KICKING OFF 2012!
(Posted 1/26/12)
Many thanks to Don Williams, producer Garth Fundis and Vanguard Records. "Getting a Don Williams cut is a dream come true for me. Like any songwriter who has been here since the 70s and 80s, I've been writing, pitching, and hoping for a long long time to get a song on one of his projects. Thanks to Cyndi Foreman and Kent Earls at Universal Music for making it happen"! -BH ("First Fool In Line" was co-written by Byron Hill and Tammi Kidd, and after being on-hold and off-hold for numerous artists through the years, Don recorded it last week).
Other new things happening...songs on upcoming albums by Gord Bamford, and 2011 CCMA Group of The Year Hey Romeo, and a single to be released in March on the legendary Dionne Warwick!
GORD BAMFORD - Signs with Sony Records, releases first single from new CD.
(Posted 1/20/12)
Award winning Canadian country star Gord Bamford has signed with Sony Records. His debut single "Is It Friday Yet" (Bamford/Hill/Brown). Gord's album is to be released in March 2012, produced by Byron Hill and Gord. Look for some great songs on this album co-written by some great songwriters... Terry McBride, Wil Nance, Roger Brown, Jerry Haggard, Ray Stephenson, Buddy Owens, JB Rudd, Tim Nichols, Brent Baxter, Casey Clarke, and Richard Deakon. Way to go Gord!
THE BOOM CHUCKA BOYS - Coming in 2012!
(Posted 1/20/12)
With a lot of club success and a huge group of anxiously waiting fans, The Boom Chucka Boys have been in Nashville writing with Byron and others towards their upcoming recording project. Get ready for these guys, Sept 2012!
SOME PEOPLE I WANT TO THANK FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR ME IN 2011!
(Posted 12/20/11)
Inside Music Row, Armed Forces Radio Network, Ty Hager and Behind The Hits, Nashville Music Guide, American Songwriter Magazine, Rick Moore, the CCMA, Gord Bamford, Kendra Bamford, Brian Halbert, Kelly Resler, Tracey Feist, Corinne Szepesi, Rob Smith & the staff of Royalty Records, Ed Harris, Hey Romeo, Jim Quinn, Janie West, Vicki Walters at SOCAN, Kent Earls at Universal Music Publishing, Tammy Helm at Universal Music Publishing, Cyndi Foreman at Universal Music Publishing, Mike Doyle at Major Bob, Mary Self at ASCAP, Missouri Mile, Jeff and Kathy Warfle, Bob Martineau, Randy Stark, John Lomax and Roots Music Exporters, Tommy Polk and The Ferriday Song Festival, Ange Boxall, Jeff Bradshaw, Rockie Lynne, Susan Levy, Debbie Nunn, Cynthia Herron, Emily Hatfield, Leadership Music Nashville, XM Sirius Radio, Jeff Cheen and Julia Dixon with The Charlotte Music Awards, Steve Simpson and Carl Dews and Bruce Johnson and Tamara Sharpe with the NSAI Charlotte Workshop, Doak Turner and The Nashville Muse, Bart Herbison and the NSAI staff, Steve Bogard and Roger Brown and Bob Regan and my fellow NSAI board members, John Ford Coley, B. James Lowry, Sara Elizabeth Timmins with Life Out Loud Films and the feature film Lake Effects, the band Diamondback, Cary Stone, Stuart Cameron and Hotdisc International, Dan Harr and Music News Nashville, John Padgett, Jed Hilly & staff at the Americana Music Association, Linne Black and Dan Dockery and Mike Hayes and Jim Tedder, and Sonny Thomas for their work with the East Coast Songwriters Conference, Linne Black and the NSAI Winston-Salem Workshop, Sonny Thomas and The Fiddle & Bow Society, Jim Tedder and The Community Arts Cafe (Winston-Salem, NC), Susan Bennett for bringing out the crowd for one very special night, and all my West Forsyth friends, David Ross & the staff of Music Row Magazine, Robert K. Oermann, Georgia Middleman, Sherrill Blackmon, Mike Poston, Eddie Garcia, Larry DeLaney and the staff of Country Music News, Jon Philibert and Country Music People Magazine, Dionne Warwick, John Anthony and the staff of Banner Records, Rip Koken, Missy Herrington, Rebecca Lenk, Jorge Colina, William F.Williams, Pat Williams, David Callister of Manx Radio, Jackie Storrar of CMR Nashville Radio, Colin Thorpe of Erewash Radio, Tommy Truesdale of West Sound Radio, Helen MacPherson with Moray Firth Radio, Gordon Davies of Radio Maldwyn, Phil Walsh at CRMK Radio, Richard Allen at Winchester Radio, Veronica Capaldi at WHCR Radio, Alan Potter with Tempo FM Radio, Keith Greentree at the BBC Radio Norfolk, Graham Lees at HWD Radio, Robert MacMillan at Nevis Radio, John Brookfield with Pathfinder Magazine, Sandy Watt at Waves Radio, Marie Crichton with BBC Radio Shropshire, John Morris at Trust AM Radio, Ray James with Somervalley FM, Tom Robinson at Kingstown Radio, Shauna Anderson, Joe Capps, R.B. Stone, Teea Goans, Terry Choate, Louis O'Reilly and OnRamp Records, Brett Kissel, Ted Hewitt, Richie Jones, James Stroud, Ali Beck, Pete Smith, The Advertiser, Lauren Briant, Noah Gordon at Average Joe's Records, Joe Carter, Mike Taliaferro, The Hughen Center (Beaumont, TX), Steve Fenwick at Country Music and Dance Magazine, Julie Forester, Bart McKay, Rachel Farley, Chuck Dauphin at Music News Nashville, Ralph & Louise Murphy, Tony Hiller, Craig Moritz, James Dupree, Kyle Lehning, Jerry Douglas, Duane Steele, Sally Spring, Tiffany Dowhan, Mickey and Jack Jones, Sandra Larratta, Mitch Winehouse, Amber Williams, Mike Dekle, The Higgins, Kathleen Higgins, Ricky Lee Tanner, Alabama, Kris Gordon, Jimmy Hughes at Classic Country 1060am, David Schneider at The Harry Fox Agency, Butch Baker, Debbie Parsley and Emily Hester and Ali Tonn at The Country Music Hall of Fame, Holly Nance, Wil Nance, Barge Waggoner Summer & Cannon Inc., Rob Selkow at Clarksville Now, Fletch & Bailey and Jared Mims at 100.3FM The Beaver (Clarksville, TN), Chris Atkins, The Shephard Family at Edward's Steakhouse (Clarksville, TN), The Indigo Hotel (Athens, GA), Maurice Hope at Flyinshoes Review, Charlie Mattos and Bill Cody on WSM's Coffee & Cody In The Morning, Big Mike's Sports Bar & Grill (Denham Springs, LA), Tammi Arender, Jerry Foster, The Nashville Jazz Workshop, The Jazz Cave, Lori Mechem, Roger Spencer, Bruce Dudley, Billy Yates, Frank & Lynda Davies, Paul Scholten & Staff at County Q Studios, Rob Matson, P.T. Houston, Andy Marshall and Puckett's Grocery (Franklin, TN) and Puckett's Grocery (Nashville, TN), Jim Parker & Jim Parker's Songwriter Series, The Evening Muse (Charlotte, NC), Terry & Wanda Seay, Kathy & Kevin Millen, Ellen Pryor, my co-writers, my fellow singer-songwriter performers and road pals, the studio musicians who make it happen, my friends, and my family. The best to ALL of you in 2012!
TWO SONGS IN THE BILLBOARD YEAR-END TOP CANADIAN COUNTRY AIRPLAY CHART OF 2011
(Posted 12/29/11)
Canadian artist Gord Bamford concludes the year with two songs written by Byron in the Year-End Billboard Year-End Top Canadian Country airplay chart of 2011. “My Daughter’s Father” (Byron Hill/Arlos Smith), and “Hank Williams Lonesome” (Byron Hill/Gord Bamford/Zack Turner).
HOTDISC TOP 30 MOST POPULAR SONGS OF 2011
(Posted 12/14/11)
Byron has four songs in the year-end Hotdisc Top 30 Most Popular Songs of 2011 chart; *Way Too Long (Hill/Bamford/Steele) recorded by Byron Hill, *I Am A Song (Hill/Orf/Rochelle) recorded by Missouri Mile, All Talk (Hill/Orf/Rochelle) recorded by Missouri Mile, and Hank Williams Lonesome (Hill/Bamford/Turner) recorded by Gord Bamford. *Indicates songs that were #1 on Hotdisc during 2011. More at: www.hotdisc.net
5th ANNUAL CHARLOTTE MUSIC AWARDS
(Posted 12/14/11)
Byron was a special guest at the 5th Annual Charlotte Music Awards "Red Carpet Affair" event, held December 8th at 7pm, where he received a Lifetime Achievement Award, at the Halton Theatre at Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC. www.charlottemusicawards.org . Photo by Jan Jenson.
LAKE EFFECTS - The movie
(Posted 12/20/11)
Community screenings for the cast and crew of the feature film Lake Effects, starring Jane Seymour, Scottie Thompson, and Madeline Zima, were held at Westlake Cinema, Smith Mountain Lake, VA on October 7 & 8. The soundtrack includes the song “Stars Are Falling” (Hill/Soden) performed by the band Diamondback. Look for this film showing soon near you!
More at: www.lakeeffectsthemovie.com
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ARMED FORCES RADIO NETWORK
(Posted 12/20/11)
Listen for Ty Hager's interview with Byron for Behind The Hits Radio, playing now on AFN Radio.
EAST COAST SONGWRITERS CONFERENCE
(Posted 12/20/11)
Heads up...for the 2nd Annual East Coast Songwriters Conference in Winston-Salem, NC June 22-24, 2012.
More at: http://www.ecsongwriters.com/
