Country Songs Made Famous By Other Artists

When it comes to country music we think instantly of the artist performing a song or songs recorded on an album, where do these songs come from?, it is the songwriters and producers that make it happen. Several songs are written a day, in most cases songwriters end up with more than 100 songs a year to count. 

I have dug deep into the country music vault and have found that these songs have made it into the albums of Kellie Pickler, Dolly Parton,  Faith Hill, Kenny Rogers, Martina McBride and JoDee Messina over the years. These songs were on the artists album released as singles to country radio that  left an impression on the artist or artists who re-recorded them that were previously recorded by their musical peers. These songs have been redefined and have made a staple in country music.


Kellie Pickler "Someone Somewhere Tonight"    
Kenny Rogers  
written by:  Davis Rains and Walt Wilkins


Faith Hill  "Piece of My Heart"      
Janis Joplin
Written by: Jerry Ragavoy


Martina McBride " (I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden"   
 Lynn Anderson
Written by: Joe South
Produced by: Glenn Sutton



Kenny Rogers  "Lady"  
Lionel Richie
Written and produced by: Lionel Richie



JoDee Messina   "A Lesson In Leavin'"  
Dottie West
Written by:  Randy Goodrum and Brent Maher
Produced by: Larry Butler



Dolly Parton  "Tracks Of My Tears"  
Smokey Robinson
Written by: William Smokey Robinson Jr, Warren Moore and Marvin Tarplin
Produced by: Smokey Robinson

Music Producer Michael Knox Brings New Single To The ABC Hit Series Nashville

Left to right ABC’s "Nashville" Executive Music Producer Buddy Miller, Chris Carmack 

and Michael Knox.

Award winning producer Michael Knox has produced "What If I Was Willing" the next single to be released for the ABC television smash series Nashville, the new single will air tonight Wednesday October 9th at 10 pm / 9 pm CST.

Actor Chris Carmack who portrays Will Lexington on the series performed the single, 
co-penned by Randy Montana, Billy Montana and Brian Davis, this however isn't  the first time Knox has worked with the hit TV series, last season he co-produced "The Wrong Side" featuring Connie Britton and Hayden Panettiere with T-Bone Burnett, as well as "I'm A Girl" featuring Hayden Panettiere, Knox stated. “I had the privilege of cutting a couple things on the show last year and the producers called me this year and wanted to know if I wanted to be a part of it. It's a great experience and I loved the cast that I got to record with.” 

Fans can go to the ABC Music Lounge here to view an extended performance of the new song.  ABC Music Lounge "What If I Was Willing" Extended Performance



Michael Knox is best known for his production work with country artist Jason Aldean, recently celebrated his 12th number 1 with "Night Train".
Other noteable production credits include Busch Hawg, Rachel Farley, Trace Adkins, Thomas Rhett,  Big SMO, Kelly Clarkson, ( collaboration on "Don't You Wanna Stay,")
Ludacris ( collaboration on "Dirt Road Anthem,") Luke Bryan and Eric Church ( collaboration on "The Only Way I Know" w/ Jason Aldean) Montgomery Gentry, Randy Owen, Josh Thompson, Frankie Ballard,  Hank Williams Jr, Brother Trouble and Chuck Wicks, among others.


For more on Michael Knox visit the official website here:
Music Knox