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Aug 13, 2009 Billy Currington thanks the songwriters for penning the droll #1 hit—the fourth of his career. View Photo

Aug 06, 2009 BMI songwriter Sam Thacker (right) recently celebrated the release of his sophomore album, Lines, at Danneman’s Coffee Shop in Atlanta. BMI’s David Claassen (left) helped toast Thacker and the effort, which was produced by Russ-T Cobb (Avril Lavigne, Bowling for Soup, Family Force 5). View Photo

Aug 06, 2009 BMI songwriter Arlis Albritton, whose songs have been recorded by James Otto, Jason Michael Carroll, and others, signed with Amylase Entertainment, a co-venture with Warner/Chappell Nashville, on July 28. Pictured are BMI’s Bradley Collins, Amylase Entertainment’s Whit Jeffords and BJ Hill of Warner/Chappell Nashville, with attorney Mandy Langford and Arlis Albritton, seated. View Photo

Aug 05, 2009 BMI’s Bradley Collins (left) and Mark Mason (right) were proud to welcome Bobby Bare to BMI Presents at 12th & Porter on July 30. Bare was the headliner for the show, which also featured The Henningsens and Dixie’s Finest. View Photo

Aug 04, 2009 BMI’s Mark Mason (far left) and Bradley Collins (far right) welcome featured performers The Henningsens to BMI Presents at 12th & Porter, held Thursday, July 30. The Henningsens kicked off the classic country bill, which also featured Dixie’s Finest and Bobby Bare. View Photo

Aug 04, 2009 Dixie’s Finest brings some vintage twang to BMI Presents at 12th & Porter, held Thursday, July 30 in Nashville. View Photo

Aug 04, 2009 Charlie Pate of Dixie’s Finest entertains the Nashville crowd with a guitar solo during BMI Presents at 12th & Porter, held Thursday, July 30. Also featuring the Henningsens and legend Bobby Bare, the lineup drew a unique hodgepodge of Music Row executives, Americana aficionados and classic country fans to the downtown Nashville hotspot. View Photo

Aug 03, 2009 The creative hive from iconic publishing house DebDave/Briarpatch recently reunited at a BMI-hosted luncheon in downtown Nashville. The company’s original partners Even Stevens, David Malloy, his father and legendary producer Jim Malloy, the late Eddie Rabbitt and staff writer Thom Schuyler scored a chain of hits that have now generated millions of performances. Schuyler’s “I Fell in Love Again Last… View Photo

Aug 03, 2009 Pictured at the BMI #1 party held Thursday, July 30 to celebrate Bobby Pinson’s “Already Gone” and “It Happens” are (l-r) Stage Three Music’s Steve Lewis and Lionel Conway, Bobby Pinson, BMI’s Perry Howard, and Stage Three Music’s Tim Hunze and Missy Roberts. Recorded by Sugarland, the two singles mark the second and third trips to the top of the… View Photo

Aug 03, 2009 Three Music’s Tim Hunze (right) lends a hand as Pinson performs a parody of his recent Sugarland hits, including a humorous spin on “It Happens,” at the #1 party held Thursday, July 30 at BMI in Nashville. Pinson co-wrote both “It Happens” and “Already Gone” with Sugarland member and BMI songwriter Kristian Bush, along with Jennifer Nettles. View Photo