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Bob McDill Returns

#886 - Bob McDill Returns Bob McDill returns as guest on The Paul Leslie Hour. Are you here?  Look, we know that you could be anywhere, but YOU are tuned in to The Paul Leslie Hour. So, Thank you! Oh are we excited about today’s show. This is Paul’s second interview with a legendary songwriter: Mr. Bob McDill. This interview went down at Bob’s house. Bob McDill wrote some iconic songs: “Amanda,” “Don ’t Close Your Eyes,” “Louisiana Saturday Night,” “Gone Country,” “Good Ole Boys Like Me,” “It Must Be Love,” “Song of the South” and so many others. And did you hear the news? Bob McDill is joining the Country Music Hall of Fame! Along with Tanya Tucker and Patty Loveless, McDill is in the Hall of Fame Class of 2023. Hey one of the first to report on McDill’s induction was Saving Country Music ! We’d like to say hello to our friends at “Saving Country Music” which covers great country singers and songwriters like McDill.  Before we get into it, please subscribe to The Paul Leslie Hour on YouTube. It’s free and easy to do and you won’t miss exclusive content just like this.

<h1>#886 - Bob McDill Returns</h1> Bob McDill returns as guest on The Paul Leslie Hour. Are you here?  Look, we know that you could be anywhere, but YOU are tuned in to The Paul Leslie Hour. So, Thank you! Oh are we excited about today’s show. This is Paul’s second interview with a legendary songwriter: Mr. Bob McDill. This interview went down at Bob’s house. Bob McDill wrote some iconic songs: “Amanda,” “Don ’t Close Your Eyes,” “Louisiana Saturday Night,” “Gone Country,” “Good Ole Boys Like Me,” “It Must Be Love,” “Song of the South” and so many others. And did you hear the news? Bob McDill is joining the Country Music Hall of Fame! Along with Tanya Tucker and Patty Loveless, McDill is in the Hall of Fame Class of 2023. Hey one of the first to report on McDill’s induction was <a href="http://www.savingcountrymusic.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Saving Country Music</a> ! We’d like to say hello to our friends at “Saving Country Music” which covers great country singers and songwriters like McDill.  Before we get into it, please <a href="http://www.youtube.com/thepaulleslie" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">subscribe to The Paul Leslie Hour on YouTube</a>. It’s free and easy to do and you won’t miss exclusive content just like this.

#886 - Bob McDill Returns

We Celebrate A Songwriter Of 31 Number One Country Hits, Bob McDill

323 - Bob McDill In the world of songwriting there are a handful of giants. Bob McDill is a true example of a songwriting giant. It's a great pleasure and excitement I present the Bob McDill interview.  McDill is a legendary figure in songwriting who is now retired. A past guest of ours referred to him as a gentleman and a master songwriter. More than 300 of his songs were recorded through the 70s to the 90s, 31 became #1 hits. As one of Music Row's most respected songwriters, Don Williams, Bobby Bare, Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn, Emmylou Harris, Alan Jackson, Waylon Jennings, the band Alabama, Keith Whitley have all recorded his songs.  Bob McDill has won 37 BMI Awards and 17 ASCAP Awards and was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Ladies and gentlemen, it's a great pleasure to welcome one of the hardest working men in songwriting, the great McDill. It's right here on The Paul Leslie Hour.

<h1>323 - Bob McDill</h1> In the world of songwriting there are a handful of giants. Bob McDill is a true example of a songwriting giant. It's a great pleasure and excitement I present the Bob McDill interview. McDill is a legendary figure in songwriting who is now retired. A past guest of ours referred to him as a gentleman and a master songwriter. More than 300 of his songs were recorded through the 70s to the 90s, 31 became #1 hits. As one of Music Row's most respected songwriters, Don Williams, Bobby Bare, Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn, Emmylou Harris, Alan Jackson, Waylon Jennings, the band Alabama, Keith Whitley have all recorded his songs. Bob McDill has won 37 BMI Awards and 17 ASCAP Awards and was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Ladies and gentlemen, it's a great pleasure to welcome one of the hardest working men in songwriting, the great McDill. It's right here on The Paul Leslie Hour.

#323 - Bob McDill

Before he retired in the early 2000s, Bob McDill landed 152 hits on the Billboard country chart, more than any other songwriter in history. He hit theBillboard Top 10 an astounding 55 times, and 23 of those singles climbed all the way to #1.  Many artists returned to the McDill songbook repeatedly, including Don Williams, who scored with the #1 hits “(Turn Out the Light And) Love Me Tonight,” “Say It Again,” “She Never Knew Me,” “Rake and Ramblin’ Man,” “It Must Be Love,” “Good Ole Boys Like Me,” and “If Hollywood Don’t Need You.” Mel McDaniel enjoyed four Top 10 hits written by Bob, including “Louisiana Saturday Night” and the #1 “Baby’s Got Her Blue Jeans On.” Those who hit #1 at least twice with McDill compositions include Ronnie Milsap, with “Nobody Likes Sad Songs” and “Why Don’t You Spend the Night;” Doug Stone, with “In a Different Light” and “Why Didn’t I Think of That;” Alan Jackson, with “Gone Country” and his revival of “It Must Be Love;” and Dan Seals, who co-wrote several of his own hits with McDill, including the #1 songs “My Baby’s Got Good Timing,” “Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold),” and “Big Wheels in the Moonlight.” Additionally, Bob wrote or co-wrote #1 singles such as “The Door is Always Open” by Dave and Sugar, “You Never Miss a Real Good Thing (Till He Says Goodbye)” by Crystal Gayle, “Amanda” by Waylon Jennings, “We Believe in Happy Endings” by Earl Thomas Conley and Emmylou Harris, “Don’t Close Your Eyes” by Keith Whitley, “Song of the South” by Alabama, and “She Don’t Know She’s Beautiful” by Sammy Kershaw.  In addition to multiple Top 5 singles such as Johnny Russell’s “Rednecks, White Socks, and Blue Ribbon Beer,” Ed Bruce’s “You Turn Me On (Like a Radio)," and Pam Tillis’s “All The Good Ones Are Gone,” Bob has penned Top 10 hits for Johnny Cash, George Jones, Conway Twitty, Bobby Bare, Mac Davis, Johnny Rodriguez, John Anderson, Mickey Gilley, Anne Murray, and Lee Roy Parnell. He has also written charting singles for Jerry Lee Lewis, Charley Pride, Tammy Wynette, and both Duke Boys, Tom Wopat and John Schneider, with the latter taking Bob’s “I’ve Been Around Enough to Know” to #1.  McDill was named Country Songwriter of the Year seven times between 1976 and 1994: three times each by the Nashville Songwriters Association and BMI, and once by ASCAP. Nine of his songs were nominated for Song of the Year by the Country Music Association, the Academy of Country Music, or both organizations. The four time Grammy nominee earned ASCAP’s Golden Note Award, received the Academy of Country Music’s prestigious Poet’s Award, and was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. 

Before he retired in the early 2000s, Bob McDill landed 152 hits on the Billboard country chart, more than any other songwriter in history. He hit theBillboard Top 10 an astounding 55 times, and 23 of those singles climbed all the way to #1. Many artists returned to the McDill songbook repeatedly, including Don Williams, who scored with the #1 hits “(Turn Out the Light And) Love Me Tonight,” “Say It Again,” “She Never Knew Me,” “Rake and Ramblin’ Man,” “It Must Be Love,” “Good Ole Boys Like Me,” and “If Hollywood Don’t Need You.” Mel McDaniel enjoyed four Top 10 hits written by Bob, including “Louisiana Saturday Night” and the #1 “Baby’s Got Her Blue Jeans On.” Those who hit #1 at least twice with McDill compositions include Ronnie Milsap, with “Nobody Likes Sad Songs” and “Why Don’t You Spend the Night;” Doug Stone, with “In a Different Light” and “Why Didn’t I Think of That;” Alan Jackson, with “Gone Country” and his revival of “It Must Be Love;” and Dan Seals, who co-wrote several of his own hits with McDill, including the #1 songs “My Baby’s Got Good Timing,” “Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold),” and “Big Wheels in the Moonlight.” Additionally, Bob wrote or co-wrote #1 singles such as “The Door is Always Open” by Dave and Sugar, “You Never Miss a Real Good Thing (Till He Says Goodbye)” by Crystal Gayle, “Amanda” by Waylon Jennings, “We Believe in Happy Endings” by Earl Thomas Conley and Emmylou Harris, “Don’t Close Your Eyes” by Keith Whitley, “Song of the South” by Alabama, and “She Don’t Know She’s Beautiful” by Sammy Kershaw. In addition to multiple Top 5 singles such as Johnny Russell’s “Rednecks, White Socks, and Blue Ribbon Beer,” Ed Bruce’s “You Turn Me On (Like a Radio)," and Pam Tillis’s “All The Good Ones Are Gone,” Bob has penned Top 10 hits for Johnny Cash, George Jones, Conway Twitty, Bobby Bare, Mac Davis, Johnny Rodriguez, John Anderson, Mickey Gilley, Anne Murray, and Lee Roy Parnell. He has also written charting singles for Jerry Lee Lewis, Charley Pride, Tammy Wynette, and both Duke Boys, Tom Wopat and John Schneider, with the latter taking Bob’s “I’ve Been Around Enough to Know” to #1. McDill was named Country Songwriter of the Year seven times between 1976 and 1994: three times each by the Nashville Songwriters Association and BMI, and once by ASCAP. Nine of his songs were nominated for Song of the Year by the Country Music Association, the Academy of Country Music, or both organizations. The four time Grammy nominee earned ASCAP’s Golden Note Award, received the Academy of Country Music’s prestigious Poet’s Award, and was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Ep. 74 - BOB McDILL ("Song of the South")