.

Danny Mayo

Danny "Bear" Mayo (October 2, 1950 - October 2, 1999) was an American songwriter, primarily known for writing country hits for artists such as Alabama, Tracy Byrd, Pirates of the Mississippi and Confederate Railroad.

Donald Gibson

Don Gibson (1928–2003), American songwriter and country musician

Dream Brother: The Lives and Music of Jeff and Tim Buckley

First published on February 1, 2001 the book is a dual biography of Jeff Buckley, American songwriter and musician, and Tim Buckley, his father, also a musician.

Elgie Stover

Elgie Stover (1938-2011) was an American songwriter, composer, producer and background singer, most famous for his associations with uncle Harvey Fuqua and legendary Motown star Marvin Gaye, co-writing two of Gaye's songs from the singer's acclaimed 1971 album, What's Going On.

Elias Fund

In 1994, Elias Sithole, a gardener in Zimbabwe, met American songwriter Chad Urmston.

Frank Guida

Frank Guida (May 26, 1922 – May 19, 2007) was a Sicilian-American songwriter and music producer credited with discovering Gary U.S. Bonds, whose hits, including "New Orleans" and "Quarter to Three", he produced.

Genta Ismajli

The majority of the songs on the album were written by American songwriter Kara DioGuardi.

Haras

Haras Fyre (born 1953), an American songwriter, singer and multi-instrumentalist

Harry Carroll

Harry Carroll (November 28, 1892, in Atlantic City, New Jersey – December 26, 1962, in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania) was an American songwriter, pianist and composer.

Hit Song Science

Music Intelligence Solutions, Inc., is using Hit Song Science as a basis for several contests done in partnership with organizations such as AllHipHop.com, Urban Latino and American Songwriter magazine, and claims to have predicted the commercial success of Norah Jones debut album, Come Away With Me, (which won a Grammy for Best Album) and Ben Novak's debut single, Turn Your Car Around, which reached the number 12 spot in the UK Top 40 charts.

Hutch Harris

Hutch Harris is an American songwriter and musician, and the lead guitarist/vocalist of Portland, Oregon rock band The Thermals.

Independent Music Group

Between 2004 and 2011, the Independent Music Group represented the publishing catalog of the American songwriter Alexander Perls.

Jack Rollins

Walter E. Rollins (1906-1973), American songwriter, nicknamed "Jack"

James Myers

James E. Myers (1919-2001), American songwriter, co-credited writer (as Jimmy DeKnight) of "Rock Around the Clock"

Jimmy Cox

Jimmy Cox (July 28, 1882 – March 1925) was an American songwriter famous for his Depression-era hit "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out".

Joe Hunter

Ivory Joe Hunter (1914–1974), African American songwriter, R&B singer and pianist

Jordan Is a Hard Road to Travel

Jordan Is a Hard Road to Travel is a song composed by American songwriter Dan Emmett for an 1853 blackface minstrel show.

Kurstin

Greg Kurstin (born 1969), American songwriter and record producer

Lipkin

Steven Barry Lipkin (born 1942), American songwriter and record producer

Livsey

Billy Livsey, American songwriter, keyboardist, and producer from Nashville, Tennessee

Matthew White

Matthew E. White (born 1982), American songwriter, producer, arranger, and founder of Spacebomb Records.

Michele Brourman

Michele Brourman is an American songwriter who is well known for writing the songs to most of the films in Land Before Time series (with Amanda McBroom), as well as the accompanying television series (with Ford Riley).

Miike Snow

In 2004, whilst working on writing a pop album for Britney Spears, Karlsson and Winnberg met the third band member, American songwriter Andrew Wyatt.

National Academy of Songwriters

In December 1985, the National Academy of Songwriters started their annual "Salute To The American Songwriter" concerts which over the years featured performances by artists such as Carole King, Jackson Browne, Stevie Wonder, Los Lobos, Willie Dixon, Atlantic Starr, Stephen Stills, Michael Bolton, Melissa Manchester, Stephen Bishop, Brian Wilson, Kim Carnes, Michael McDonald, and many others.

Also performing over the years at the "Salute To The American Songwriter" concerts were songwriting legends such as Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Barry Mann, Jay Livingston and Ray Evans, Richard Sherman, John Bettis, Diane Warren, and many others.

Nilo Menéndez

Nilo Menéndez Barnet (Matanzas, 26 September 1902 - Burbank, California, 15 September 1987) was a Cuban-born naturalized American songwriter.

Plain Pat

Patrick "Plain Pat" Reynolds is an American songwriter and record producer, noted for working with Drake, Alicia Keys, Mary J. Blige, Kid Cudi, Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, Ghostface Killah, The Roots, Lloyd, Young Gunz, Myron and The Kyniptionz, Ashanti, Ludacris, Freeway, Ja Rule, N.O.R.E., and The Mutton Birds among others.

Rain Rain Go Away

American Songwriter Allen Toussaint uses the rhyme as the basis for his song "Rain Rain Go Away," as performed by Lee Dorsey on the 1966 album "The New Lee Dorsey".

Robert Sherman

Robert B. Sherman (1925–2012), American songwriter and screenwriter

Robert Stanton

Bob Haymes (1923–1989), American songwriter, actor and television personality who appeared under the names "Bob Stanton" and "Robert Stanton" in the mid-to-late 1940s

Steve Baxter

Steve Baxter is an American songwriter and guitarist, best known as one of the founding members of the rock group Daniel Amos.

Steve Seskin

Steve Seskin is an American songwriter whose compositions have been recorded by Alabama, Kenny Chesney, Peter Frampton, Waylon Jennings, Brian McComas, Neal McCoy, Tim McGraw, John Michael Montgomery, Colin Raye, Tebey and Mark Wills.

The River Unbroken

The song was written by American songwriter/producer Darrell Brown and American singer-songwriter David Batteau.

Timothy Gray

Timothy Gray (September 5, 1926 – March 17, 2007) was an American songwriter, author, singer and director, remembered for his partnership with Hugh Martin which produced High Spirits, a musical based on Noël Coward's play, Blithe Spirit.

Wall of Soundz

Wall Of Soundz was originally going to be released as a side-project that McFadden embarked on with American songwriter and producer Robert Conley, known for his work with Australian singer Darren Hayes, but both decided that due to the variety of tracks, McFadden should release it as his third solo album.