Troy Verges
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Troy Verges | |
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Born | 20th-century |
Origin | Louisiana, United States |
Genres | Country, pop |
Occupation(s) | Songwriter |
Years active | 2000s–present |
Troy Verges is an American songwriter of country and pop music from Louisiana.
Career[]
His first cut as a songwriter was a track on Faith Hill's Breathe.[1] His credits include the singles "Wanted", recorded by Hunter Hayes; "Beer Money", recorded by Kip Moore; "Who I Am", recorded by Jessica Andrews; "Blessed", recorded by Martina McBride; "Wasted", recorded by Carrie Underwood; "Day Drinking", recorded by Little Big Town;[2] "Shotgun Rider", recorded by Tim McGraw;[3] and "I Want Crazy",[4] recorded by Hunter Hayes – all of which went to number one on the country music charts.
"Wanted" was ACM nominated in 2013 for Song of the Year,[5] while "I Want Crazy" received a 2014 Grammy nomination[6] and "Day Drinking" received a 2015 Grammy nomination.[7] "Wanted", composed by Hunter Hayes and Troy Verges, took home Song Of The Year honors at the 2013 BMI Country Awards.[8] and was also named one of Billboard's top ten songs of the decade [9]
He produced and mixed the Anders Osborne album Coming Down.[10]
Awards[]
Verges was named "Songwriter of the Year" in 2002 by Broadcast Music Incorporated and "Songwriter of the Year" by the Nashville Songwriters Association International.
In 2011, Verges garnered both and Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe nomination in the Best Original Song category for his composition "Coming Home" from the film Country Strong.
List of songs co-written by Verges[]
(alphabetical by song title)
- Taylor Swift – "A Perfectly Good Heart"[11]
- Sara Evans – "Backseat of a Greyhound Bus"[12]
- Kip Moore – "Beer Money"[13]
- Kip Moore – "Bittersweet Company" [14]
- Martina McBride – "Blessed"[15]
- Marié Digby – "Breathing Underwater"
- Matt Nathanson – "Bulletproof Weeks"[16]
- Trisha Yearwood – "Can't Take Back Goodbye" [17]
- Chaley Rose (from The Music Of Nashville soundtrack) – "Carry You Home"[18]
- Pia Toscano, Alexandra Kay, Taz Zavala (from the Westside soundtrack) – "Champagne High" [19]
- Carly Pearce – "Closer to You" [20]
- Marié Digby – "Come Find Me"
- Kip Moore – "Come Home with You" [21]
- Gwyneth Paltrow – "Coming Home"
- Carrie Underwood – "Crazy Dreams"[22]
- Rascal Flatts – "Dance" [23]
- Little Big Town – "Day Drinking"[24]
- Kellie Pickler – "Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You"
- Jason Aldean – "Don't Give Up on Me"[12]
- Trisha Yearwood – "Drink Up" [17]
- Tim McGraw – "Drugs or Jesus"[22]
- Cassadee Pope – "Everybody Sings"[25]
- Caylee Hammack – "Family Tree" [26]
- Kelleigh Bannen – "Famous"[27]
- Kip Moore – "Fast Women" [14]
- David Nail -"Fighter" [28]
- Hunter Hayes – "Flashlight"[29]
- Carolyn Dawn Johnson – "Georgia"
- Drake White – "Girl in Pieces" [30]
- Maggie Rose – "Girl in Your Truck Song"[31]
- Kip Moore – "Girl of the Summer"[32]
- Craig Morgan – "God Must Really Love Me"
- David Nail – "Good at Tonight" [33]
- Kip Moore – "Good Thing" [14]
- Gordie Sampson – "Hanging by a Wire"
- Emerson Hart – "Hallway"[34]
- Jessica Andrews – "Helplessly, Hopelessly"
- Kellie Pickler – "Happy"
- Backstreet Boys – "Helpless When She Smiles"[12]
- Laura Bell Bundy – "I Am What I Am"[35]
- Caitlyn Smith – "I Don't Wanna Love You Anymore" [36]
- Hunter Hayes – "I Want Crazy"[37]
- Trisha Yearwood – "I Would've Loved You Anyway"
- LeAnn Rimes – "I Wish I Was Wrong"
- Trisha Yearwood – "I'll Carry You Home" [17]
- Kellie Pickler – "I'm Your Woman"
- Brantley Gilbert – "If You Want a Bad Boy"[38]
- Dia Frampton – "Isabella"[12]
- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – "It's Good to Be Alive"
- Rhonda Vincent – "I've Forgotten You"
- Steven Lee Olsen – "Just Married" [39]
- Caylee Hammack – "King Size Bed" [40]
- Carrie Underwood – "Leave Love Alone"[12]
- Joe Nichols – "Let's Get Drunk and Fight"
- Emerson Drive – "Lemonade"
- Brie Larson – "Life After You"
- Billy Ray Cyrus – "Like Nothing Else" [41]
- Marco Borsato & Sita – "Lopen Op Het Water"
- Faith Hill – "Love Is a Sweet Thing"
- Darius Rucker – "Low Country"[42]
- Jessica Simpson – "Man Enough"[12]
- Caitlyn Smith – "Midnight In New York City" [36]
- Jessica Simpson – "Might as Well Be Making Love"[12]
- Celine Dion – "Naked"
- Sara Evans – "Niagra"[12]
- Backstreet Boys – "No Place"
- Hunter Hayes – "Nothing Like Starting Over"[29]
- BoA – "Obsessed"[12]
- Cassadee Pope – "One Song Away"[25]
- Sara Evans – "Otis Redding"
- Faith Hill – "Paris"[12]
- Kelly Sweet – "Raincoat"[12]
- Josh Dorr – "Rocket"[43]
- Kip Moore – "Running for You"[32]
- Katharine McPhee – "Say Goodbye"[12]
- Tim McGraw – "Shotgun Rider"[44]
- Carolyn Dawn Johnson – "Simple Life"
- Tim McGraw — "Sleep Tonight"
- Brothers Osborne – "Slow Your Roll" [45]
- Steven Tyler – "Somebody New" [46]
- Hunter Hayes – "Someday Girl" [47]
- Easton Corbin – "Someday When I'm Old"[22]
- Matraca Berg – "South of Heaven"
- Maura O'Connell – "Spinning Wheel"
- Caitlyn Smith – "St. Paul" [48]
- Backbone (Meat Loaf, John Rich, Lil Jon, Mark McGrath) – "Stand in the Storm"[12]
- Hunter Hayes – "Still"[49]
- Hunter Hayes – "Storyline"[29]
- Faith Hill – "Stronger"[12]
- Gordie Sampson – ""
- Hunter Hayes – "Tattoo"[29]
- Tim McGraw, Josh Gracin – "Telluride"[50]
- Trisha Yearwood – "Tell Me Something I Don't Know" [17]
- Lori McKenna – "The Bird & The Rifle" – [51]
- Danielle Bradbery – "The Heart of Dixie"[52]
- Il Divo – "The Man You Love"[12]
- Paulina Rubio – "The One You Love (Todo Mi Amor)"[12]
- Lindsay Lohan – "The Very Last Moment in Time"[12]
- Trace Adkins - "The Way I Wanna Go" [53]
- Steven Lee Olsen – "There I Said It" [39]
- Maura O'Connell – "There's No Good Day for Dying"
- Jon McLaughlin – "Things That You Say"
- Tara Oram – "Things I Should've Said"
- Steve Moakler – "Thirty" [54]
- Terri Clark – "Three Mississippi"
- Steven Lee Olsen – "Timing Is Everything" [39]
- Andy Griggs – "Tonight I Wanna Be Your Man"
- Edens Edge – "Too Good to Be True"[55]
- Steven Lee Olsen – "Undefeated" [39]
- Martina McBride – "You're Not Leaving Me"[12]
- Hunter Hayes – "Wanted"[56]
- Carrie Underwood – "Wasted"[12]
- Bon Jovi – "We Can Dance"[12]
- Kat Higgins – "We Go Driving" [57]
- Trisha Yearwood – "What Gave Me Away" [17]
- Montgomery Gentry – "What It Takes" [58]
- Kip Moore – "What Ya Got On Tonight"[32]
- Tim McGraw – "What You're Looking For" [59]
- Jessica Andrews – "Who I Am"[60]
- Hunter Hayes – "Wild Blue"[49]
- Danielle Bradbery – "Wild Boy"[61]
- Lonestar – "With Me"
- Keith Urban —"You or Somebody Like You"
- Kenny Chesney – "You Save Me"
- High Valley – "Your Mama" [62]
See also[]
- List of people from Louisiana
- List of songwriters
References[]
- ^ Bessman, Jim (November 30, 2002). "Words & Music". Billboard. New York City: Prometheus Global Media. p. 36. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
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- ^ "Hot Country Songs – Decade-End".
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- ^ A Perfectly Good Heart lyrics at Elyrics.net
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Troy Verges discography at DisCogs.com
- ^ Kip Moore readies to share his ‘Beer Money’ single with country radio, fans at kipmoore.org
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Kip Moore Announces New Album, "Slowheart," for Sept. 8 + Track Listing". June 21, 2017.
- ^ Verges ‘Blessed’ With Second #1 at BMI
- ^ Bulletproof Weeks lyrics at Elyrics.net
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Every Girl – Trisha Yearwood | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
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- ^ "Netflix's First-Ever Unscripted Music Series, WESTSIDE, is Streaming Now".
- ^ "Carly Pearce on New Song 'Closer to You,' Dating a Fellow Country Star". November 2, 2018.
- ^ "Kip Moore Readies Acoustic EP 'Room to Spare'". October 15, 2018.
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- ^ Jump up to: a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 16, 2013. Retrieved January 3, 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Caylee Hammack Shows off Her Roots in Exultant "Family Tree"".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 31, 2013. Retrieved January 31, 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "David Nail Reveals Track List for New Album, 'Fighter'". June 2016.
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- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Steven Lee Olsen Releases Debut Album 'Timing Is Everything'". November 9, 2018.
- ^ "Caylee Hammack Details Upcoming Debut Album 'If It Wasn't For You'". June 24, 2020.
- ^ "Like Nothing Else Lyrics". www.lyrics.com.
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- ^ BWW News Desk. "Josh Dorr's 'Rocket' Available for Download; Video Out Now with Sirius XM's Highway Find". BroadwayWorld.com.
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- ^ Freeman, Jon (January 24, 2018). "Brothers Osborne Announce New Album 'Port Saint Joe'".
- ^ Hudak, Joseph (June 27, 2016). "Hear Steven Tyler's Funky New Song 'We're All Somebody'".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 11, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Listen to Caitlyn Smith's new 'love song' for the city of St. Paul". Star Tribune.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Hudak, Joseph (August 15, 2019). "Hunter Hayes Previews Surprise Album 'Wild Blue' With Groove-Heavy Title Track".
- ^ Telluride at Songlyrics.com
- ^ "Lori McKenna to Release New Music". The Boot.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 13, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/9621067/trace-adkins-interview-the-way-i-wanna-go-album
- ^ "Country Musician Steve Moakler Reveals His New Album 'Born Ready' Was Inspired By Life on the Road". Billboard.
- ^ Too Good to Be True at Songfacts.com
- ^ Wanted – Hunter Hayes at Urban Country News
- ^ "Higgins' We Go Driving an instant hit". Delta Optimist.
- ^ "What It Takes Lyrics by Montgomery Gentry – Act of Valor Soundtrack Lyrics". Lyrics On Demand.
- ^ "Tim McGraw, Damn Country Music: Everything You Need to Know". Taste of Country.
- ^ 'Who I Am' Hitmakers Revealed at BMI Nashville Celebration at BMI
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- ^ Staff 11/20/2019, CMT com. "High Valley Share the Blessings of "Your Mama"". CMT News.
External links[]
- Troy Verges at BMI
- Troy Verges at Universal Music Publishing Group
- Troy Verges discography at Discogs.com
- Troy Verges at IMDb
- 20th-century births
- 20th-century American writers
- 20th-century American composers
- 21st-century American writers
- 21st-century American composers
- American country songwriters
- American male songwriters
- American pop musicians
- Living people
- Songwriters from Louisiana
- 20th-century American male writers
- 20th-century American male musicians
- 21st-century American male musicians