Ep. 83 - BOB DIPIERO ("Blue Clear Sky")
b'Bob DiPiero has written 15 #1 hits, including \\u201cSouthern Voice\\u201d for Tim McGraw, \\u201cIf You Ever Stop Loving Me\\u201d for Montgomery Gentry, \\u201cBlue Clear Sky\\u201d for George Strait, \\u201cDaddy\\u2019s Money\\u201d for Ricochet, \\u201cThe Church on Cumberland Road\\u201d for Shenandoah, \\u201cMoney in the Bank\\u201d for John Anderson, \\u201cLittle Rock\\u201d for Reba McEntire, and \\u201cAmerican Made\\u201d for The Oak Ridge Boys. Neal McCoy\\u2019s recording of his song \\u201cWink\\u201d stayed at #1 for 4 weeks in 1994 and was named BMI\\u2019s most performed country song of the year. Other highlights from DiPiero\\u2019s catalog include Faith Hill\\u2019s \\u201cTake Me As I Am,\\u201d Reba McEntire\\u2019s \\u201cTill You Love Me,\\u201d George Strait\\u2019s \\xa0"Cowboys Like Us" and Vince Gill\\u2019s \\u201cWorlds Apart, which was named Song of the Year at the Country Radio Music Awards in 1997. Other artists who\\u2019ve recorded Bob\\u2019s songs include Garth Brooks, Toby Keith, Travis Tritt, Rhett Akins, Billy Ray Cyrus, Patty Loveless, The Mavericks, Marty Stuart, Darius Rucker, Etta James, Martina McBride, Neil Diamond, Trace Adkins, Steve Wariner, Lonestar, Tracy Byrd, Sunny Sweeney, Easton Corbin, Toby Keith, and Little Feat with Bob Seger. Bob received Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for his song \\u201cComing Home,\\u201d which Gwyneth Paltrow performed for the film Country Strong. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2007, was named Songwriter of the Year at the Nashville Music Awards in 1998, and received the prestigious BMI Icon award in 2017.'