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Aug 27, 2009 Grammy Award-winner Harley Allen recently joined the songwriting staff of Harlan Howard Songs, a Nashville publishing company started by the late, legendary BMI songwriter Harlan Howard and his wife Melanie Howard in 1988. Pictured are Harlan Howard Songs’ Alisa Moore and Melanie Howard, BMI’s Jody Williams and Harley Allen (seated). View Photo

Aug 27, 2009 Lady Antebellum’s Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood, who are also BMI songwriters, co-wrote the trio’s first #1 single “I Run to You” with fellow BMI troubadour Tom Douglas and Lady Antebellum bandmate Hillary Scott. The creative hive celebrated the song’s success on Monday, August 24, with a party and performance at the Loveless Café and an afternoon reception at publisher… View Photo

Aug 27, 2009 On August 24, Lady Antebellum celebrated the success of chart-topper “I Run to You” not once, but twice, with a party at Nashville’s iconic Loveless Café and later, another reception at Warner/Chappell Music. Lady Antebellum members Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, and Dave Haywood co-wrote the tune with songwriting mainstay Tom Douglas, yielding the group’s first #1 single. Pictured at the… View Photo

Aug 25, 2009 Shown at the South Carolina Broadcasters Association’s (SCBA) annual convention are Lee Brice, WPDE/WWMB-TV & SCBA President-Elect Billy Huggins, WCRE-AM & SCBA President Jane Pigg and BMI’s Mason Hunter. Brice, a native of South Carolina, entertained the crowd with his numerous charting singles and his most current, "Love Like Crazy," which debuted on radio this week. View Photo

Aug 24, 2009 BMI artist/songwriter Sunny Helms recently joined the writing staff of Randazz Music Publishing, a co-venture between former Alabama front man Randy Owen and Dale Morris of Dale Morris & Associates. Pictured are Dale Morris of Dale Morris & Associates, Sunny Helms, BMI's Bradley Collins, Randy Owen, and his son, Heath Owen, Vice President of Randazz Music Publishing. View Photo

Aug 21, 2009 Sony/ATV recently hosted a tailgate party to celebrate the #1 song “Sideways,” co-written by BMI writer Jim Beavers. “Sideways” is Beavers’ third #1 in a little over a year and a half, as well as his first chart-topper with frequent collaborator Dierks Bentley: The duo has composed a number of Bentley’s other singles, including “How Am I Doing” and “With… View Photo

Aug 20, 2009 BMI singer-songwriter George Ducas was the featured performer at the New Mexico Broadcasters Association’s (NMBA) Excellence in Broadcasting Awards Gala, held August 14 in Albuquerque. Pictured following George’s performance are BMI’s Dan Spears, NMBA Chairman and VP/GM of Pecos Valley Broadcasting Gene Dow, Ducas, and Citadel Communications-Albuquerque VP/GM and NMBA Chairman Elect Milt McConnell. Ducas, whose compositions include Sara Evans’… View Photo

Aug 13, 2009 Pictured at BMI’s August 11 party for chart-topper “People Are Crazy” are BMI’s David Preston, UMG Nashville’s Damon Moberly, Crozier Music’s Keith Crozier, producer Carson Chamberlain, co-writer Troy Jones, recording artist Billy Currington, co-writer Bobby Braddock, Sony/ATV Music Publishing’s Troy Tomlinson, UMG Nashville’s Royce Risser, Carnival Music’s Travis Hill, BMI’s Jody Williams and Carnival Music’s Frank Liddell. View Photo

Aug 13, 2009 “People Are Crazy” is the most-performed song on country radio so far this year and marks the 13th #1 of Nashville Songwriters Hall of Famer Bobby Braddock’s four-decade career. Pictured are Troy Jones, Billy Currington, Bobby Braddock and BMI’s Jody Williams. View Photo

Aug 13, 2009 Hank Adam Locklin of CMA presents #1 plaques to Billy Currington and co-writers Troy Jones and Bobby Braddock during the party for chart-topper “People Are Crazy,” held August 11 at BMI. Pictured are producer and BMI Award-winning songwriter Carson Chamberlain, platinum Mercury Nashville recording artist Billy Currington, co-writer Troy Jones, CMA’s Hank Adam Locklin and co-writer Bobby Braddock. View Photo