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Urban, Swift, Johnson & Zac Brown Band Lead BMI 2009 CMA Nominations
Keith Urban, Taylor Swift, Jamey Johnson and the Zac Brown Band lead the BMI list of nominees for the 2009 CMA Awards. With four nominations each, the four distinct artists will vie for their respective prizes alongside a slew of additional BMI contenders at the association’s annual ceremony, slated Wednesday, November 11 in Nashville. Keith Urban’s Entertainer of…
From News, posted 9.10.09
Blake Shelton
When the girl he liked passed him over for another guy, 16-year-old Blake Shelton did something he’d never done before: He set his heartbreak to music. “I grabbed my guitar and wrote a song called ‘That Girl Made a Fool Out of Me’,” he recalls with a chuckle. “Even then I was thinking, ‘God, this song sucks.’ Still, I couldn’t believe that I had actually written a…
From MusicWorld, posted 9.01.08
54th Annual BMI Country Awards Set for Nov. 4
BMI will salute the year's most popular country songs on Saturday, November 4, 2006 at the 54th Annual BMI Country Awards, country music's oldest awards celebration. Staged at the company's Music Row offices, the black-tie, invitation-only event spotlights the 50 most performed songs of the previous year. Citations of Achievement will be presented to the writers and publishers of the top 50 country songs, with the evening's highest…
From News, posted 5.22.06
Vince Gill, Roger Murrah, Jerry Reed Join Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
Vince Gill, Jerry Reed and Roger Murrah are the newest additions to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. They were inducted Sunday, October 16 during annual ceremonies conducted by the Nashville Songwriters Foundation at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel. Hugh Prestwood, Jeffrey…
From News, posted 10.17.05
Paul Overstreet: The Songwriter Sings His Success Story
For Paul Overstreet, heading to the beach not only feeds his soul, it sometimes feeds his family. The well-respected singer/songwriter recently returned to the top of the country charts with "Some Beach," which was in residence for four weeks. The success of the song was sweetened for both Overstreet and the artist who recorded it, Blake Shelton, through their mutual admiration society. Blake…
From MusicWorld, posted 4.20.05
Nashville Welcomes Dillon and Silverstein to Songwriters Hall of Fame
BMI Award-winners Dean Dillon and the late Shel Silverstein are the newest additions to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Dillon and Silverstein, along with Bob Dylan, were inducted November 3 during annual ceremonies conducted by the Nashville Songwriters Foundation at Loews Vanderbilt Plaza Hotel in Nashville.
From News, posted 11.03.02
50th Annual BMI Country Awards Honor Top Music Makers on Nov. 5
BMI will salute the past year's most popular country songs on Tuesday, November 5 at the 50th Annual BMI Country Awards, the oldest awards program honoring country music creators. Staged at the company's Music Row offices, the black-tie, invitation-only event spotlights the 50 most performed songs of last year. BMI President & CEO Frances Preston and BMI Nashville Vice President Paul Corbin will present Citations of Achievement…
From News, posted 10.20.02
Lauren Braddock
Lauren Braddock celebrated the release of her self-titled debut album with a listening party at the Slow Bar in Nashville (8/23). The 15-song CD, produced by Don Henry, draws on many influences from 60's & 70's pop to alternative to country. Among the many guest artists and musicians featured on the album are country's Blake Shelton, Deborah Allen and Matraca Berg on background vocals, pop-rockers Bill…
From News, posted 8.25.02
Let’s Talk About Bob
Longtime BMI and Tree Publishing writer Bobby Braddock marked his 13th #1 single, "I Wanna Talk About Me," during a celebration breakfast hosted by BMI Nashville. The multi-week hit was recorded by DreamWorks giant Toby Keith on his multi-platinum Pull My Chain album, which he co-produced with James Stroud. The highlight of the #1 presentations was a performance by Sony/ATV Tree's Woody Bomar, who "rapped"…
From News, posted 4.21.02
Blake Shelton
Want to see a singer sweat? Just quiz Blake Shelton about how his music career began. Answer: when Blake was 8 years old, his mother entered him in a beauty pageant talent show. "It was the first time I stepped on stage," offers Shelton, cringing at the memory. "And it was with 50 little girls! I was humiliated. I told Mom I didn't want to sing…
From MusicWorld, posted 10.10.01
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