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Tin Pan South Shines Spotlight on Songwriters
Tin Pan South proceeds with its welcome annual invasion of Nashville March 27-31. BMI, a perennial sponsor of the festival, will support hundreds of songwriters during their performances all week, and will tout hit writers Tony Martin, Jim Collins, D. Vincent Williams and Neil Thrasher at its BMI Presents showcase Saturday, March 31 at the Bluebird Café. The latter of the two Bluebird Tin Pan South shows, BMI Presents starts…
‘Fast Cars & Freedom’ Races to #1
BMI songwriter Wendell Mobley was honored with a party staged at the Music Row offices of his publisher Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp., where his hit "Fast Cars and Freedom" was celebrated for taking the top position on the charts. Co-written by Neil Thrasher and Gary LeVox of Rascal Flatts, and produced by Mark Bright and Marty Williams, the song…
BMI Writers Morgan, Shaver and Hart Join Nashville Hall of Fame
Career BMI songwriters Dennis Morgan, Billy Joe Shaver and Freddie Hart are the newest members of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Morgan, Shaver and Hart, along with Guy Clark, were inducted November 7 during annual ceremonies hosted by the Nashville Songwriters Foundation at Loews Vanderbilt Plaza Hotel in Nashville.
‘There Goes My Life’ Goes #1
Wendell Mobley was the center of attention at BMI Nashville during a party celebrating the success of his second #1 hit, "There Goes My Life." Co-written with Neil Thrasher, the song enjoyed seven weeks in the top spot and is the first single from Kenny Chesney's latest BNA Records album, When The Sun Goes Down. Also honored were Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. and co-producer…
Top Producer Byron Gallimore Is Center Stage at Surprise Party
The guest list was a "Who's Who" of country music makers when BMI Nashville hosted a surprise party for producer Byron Gallimore to celebrate his being named Billboard magazine's #1 "Hot Country Producer" for the third year in a row. Billboard Nashville bureau chief Phyllis Stark gifted Gallimore with a framed listing from the magazine, explaining that his #1 designation represents an astounding 87 charting songs in three years.…
Tracy Byrd
Tracy Byrd Goes 'Ten Rounds' With Industry Friends RCA recording artist Tracy Byrd gave members of the media and radio community an intoxicating bout of country music during a recent listening lunch sponsored by RCA Records and BMI. Byrd sampled selected songs from his eighth and newest release, Ten Rounds, during the luncheon at the BMG chapel. The album's lead-off single was the Top-20 "A Good Way…
