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Mar 25, 2010 BMI co-hosted a spirited celebration at Cabana on Tuesday, March 23 to honor the four-week #1 smash “Why Don’t We Just Dance.” Recorded by Josh Turner and co-written by Jim Beavers, Darrell Brown, and Jonathan Singleton, the song marks Turner’s third chart-topper and is the debut single off his February 2010 release, Haywire. Pictured are co-writer Darrell Brown, Sony/ATV Music… View Photo

Mar 25, 2010 BMI’s Jody Williams congratulates Josh Turner (left) and Jim Beavers (right) on their chart-topper “Why Don’t We Just Dance.” View Photo

Mar 25, 2010 Co-writer Jim Beavers thanks the crowd at the “Why Don’t We Just Dance” #1 party. Pictured are Kobalt Music Publishing’s Whitney Daane, co-writer Jim Beavers, and Josh Turner. View Photo

Mar 25, 2010 Pictured at the “Why Don’t We Just Dance” #1 party are co-writer Jim Beavers (left) and BMI’s Jody Williams (right). View Photo

Mar 25, 2010 Josh Turner thanks his wife—and everyone else’s wives—at the “Why Don’t We Just Dance” #1 party. Pictured are Mark Driskill, co-writers Darrell Brown and Jonathan Singleton, MCA Nashville’s Van Haze, BMI’s Jody Williams, producer Frank Rogers, Sony/ATV Music Publishing’s Troy Tomlinson, Kobalt Music Publishing’s Whitney Daane, and Josh Turner. View Photo

Mar 19, 2010 On Wednesday, March 17, BMI treated Taylor Swift, co-writer Liz Rose, and the rest of the creative team behind Swift’s success to an intimate dinner at Maggiano’s Little Italy, where revelers toasted the superstar’s four most recent #1 singles: “Should’ve Said No,” “Love Story,” “White Horse,” and “You Belong with Me.” Three of the songs honored are from her 2008… View Photo

Mar 19, 2010 Producer Nathan Chapman and Taylor Swift celebrate at a dinner honoring Swift for four consecutive #1 songs on Wednesday, March 17 in Nashville. View Photo

Mar 19, 2010 BMI singer/songwriter Rodney Clawson was the featured performer at the Colorado Broadcasters Association Awards of Excellence dinner held recently in Denver. Clawson’s stacked catalog includes eight top-ten hits, including chart-toppers recorded by George Strait (“I Saw God Today”), Jason Aldean (“Why”), and Big & Rich (“Lost in this Moment”). Fellow BMI hit-maker Dylan Altman, who composed Tim McGraw’s #1 single… View Photo

Mar 11, 2010 Members of the Board of Directors of the Country Music Association met with policymakers during their recent board meeting in Washington to learn about current legislative and regulatory issues. Board members also shared individual views formed by their respective roles in the country music industry. Pictured are CMA Board Member and BMI VP Jody Williams; CMA Board President-Elect Gary Overton;… View Photo

Mar 09, 2010 BMI’s Clay Bradley presents the traditional BMI signature Takamine guitar to Ashley Monroe in honor of her very first #1. View Photo