BIO FOR SHOWS AND VENUES

For a great 2 hour acoustic show consisting of Byron Hill plus 2-3 other top award-winning songwriters performing the hits they've written for major artists. This type of show is especially entertaining for listening clubs and corporate events. Byron is also available for select solo performances.

For 33 years, Byron Hill has been a professional songwriter in Nashville, TN, with songs generating more than 650 recordings, seventy-seven RIAA certified Gold and Platinum awards, ten ASCAP awards, and thirty-one U.S. and Canadian top-ten chart hits.

Songs Byron has written for major artists include:

"Pickin' Up Strangers" by Johnny Lee

"Fool Hearted Memory" by George Strait

"The Pages Of My Mind" by Ray Charles

"Born Country" by Alabama

"Alright Already" by Larry Stewart

"High-Tech Redneck" by George Jones

"Lifestyles Of The Not So Rich And Famous" by Tracy Byrd

"Over You" by Anne Murray

"If I Was A Drinkin' Man" by Neal McCoy

"Politics, Religion And Her" by Sammy Kershaw

"Nothing On But The Radio" by Gary Allan

"Size Matters" by Joe Nichols

Through the years, Byron's songs have been recorded by other artists including Juice Newton, Ed Bruce, Conway Twitty, Mel McDaniel, Ricky Skaggs, Margo Smith, Reba McEntire, Kenny Rogers, Tom Wopat, Randy Travis, Keith Whitley, Rhonda Vincent, Don Williams, Dionne Warwick, Doc & Merle Watson, Trace Adkins, Asleep At The Wheel, John Michael Montgomery, Toby Keith, Gene Watson, Porter Wagoner, Brooks & Dunn, Hank Thompson, Bill Medley, Blackhawk, Highway 101, Jeff Bates, Rhett Akins, The Oak Ridge Boys, Ricky Van Shelton, The Whites, The Seekers, and many others.

Byron's songs have been recorded throughout the world, and released by artists in England, Ireland, Scotland, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, Holland, Canada, Australia, and South Africa. Canadian fans will recognize these songs written by Byron and recorded by these major Canadian acts: Gil Grand ("Spilled Perfume", "Famous First Words"), Gord Bamford ("My Heart's A Genius", "Life Is Good", "I Would For You", We're All Cowboys", "Blame It On That Red Dress", "Stayed Til Two", "Postcard From Pasadena", "Drinkin' Buddy", "Day Job", "Put Some Alcohol On It", "My Daughter's Father", "Hank Williams Lonesome", "Is It Friday Yet"), Hey Romeo ("Snap My Fingers", "That's What I Am", "He Still Calls Me Baby", "Hello").

Many of Byron's songs have been used in feature films, television network shows and syndicated television and radio programming including: American Idol (Fox), America's Most Talented Kids (NBC), America's New Country, Austin City Limits, B.J. and the Bear, Inside Fame (CMT), Insider (CMT), Power Picks (CMT) Country Music Across America (GAC), Country Music Spotlight, Feed The Children (AOL-TV), Joe Nichols' My Military Diary (GAC), Later With Greg Kinnear (NBC), Live From The Bluebird Cafe (Turner Network), Music With Altitude (CMT), Most Wanted Live (CMT), On E! (E!), Santa Barbara (NBC), Video Joint, World News Now (ABC), Fox Sports Network (FSN), Live At The House Of Blues (GAC), NFL on Fox (Fox), The Singing Bee (NBC), Cribs (CMT), The Fall Guy (ABC), Car Talk (NPR), Words & Music (WTVF), Headline Country (GAC), The Statler Brothers Show (TNN), Burn Notice (USA Network), The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet (Fox), Knight Rider (NBC), Club Dance (TNN), Celebrities Offstage (TNN, Spike TV), Hee Haw (CBS), Crook & Chase (TNN), Nashville Now (TNN), Music City Tonight (TNN), ABC In-Concert (ABC), Path To Stardom - Hot Country Nights (NBC), The Country Music Awards, The Academy of Country Music Awards, The Canadian Country Music Awards (CBC), Talent Roundup (CMT), Opry Live (GAC), At The Ryman, CMT Greatest Moments (CMT), I Love The 90s (VH-1), The Greatest - 40 Days That Shaped Country Music (CMT), FLW Outdoors, Foxworthy's Big Night Out (CMT), Behind The Hits (AFN-Armed Forces Network), Coast To Coast (Paramount Pictures), The Exterminator (Avco-Embassy Films, The Soldier (Embassy Pictures), Pink Cadillac (Warner Brothers Pictures),  Elvis: Up Close and Personal with Sonny West (Rochford Films), and Lake Effects (Life Out Loud Films).

Byron performs regularly throughout the southeast, usually on-stage with two or three other known professional hit songwriters. During the past five years, Byron has averaged about 40 shows/events a year.

(This page is updated as of February 6, 2012)