Stan E. Munsey (born July 10, 1955) is an American songwriter and one of several writer-musicians to emerge from the
Muscle Shoals, Alabama
Muscle Shoals is the largest city in Colbert County, Alabama, Colbert County, Alabama, United States. It is located along the Tennessee River in the northern part of the state and, as of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, the populati ...
music scene. Munsey was born in
Easton, Pennsylvania and spent a significant amount time during his early years in
Sheffield, Alabama. He is noted as a musician and songwriter, with songs on major recordings that have sold more than 12 million worldwide. He has penned tunes for
Alabama,
Shenandoah,
The Statler Brothers,
Glen Campbell,
Shania Twain,
Tim McGraw,
The Kinleys,
Butch Baker,
Lorrie Morgan,
Suzy Bogguss
Susan Kay Bogguss (born December 30, 1956) is an American country music singer and songwriter. She began her career in the 1980s as a solo singer. In the 1990s, six of her songs were Top 10 hits, three albums were certified gold, and one album re ...
,
Barbara Mandrell,
Lee Greenwood,
Jonathan Edwards Jonathan Edwards may refer to:
Musicians
*Jonathan and Darlene Edwards, pseudonym of bandleader Paul Weston and his wife, singer Jo Stafford
*Jonathan Edwards (musician) (born 1946), American musician
** ''Jonathan Edwards'' (album), debut album ...
,
Mel McDaniel,
Charly McClain
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,
Wayne Massey,
Ty Herndon,
Collin Raye,
John Michael Montgomery,
Marty Raybon
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, and
Marie Osmond.
As a musician, the first band Munsey recorded with was "The Chessmen", who released a single on the Paradox records label which got modest radio airplay in 1970. He played keys with numerous bands and artists throughout the seventies and shared his talents with the likes of
Percy Sledge and
Jim Stafford before making his mark in
Nashville, Tennessee as a songwriter.
Munsey took some time off from his songwriting to tour with
Los Angeles-based
Wendy Waldman on
Dan Fogelberg's Exile tour. He later signed with
Charley Pride's publishing company where he penned songs for Lorrie Morgan and Tim McGraw. Munsey scored big with the McGraw single and title cut of the CD, "
All I Want Is a Life
"All I Want Is a Life" is a song written by Stan Munsey, Tony Mullins, and Don Pfrimmer and recorded by American country music artist Tim McGraw. It was released in January 1996 as the third single and partial title track to McGraw's album '' Al ...
", which reached the top of the Billboard Country charts in 1995 and earned him a BMI Million-Air award.
He was the keyboardist for
Grammy Award-winning country music group Shenandoah, having joined during the 1990s, until his departure in 2018.
References
1955 births
Songwriters from Alabama
Songwriters from Pennsylvania
American country keyboardists
Living people
Shenandoah (band) members
People from Sheffield, Alabama
Country musicians from Pennsylvania
Country musicians from Alabama
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