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Wayland Holyfield
Wayland Holyfield
American songwriter
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Dottie Rambo
Dottie Rambo
Gospel music singer-songwriter
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Barbara Mandrell
Barbara Mandrell
American country music singer and actress
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Gary Harrison
Gary Harrison
songwriter
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Joe South
Joe South
US singer, songwriter and guitarist
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Glenn Sutton
Glenn Sutton
American musician
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Climie Fisher
Climie Fisher
British pop duo
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John Bettis
John Bettis
American lyricist
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Jeffrey Steele
Jeffrey Steele
American country musician
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Harlan Howard
Harlan Howard
American songwriter
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Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
American wife and husband country music and pop songwriting team
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Cindy Walker
Cindy Walker
American songwriter, country music singer and dancer
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Tom Shapiro
Tom Shapiro
American songwriter
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Mel Tillis
Mel Tillis
American country music singer and musician
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Dan Penn
Dan Penn
American musician
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Don Schlitz
Don Schlitz
American country singer-songwriter
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Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin
American singer, songwriter, and pianist
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Billy Sherrill
Billy Sherrill
American record producer, songwriter, and arranger
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Tim DuBois
Tim DuBois
American musician
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Simon Climie
Simon Climie
British songwriter and producer
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Jack Rhodes
Jack Rhodes
American country music producer and songwriter
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Bobby Braddock
Bobby Braddock
American musician
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Marty Brown
Marty Brown
American musician
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Roger Miller
Roger Miller
American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (1936-1992)
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Bill Anderson
Bill Anderson
American country music singer and songwriter
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Don Gibson
Don Gibson
American musician
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Max D. Barnes
Max D. Barnes
American musician
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Diane Warren
Diane Warren
American songwriter, musician and record producer
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Louise Mandrell
Louise Mandrell
American musician
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Norro Wilson
Norro Wilson
American songwriter (1938-2017)
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Dean Dillon
Dean Dillon
American country musician
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Kris Kristofferson
Kris Kristofferson
American country music singer, songwriter, musician, and film actor
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Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton
American singer-songwriter and actress
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Dickey Lee
Dickey Lee
American pop/country singer and songwriter
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Michael McDonald
Michael McDonald
American recording artist; singer-songwriter, keyboardist, and record producer
Dennis Morgan
American musician

Dennis Morgan

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American musician

Dennis Morgan (born July 30, 1952 in Tracy, Minnesota) is an American songwriter and music publisher, best known for writing songs for Aretha Franklin, Faith Hill, Barbara Mandrell, and Eric Clapton. He has also published hit songs by Garth Brooks, All-4-One, Feargal Sharkey, and Trisha Yearwood.

Morgan's career as a songwriter started as a session musician in Nashville. His first songwriting success was "Sleeping Single in a Double Bed", a number one hit for Barbara Mandrell in 1978. As a result, he and cowriter Kye Fleming were nominated for a Grammy. His partnership with Fleming also yielded more hits for Mandrell ("I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool"), fellow country artists Sylvia ("Nobody"), Ronnie Milsap ("Smoky Mountain Rain"), and Steve Wariner ("All Roads Lead To You").

Songs by Morgan and cowriter Simon Climie have been hits for pop artists including Climie Fisher ("Love Changes Everything") and Aretha Franklin & George Michael ("I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)").

Morgan was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Foundation's Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2004.

His works are self-administered in North America by his company Little Shop of Morgansongs and via Warner Chappell Music internationally. He is a BMI member and according to BMI repertoire, 33 of over 2000 songs written by him are BMI awarded for extensive radio playback.