Which American songwriter and publisher wrote songs for Aretha Franklin and Faith Hill and also published songs for Garth Brooks and the Northern Ireland singer Feargal Sharkey?
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Dennis Morgan (songwriter) Dennis Morgan (born July 30, 1952 in Tracy, Minnesota) is an American songwriter and music publisher, best known for writing songs for Aretha Franklin, Faith Hill, Barbara Mandrell, and Eric Clapton. He has also published hit songs by Garth Brooks, All-4-One, Feargal Sharkey, and Trisha Yearwood.
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Feargal Sharkey Seán Feargal Sharkey (born 13 August 1958) is a singer from Northern Ireland most widely known as the lead vocalist of pop punk band The Undertones in the 1970s and 1980s, and also for solo works in the 1980s and 1990s. His 1985 solo single "A Good Heart" was an international success. After becoming less musically active in the early 1990s, he has performed various roles supporting the UK's commercial music industry, winning several awards and honours for his work in that area.
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Holly Gleason Holly Gleason is an American music critic, songwriter, and music industry consultant. Focused primarily on country and roots music, she has written for "Rolling Stone", the "New York Times", and "Spin", among others. As a publicist, Gleason has worked with artists including Kenny Chesney, Brooks & Dunn, Emmylou Harris, John Prine, and Rodney Crowell. Under the name Lady Goodman, she co-wrote "Better as a Memory," a #1 hit on the "Billboard Hot Country" charts for Chesney in 2008.
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Brendan Vintedge Brendan Vintedge is an American singer-songwriter and entrepreneur, who made it to the top 30 on the sixth season of American Idol. His musical genres are electronic dance music, popular music, rhythm and blues, chill-out music, trap music, electro house, and dubstep. In 2013, he licensed his works "2nd Chance" and "Kissin Away" to TV show R&B Divas starring Faith Evans and Syleena Johnson. The same year, he signed with Spectrum Talent Agency alongside notable artists such as Kelly Rowland, Blu Cantrell, Deborah Cox, SWV, Doug E. Fresh and more.
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Garth Porter Garth Ivan Richard Porter (born 24 September 1948) is a New Zealand-born Australian multi-instrumental musician, songwriter and record producer. He was a member, on keyboards and backing vocals, of the pop group, Sherbet (1970–84), and co-wrote both of their number-one singles, "Summer Love" (March 1975) and "Howzat" (May 1976). Porter is a co-writer and producer for country music singer Lee Kernaghan.
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Gary Talley Gary Talley (born August 17, 1947) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and author. He began his career as lead guitarist for the Grammy-nominated group The Box Tops who were famous for hits like "The Letter," and "Cry Like a Baby".
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Stephanie Davis (singer) Stephanie Davis (born in Montana) is an American country music singer and songwriter. She has written songs for Shelby Lynne, Garth Brooks, Waylon Jennings and Martina McBride. In addition, Davis has released five studio albums: a self-titled debut on Asylum Records in 1993, followed by four self-released albums. Her self-titled debut produced a chart single in "It's All in the Heart".
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Standing Outside the Fire "Standing Outside the Fire" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released in December 1993 as the third single from his album "In Pieces". The song also appears on "The Hits", "The Limited Series", "Double Live", and "The Ultimate Hits". It reached number 3 on the Billboard Country Charts in 1994. It was also a success internationally and reached the top thirty of the UK singles chart, a rare feat for a country singer at the time. The song was written by Brooks and Jenny Yates.
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The Warren Brothers The Warren Brothers is an American country music duo composed of brothers Brett Warren (lead vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica, mandolin, piano) and Brad Warren (background vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar). The duo has released three studio albums: "Beautiful Day in the Cold Cruel World" (1998) and "King of Nothing" (2000) on BNA Records, as well as "Well Deserved Obscurity" (2004) on Sig/429 and a 2005 compilation album, "Barely Famous Hits". These four albums have produced nine charting singles on the "Billboard" Hot Country Songs charts, with the highest being "Move On" at No. 17 in late 2000-early 2001. Brad and Brett have also co-written singles for Dierks Bentley, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, and Martina McBride.
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In Another's Eyes "In Another's Eyes" is a song recorded by American country music artists Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks. It was released in August 1997 as the second new single from the album "(Songbook) A Collection of Hits". The song reached number 2 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. Brooks wrote the song with Bobby Wood and John Peppard.
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Luke Laird Luke Robert Laird (born 1978 in Hartstown, Pennsylvania) is an American country music songwriter and producer. His #1 Billboard singles include Carrie Underwood’s "So Small", "Last Name", "Temporary Home", and "Undo It", Blake Shelton’s "Hillbilly Bone" featuring Trace Adkins, Sara Evans’s "A Little Bit Stronger", Rodney Atkins’s "Take a Back Road", Eric Church’s "Drink in My Hand", Little Big Town's "Pontoon", Hunter Hayes' "Somebody's Heartbreak", Chris Young’s "You"., Eric Church's "Talladega, Luke Bryan's "I See You," and Jon Pardi's "Head Over Boots." He has also written and produced songs for Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts, Kacey Musgraves, Toby Keith, Ne-Yo, John Legend, Jason Aldean, Miranda Lambert, Darius Rucker, and many others.
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The Thunder Rolls "The Thunder Rolls" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music legend Garth Brooks. It was released in April 1991 as the fourth and final single from his album "No Fences". "The Thunder Rolls" became his sixth number one on the country chart.
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Ross Golan Ross Golan (born April 8, 1980) is a multi-platinum songwriter from the north suburbs of Chicago. He graduated from Deerfield High School (Illinois) of Deerfield, Illinois in 1998. He studied music at the University of Southern California and has since released songs with artists including Maroon 5, Justin Bieber, Nicki Minaj, Lady Antebellum, Michael Bublé, Selena Gomez, Keith Urban, Ariana Grande, Flo Rida, One Direction, Idina Menzel, Nelly, Demi Lovato, Jason Derulo, Meghan Trainor, Cee Lo Green, 5 Seconds of Summer, Linkin Park, Prince Royce, Snoop Dogg, Gavin DeGraw, Colbie Caillat, Andy Grammer, James Blunt, Big Sean, Travis Barker, Lukas Graham, Skylar Grey, Rixton, The Vamps and Icona Pop amongst many others. He's had multiple record deals as an artist as well. The first was in 2003 with Insider Trading Corporation/EMI which was a label Golan started while in school. The label teamed up with EMI's then president, Phil Quatararo, and released "Reagan Baby". After that, Ross co-founded Glacier Hiking which had a hybrid publishing/label deal with Lionsgate The band released a self-titled EP before breaking up in 2009. Throughout both projects, Ross developed a one-man musical called, The Wrong Man which is about a man who's wrongly accused of a crime committed in Reno, NV. The show opened in February 2014 and received three Ovation Awards of four Nominations including Best Musical, Best Book and Best Lyrics and Music. Ross is also the podcast host of and the Writer Is... which is coproduced by Joe London. He is the 2016 BMI Pop Songwriter of the Year and is currently published by Warner/Chappell Music.
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America (Waylon Jennings song) "America" is a song written by Sammy Johns and recorded by American country music artist Waylon Jennings. It was released in September 1984 as the first new single from the album "Waylon's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2". The song reached number 6 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.
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List of Garth Brooks concert tours Garth Brooks is an American country pop singer-songwriter. From his first concert series to his current record-breaking worldwide tour, Brooks has changed the face of performing from a country music perspective, adding high energy and pyrotechnics to depict a hard rock-country crossover. Since his first tour began in 1991, Brooks has performed in a variety of concert settings, including world tours, residency shows, and benefit concerts.
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Bryan Todd (record producer) Bryan Todd (born March 1, 1973) is an American multi-platinum record producer and songwriter. Early in his career, Todd was a solo artist and had a single in the top 20. He has since focused on writing and producing for other Artists such as Miley Cyrus, Jordin Sparks, Danny Gokey, Michael W. Smith, Rascal Flatts, Lucy Hale, Ashley Tisdale and notably the song "Breakthrough" for the Disney Original Movie Lemonade Mouth (film), a soundtrack that reached #1 on Billboard. Todd is signed to Universal Music Publishing through David Foster.
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Sanger D. Shafer Sanger D. "Whitey" Shafer (born October 24, 1934) is an American country songwriter and musician. He wrote numerous hits for stars such as George Jones, Lefty Frizzell, and George Strait.
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The Song of the Singing Horseman The Song of the Singing Horseman is the first album of Irish singer songwriter Jimmy MacCarthy. The album was released in 1991 by Mulligan Records and it includes many of the popular songs MacCarthy wrote during the first ten years of his career including "Ride On", "Mystic Lipstick", "Bright Blue Rose" and "No Frontiers". It was not commercially available for many years but was re-released on MacCarthy's own Ride Own Records in 2016.
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Michael Blakey (music producer) Michael Blakey (born 8 December 1958, London, England) is a record producer, promoter, composer, musician, arranger, songwriter and artist manager. Blakey has either produced, promoted or worked as a musician for a number of notable artists and performers, including: Engelbert Humperdinck, Luther Vandross, Gloria Gaynor, Tears for Fears, Ron White, Coolio, Akwid, Mary J. Blige, No Doubt, 2Pac, Glen Campbell, Brian McKnight, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Bob Carlisle, and Michelle Wright. He was also the drummer and composer for the 1990s rock band Tidal Force. As both producer and promoter, Blakey earned several gold and platinum records.
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Hugo Montgomery-Swan Hugo Montgomery-Swan (HMS) (born 19 April 1962) is an English entrepreneur and publisher who has made his reputation as a musician, songwriter, author, journalist, offshore powerboater and concert promoter. He first entered the world of publishing in 1994 with a powerboating magazine called "RIB Magazine", which in 2012 was re-titled "Powerboat and Rib Magazine". Founded in March 2009 a new publishing company Oyster House Media was set up. This company published "Bass Guitar Magazine" alongside "Drummer", "Acoustic", and "Guitar Buyer" magazines. In May 2012 Oyster House Media engaged in an involuntary liquidation. The result of which was Blaze Publishing buying the rights to the Oyster House Media music magazine titles and associated live events.
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Aimee Mayo Aimee Mayo (born September 28, 1971) is an American songwriter, primarily known for writing country hits for artists such as Lonestar, Martina McBride, Sara Evans, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, and Kellie Pickler. Mayo owns her own publishing company, Little Blue Typewriter Music.
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Faith Evans Faith Renée Evans (born June 10, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Born in Lakeland, Florida and raised in New Jersey, Evans relocated to Los Angeles in 1993 for a career in the music business. After working as a backing vocalist for Al B. Sure and Christopher Williams, she became the first female artist to contract with Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs' Bad Boy Entertainment recording company in 1994, for which she collaborated with several label mates such as Mary J. Blige and Carl Thomas and released three platinum-certified studio albums between 1995 and 2001, including "Faith" (1995), "Keep the Faith" (1998) and "Faithfully" (2001).