Robert Lee Castleman
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Robert Lee Castleman is an American country singer and songwriter.
His debut album, "Crazy as Me" was released on Rounder Records
in 2000.
He has won a Grammy Award
in 2002 in the Best Country Song
category for writing "The Lucky One" performed by Alison Krauss & Union Station
.
Other songs he wrote or co-wrote (some of them with his wife, Melanie Castleman
), have been recorded by, among others:
His debut album, "Crazy as Me" was released on Rounder Records
Rounder Records
Rounder Records, originally of Cambridge, Massachusetts, but now based in Burlington, Massachusetts, is a record label founded in 1970 by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students...
in 2000.
He has won a Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
in 2002 in the Best Country Song
Grammy Award for Best Country Song
The Grammy Award for Best Country Song has been awarded since 1965. The award is given to the writer of the song.There have been several minor changes to the name of the award:...
category for writing "The Lucky One" performed by Alison Krauss & Union Station
Alison Krauss
Alison Maria Krauss is an American bluegrass-country singer, songwriter and fiddler. She entered the music industry at an early age, winning local contests by the age of ten and recording for the first time at fourteen. She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album in...
.
Other songs he wrote or co-wrote (some of them with his wife, Melanie Castleman
Melanie Castleman
Melanie Castleman, née Melanie Spradlin, is a country songwriter. She is originally from Westerville, Ohio.She was nominated for Grammy Award in 2007 for "Like Red on a Rose" by Alan Jackson...
), have been recorded by, among others:
- Alan JacksonAlan JacksonAlan Eugene Jackson is an American country music singer, known for blending traditional honky tonk and mainstream country sounds and penning many of his own hits. He has recorded 13 studio albums, 3 Greatest Hits albums, 2 Holiday albums, 1 Gospel album and several compilations, all on the Arista...
("The Firefly's Song", "Like Red on a Rose" (was nominated for Grammy AwardGrammy AwardA Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
in 2007 in the Best Country SongGrammy Award for Best Country SongThe Grammy Award for Best Country Song has been awarded since 1965. The award is given to the writer of the song.There have been several minor changes to the name of the award:...
category), "Maybe I Should Stay Here", "Nobody Said That It Would Be Easy", "Where Do I Go from Here (A Trucker's Song)") - Alison Krauss & Union StationAlison KraussAlison Maria Krauss is an American bluegrass-country singer, songwriter and fiddler. She entered the music industry at an early age, winning local contests by the age of ten and recording for the first time at fourteen. She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album in...
("Doesn't Have To Be This Way", "Forget About It", "Gravity", "Let Me Touch You for Awhile", "Paper Airplane", "Restless", and "The Lucky One") - Chet AtkinsChet AtkinsChester Burton Atkins , known as Chet Atkins, was an American guitarist and record producer who, along with Owen Bradley, created the smoother country music style known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country's appeal to adult pop music fans as well.Atkins's picking style, inspired by Merle...
("Sneakin' Around", "Somebody Loves Me Now", "Take A Look At Her Now" - Jon RandallJon RandallJon Randall Stewart is an American country music artist. Signed to RCA Records in 1995, he debuted that year with the album What You Don't Know. A second album for RCA, 1996's Great Day to Be Alive, was recorded but never released...
("My Life")