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Sep 30, 2011 Dierks Bentley (center) is pictured with co-writers Jim Beavers (left) and Jon Randall (right) at the “Am I the Only One” no. 1 party View Photo

Sep 30, 2011 Dierks Bentley thanks his co-writers for the hit no. 1 song “Am I the Only One.” View Photo

Sep 30, 2011 Co-writer and stand-up comedian in-waiting Jim Beavers cracks one-liners at the “Am I the Only One” no. 1 party. View Photo

Sep 28, 2011 Pictured at the “If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away” no. 1 party are Big Machine/Valory Music’s Scott Borchetta (left) and co-writer Rob Hatch (right). View Photo

Sep 28, 2011 Co-writer Dallas Davidson celebrates with his wife, Sarah, also a BMI songwriter, at the “If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away” no. 1 party. Davidson, who only began songwriting in 2004, has racked up his eighth no. 1 with “If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away,” undeniably making him one of Music Row’s most in-demand songwriters. View Photo

Sep 28, 2011 Valory Recording artist Justin Moore celebrates at the “If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away” no. 1 party. View Photo

Sep 28, 2011 Dallas Davidson jokes that longtime friend and co-writer Rhett Akins owes him money for recording the “demo” of “If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away” because Akins originally recorded the song years ago. View Photo

Sep 28, 2011 CMA’s headquarters on Music Row was the ideal host venue as BMI honored the team behind Valory Recording artist Justin Moore’s no. 1, “If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away.” Co-written by Dallas Davidson, Rob Hatch and Brett Jones, the song was originally given to producer Jeremy Stover more than five years ago as a demo. In late 2009, as Moore… View Photo

Sep 13, 2011 BMI toasted the team behind Blake Shelton’s four-week no. 1 hit “Honey Bee” at a shindig co-hosted by BMI and Warner Music Nashville at the latter’s offices on September 8. Written by longtime friends Rhett Akins and Ben Hayslip, the tongue-in-cheek ballad is the reigning CMA Male Vocalist of the Year’s fourth consecutive no. 1 single and the ninth of… View Photo

Sep 13, 2011 Co-writer Rhett Akins (far left) is pictured at the “Honey Bee” no. 1 party. View Photo