Zach Crowell is a songwriter and record producer, who was born and raised in
Nashville, Tennessee
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. Crowell is involved in a joint publishing agreement with Round Hill Music and Taperoom Music.
In 2012, he co-wrote and produced the song "
Confe$$ions
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" on the Grammy Award-winning sixth studio album, ''
Gravity
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'' by rapper
Lecrae
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He is the president, co-owner and co-founder of the ind ...
.
In 2013, Crowell co-wrote and produced the song "Strong" for singer
Will Hoge
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Early life
Will Hoge was born and grew up in Franklin, Tennessee, located just south of Nashv ...
, which was featured as the theme song for a 2014
Chevrolet Silverado advertising campaign. Crowell has also written and/or produced multiple number one songs including "
Take Your Time", "
House Party
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Organization
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", and "
Leave the Night On
"Leave the Night On" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Sam Hunt. It was released to country radio, by MCA Nashville on June 16, 2014 as the lead single from his debut studio album '' Montevallo'' (2014). The song wa ...
" for
Sam Hunt
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, and "
Where It's At (Yep, Yep)" and "
Hell of a Night" for
Dustin Lynch
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. Additionally, Crowell co-wrote and produced the song "
Cop Car" by
Keith Urban
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along with having songs recorded by
Luke Bryan
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,
Dierks Bentley
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,
Florida Georgia Line
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and
Cole Swindell
Colden Rainey Swindell (born June 30, 1983) is an American rock music singer and songwriter. He has written singles for Craig Campbell, Thomas Rhett, Scotty McCreery, and Luke Bryan, and has released four albums for Warner Bros. Records Nashvil ...
.
In 2015, Crowell co-wrote and/or produced multiple number one songs for county music star
Carrie Underwood
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's fifth studio album, ''
Storyteller'', including the songs "
Heartbeat", "
Church Bells
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", and "
Dirty Laundry".
Crowell produced and co-wrote the 2017 song "
Body Like a Back Road
"Body Like a Back Road" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Sam Hunt. It was released to country radio, by MCA Nashville on February 2, 2017, as the lead single from his second studio album ''Southside''. The song i ...
" for singer Sam Hunt. The song set the all-time record at 34 weeks for the most time spent at number one on the ''
Billboard
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''
Hot Country Songs
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chart.
Crowell is a three-time
Grammy Award
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nominee.
[https://www.grammy.com/artists/zach-crowell/187116 ]
Selected Discography
References
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Songwriters from Tennessee
Musicians from Nashville, Tennessee
American country record producers