What song writer has won two Grammys and written "I Could Be Persuaded"?
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I Could Be Persuaded "I Could Be Persuaded" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music duo The Bellamy Brothers. It was released in June 1990 as the first single from the album "Reality Check". The song reached number 7 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. It was the duo's last Top 10 hit. It was written by David Bellamy, Howard Bellamy and Don Schlitz.
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Don Schlitz Donald Alan "Don" Schlitz, Jr. (born August 29, 1952, in Durham, North Carolina) is a country music songwriter. For his songwriting efforts, Schlitz has earned two Grammys, as well as four ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year awards. Since 1993, Schlitz is also been a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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I Made It Through the Rain "I Made It Through the Rain" is a song that became a hit after it was recorded by American singer Barry Manilow, also included on his 1980 album, "Barry". The song was originally recorded by its co-writer Gerard Kenny who composed it with Drey Shepperd about a struggling musician who never gives up. Manilow heard the song and revised the lyric with Jack Feldman and Bruce Sussman to make the song about the everyday person's struggles, rather than those of a profession.
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Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" is the second single from U2's 2000 album, "All That You Can't Leave Behind". The song won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 2002. Bono has said the song was inspired by a fictional conversation with his friend Michael Hutchence about suicide.
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Billy Steinberg William Endfield "Billy" Steinberg (born February 26, 1950) is an American songwriter. He achieved his greatest success in the 1980s with songwriting partner Tom Kelly; together the two wrote or co-wrote the No. 1 hits "Like a Virgin" by Madonna (1984), "True Colors" by Cyndi Lauper (1986), "Eternal Flame" by the Bangles (1989), "So Emotional" by Whitney Houston (1987) and "Alone" (covered by Heart in 1987). They also wrote or co-wrote the hit songs "I Drove All Night" (recorded by various artists, 1987), "I Touch Myself" by Divinyls (1990), and "I'll Stand By You" by The Pretenders (1994).
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Janice Pendarvis Janice Gadsden Pendarvis is a singer, songwriter, and voiceover artist. She has worked with artists such as David Bowie, Steely Dan, Peter Tosh, Brandy, The O'Jays, Philip Glass, Jimmy Cliff, Laurie Anderson, the Naked Brothers Band, and the Rolling Stones. Janice provided background vocals for Sting on the album "The Dream of the Blue Turtles", which was nominated for a Grammy forAlbum of the Year in 1986, and she took part in his first solo tour, sharing choruses with Dolette McDonald.
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Lionel Richie Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. (born June 20, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, actor and record producer. Beginning in 1968, he was a member of the funk and soul band the Commodores and then launched a solo career in 1982. He also co-wrote the 1985 charity single "We Are the World" with Michael Jackson, which sold over 20 million copies. Richie has sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling artists of all time. He is also a five-time Grammy Award winner. In 2016, Richie received the Songwriters Hall of Fame's highest honor, the Johnny Mercer Award.
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Zella Lehr Zella Lehr (born March 14, 1951) is an American singer and entertainer. She had hit records on RCA Records and Columbia Records, most notably her cover of Dolly Parton's "Two Doors Down" (which charted for Lehr in late 1977, before Parton herself had released the song as a single). She had been on the" Billboard" Hot Country Singles chart for 18 weeks and in 1980 was nominated by the Academy of Country Music and Cashbox Magazine for the 'Most Promising Female Vocalist' award.
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Kathy Mattea Kathleen Alice "Kathy" Mattea (born June 21, 1959) is an American country music and bluegrass performer who often brings folk, Celtic, and traditional country sounds to her music. Active since 1984 as a recording artist, she has charted more than thirty singles on the "Billboard" Hot Country Songs charts, including four that reached No. 1: "Goin' Gone", "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses", "Come from the Heart", and "Burnin' Old Memories", plus twelve more that charted within the top ten. Mattea released ten studio albums, a Christmas album, and a greatest hits package for Mercury Nashville between 1984 and 2000, and four more albums on independent labels after that. She has collaborated with Dolly Parton, Michael McDonald, Tim O'Brien, and her longtime husband, Jon Vezner. Mattea is also a two-time Grammy Award winner: in 1990 for "Where've You Been", and in 1993 for her Christmas album "Good News".
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Jude Johnstone Jude Johnstone is an American singer-songwriter. Her songs have been covered by Laura Branigan, Trisha Yearwood, Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt, Bette Midler, Johnny Cash, Stevie Nicks, Mary Black and others. Johnstone wrote the #1 song "The Woman Before Me" on Yearwood's debut CD, which also won an award from Broadcast Music Incorporated. In 1997, Johnny Cash won the Country Album of the Year Grammy for American II Unchained (Johnny Cash album) for which Johnstone wrote the title track. BoJak Records was created by her manager Bob Burton in 2002 to release her debut CD "Coming of Age" followed by the 2005 release of "On a Good Day," and in 2007 "Blue Light," 2008 "mr.sun," 2011 "Quiet Girl", 2013 "Shatter," and in 2016, "A Woman's Work." She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
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All I Wanna Do (Sheryl Crow song) "All I Wanna Do" is a song performed by Sheryl Crow and written by Wyn Cooper, Sheryl Crow, David Baerwald, Bill Bottrell and Kevin Gilbert, with lyrics adapted from Cooper's 1987 poem "Fun". It was Crow's breakthrough hit from her 1993 debut album, "Tuesday Night Music Club". The song was the winner of the 1995 Grammy Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and was nominated for Song of the Year. The song is her biggest US hit, peaking at #2 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 for six weeks behind "I'll Make Love to You" by Boyz II Men. In addition to this it also peaked at number one on the Adult Contemporary charts in both the US and Canada, as well as the pop charts in Canada and at #4 on the UK Singles Chart.
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Len Barry Len Barry (born Leonard Borisoff on June 12, 1942 in West Philadelphia) is a Grammy nominated American vocalist, songwriter, and record producer.
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The Persuaders (R&amp;B group) The Persuaders are a New York City-based R&B vocal group best known for their gold hit single in the 1970s, "Thin Line Between Love and Hate". It sold over a million copies, topping the Billboard R&B chart, and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on October 29, 1971.
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Jake Holmes Jake Holmes (born December 28, 1939 in San Francisco, California) is an American singer-songwriter and jingle writer who began a recording career in the 1960s. Holmes, who has a particular talent for writing clever, perceptive lyrics, is perhaps best known as the original author of the song "Dazed and Confused", later reworked by Led Zeppelin, and for composing the music to US Army recruitment jingle "Be All That You Can Be" for the words created by Earl Carter in the 1980s. The jingle and subsequent advertising campaign was used extensively by the US government throughout the 1980s. Holmes also co-wrote the "Be a Pepper" jingle for the Dr Pepper soft drink.
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We Could Be Kings "We Could Be Kings" is a song by Scottish recording artist KT Tunstall and Academy Award winning composer A.R.Rahman for the film "Million Dollar Arm". It was released on May 12, 2014. The song is the third soundtrack written and released by Tunstall after "The Kid"'s "Boy", and "Miracle".
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Tempted (Marty Stuart song) "Tempted" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Marty Stuart. It was released in August 1991 as the third single and title track from the album "Tempted". The reached #5 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. It was written by Stuart and Paul Kennerley.
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Gwen Guthrie Gwendolyn "Gwen" Guthrie (July 9, 1950 – February 3, 1999) was an American singer-songwriter and pianist, who also sang backing vocals for Aretha Franklin, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder, Peter Tosh, and Madonna, among others, and who wrote songs made famous by Ben E. King, Angela Bofill and Roberta Flack.
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This Could Be the Night (Loverboy song) "This Could Be the Night" is a song written by Paul Dean, Mike Reno, Bill Wray and John Friga and recorded by the Canadian rock band Loverboy from their hit album, "Lovin' Every Minute of It", released in 1985. The song contained much more of a style that represented 1980s power pop ballads than the rocking style for which the band had been known. Released as a single in 1986, it reached the top ten on the "Billboard" Hot 100 singles chart.
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Freedom (Wham! song) "Freedom" is a hit song by British pop duo Wham!. It became the group's second number one hit on the UK Singles Chart and reached number three in America. It was written and produced by George Michael, one half of the duo.
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I Can't Help Myself "I Can't Help Myself" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Eddie Rabbitt. It was released in April 1977 as the first single from the album "Rabbitt". The song reached number 2 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. It was written by Rabbitt and Even Stevens.
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Jeff Barry Jeff Barry (born Joel Adelberg; April 3, 1938) is an American pop music songwriter, singer, and record producer. Among the most successful songs that he has co-written in his career are "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", "Da Doo Ron Ron", "Then He Kissed Me", "Be My Baby", "Chapel of Love", and "River Deep - Mountain High" (all written with his then-wife Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector); "Leader of the Pack" (written with Greenwich and Shadow Morton); and "Sugar, Sugar" (written with Andy Kim).
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Marius de Vries Marius de Vries (born 1961) is an English music producer and composer. He has won five Grammy nominations, two BAFTAs, and an Ivor Novello award.