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Who are they?
Dean Dillon
Craig Wiseman
Don Schlitz
Jeffrey Steele
Name some more big guns (non-artists) with many hit cuts.
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Bob McDill
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Thanks for Playing....
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Does "top" mean best, or most successful? How about a combination? Therefore, in no particular order:
Bob DiPiero
Gary Burr
Hugh Prestwood
Getchen Peters
Kim Williams
Mark Sanders
Jeff Steele
Kent Blazy
Al Anderson
Gary Nicholson
Toby Keith
Shania Twain/Mutt Lange
Craig Wiseman
...to name a few.
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Alan Jackson, Steve Wariner, Brooks & Dunn.
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I said non-artist songwriters but that's fine. It won't hurt to consider these bigshots, as well.
Anyone know anything about "Kostas?" He has had a ton of hits. I mean, a BUNCH. I see his name often. I think he's like a mountain man or something, lives in Maine or Minnesota or something. I guess he commutes to Nashville some.
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what about Harlan Howard and Matraca Berg Mark D Sanders Trey Bruce Skip Ewing I think Kostas is from Montana ------------------ Ande Rasmussen AndeRasmussen@aol.com http://www.AndeRasmussen.comhttp://songramp.com/andehttp://www.soundclick.com/andershttp://www.MySpace.com/andersEditor Of "Inspirations for Songwriters" Message archive: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DIFS/messagesTo receive IFS, SEND an EMPTY email to: difs-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
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I think Kostas lives out West somewhere...saw his name recently somewhere..
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Boo...my name is Doug
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Don't forget Bill Anderson's writting comeback
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our very own Steve Seskin! 7 #1 songs along with a lot of other great cuts and our 2004 Song of the Year as a cherry on top (out of 140,000 songs entered).
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Brian Austin Whitney Founder Just Plain Folks jpfolkspro@gmail.com Skype: Brian Austin Whitney Facebook: www.facebook.com/justplainfolks"Don't sit around and wait for success to come to you... it doesn't know the way." -Brian Austin Whitney "It's easier to be the bigger man when you actually are..." -Brian Austin Whitney "Sometimes all you have to do to inspire humans to greatness is to give them a reason and opportunity to do something great." -Brian Austin Whitney
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that's true, be sure to throw in his often cowriter Allen Shamblin. btw steve is doing a three day workshop in Waring, TX at www.oldno9.org don't forget paul overstreet Ande <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Brian Austin Whitney:
our very own Steve Seskin! 7 #1 songs along with a lot of other great cuts and our 2004 Song of the Year as a cherry on top (out of 140,000 songs entered).
Brian</font> ------------------ Ande Rasmussen AndeRasmussen@aol.com http://www.AndeRasmussen.comhttp://songramp.com/andehttp://www.soundclick.com/andershttp://www.MySpace.com/andersEditor Of "Inspirations for Songwriters" Message archive: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DIFS/messagesTo receive IFS, SEND an EMPTY email to: difs-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Ande Rasmus sen
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Don't forget Tony Arata, who penned "The Dance" as well as other Garth cuts and cuts for Patty Loveless and Clay Walker to name a few.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by randygibson:
Bob McDill
Kris Kristofferson</font> Bob McDill wrote some great songs. "Red Necks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer" deserves an award for the title alone. "Someone Like You" is the prettiest song he ever wrote, in my opinion. Emmylou does a great version of it. I used to date Bob's daughter, Katie.
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I'm surprised no one's mentioned Razzy Bailey yet.....
If writing ever becomes work I think I'm going to have to stop
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Hey John, Razzy's written number ones in both country (Anywhere There's a Jukebox) and rock (9,999,999 Tears). He had an R&B hit in the 70's with I Hate Hate. Recently, his song City of Lost Angels was number one on both U.S. and European indie charts. And Razzy's not only had hits as the singer of his songs. Other artists such as Dickie Lee (9,999,999 Tears #1 and Peanut Butter #13) and Bobby G. Rice (She's Looking Up #1 European), just to name two, have had success with Razz's material As an artist, Razzy's resume is so impressive (fifteen number one hits, thirty top tens, Billboard Country Entertainer, Alabama Music Hall of Fame and etc.) that people forget he's a songwriter. Nearly every time I work with him in the studio, he'll take a break and pull out his guitar to play me some song idea. Sometimes, I even get to co-write. I guess we've written over a dozen songs like that. Razzy's probably written three or four thousand songs. He's got several hundred song demos at his studio. Befored buying his own studio, Razzy would routinely spend $500 to $1000 and more per song doing demos. Last night we played near Alabama at a dance hall called Big Jim Country. The place was packed. In two sets, at least two thirds of the songs were Razzy Bailey compositions, and the audience knew most of them. Razzy's not at the very top of the list of Nashville songwriters, but he's on lists those other songwriters will never enter. Mike ------------------ You have to practice improvisation. -Art Tatum Mike Dunbar Music
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I don't know how long it's been since he's had any hits, but Sanger D "Whitey" Shafer is one of my all time favorites. Lefty Frizell/Merle Haggard/Keith Whitley "I never go around Mirrors", and "That's The Way Love Goes." I believe he has had some George Strait cuts somewhere back there.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Corey:
Rivers Rutherford
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What about Victoria Shaw?
Where is she now?
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Sharpe Lurker:
What about [b]Victoria Shaw?
Where is she now?
[/B]</font> You can check her out at her web site. Looks like this talented lady is still working her butt off. www.victoriashaw.com Jerry ------------------ Jerry Jakala
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"You can check her out at her web site.
Looks like this talented lady is still working her butt off."
www.victoriashaw.com
JerryThanks Jerry! After checking her website out... especially the credits part... I now realize that Victoria Shaw is more accomplished/successful than I was previously aware of. Thanks again, big smile! ------------------ "digging deep in the verbal sludge of society, for the gems of interest"
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Kostas lives in Montana and visits Nashville...How about Wayne Carson?
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Hi All,
Listening to all the songs being played on radio for the last decade not many impressed me. The best song I can name in that time period was the song DIGGING UP BONES written by Paul Overstreet if I remember correctly. A few have been released since that I liked but they are far and few to be sure. I listen to todays offerings on CMT and sometimes on the radio but can't give the songs being recorded and released very high marks. A few weeks ago there was a request for songs by Jason Blume for a new Artist as they couldn't find anything they liked from the Writers and Publishers in Nashville. I guess they finally found what they needed but not from any of the songs submitted from outside sources. I think that was a good look into songs and songwriters in Nashville. What's being written and played on the radio is barely fair at best. Not all good songs come from the Major Music Centers. You can never tell where the next hit will come from.
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I apologize if some of these were already mentioned. Tia Sillers Mark Selby Jeffrey Steele Al Anderson Lee Roy Parnell Walt Aldridge Gary Baker Tommy Lee James ------------------ <IMG SRC=\"http://javamusik.com/javamusik.jpg\">
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I wonder if we could come up with a list of the best "Rock" songwriters? Are there many rock songwriters who wrote for people other than themselves? In Pop you've got the queen Diane Warren and a lot of producers like Jam and Lewis and the various Rap music impressarios. But when it comes to rock, after the Beatles era, who wrote songs that other bands had original (rather than cover version) hits with?
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"But when it comes to rock, after the Beatles era, who wrote songs that other bands had original (rather than cover version) hits with?"
I am thinking J.D. Souther wrote hits for the Eagles... or at least was in on the composing part.
I can see I need to take a day off just to carefully review my childrens and also my cds to analyze all the great writers who wrote [classic rock] and [country].
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Also I've got it in my head Jackson Browne wrote some hits for the Eagles...
On the same note- would be interesting for fans of "Led Zepplin" to sift through their cd collection and let us know if the song writing was from within the group, or did they seek out pro songwriters?
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