Billy Livsey is an American songwriter,

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, and producer originally from St. Louis, Missouri and now resides in

Nashville, Tennessee Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and ...

. He has worked with many musicians including

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, 801,

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, Ronnie Lane,

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, and

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. Livsey played the keyboard solo on Tina Turner's "What's Love Got to Do with It", and keyboards on " Breakaway" and " Heart on My Sleeve" for

, and on "How Come" for Ronnie Lane. Livsey founded his own publishing company calle
Quince Music Ltd.
in the 1980s, and more recently, Billy Livsey Music, both of which are still active today. Presently, Billy has a close relationship with Nashville-based recording studi
Welcome to 1979
where he often works as a session keyboardist. Livsey also houses a large portion of his collection of vintage synths, keyboards, and electric pianos at the studio. At Welcome to 1979 Billy has worked on sessions with a variety of artists like

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, an
The Outer Vibe
Billy wrote the UK number 2 hit " Rain Or Shine" and the number 3 hit " System Addict", both by

, and the UK number 11 hit "

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" by

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Quince Music Cuts

1) "System Addict" (Five Star) 2)"You Belong To Me" (Anita Baker) 3) "Rain or Shine" (Five Star) 4) "Give Me Your Heart Tonight" (Shakin’ Stevens) 5) "Our Love" (Elkie Brooks) 6) "No One Can Love You More Than Me" (Melissa Manchester, The Weather Girls) 7) "Button Off My Shirt" (Ronnie Milsap, Paul Carrick) 8) "Are You Man Enough" (Sheena Easton) 9) "She’s Trouble" (Musical Youth) 10) "Bite the Hand That Feeds" (Paul Young)

References

Billy Livsey discography
American keyboardists American country songwriters American male songwriters Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Musicians from Nashville, Tennessee Musicians from Tennessee Songwriters from Tennessee American expatriates in the United Kingdom {{US-songwriter-stub