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In 1995, Billboard magazine listed the Top 20 countrysongs of the previous 35 years. Bill Anderson wrote four of those20 songs, and has continued writing them ever since, becoming theonly country songwriter to land a Top 40 hit in seven consecutivedecades. After signing with the Decca label in 1959, Andersonreleased 37 records as an artist that reached the Top 10 onBillboard\u2019s Country singles chart - eight of which climbedto the #1 position. Though wildly successful as a performer, Billis also a prolific songwriter who penned most of his own hits,including the classics \u201cPo Folks,\u201d \u201cMama Sang a Song,\u201d \u201c8 X 10,\u201dand \u201cStill,\u201d which was named Billboard magazine\u2019s Song ofthe Year in 1963. His initial songwriting success began in 1958when Ray Price took \u201cCity Lights\u201d to the top of the charts for 13weeks. The song became a standard that charted repeatedly in the1950s, 60s, 70s, and 80s. Similarly, his \u201cTips of My Fingers,\u201dreached the Top 10 four different times with versions recorded byRoy Clark, Eddy Arnold, Steve Wariner, and Anderson himself. Billteamed with Roger Miller to co-write \u201cWhen Two Worlds Collide,\u201dwhich was a hit for Miller in 1961, Jim Reeves in 1969, and JerryLee Lewis in 1980. Other major hits from Bill Anderson\u2019s vastcatalog include Lefty Frizzell\u2019s \u201cSaginaw, Michigan,\u201d ConnieSmith\u2019s \u201cOnce a Day,\u201d and Porter Wagoner\u2019s \u201cCold Hard Facts ofLife.\u201d After a hiatus, Anderson returned to songwriting in the1990s, co-writing hits including Vince Gill\u2019s \u201cWhich Bridge toCross (Which Bridge to Burn)," Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss\u2019s CMASong of the Year \u201cWhiskey Lullaby,\u201d and George Strait\u2019s CMA and ACMSong of the Year \u201cGive It Away.\u201d Bill was elected to the NashvilleSongwriters Hall of Fame in 1975, and inducted into the CountryMusic Hall of Fame in 2001. He has received multiple Grammynominations and more than 50 BMI performance awards. Anderson wasnamed BMI Country Songwriter of the Year six times, and was thefirst country writer ever honored with the prestigious BMI Iconaward in 2002. The Academy of Country Music similarly recognizedhim with their inaugural Poets Award in 2008. His autobiography,Whisperin' Bill Anderson: An Unprecedented Life in CountryMusic, will be released by the University of Georgia Press inSeptember, and is now available for pre-order atBillAnderson.com.