BMI Celebrates Legendary Songwriters Steve Wariner and David Malloy

BMI celebrated legendary songwriters and soon to be inductees into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, Steve Wariner and David Malloy, at a luncheon in their honor on Wednesday, August 24. During the event, the Company presented them with BMI’s signature “Million-Air” awards, which commemorate songs reaching one million plays. Collectively, Wariner and Malloy had a total of more than 43 million broadcast performances. The 20 tracks honored at the luncheon played back-to-back would total a staggering 247 years of continuous airplay.

Songs receiving awards for David Malloy included:

“Love Will Turn You Around”  (3 million)
“Drivin’ My Life Away”  (5 million)
“Gone Too Far”  (1 million)
“You Can’t Run From Love” (2 million)
“Real Love”  (1 million)
“I Love A Rainy Night”  (6 million)
“Suspicions”  (3 million)
“Someone Could Lose A Heart Tonight”  (2 million)
“Step By Step”  (3 million)

Songs receiving awards for Steve Wariner included:

“Been There”  (1 million)
“Holes In The Floor Of Heaven”  (2 million)
“I Got Dreams”  (2 million)
“I’m Already Taken”  (1 million)
“I Should Be With You”  (1 million)
“Longneck Bottle”  (1 million)
“Nothin’ But The Taillights”  (4 million)
“Two Teardrops”  (1 million)
“Where Did I Go Wrong”  (1 million)
“Where The Blacktop Ends” (2 million)
“You Can Dream Of Me”  (1 million)