Richard Leigh
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Richard Leigh, who has had hits in the '70s, '80s, and '90s, kicked off the 21st century with a top ten hit 'Cold Day In July, recorded by the Dixie Chicks. Most recently his good friend Billy Dean recorded an entire album of his songs for the Billy Dean Sings Richard Leigh CD released September 2009.
Leigh, who has been writing songs since he was ten years old and professionally since he was twenty-three, got his first break in 1976 when Crystal Gayle released 'I’ll Get Over You', and took it to #1 on Billboard’s Country Chart. This was made all the sweeter when 'I’ll Get Over You' garnered Leigh his first of now seven Song of the Year nominations, this one from the Country Music Association (CMA).
To date, Leigh has made fourteen trips to the Top Ten and has written or co-written eight #1 singles: the hauntingly beautiful 'Somewhere In My Broken Heart' (written with Billy Dean), voted 1991 Song Of The Year by the Nashville Songwriter’s Association (NSAI), and also by the Academy Of Country Music (ACM); the Reba McEntire hit 'The Greatest Man I Never Knew' (written with Layng Martine, Jr.), nominated at the 1993 Grammy Awards for Best Country Song; 'Come From The Heart' (written with Susanna Clark and recorded by Kathy Mattea); Don William’s 'That’s The Thing About Love' (written with Gary Nicholson); Steve Wariner’s 'Life’s Highway' (written with Roger Murrah); Mickey Gilley’s 'Put Your Dreams Away' (written with Wayland Holyfield), and the aforementioned 'I’ll Get Over You' and 'Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue', both written by Leigh and recorded by Crystal Gayle.
Other artists who have recorded Leigh’s songs include: Anne Murray, Martina McBride, George Jones, K.T. Oslin, Ronnie Milsap, B.J. Thomas, Bill Medley, Perry Como, Connie Francis, Debbie Boone, Conway Twitty, Alabama, Shenandoah, Tammy Wynette, The Bellamy Brother’s, Suzy Boguss, Guy Clark, Ricky Scaggs, Lorrie Morgan, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Marie Osmond, Jerry Jeff Walker, Kitty Wells, Bobby Bare, the great Ray Charles, and many more.
Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Virginia, Leigh is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University. He currently resides with his wife, Shannon, on their farm in Cornersville, Tennessee.
Leigh, who has been writing songs since he was ten years old and professionally since he was twenty-three, got his first break in 1976 when Crystal Gayle released 'I’ll Get Over You', and took it to #1 on Billboard’s Country Chart. This was made all the sweeter when 'I’ll Get Over You' garnered Leigh his first of now seven Song of the Year nominations, this one from the Country Music Association (CMA).
To date, Leigh has made fourteen trips to the Top Ten and has written or co-written eight #1 singles: the hauntingly beautiful 'Somewhere In My Broken Heart' (written with Billy Dean), voted 1991 Song Of The Year by the Nashville Songwriter’s Association (NSAI), and also by the Academy Of Country Music (ACM); the Reba McEntire hit 'The Greatest Man I Never Knew' (written with Layng Martine, Jr.), nominated at the 1993 Grammy Awards for Best Country Song; 'Come From The Heart' (written with Susanna Clark and recorded by Kathy Mattea); Don William’s 'That’s The Thing About Love' (written with Gary Nicholson); Steve Wariner’s 'Life’s Highway' (written with Roger Murrah); Mickey Gilley’s 'Put Your Dreams Away' (written with Wayland Holyfield), and the aforementioned 'I’ll Get Over You' and 'Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue', both written by Leigh and recorded by Crystal Gayle.
Other artists who have recorded Leigh’s songs include: Anne Murray, Martina McBride, George Jones, K.T. Oslin, Ronnie Milsap, B.J. Thomas, Bill Medley, Perry Como, Connie Francis, Debbie Boone, Conway Twitty, Alabama, Shenandoah, Tammy Wynette, The Bellamy Brother’s, Suzy Boguss, Guy Clark, Ricky Scaggs, Lorrie Morgan, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Marie Osmond, Jerry Jeff Walker, Kitty Wells, Bobby Bare, the great Ray Charles, and many more.
Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Virginia, Leigh is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University. He currently resides with his wife, Shannon, on their farm in Cornersville, Tennessee.
Interesting Factoid:
In 1978, then Nashville Mayor Richard Fulton presented Leigh with The Key To The City. In 1988, he was honored with a space on the NARAS Starwalk. However, he received one of his greatest honors in 1994, twenty years and one month after arriving in Nashville, when his peers elected him into the Nashville Songwriter’s Hall Of Fame.