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Ep. 31 - IRVING BURGIE ("Day-O")
After serving in World War II, Irving Burgie attended Juilliard where he studied classical voice. He eventually fell in love with folk music, and lan…
10 years, 2 months ago
Ep. 30 - BILLY MANN ("Stupid Girls")
Two-time Grammy nominee Billy Mann released a couple of solo albums as an artist via A&M Records in the mid-1990s before finding success as a songwri…
10 years, 3 months ago
Ep. 29 - RANDY AND MAIA SHARP ("A Home")
Though the father/daughter songwriting duo of Randy and Maia Sharp found their greatest collaborative success with the Dixie Chicks' recording of "Ho…
10 years, 3 months ago
Ep. 28 - RED SIMPSON ("Close Up the Honky Tonks")
Best known for singing a string of successful trucking-themed country songs in the 1960s and 70s, Red Simpson was also a highly influential behind-th…
10 years, 4 months ago
Ep. 27 - MIKE STOLLER ("Hound Dog")
Mike Stoller has written more than 60 songs that have appeared on the Billboard charts, including the #1 hits “Hound Dog,” “Kansas City,” “Yakety Yak…
10 years, 4 months ago
Ep. 26 - MARS BONFIRE ("Born To Be Wild")
Canadian singer, guitarist, and songwriter Mars Bonfire began his professional music career with the Sparrows, a 1960s rock group that eventually mor…
10 years, 4 months ago
Ep. 25 - JIM LAUDERDALE ("King of Broken Hearts")
Known as a respected “songwriter’s songwriter,” Jim Lauderdale is a versatile and highly prolific artist who is equally comfortable writing country, …
10 years, 5 months ago
Ep. 24 - RANDY GOODRUM ("Foolish Heart")
Arkansas native spent his formative years playing in a jazz band with future President Bill Clinton, before going on to write a ton of #1 pop and adu…
10 years, 5 months ago
Ep. 23 - LORI MCKENNA ("Girl Crush")
Long before Little Big Town took her song “Girl Crush” to the #1 spot on the Billboard country chart for a record-breaking thirteen consecutive weeks…
10 years, 6 months ago
Ep. 22 - TOM DOUGLAS ("The House That Built Me")
After a successful career in commercial real estate, Tom Douglas scored his first charting single as a songwriter when Collin Raye took "Little Rock"…
10 years, 6 months ago