Zach Crowell is a songwriter and record producer, who was born and raised in

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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 "

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" on the Grammy Award-winning sixth studio album, ''

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'' by rapper

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. In 2013, Crowell co-wrote and produced the song "Strong" for singer

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, 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", "

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", and "

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" for

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, and " Where It's At (Yep, Yep)" and " Hell of a Night" for

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. Additionally, Crowell co-wrote and produced the song " Cop Car" by

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along with having songs recorded by

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and

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. In 2015, Crowell co-wrote and/or produced multiple number one songs for county music star

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's fifth studio album, '' Storyteller'', including the songs " Heartbeat", "

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", and " Dirty Laundry". Crowell produced and co-wrote the 2017 song "

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" for singer Sam Hunt. The song set the all-time record at 34 weeks for the most time spent at number one on the ''

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chart. Crowell is a three-time

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nominee.https://www.grammy.com/artists/zach-crowell/187116

Selected Discography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Crowell, Zach Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Songwriters from Tennessee Musicians from Nashville, Tennessee American country record producers