Darrell Brown (musician)
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Darrell Brown is an American
songwriter, arranger and record producer.
Brown co-writing and producing songs with Robby Armstrong for upcoming Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz and film titled "Gambit". Filming in London and scripted by the Coen Brothers. TBR in Summer 2012
Brown just finished production on EA SIms 3 Video game expansion pack producing SImlish vocals on Martina McBride, Luke Bryan, Lady Antebellum, Thompson Square and The Lunabelles.
Brown co-produced (with Steve Schnur) and arranged the new pop radio single "Undivided" by Blush
(featuring Snoop Dogg
).
Brown co-produced (with Vince Gill) - ""LeAnn Rimes" album Lady & Gentlemen
released on Curb Records
. Brown also co-produced with Rimes singles titled "Crazy Women" and "Give
".
Brown arranged and conducted a 100 voice choir on Neil Young's
Living with War
and worked on Neil Young's Chrome Dreams 2 cd.
Brown co-wrote the #1 hit "You'll Think of Me
” by Keith Urban
, which won the Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance
in 2006. Brown also co-wrote Urban's smash hit "Raining on Sunday
".
Brown's co-written the hit single for Josh Turner
' titled Why Don't We Just Dance
which was Number #1 on Billboard Country Charts for 4 weeks in a row. The longest running number 1 single of Josh Turner's career and Josh Turner's first Number 1 single on the Canadian Country Charts. "Why Don't We Just Dance" was the Most Played Country Single of The Year in 2010 according to Mediabase.
John Mayer
and Keith Urban
recently performed one of Darrell's songs "If Ever I Could Love” on a newly filmed CMT Crossroads Television Special for CMT and Brown's songs " Good Friend and a Glass of Wine” and " Nothin' Better to Do ” were performed by Joss Stone
and LeAnn Rimes on last Year's Crossroad's CMT Special.
Brown’s has co-written with LeAnn Rimes 9 songs for her critically acclaimed release Family - which includes her multi format hit single "Nothin' Better to Do", a career charting single, the first in history making its way onto the Country Singles chart, the A/C chart and the Club play Dance Chart at the same time. "What I Cannot Change
" hit number # 1 on The Billboard Dance Charts".
Brown and Rimes co-authored a tome based on the song "What I Cannot Change" for Harper Studio Book Publishers based around the letters received from people around the world who were moved and inspired by the song.
Brown also produced and co-wrote the #1 pop single for Jim Brickman and Rebecca Lyn Howard, "Simple Things."
Brown spearheaded the passion project "Soul Mission," co-writing and co-producing for the super group which included Steve Cropper, Mavis Staples and Booker T. Jones.
Brown has written and produced music that has appeared in such films as "Cruel Intentions" as well as television series including “Angela’s Eyes”, "Vegas," "Providence," "One Tree Hill" and "Man of the People."
He is also responsible for the creation and production of specific rock, pop and country music that has been written and designed for the internationally renowned hit EA video game franchise The Sims, Sims 3 and for underscore music for other video games for EA and EA sports that include Nintendo Wii Boogie and Playground.
Brown is on the Board of Trustees for NARAS (Grammys), he serves on the Board for The Grammy Foundation and has been the long-standing musical director for The Lili Claire Foundation ( Los Angeles / Las Vegas / Nashville).
Brown constantly flies between Los Angeles
, New York
, Hong Kong
and Nashville, Tennessee
.
"Work For The Working Man"
"Lonely"
Josh Turner
"Why Don't We Just Dance"
Keith Urban
"Georgia Woods"
"Right On Back To You"
"If Ever I Could Love"
"You'll Think Of Me"
"Raining On Sunday"
"Live To Love Another Day"
"Used To The Pain"
LeAnn Rimes
"What Have I Done"
"You've Ruined Me"
"God Takes Care Of Your Kind"
"I Wish i Was Wrong"
"Nothin' Better To Do"
"Some People"
"What I Cannot Change"
"Good Friend and a Glass of Wine"
"Fight"
"Something I Can Feel"
"Pretty Things"
"For the First Time"
"One Day Too Long"
"Upper Hand"
"Doesn't Everybody"
Faith Hill
"Wish For You"
"So In Love"
Brooks and Dunn
"Again"
"Drunk On Love"
Rascal Flatts
"Better Now"
Trace Adkins'
"Southern Hallelujah"
Little Big Town
"Lonely Enough"
Sara Evans
"Brooklyn and Austin"
Jack Ingram
"Heartache"
Jason Jones
"Hang Around"
Jim Brickman
Simple Things w/ Rebecca Lyn Howard
When It Snows
Ty Herndon
"Right About Now"
"In The Arms Of The One Who Loves Me"
"Mighty Mighty Love"
"Mercy Line"
"There Will Be A Better Day"
"If I Could Only Have Her Love Back"
Dolly Parton
"The River UnBroken"
Wilson Phillips
"Next To You (Someday I'll Be)"
Radney Foster
"Raining On Sunday"
"You Were So Right"
"Again"
"What It Is That You Do"
"Another Way To Go"
"Drunk On Love"
"Big Idea"
"New Zip Code"
"I Won't Lie To You"
"A Little Revival"
"Until It's Gone"
"Shed A little Light On It"
"I Made Peace With God"
"Suitcase"
"IF You Want To Be Loved"
Jo Dee Messina
"Think About Us"
Jack Ingram
"Heartache"
Lila McCann
"Mighty Mighty Love"
Michael McDonald
"Searching For Understanding"
Kenny Loggins
"This Too Will Pass"
Berlin
"Scream"
"Down and Dirty"
"Too Far To Fall"
"Once Upon A Time"
Russ Taff
"Table In The Wilderness"
"The River Unbroken"
"It Was Love"
"Take My Hand"
"Go On"
Mavis Staples
"Some Sweet Day" with Soul Mission
Willie Dixon
"Long Legged Goddess" w/ Willi Jones
Sharon Cuneta
"You're The Only One"
John Farham
"Beyond The Call"
"It All Comes Back To You"
Deborah Lippmann
"Make Me Love You"
"This One's On Me"
"Beautifully Obvious"
Cliff Richard
"The Day That I Stop Loving You"
"How Did She Get Here"
Alexander Acha
"On My Own"
Robby Armstrong
"Smoking and Drinking"
"As Long As Your Happy"
"Cool Cool Country"
"The First"
"One Life To Love"
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
songwriter, arranger and record producer.
Brown co-writing and producing songs with Robby Armstrong for upcoming Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz and film titled "Gambit". Filming in London and scripted by the Coen Brothers. TBR in Summer 2012
Brown just finished production on EA SIms 3 Video game expansion pack producing SImlish vocals on Martina McBride, Luke Bryan, Lady Antebellum, Thompson Square and The Lunabelles.
Brown co-produced (with Steve Schnur) and arranged the new pop radio single "Undivided" by Blush
Blush (Asian band)
Blush is a pop music girl group composed of five members from the Phillipines, India, China, Japan, and South Korea. They were formed by FarWest Entertainment in 2010 with the intent of popularizing an Asian vocal act in the United States as well as all of Asia...
(featuring Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg
Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. , better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of Dr. Dre's most notable protégés. Snoop Dogg was a Crip gang member while in high school...
).
Brown co-produced (with Vince Gill) - ""LeAnn Rimes" album Lady & Gentlemen
Lady & Gentlemen
Lady & Gentlemen is the thirteenth studio album by American country music recording artist LeAnn Rimes. The album is Rimes' second cover album The only new songs on the album are the two bonus tracks, "Crazy Woman" and "Give". It was released on September 27, 2011 by Curb Records...
released on Curb Records
Curb Records
Curb Records is a record label started by Mike Curb originally as Sidewalk Records in 1963...
. Brown also co-produced with Rimes singles titled "Crazy Women" and "Give
Give (song)
"Give" is the third single by American country recording artist LeAnn Rimes from her album Lady & Gentlemen. The song is written by Connie Harrington, Sonya Isaacs and Jimmy Yeary.-Background:...
".
Brown arranged and conducted a 100 voice choir on Neil Young's
Neil Young
Neil Percival Young, OC, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation...
Living with War
Living With War
Living with War is the twenty-ninth Grammy and Juno Award-nominated studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young, released in 2006. The album's lyrics, titles, and conceptual style are highly critical of the policies of the George W. Bush administration; the CTV website defined it as "a musical...
and worked on Neil Young's Chrome Dreams 2 cd.
Brown co-wrote the #1 hit "You'll Think of Me
You'll Think of Me
"You'll Think of Me" is the title of a song recorded by Australian country music artist Keith Urban. The song was written by hit songwriters Darrell Brown, Ty Lacy and Dennis Matkosky. It was released in January 2004 as the fourth single from his album Golden Road...
” by Keith Urban
Keith Urban
Keith Lionel Urban is a New Zealand-born Australian, country music singer, songwriter and guitarist whose commercial success has been mainly in the United States and Australia. Urban was born in New Zealand and began his career in Australia at an early age...
, which won the Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance
Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance was awarded between 1965 and 2011. The award has had several minor name changes:*From 1965 to 1967 the award was known as Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male...
in 2006. Brown also co-wrote Urban's smash hit "Raining on Sunday
Raining on Sunday
"Raining on Sunday" is the name of a song co-written by country music artist Radney Foster and Darrell Brown. It was initially recorded on Foster's 1998 Arista Records album See What You Want to See. Foster's version of the song features a backing vocal from Darius Rucker of the rock band Hootie &...
".
Brown's co-written the hit single for Josh Turner
Josh Turner
Joshua Otis "Josh" Turner is a country music singer and actor signed to MCA Nashville Records in 2003, Turner has released four studio albums for the label. The first of these was 2003's Long Black Train, whose title track was his breakthrough single release...
' titled Why Don't We Just Dance
Why Don't We Just Dance
"Why Don't We Just Dance" is the title of a song written by Jim Beavers, Jonathan Singleton, and Darrell Brown, and recorded by American country artist Josh Turner. It was released in August 2009 as the lead-off single to his fourth studio album, Haywire, which was released on February 9, 2010...
which was Number #1 on Billboard Country Charts for 4 weeks in a row. The longest running number 1 single of Josh Turner's career and Josh Turner's first Number 1 single on the Canadian Country Charts. "Why Don't We Just Dance" was the Most Played Country Single of The Year in 2010 according to Mediabase.
John Mayer
John Mayer
John Clayton Mayer is an American pop rock and blues rock musician, singer-songwriter, recording artist, and music producer. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and raised in Fairfield, Connecticut, he attended Berklee College of Music in Boston. He moved to Atlanta in 1997, where he refined his...
and Keith Urban
Keith Urban
Keith Lionel Urban is a New Zealand-born Australian, country music singer, songwriter and guitarist whose commercial success has been mainly in the United States and Australia. Urban was born in New Zealand and began his career in Australia at an early age...
recently performed one of Darrell's songs "If Ever I Could Love” on a newly filmed CMT Crossroads Television Special for CMT and Brown's songs " Good Friend and a Glass of Wine” and " Nothin' Better to Do ” were performed by Joss Stone
Joss Stone
Jocelyn Eve Stoker , better known by her stage name Joss Stone, is an English soul singer-songwriter and actress. Stone rose to fame in late 2003 with her multi-platinum debut album, The Soul Sessions, which made the 2004 Mercury Prize shortlist...
and LeAnn Rimes on last Year's Crossroad's CMT Special.
Brown’s has co-written with LeAnn Rimes 9 songs for her critically acclaimed release Family - which includes her multi format hit single "Nothin' Better to Do", a career charting single, the first in history making its way onto the Country Singles chart, the A/C chart and the Club play Dance Chart at the same time. "What I Cannot Change
What I Cannot Change
"What I Cannot Change" is a ballad, revealing examination of love relationships and choosing acceptance instead of conflict.The 9513 also reviewed the single and praised Rimes's vocal performance, calling her vocals, "a tremendously sensitive vocal performance that is easily one of the most nuanced...
" hit number # 1 on The Billboard Dance Charts".
Brown and Rimes co-authored a tome based on the song "What I Cannot Change" for Harper Studio Book Publishers based around the letters received from people around the world who were moved and inspired by the song.
Brown also produced and co-wrote the #1 pop single for Jim Brickman and Rebecca Lyn Howard, "Simple Things."
Brown spearheaded the passion project "Soul Mission," co-writing and co-producing for the super group which included Steve Cropper, Mavis Staples and Booker T. Jones.
Brown has written and produced music that has appeared in such films as "Cruel Intentions" as well as television series including “Angela’s Eyes”, "Vegas," "Providence," "One Tree Hill" and "Man of the People."
He is also responsible for the creation and production of specific rock, pop and country music that has been written and designed for the internationally renowned hit EA video game franchise The Sims, Sims 3 and for underscore music for other video games for EA and EA sports that include Nintendo Wii Boogie and Playground.
Brown is on the Board of Trustees for NARAS (Grammys), he serves on the Board for The Grammy Foundation and has been the long-standing musical director for The Lili Claire Foundation ( Los Angeles / Las Vegas / Nashville).
Brown constantly flies between Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
and Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
.
Songwriting Credits, Partial Discography
Bon Jovi"Work For The Working Man"
"Lonely"
Josh Turner
"Why Don't We Just Dance"
Keith Urban
"Georgia Woods"
"Right On Back To You"
"If Ever I Could Love"
"You'll Think Of Me"
"Raining On Sunday"
"Live To Love Another Day"
"Used To The Pain"
LeAnn Rimes
"What Have I Done"
"You've Ruined Me"
"God Takes Care Of Your Kind"
"I Wish i Was Wrong"
"Nothin' Better To Do"
"Some People"
"What I Cannot Change"
"Good Friend and a Glass of Wine"
"Fight"
"Something I Can Feel"
"Pretty Things"
"For the First Time"
"One Day Too Long"
"Upper Hand"
"Doesn't Everybody"
Faith Hill
"Wish For You"
"So In Love"
Brooks and Dunn
"Again"
"Drunk On Love"
Rascal Flatts
"Better Now"
Trace Adkins'
"Southern Hallelujah"
Little Big Town
"Lonely Enough"
Sara Evans
"Brooklyn and Austin"
Jack Ingram
"Heartache"
Jason Jones
"Hang Around"
Jim Brickman
Simple Things w/ Rebecca Lyn Howard
When It Snows
Ty Herndon
"Right About Now"
"In The Arms Of The One Who Loves Me"
"Mighty Mighty Love"
"Mercy Line"
"There Will Be A Better Day"
"If I Could Only Have Her Love Back"
Dolly Parton
"The River UnBroken"
Wilson Phillips
"Next To You (Someday I'll Be)"
Radney Foster
"Raining On Sunday"
"You Were So Right"
"Again"
"What It Is That You Do"
"Another Way To Go"
"Drunk On Love"
"Big Idea"
"New Zip Code"
"I Won't Lie To You"
"A Little Revival"
"Until It's Gone"
"Shed A little Light On It"
"I Made Peace With God"
"Suitcase"
"IF You Want To Be Loved"
Jo Dee Messina
"Think About Us"
Jack Ingram
"Heartache"
Lila McCann
"Mighty Mighty Love"
Michael McDonald
"Searching For Understanding"
Kenny Loggins
"This Too Will Pass"
Berlin
"Scream"
"Down and Dirty"
"Too Far To Fall"
"Once Upon A Time"
Russ Taff
"Table In The Wilderness"
"The River Unbroken"
"It Was Love"
"Take My Hand"
"Go On"
Mavis Staples
"Some Sweet Day" with Soul Mission
Willie Dixon
"Long Legged Goddess" w/ Willi Jones
Sharon Cuneta
"You're The Only One"
John Farham
"Beyond The Call"
"It All Comes Back To You"
Deborah Lippmann
"Make Me Love You"
"This One's On Me"
"Beautifully Obvious"
Cliff Richard
"The Day That I Stop Loving You"
"How Did She Get Here"
Alexander Acha
"On My Own"
Robby Armstrong
"Smoking and Drinking"
"As Long As Your Happy"
"Cool Cool Country"
"The First"
"One Life To Love"