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-{{Infobox musical artist
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-| Name         = Byron Hill
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-| Background   = non_performing_personnel
-| Born         = {{birth date and age|1953|12|12}}
-| Origin       = [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina]], [[United States|U.S.]]
-| Occupation   = [[singer-songwriter|Singer-Songwriter]]<br />[[record producer|Record Producer]]<br /> [[Music publisher (popular music)|Music publisher]]
-| Years_active = 1978 – present
-| URL          = [http://www.byronhillmusic.com www.byronhillmusic.com]
-}}
-'''Byron Hill''' (born [[December 12]], [[1953]]) is an American [[songwriter]] from [[Winston-Salem]], [[North Carolina]]. His songs have been recorded by over 500 [[Country music|Country]] and [[Pop music|Pop]] artists including [[George Strait]], [[Ray Charles]], [[Anne Murray]], [[Kenny Rogers]], [[Juice Newton]], [[Alabama (band)|Alabama]], [[Randy Travis]], [[Keith Whitley]], [[Johnny Lee]], [[George Jones]], [[Reba McEntire]], [[Toby Keith]], [[Joe Nichols]], [[Gary Allan]], [[Tracy Byrd (musician)|Tracy Byrd]], [[Doc Watson|Doc & Merle Watson]], [[Joe Sun]], [[Rhonda Vincent]], [[The Whites]], [[Neal McCoy]], [[Trace Adkins]], [[John Michael Montgomery]], [[Conway Twitty]], [[Asleep at the Wheel|Asleep At The Wheel]], [[Clint Eastwood]], [[Hank Thompson (music)|Hank Thompson]], [[Sammy Kershaw]], [[Gene Watson]], and others.<ref name="hill">[http://www.byronhillmusic.com/bio.htm BYRON HILL - Detailed Bio<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
-==Early life==
-Byron Hill's mother was a public school teaching assistant and his father was a technical illustrator. Byron credits both of his parents as being influential towards his songwriting by exposing him to many types of music when he was a child. He credits his father for introducing him to the guitar, [[Country music]], and songwriting. Byron's father was especially interested in songs and songwriters, and constructively critiqued much of Byron's earlier work, educating him about the simple beauty of a country song.<ref name="hill">[http://www.byronhillmusic.com/bio.htm BYRON HILL - Detailed Bio<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
-Byron is the oldest of four children. In the late 1950s the family moved to what was then a rural area on the west side of [[Winston-Salem, NC]]. Byron was educated in public schools and attended [[Appalachian State University]]. During the years just prior to moving to [[Nashville, TN]], he worked a succession of various jobs as; a laborer in textile mill, a hospital pharmacy technician, a record store clerk, a part-time delivery truck driver, a performer in a local trio called Red Cloud, and for three years was a guitar instructor at a local music store.<ref name="hill">[http://www.byronhillmusic.com/bio.htm BYRON HILL - Detailed Bio<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
-==Music career==
-He moved to Nashville in May 1978 and signed his first songwriting contract with ATV Music Group in September of that year. The hits started for Byron as a songwriter in 1979 with [[Joe Sun|Joe Sun's]] "Out Of Your Mind", and in 1981 with [[Johnny Lee|Johnny Lee's]] "Pickin' Up Strangers", with many other recordings and singles along the way, including several number one's such as [[George Strait|George Strait's]] "Fool Hearted Memory" in 1982, [[Alabama (band)|Alabama's]] "Born Country" in 1992, [[Gary Allan|Gary Allan's]] "Nothing On But The Radio" in 2005. Byron's songs have since generated more than 575 recordings, earning seventy-five [[RIAA]] certified gold and platinum awards, ten [[ASCAP]] awards, twenty-three U.S. and Canadian top-ten chart hits including seven number ones.<ref name="hillhits">[http://byronhillmusic.com/hits_and_awards.htm BYRON HILL - Hits And Awards<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>, <ref name="mdishfreeman">[http://musicdish.com/mag/index.php3?id=6672 MusicDish Industry e-Journal<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>, <ref name="mdishturner">[http://musicdish.com/mag/index.php3?id=9959 MusicDish Industry e-Journal<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>, <ref name="theapp">[http://www.theapp.appstate.edu/archives_04-05/05-1-25/if.html The Appalachian Online<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>, <ref name="umpg">[http://www.umpgnashville.com/spotlight/dsp_spotlight.asp?ID=1348 The Songs of Byron Hill<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
-==Songs in Films==
-*''[[Coast to Coast (film)|Coast To Coast]]'', 1980, [[Paramount Pictures]], includes "Pickin' Up Strangers" recorded by [[Johnny Lee]].<ref name="hillinfilm">[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2034398/ Byron Hill<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
-*''[[The Exterminator]]'', 1980, [[Avco Embassy Pictures]], includes "Heal It" recorded by [[Roger Bowling]].<ref name="hillinfilm">[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2034398/ Byron Hill<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
-*''The Soldier'', 1982, [[Embassy Pictures]], includes "Fool Hearted Memory" recorded by [[George Strait]].<ref name="hillinfilm">[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2034398/ Byron Hill<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
-*[[Pink Cadillac (film)|''Pink Cadillac'']], 1989, [[Warner Bros. Pictures]], includes "Card-Carryin' Fool" recorded by [[Randy Travis]].<ref name="hillinfilm">[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2034398/ Byron Hill<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
-==Discography (as a featured performer)==
-*''"Crossover"'' (BBC Radioplay Music Library/TAIR84017/UK), with various artists, 1984
-*''"Truly Yours"'' (BBC Radioplay Music Library/TAIR84036/UK), with various artists, 1984
-*''"Gravity... and other things that keep you down to Earth"'' (BHP Recordings/BHP4501), 1999
-*''"Sketches"'' Mike Dekle CD (Parlay Records), as announcer on "Stone Cold Country", 1999
-*''"Ramblings"'' (BHP Recordings/BHP5002), 2004
-*''"A Songwriters Tribute To George Strait, Vol 1"'' (Compadre Records/CRC-010), with various artists, 2004
-*''"Country Hotdisc International"'' (Hotdisc/CHi-75), with various artists, 2005
-*''"Country Hotdisc International"'' (Hotdisc/CHi-85), with various artists, 2005
-*''"Country Hotdisc International"'' (Hotdisc/CHi-88), with various artists, 2006
-*''"Country Hotdisc International"'' (Hotdisc/CHi-105), with various artists, 2007
-==Career Achievements==
-{{list to prose|section}}
-*Staff Songwriter, ATV Music Group 1978-1984 (now Sony/ATV Music Publishing), Requested Songs 1984-1986 (now Universal Music Publishing), Song Source Music Publishing Group 1986-1988, Collins Music Corp. 1988-1992 (now Sony/ATV Music Publishing), MCA Music Publishing 1992-1998 (now Universal Music Publishing), Starstruck Writers Group 1999-2000 (now Warner Chappell Music), Warner Chappell Music 2001-2002, Almo Musc Corp. 2003-2007 (now Universal Music Publishing), <ref name="umpg">[http://www.umpgnashville.com/spotlight/dsp_spotlight.asp?ID=1348 The Songs of Byron Hill<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>.
-*Professional Manager 1979-1982, General Manager 1982-1984 (ATV Music Group).
-*Director of A&R 1993-1994 (BNA Entertainment.
-*Written songs released on Seventy-Five RIAA Certified Gold and Platinum albums.
-*Wrote [[George Strait]]'s first #1 single "[[Fool Hearted Memory]]".
-*Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) ''20 Years of Hits'' recognition, No.1 Award.
-*ASCAP Number One Club.
-*Producer, [[Roger Bowling]] 1981-1982 (Mercury Records, Avco Embassy Pictures, select recordings only)<ref name="hillinfilm">[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2034398/ Byron Hill<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>, Renate Kern 1981 (Ariola Records/Germany), Mike Dekle 1982-present, (Parlay Records), [[Kathy Mattea]] 1983-1984 (Mercury Records, co-producer), Nancy Wood 1983-1984 (Lovelight Records/Germany, co-producer),  Richard Gachner 1984 (WEA/France, Polydor Records/France), Marie Bottrell 1991 (BMG Records/Canada, Cardinal Records/Canada, co-producer),  [[Gary Allan]] 1996-2000, (Decca Nashville, co-producer), [[Gil Grand]] 1998, (Monument Records/USA/Canada), <ref name="umpg">[http://www.umpgnashville.com/spotlight/dsp_spotlight.asp?ID=1348 The Songs of Byron Hill<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>, [[Gord Bamford]] 2005-present (GWB Records/Canada, Royalty Records/Canada), <ref name="umpg">[http://www.umpgnashville.com/spotlight/dsp_spotlight.asp?ID=1348 The Songs of Byron Hill<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>, Hey Romeo 2008-present <ref name="heyromeo">[http://http://www.heyromeo.com/</ref> and numerous other independent artists 1978-present.
-*Board Member, Past Vice-President, Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI).
-*Leadership Music, Class of 2008.
-*ASCAP 2008 Country Workshop, Host.
-*CCMA 2008 Producer Of The Year.<ref name="ccma">[http://http://www.ccma.org/</ref>,
-==References==
-{{reflist}}
-==External links==
-* [http://www.byronhillmusic.com Byron Hill, Official Website]
-* [http://www.umpgnashville.com/spotlight/dsp_spotlight.asp?ID=1348 Universal Music Publishing, Bio]
-{{DEFAULTSORT:Hill, Byron}}
-[[Category:1953 births]]
-[[Category:Living people]]
-[[Category:American country singers]]
-[[Category:American country singer-songwriters]]
-[[Category:American male singers]]
-[[Category:American country songwriters]]
-[[Category:North Carolina musicians]]
-[[Category:People from Winston-Salem, North Carolina]]