Legendary Songwriter Denny Randell Nominated for the Songwriters Hall of Fame
October 28th, 2011
LOS ANGELES, CA, Oct 27, 2011 MARKETWIRE via COMTEX — Veteran songwriter and GI Jams R co-founder Denny Randell is a 2012 nominee for induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Randell has collaborated with many songwriting partners, including co-nominee Sandy Linzer and with Bob Crewe. Randells catalogue with Linzer includes “A Lovers Concerto,” “Working My Way Back To You,” “Lets Hang On,” “Opus 17 Dont Worry Bout Me,” “Native New Yorker” and “Cant Get Enough Of You Baby.”
In Randells early career he wrote and produced a regional hit catching the attention of a top NY music publisher, who hired him as a staff songwriter and arranger. His work there led to his relationship with The Four Seasons, as an arranger/conductor and then a writer of some of their classic hits, including three in the Tony-winning Broadway show Jersey Boys.
Bobby Braddock To Be Honored By BMI As Songwriting Icon
October 3rd, 2011
BMI will honor Bobby Braddock as a BMI songwriting Icon during its 59th annual Country Awards. The private ceremony is slated for Tuesday, Nov. 8 at BMI’s Music Row offices in Nashville, Tenn.
The Icon award is given to BMI songwriters who have had a “unique and indelible influence on generations of music makers.” Braddock, who will be celebrated with a musical tribute that evening, joins a list of past honorees that includes Billy Sherrill, John Fogerty, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Isaac Hayes, Merle Haggard, Brian Wilson, Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, the Bee Gees, Ray Davies, James Brown and more.
more via BMI To Honor Braddock As Songwriting Icon : MusicRow.
Songwriter Jerry Leiber Passes : MusicRow
August 23rd, 2011
Lyricists take note: if you think you have a problem connecting with writers of music and becoming a success in the music business, check this out. The news of one of music’s most famed lyricists is all over everywhere, but MusicRow.com gives one of the best accounts.
Jerry Leiber, Songwriters Hall of Fame Member and lyricist for legendary songwriting team Leiber & Stoller, passed away in Los Angeles yesterday 8/22 at the age of 78.
Leiber’s work touched Nashville on occasion, through his co-writing with Billy Edd Wheeler. That collaboration resulted in the hit Johnny Cash/June Carter duet “Jackson,” “After Taxes” (Billy Edd Wheeler), “The Rev. Mr. Black,” (The Kingston Trio), and “Tonight I’m Singing Just For You” (Billy Edd Wheeler). Leiber’s hits have been cut by George Jones, Buck Owens, Ray Stevens, Ronnie McDowell, Bill Anderson, Wanda Jackson, and many more.
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Hit Songwriters To Perform At 10 SongPosium Shows Sept. 20-24
August 19th, 2011
If you can make it to Nashville, you should definitely pick up on this SongPosium opportunity to hear some of the best of the best songwriters at the Bluebird Cafe in September. It could be an education in itself.
Keep in mind that most of the songs below are co-written, but only one writer is shown because he/she is the performing writer for this event. For example, Monty Holmes, who used to write for our publisher partner ParMusic Group isn’t listed even though he co-wrote George Strait’s Troubadour.
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Trace Adkins Tells How Songwriters Get the Job Done
August 3rd, 2011
In a recent interview with CMT, Trace Adkins related how he and a couple of songwriter friends came up with some nice work on his recent album.
One song on the new album, “Days Like This,” is a tune he wrote with his friends Kenny Beard and Casey Beathard early one morning while they were having coffee on the back deck of Adkins’s cabin.
“The morning news was on in the background, but we were just looking out over the vista,” Adkins recalled. “Someone said,”What are we gonna write about,” and I said,”Not this bad news. Not on a day like this.” And I went over and turned the news off. Forty-five minutes later, we had a song. It’s nice when it’s not a chore.”
more via CMT : News : Trace Adkins Is on the Right Side of the Dirt.