Steven Jay Nathan (born April 20, 1951) is an American keyboardist. He is known for his session work in

Muscle Shoals Muscle Shoals is the largest city in Colbert County, Alabama, United States. It is located on the left bank of the Tennessee River in the northern part of the state and, as of the 2010 census, its population was 13,146. The estimated popula ...

and

Nashville Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and List of municipalities in Tennessee, most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, locat ...

studios.

Biography

Nathan was born and raised in

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. In 1977, Nathan moved to

Muscle Shoals, Alabama Muscle Shoals is the largest city in Colbert County, Alabama, United States. It is located on the left bank of the Tennessee River in the northern part of the state and, as of the 2010 census, its population was 13,146. The estimated popula ...

. After touring with LeBlanc and Carr, he participated in the recording of Lenny LeBlanc’s first solo record. For the next 14 years, Steve played on records produced by Rick Hall at FAME Studios, often teaming with Roger Hawkins on drums and

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on bass. In 1991, Nathan moved to Nashville, where he became a member of the A-Team of session musicians.

Awards

In 2001, Nathan became a member of the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame. In 2007, Nathan won The Academy of Country Music's Top Piano/Keyboards Player of the Year Award. Nathan was named "Keyboardist of the Year" by

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Magazine for 13 consecutive years.

Discography

This section contains a partial list of albums Nathan has contributed to.

1978 – 1982

* 1978: Pete Carr – ''Multiple Flash'' ( Big Tree) * 1978: Dobie Gray – ''Midnight Diamond'' (

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) * 1979: Dobie Gray – ''Dobie Gray'' (Infinity) * 1979: Lobo – ''Lobo'' ( MCA) * 1979:

Eddy Mitchell Claude Moine (; born 3 July 1942), known professionally as Eddy Mitchell, is a French singer and actor. He began his career in the late 1950s, with the group Les Chaussettes Noires (The Black Socks). He took the name ''Eddy'' from the American ...

– ''C'Est Bien Fait'' ( Barclay) * 1980: Birtles & Goble – ''The Last Romance'' ( Capitol) * 1980:

David Allan Coe David Allan Coe (born September 6, 1939) is an American singer and songwriter. Coe took up music after spending much of his early life in reform schools and prisons, and first became notable for busking in Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville. He ini ...

– '' I've Got Something to Say'' ( Columbia) * 1980: Gail Davies – ''The Game'' (

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) * 1980: Janie Fricke – ''From the Heart'' (Columbia) * 1980: Spyro Gyra – '' Catching the Sun'' (MCA) * 1981: Baby Brother – ''Baby Brother'' ( Cotillion) * 1981: The Dillman Band – ''Lovin' the Night Away'' (

RCA Victor RCA Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside Columbia Records (its former longtime rival), Arista Records and Epic ...

) * 1981: Eddie Kendricks – ''Love Keys'' (

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) * 1981: Frederick Knight – ''Knight Time'' ( Juana) * 1982:

Levon Helm Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm (May 26, 1940 – April 19, 2012) was an American musician who achieved fame as the drummer and one of the three lead vocalists for The Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. Hel ...

– ''

'' (Capitol) * 1982: Bertie Higgins – '' Just Another Day in Paradise'' (

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) * 1982: The Oak Ridge Boys – ''

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'' (MCA) * 1982: Jerry Reed – ''The Bird'' (RCA Victor) * 1982: Jerry Reed – ''The Man with the Golden Thumb'' (RCA Victor) * 1982: Hank Williams Jr. – '' High Notes'' ( Elektra)

1983 – 1986

* 1983:

Clarence Carter Clarence George Carter (born January 14, 1936) is an American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. His most successful songs include "Slip Away (Clarence Carter song), Slip Away", "Back Door Santa" (both released 1968), "Patches (Ch ...

– ''Love Me With a Feeling'' ( Gallo) * 1983: Millie Jackson – '' E.S.P. (Extra Sexual Persuasion)'' ( Sire) * 1983: Jimmy Jones – ''Let's Talk about Jesus'' (

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) * 1983: Bill Lamb – ''Riff Rockin (Warner Bros.) * 1983: Mac McAnally – ''Nothing But the Truth'' ( Geffen) * 1983:

Percy Sledge Percy Tyrone Sledge (November 25, 1940 – April 14, 2015) was an American R&B, soul and gospel singer. He is best known for the song " When a Man Loves a Woman", a No. 1 hit on both the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and R&B singles charts in 19 ...

– ''Percy!'' ( Charly) * 1983: Hank Williams, Jr. – '' Strong Stuff'' (Elektra) * 1984: Clarence Carter – ''Singing for My Supper'' (Big C) * 1984: Deborah Allen – ''Let Me Be the First'' (RCA) * 1984:

Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis (September 29, 1935October 28, 2022) was an American pianist, singer, and songwriter. Nicknamed "The Killer", he was described as "rock 'n' roll's first great wild man". A pioneer of rock and roll and rockabilly music, Lewis m ...

– ''I Am What I Am'' (MCA) * 1985:

Linda Clifford Linda Clifford (born June 14, 1948) is an American Contemporary R&B, R&B, disco and house music singer who scored hits from the 1970s to the 1980s, most notably "If My Friends Could See Me Now", "Bridge over Troubled Water (song), Bridge over ...

– ''My Heart's on Fire'' (Red Label) * 1985: The Forester Sisters – '' The Forester Sisters'' (Warner Bros.) * 1985:

Mink DeVille Mink DeVille was a Rock music, rock band founded in 1974, known for its association with early punk rock bands at New York City, New York's CBGB nightclub and for being a showcase for the music of Willy DeVille. The band recorded six albums in th ...

– '' Sportin' Life'' (

Polydor Polydor Limited, also known as Polydor Records, is a British record label that operates as part of Universal Music Group. It has a close relationship with Universal's Interscope Geffen A&M Records label, which distributes Polydor's releases in ...

) * 1986: Billy "Crash" Craddock – '' Crash Craddock'' ( Dot) * 1986: Lacy J. Dalton – ''Highway Diner'' (Columbia) * 1986: Steve Earle – '' Guitar Town'' (MCA) * 1986: The Forester Sisters – ''Perfume, Ribbons & Pearls'' (Warner Bros.) * 1986: Luther Ingram – ''Luther Ingram'' ( Profile) * 1986: The Kendalls – ''Fire at First Sight'' (MCA) * 1986: The Oak Ridge Boys – ''Christmas Again'' (MCA)

1987 – 1992

* 1987: T. Graham Brown – ''Brilliant Conversationalist'' (Capitol) * 1987: The Forester Sisters – ''You Again'' (Warner Bros.) * 1987:

Johnny Paycheck Johnny Paycheck (born Donald Eugene Lytle; May 31, 1938 – February 19, 2003) was an American country music singer and Grand Ole Opry member notable for recording the David Allan Coe song "Take This Job and Shove It". He achieved his greates ...

– ''Modern Times'' ( Mercury) * 1987: T. G. Sheppard – ''One for the Money'' (Columbia) * 1988:

Glenn Frey Glenn Lewis Frey (; November 6, 1948 – January 18, 2016) was an American musician. He was a founding member of the rock band Eagles, for whom he was the co-lead singer and frontman, roles he came to share with fellow member Don Henley, with ...

– '' Soul Searchin''' (MCA) * 1988: Dana McVicker – ''Dana McVicker'' (Capitol) * 1989:

Bobby "Blue" Bland Robert Calvin Bland (born Robert Calvin Brooks; January 27, 1930 – June 23, 2013), known professionally as Bobby "Blue" Bland, was an American blues singer. Bland developed a sound that mixed gospel with the blues and R&B. He was describ ...

– ''Midnight Run'' ( Malaco) * 1989:

Connie Francis Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero ( ; born December 12, 1937), known as Connie Francis, is a retired American Pop music, pop singer, actress, and top-charting female vocalist of the late 1950s and early 1960s. She is estimated to have sold more th ...

– ''Where the Hits Are'' (Malaco) * 1989: Johnnie Taylor – ''Crazy 'bout You'' (Malaco) * 1990: Mark Chesnutt – '' Too Cold at Home'' (MCA) * 1990: Connie Francis – ''Among My Souvenirs'' (Malaco) * 1990: Steve Wariner – '' Laredo'' (MCA) * 1991: Bobby "Blue" Bland – ''Portrait of the Blues'' (Malaco) * 1991: Billy Dean – '' Billy Dean'' (

Liberty Liberty is the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior, or political views. The concept of liberty can vary depending on perspective and context. In the Constitutional ...

) * 1991:

Doug Stone Doug Stone (born Douglas Jackson Brooks; June 19, 1956) is an American country music singer and songwriter. He debuted in 1990 with the single " I'd Be Better Off (In a Pine Box)", the first release from his 1990 self-titled debut album for Epi ...

– '' I Thought It Was You'' (Epic) * 1991: Tony Joe White – '' Closer to the Truth'' (Swamp) * 1992:

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– '' American Pride'' (RCA Victor) * 1992:

Joan Baez Joan Chandos Baez (, ; born January 9, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist. Her contemporary folk music often includes songs of protest and social justice. Baez has performed publicly for over 60 years, releasing mo ...

– '' Play Me Backwards'' (

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) * 1992: Mark Chesnutt – '' Longnecks & Short Stories'' (MCA) * 1992: Holly Dunn – '' Getting It Dunn'' (Warner Bros.) * 1992:

Vince Gill Vincent Grant Gill (born April 12, 1957) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He played in a number of local bluegrass music, bluegrass bands in the 1970s, and from 1978 to 1982, he achieved his first mainstream attention after ta ...

– '' I Still Believe in You'' (MCA) * 1992:

Alan Jackson Alan Eugene Jackson (born October 17, 1958) is an American country music singer-songwriter. He is known for performing a style widely regarded as "neotraditional country", as well as writing many of his own songs. Jackson has recorded 21 studi ...

– ''New Traditional'' (Americana) * 1992: Wynonna Judd – '' Wynonna'' (Curb / MCA) * 1992:

John Michael Montgomery John Michael Montgomery (born January 20, 1965) is an American country music singer. Active from 1992 to 2025, he has had more than 30 singles on the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' country charts. This total includes seven number-one singles ...

– '' Life's a Dance'' (Atlantic) * 1992: Doug Stone – '' From the Heart'' (Epic) * 1992: Michelle Wright – '' Now and Then'' (Arista) * 1992:

Trisha Yearwood Patricia Lynn Yearwood (born September 19, 1964) is an American country singer. She rose to fame with her 1991 debut single "She's in Love with the Boy", which became a number one hit on the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Hot Country Songs ...

– ''

Hearts in Armor ''Hearts in Armor'' is the second studio album by American country music singer Trisha Yearwood. It was released on September 1, 1992, by MCA Nashville. Four of its tracks found spots in the Billboard charts, ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles c ...

'' (MCA)

1993 – 1994

* 1993: Mark Chesnutt – '' Almost Goodbye'' (MCA) * 1983: Darryl & Don Ellis – ''Day in the Sun'' (Epic) * 1993: John Jarvis – ''Balancing Act'' (Liberty) * 1993: Wynonna Judd – '' Tell Me Why'' (Curb) * 1993: Dude Mowrey – ''Dude Mowrey'' (Arista) * 1993: Ronna Reeves – ''What Comes Naturally'' (Mercury) * 1993:

Clay Walker Ernest Clayton Walker Jr. (born August 19, 1969) is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1993 with the single " What's It to You", which reached Number One on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Son ...

– ''

'' (

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) * 1993: Trisha Yearwood – '' The Song Remembers When'' (MCA) * 1994: David Ball – '' Thinkin' Problem'' (Warner Bros.) * 1994: Mark Chesnutt – ''

What a Way to Live ''What a Way to Live'' is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. His first album for Decca Records, it earned RIAA gold album, gold certification in the United States for sales of 500,000 copies. The tracks "She D ...

'' (

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) * 1994: Cleve Francis – ''You've Got Me Now'' (Liberty) * 1994: Vince Gill – '' When Love Finds You'' (MCA) * 1994: Michael James – ''Closer to the Fire'' ( Reunion) * 1994: Lenny LeBlanc – ''All My Dreams'' ( Integrity Music) * 1994:

Reba McEntire Reba Nell McEntire ( ; born March 28, 1955), or simply Reba, is an American country music, country singer and actress. Dubbed "Honorific nicknames in popular music, The Queen of Country", she has sold more than 75 million records worldwide. Sin ...

– '' Read My Mind'' (MCA) * 1994: Jamie O'Hara – ''Rise Above It'' (RCA) * 1994: Pearl River – '' Pearl River'' (Liberty) * 1994: Prescott-Brown – '' Already Restless'' (Columbia) * 1994:

George Strait George Harvey Strait Sr. (born May 18, 1952) is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor, and music producer. Strait has sold over 120 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. He holds ...

– '' Lead On'' (MCA) * 1994: Clay Walker – '' If I Could Make a Living'' (Giant) * 1994: Michelle Wright – '' The Reasons Why'' (Arista)

1995 – 1996

* 1995: 4 Runner – '' 4 Runner'' (Polydor Nashville) * 1995: Alabama – '' In Pictures'' (RCA) * 1995:

Tracy Byrd Tracy Lynn Byrd (born December 17, 1966) is an American country music artist. Signed to Universal Music Group Nashville, MCA Nashville Records in 1992, Byrd broke through on the country music scene that year with his 1993 single "Holdin' Heaven" ...

– '' Love Lessons'' (MCA) * 1995: Deana Carter – '' Did I Shave My Legs For This?'' (Capitol Nashville) * 1995: Mark Collie – '' Tennessee Plates'' (Giant) * 1995:

Joe Diffie Joe Logan Diffie (December 28, 1958 – March 29, 2020) was an American country music singer and songwriter. After working as a demo (music), demo singer in the mid 1980s, he signed with Epic Records' Nashville division in 1990. Between then and ...

– '' Life's So Funny'' (Epic) * 1995: Ty England – '' Ty England'' (RCA) * 1995: Ty Herndon – '' What Mattered Most'' (Epic) * 1995:

Tim McGraw Samuel Timothy McGraw (born May 1, 1967) is an American country singer and actor. He has released 17 studio albums (11 for Curb Records, five for Big Machine Records and one for Arista Nashville). 10 of those albums have reached number one on ...

– '' All I Want'' (Curb) * 1995:

Martina McBride Martina Mariea McBride (née Schiff, July 29, 1966) is an American country music singer and songwriter. She is known for her soprano singing range and her country pop material. McBride was born in Sharon, Kansas, and relocated to Nashville, T ...

– '' Wild Angels'' (RCA) * 1995: Reba McEntire – '' Starting Over'' (MCA) * 1995:

Rita MacNeil Rita MacNeil (May 28, 1944 – April 16, 2013) was a Canadian singer and songwriter from the community of Big Pond, Nova Scotia, Big Pond on Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island. Her biggest hit, "Flying On Your Own", was a crossover Top 40 hit in ...

– ''Porch Songs'' ( EMI) * 1995:

Dolly Parton Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, actress, and philanthropist, known primarily as a country music, country musician. After achieving success as a songwriter for others, Parton's debut album ...

– '' Something Special'' (Columbia) * 1995: Ronna Reeves – ''After the Dance'' ( River North Nashville) * 1995:

Sawyer Brown Sawyer Brown is an American country music band. It was founded in 1981 in Apopka, Florida, by Mark Miller (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard (keyboards, vocals), Bobby Randall (lead guitar, vocals), Joe "Curly" Smyth (drums), an ...

– '' This Thing Called Wantin' and Havin' It All'' (Curb) * 1995: Victoria Shaw – '' In Full View'' (

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) * 1995:

Dusty Springfield Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien (16 April 1939 – 2 March 1999), better known by her stage name Dusty Springfield, was a British singer. With her distinctive mezzo-soprano voice, she was a popular singer of blue-eyed soul, Pop mus ...

– '' A Very Fine Love'' (Columbia) * 1995: Russ Taff – ''Winds of Change'' (

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) * 1995: B. J. Thomas – ''I Believe'' (Warner Resound) * 1995: Trisha Yearwood – '' Thinkin' About You'' (MCA) * 1996:

Rhett Akins Thomas Rhett Akins Sr. (born October 13, 1969) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Signed to Decca Records between 1994 and 1997, he released two albums for that label (1995's ''A Thousand Memories'' and 1996's ''Somebody New (a ...

– '' Somebody New'' (MCA) * 1996: John Berry – '' Faces'' (Capitol Nashville) * 1996: Paul Brandt – '' Calm Before the Storm'' (Reprise) * 1996:

Terri Clark Terri Lynn Sauson, known professionally as Terri Clark (born August 5, 1968) is a Canadian country music singer who has had success in both Canada and the United States. Signed to Mercury Records in 1995, she released her self-titled debut that ...

– '' Just the Same'' (Mercury) * 1996: Billy Dean – '' It's What I Do'' (Capitol) * 1996: Ty England – '' Two Ways to Fall'' (RCA) * 1996: Vince Gill – '' High Lonesome Sound'' (MCA) * 1996: Ty Herndon – '' Living in a Moment'' (Epic) * 1996: Wynonna Judd – '' Revelations'' (Curb) * 1996:

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– '' Golden Heart'' (Warner Bros.) * 1996: Jeane Manson – ''Country Girl'' ( Arcade) * 1996:

Jo Dee Messina Jo Dee Marie Messina (born August 25, 1970) is an American country music artist. She has charted six number-one singles on the ''Billboard charts, Billboard'' country music charts. She has been honored by the Country Music Association and the ...

–

(Curb) * 1996: John Michael Montgomery – '' What I Do the Best'' (Atlantic) * 1996:

David Lee Murphy David Lee Murphy (born January 7, 1959) is an American country music Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American ...

– '' Gettin' Out the Good Stuff'' (MCA) * 1996:

LeAnn Rimes Margaret LeAnn Rimes Cibrian (born August 28, 1982) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She originally rose to success as a country music artist at the age of 13 and has since crossed over into pop, contemporary Christian, and o ...

– ''

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'' (Curb) * 1996:

Marty Stuart John Marty Stuart (born September 30, 1958) is an American country music, country and bluegrass music singer, songwriter, and musician. Active since 1968, Stuart initially toured with Lester Flatt, and then in Johnny Cash's road band before be ...

– '' Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best'' (MCA) * 1996: Lari White – '' Don't Fence Me In'' (RCA) * 1996: Trisha Yearwood – '' Everybody Knows'' (MCA)

1997 – 1998

* 1997:

Beth Nielsen Chapman Beth Nielsen Chapman (born September 14, 1958) is an American singer and songwriter who has written hits for country and pop music performers. She was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2016. She is a two-time Grammy Award ...

– '' Sand and Water'' (Reprise) * 1997: Mark Chesnutt – '' Thank God for Believers'' (Decca) * 1997: Bill Hullett – ''Two-Lane Blacktop'' ( Vertical) * 1997:

Toby Keith Toby Keith Covel (July 8, 1961 – February 5, 2024) was an American country music singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, and businessman. Keith released his chart-topping debut single, "Should've Been a Cowboy", in 1993. During the 1990s ...

– '' Dream Walkin''' (Mercury) * 1997:

The Kinleys The Kinleys were an American country music duo composed of identical twin sisters Heather and Jennifer Kinley (born November 5, 1970). Between 1997 and 2000, they recorded two albums for Epic Records (1997's ''Just Between You and Me (The Kinleys ...

– '' Just Between You and Me'' (Epic) * 1997: Jim Lauderdale – ''Whisper'' ( BNA) * 1997: Terry McMillan – ''Somebody's Comin (Giant) * 1997: Lorrie Morgan – '' Shakin' Things Up'' (BNA) * 1997:

– '' We Can't All Be Angels'' (MCA) * 1997: Regina Regina – '' Regina Regina'' (Giant) * 1997: LeAnn Rimes – '' You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs'' (Curb) * 1997: George Strait – '' Carrying Your Love With Me'' (MCA) * 1997: William Topley – ''Black River'' (Mercury) * 1997:

– '' Rumor Has It'' (Giant) * 1997: Bryan White – '' The Right Place'' (Asylum) * 1997: Lee Ann Womack – '' Lee Ann Womack'' (Decca) * 1997: Chely Wright – '' Let Me In'' (MCA Nashville) * 1998: Deana Carter – '' Everything's Gonna Be Alright'' (Capitol Nashville) * 1998: Jim Collins – ''The Next Step'' (Arista Nashville) * 1998: Ty Herndon – '' Big Hopes'' (Epic) * 1998:

Faith Hill Audrey Faith McGraw (; born September 21, 1967), known professionally as Faith Hill, is an American Country music, country singer. She is one of the most successful country music artists of all time, having sold almost 50 million albums worldwide ...

– ''

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'' (Warner Bros.) * 1998: Danni Leigh – '' 29 Nights'' (MCA) * 1998: Martina McBride – '' White Christmas'' (RCA) * 1998: Jo Dee Messina – '' I'm Alright'' (Curb) * 1998:

Olivia Newton-John Dame Olivia Newton-John (26 September 1948 – 8 August 2022) was a British and Australian singer and actress. With over 100 million records sold, Newton-John was one of the List of best-selling music artists#100 million to 119 million record ...

– ''

Back With a Heart ''Back with a Heart'' is the sixteenth studio album by British-Australian singer Olivia Newton-John. It was released by MCA Nashville on 12 May 1998 in the United States. Her first album in four years, it marked her return to country music after ...

'' (MCA Nashville) * 1998:

Collin Raye Floyd Elliot Wray (born August 22, 1960), known professionally as Collin Raye and previously as Bubba Wray, is an American country music singer. He initially recorded as a member of the band The Wrays between 1983 and 1987. He made his solo debut ...

– '' The Walls Came Down'' (Epic) * 1998: LeAnn Rimes – '' Sittin' on Top of the World'' (Curb) * 1998: George Strait – '' One Step at a Time'' (MCA Nashville) * 1998: William Topley – ''Mixed Blessing'' (Mercury) * 1998: Steve Wariner – '' Burnin' the Roadhouse Down'' (Capitol)

1999 – 2000

* 1999:

Atlanta Rhythm Section Atlanta Rhythm Section (or ARS) is an American Southern rock band formed in 1970 by Rodney Justo (singer), Barry Bailey (guitar), Paul Goddard (bass), Dean Daughtry (keyboards), Robert Nix (drummer), Robert Nix (drums) and J. R. Cobb (guitar). ...

– '' Eufaula'' ( Platinum Entertainment) * 1999: Brooks & Dunn – '' Tight Rope'' (Arista Nashville) * 1999:

– '' It's About Time'' (RCA) * 1999:

Kenny Chesney Kenneth Arnold Chesney (born March 26, 1968) is an American country singer. With 30 million albums sold worldwide, he released his debut, '' In My Wildest Dreams'', in 1994, and has since released 19 follow-ups. His albums spawned 27 singles tha ...

– '' Everywhere We Go'' (BNA) * 1999: Mark Chesnutt – ''

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'' (Decca) * 1999: Jennifer Day – ''The Fun of Your Love'' (BNA) * 1999:

Dixie Chicks The Chicks (formerly the Dixie Chicks) are an American country music band from Dallas, Texas. The band consists of Natalie Maines (lead vocals, guitar, bass guitar) and sisters Martie Maguire (vocals, fiddle, mandolin, guitar) and Emily Stra ...

– '' Fly'' (

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) * 1999:

– '' Breathe'' (Warner Bros.) * 1999: Toby Keith – '' How Do You Like Me Now?!'' ( DreamWorks) * 1999: Lonestar – '' Lonely Grill'' (BNA) * 1999:

– '' A Place in the Sun'' (Curb) * 1999: Montgomery Gentry – '' Tattoos & Scars'' (Columbia) * 1999: George Strait – '' Always Never the Same'' (MCA Nashville) * 1999: Steve Wariner – '' Two Teardrops'' (Capitol) * 2000: Alabama – '' When It All Goes South'' (RCA) * 2000: Jessica Andrews – '' Who I Am'' (DreamWorks) * 2000: Lisa Angelle – ''Lisa Angelle'' (DreamWorks) * 2000:

Billy Ray Cyrus William Ray Cyrus ( ; born August 25, 1961) is an American singer, songwriter and actor. Having released 16 studio albums and 53 singles since 1992, he is known for his hit single "Achy Breaky Heart", which topped the U.S. Hot Country Songs cha ...

– '' Southern Rain'' (Monument) * 2000: Sara Evans – '' Born to Fly'' (RCA) * 2000: Vince Gill – '' Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye'' (MCA Nashville) * 2000: Sonya Isaacs – ''Sonya Isaacs'' (Lyric Street) * 2000: Wynonna Judd – '' New Day Dawning'' (Mercury / Curb) * 2000:

– '' II'' (Epic) * 2000: Jo Dee Messina – ''

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'' (Curb) * 2000: George Strait – ''

'' (MCA Nashville) * 2000: Aaron Tippin – '' People Like Us'' ( Lyric Street) * 2000: Steve Wariner – '' Faith in You'' (Capitol Nashville) * 2000: Lee Ann Womack – '' I Hope You Dance'' (MCA Nashville) * 2000: Trisha Yearwood – '' Real Live Woman'' (MCA Nashville)

2001 – 2004

* 2001: 3 of Hearts – '' 3 of Hearts'' (RCA) * 2001: Brooks & Dunn – '' Steers & Stripes'' (Arista Nashville) * 2001: Mary Chapin Carpenter – '' Time* Sex* Love*'' (Columbia) * 2001: Faith Hill – '' There You'll Be'' (Warner Bros.) * 2001: Jewel – '' This Way'' (Atlantic) * 2001: Toby Keith – '' Pull My Chain'' (DreamWorks) * 2001: Tim McGraw – '' Set This Circus Down'' (Curb) * 2001: SHeDAISY – '' The Whole SHeBANG'' (Lyric Street) * 2001: George Strait – '' The Road Less Traveled'' (MCA Nashville) * 2002:

– '' No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems'' (BNA) * 2002: Faith Hill – '' Cry'' (Warner Bros.) * 2002: Toby Keith – '' Unleashed'' (DreamWorks) * 2002: Tim McGraw – '' Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors'' (Curb) * 2002:

– '' (2)'' ( Festival Mushroom) * 2002:

Rascal Flatts Rascal Flatts is an American Country music, country music band formed in 1999 in Nashville, Tennessee. The band consists of Gary LeVox (lead vocals), Jay DeMarcus (bass guitar, background vocals), and Joe Don Rooney (lead guitar, background voc ...

– '' Melt'' (Lyric Street) * 2003: Gary Allan – '' See if I Care'' (MCA Nashville) * 2003: Wynonna Judd – '' What the World Needs Now is Love'' (Curb) * 2003: Toby Keith – '' Shock'n Y'all'' (DreamWorks) * 2003: Kenny Rogers – '' Back to the Well'' (

Sanctuary A sanctuary, in its original meaning, is a sacred space, sacred place, such as a shrine, protected by ecclesiastical immunity. By the use of such places as a haven, by extension the term has come to be used for any place of safety. This seconda ...

) * 2003: George Strait – '' Honkytonkville'' (MCA Nashville) * 2003: Josh Turner – '' Long Black Train'' (MCA Nashville) * 2004: Andy Griggs – '' This I Gotta See'' (RCA) * 2004: Carolyn Dawn Johnson – '' Dress Rehearsal'' (Arista Nashville) * 2004:

Willie Nelson Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor and activist. He was one of the main figures of the outlaw country subgenre that developed in the late 1960s as a reaction to the conservative restr ...

– '' It Always Will Be'' (Lost Highway) * 2004:

Keith Urban Keith Lionel Urban ( né Urbahn; 26 October 1967) is an Australian and American country singer, songwriter and guitarist. Recognised with four Grammy Awards, he has also received 15 Academy of Country Music Awards, including the Jim Reeves Int ...

– '' Be Here'' (Capitol Nashville) * 2004: Phil Vassar – '' Shaken Not Stirred'' (Arista Nashville) * 2004: Gretchen Wilson – '' Here for the Party'' (Epic)

2005 – 2008

* 2005:

Trace Adkins Tracy Darrell Adkins (born January 13, 1962) known professionally as Trace Adkins, is an American country music singer and actor. Adkins made his debut in 1996 with the album ''Dreamin' Out Loud'', released on Capitol Records Nashville. Since t ...

– '' Songs About Me'' (Capitol Nashville) * 2005: Kenny Chesney – '' The Road and the Radio'' (BNA) * 2005: Jace Everett – ''Jace Everett'' (Epic) * 2005: Toby Keith – '' Honkytonk University'' (DreamWorks) * 2005:

Joe Nichols Joseph Edward Nichols (born November 26, 1976) is an American country music artist. Between 1996 and 2001, he held recording contracts with the Intersound and Giant Records (Warner), Giant labels. In 2002, he signed with Universal South Records, ...

– '' III'' ( Universal South) * 2005: LeAnn Rimes – '' This Woman'' (Curb) * 2005: George Strait – '' Somewhere Down in Texas'' (MCA Nashville) * 2005: Carrie Underwood – '' Some Hearts'' (Arista Nashville) * 2005: Gretchen Wilson – '' All Jacked Up'' (Epic) * 2006:

Bob Seger Robert Clark Seger ( ; born May 6, 1945) is a retired American singer, songwriter, and musician. As a locally successful Detroit-area artist, he performed and recorded with the groups Bob Seger and the Last Heard and the Bob Seger System throu ...

– '' Face the Promise'' (Capitol) * 2006: George Strait – '' It Just Comes Natural'' (MCA Nashville) * 2007:

Bon Jovi Bon Jovi is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Sayreville, New Jersey in 1983. The band consists of singer Jon Bon Jovi, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, guitarists John Shanks and Phil X, percussionist Everett Bradley ...

– '' Lost Highway'' (

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) * 2007: Toby Keith – '' Big Dog Daddy'' (Show Dog Nashville) * 2007:

Tracy Lawrence Tracy Lee Lawrence (born January 27, 1968) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and record producer. Born in Atlanta, Texas, and raised in Foreman, Arkansas, Lawrence began performing at age 15 and moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 19 ...

– '' For the Love'' (Rocky Comfort/Co5) * 2007: LeAnn Rimes – ''

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'' (Curb) * 2007: Gretchen Wilson – ''

One of the Boys ''One of the Boys'' is the second studio album by American singer Katy Perry. It was released on June 17, 2008, by Capitol Records. She collaborated on the album with producers Greg Wells, Dr. Luke, Dave Stewart (Eurythmics), Dave Stewart, Max ...

'' (Sony BMG) * 2007: Trisha Yearwood – '' Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love'' ( Big Machine) * 2008: Toby Keith – '' That Don't Make Me a Bad Guy'' (Show Dog Nashville) * 2008: George Strait – ''

Troubadour A troubadour (, ; ) was a composer and performer of Old Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages (1100–1350). Since the word ''troubadour'' is etymologically masculine, a female equivalent is usually called a ''trobairitz''. The tr ...

'' (Hump Head) * 2008: Randy Travis – '' Around the Bend'' (Cozat)

2009 – 2014

* 2009: Reba McEntire – '' Keep on Loving You'' (The Valory Music Co) * 2009: Martina McBride – '' Shine'' (RCA) * 2009: George Strait – '' Twang'' (Hump Head) * 2010: Gary Allan – '' Get Off on the Pain'' (MCA Nashville) * 2010:

Joe Cocker John Robert "Joe" Cocker (20 May 1944 – 22 December 2014) was an English singer known for his gritty, bluesy voice and dynamic stage performances featuring expressive body movements. Most of his best-known singles, such as "Feelin' Alright ...

– '' Hard Knocks'' ( 429) * 2010: Toby Keith – '' Bullets in the Gun'' (Show Dog-Universal) * 2010: Josh Turner – '' Haywire'' (MCA Nashville) * 2011: Lauren Alaina – ''

Wildflower A wildflower (or wild flower) is a flower that grows in the wild, rather than being intentionally seeded or planted. The term implies that the plant is neither a hybrid nor a selected cultivar that is any different from the native plant, eve ...

'' (Mercury Nashville) * 2011: Terri Clark – '' Roots and Wings'' (Hump Head) * 2011: Sara Evans – '' Stronger'' (Sony) * 2011: Toby Keith – '' Clancy's Tavern'' (Hump Head) * 2011: George Strait – '' Here for a Good Time'' (MCA Nashville) * 2011: Chris Young – ''

Neon Neon is a chemical element; it has symbol Ne and atomic number 10. It is the second noble gas in the periodic table. Neon is a colorless, odorless, inert monatomic gas under standard conditions, with approximately two-thirds the density of ...

'' (Sony) * 2012:

Troy Cassar-Daley Troy Cassar-Daley (born 18 May 1969) is an Australian country music songwriter and entertainer. Cassar-Daley has released thirteen studio albums, two live albums and five compilation albums over 30 years, including the platinum-selling '' The ...

– ''Home'' (

Liberation Music Liberation Records, formerly Liberation Music, was an Australian record company and label, started in 1999 by Michael Gudinski and Warren Costello, based in Melbourne. Its stated business aim is to "find, nurture and then to develop new tal ...

) * 2012: Toby Keith – '' Hope on the Rocks'' (Show Dog-Universal Music) * 2012: Tim McGraw – '' Emotional Traffic'' (Curb) * 2012:

Lionel Richie Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. (born June 20, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and television personality. He rose to fame in the 1970s as a songwriter and the co-lead singer of the Motown group Commodores; writing and recor ...

– '' Tuskegee'' (Mercury) * 2013: Gary Allan – '' Set You Free'' (MCA Nashville) * 2013: Toby Keith – '' Drinks After Work'' (Show Dog-Universal Music) * 2013: Tim McGraw – '' Two Lanes of Freedom'' (Big Machine) * 2013: George Strait – '' Love is Everything'' (MCA Nashville) * 2013: Chris Young – '' A.M.'' (RCA) * 2014: Tim McGraw – '' Sundown Heaven Town'' (Big Machine) * 2014: Jo Dee Messina – '' Me'' (Dreambound)

2015 – present

* 2015: Toby Keith – '' 35 MPH Town'' (Show Dog Nashville) * 2015: Reba McEntire – '' Love Somebody'' (Starstruck) * 2015: Tim McGraw – '' Damn Country Music'' (Big Machine) * 2016: John Berry – ''What I Love the Most'' (Mansion) * 2016: Mark Chesnutt – ''Tradition Lives'' (BFD / Red River) * 2016:

Randy Houser Shawn Randolph Houser (born December 18, 1975) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Houser has racked up over half a dozen hits and over 1 billion streams. His How Country Feels album topped the country radio charts with the title ...

– '' Fired Up'' (BMG / Stoney Creek) * 2016:

Cyndi Lauper Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper ( ; born June 22, 1953) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Known for her distinctive image, featuring a variety of hair colors and eccentric clothing, and for her powerful four-octave vocal range;Jerome, ...

– '' Detour'' (Sire) * 2016: Faith Hill – ''Deep Tracks'' (Warner Bros.) * 2016: Craig Morgan – '' A Whole Lot More to Me'' ( Black River) * 2016: Joanne Shaw Taylor – ''Wild'' (Axehouse) * 2017: Toby Keith – '' The Bus Songs'' (Show Dog Nashville) * 2017:

– ''Never Gets Old'' (Red Bow) * 2017:

Charley Pride Charley Frank Pride (March 18, 1934 – December 12, 2020) was an American Country music, country singer. Beginning his career as a Negro league baseball player in the early-1950s, he later pursued a career in country music, becoming the gen ...

– ''Music in My Heart'' (Music City)

References

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