Sea Gayle Music
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Sea Gayle Music is an independent music publishing company based in Nashville, Tennessee
in the United States. It was formed in 1999 by songwriter Chris DuBois, songwriter/producer Frank Rogers
, and songwriter/artist Brad Paisley
. In 2010 and 2011, Sea Gayle Music was named ASCAP Country Publisher of the Year. This is the first time since 1982 that an independent music publishing company has won this award. Sea Gayle Music is also the parent company to the record label Sea Gayle Records.
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...
in the United States. It was formed in 1999 by songwriter Chris DuBois, songwriter/producer Frank Rogers
Frank Rogers (record producer)
Frank Mandeville Rogers V is an American record producer, songwriter and session musician. In 1990, Rogers made the trek to Nashville, attending Belmont University and graduating with a Music Business degree. While at Belmont, he met friend and future collaborator Brad Paisley...
, and songwriter/artist Brad Paisley
Brad Paisley
Brad Douglas Paisley is an American singer-songwriter and musician. His style crosses between traditional country music and Southern rock, and his songs are frequently laced with humor and pop culture references....
. In 2010 and 2011, Sea Gayle Music was named ASCAP Country Publisher of the Year. This is the first time since 1982 that an independent music publishing company has won this award. Sea Gayle Music is also the parent company to the record label Sea Gayle Records.
Current Writers
- Brent AndersonBrent Anderson (singer)Brent Anderson is an American country music singer. He has charted on Hot Country Songs with the single "Amy's Song"....
- Wade BowenWade BowenWade Bowen is an American Texas Country/Red Dirt singer from Waco, Texas.Bowen was a member of the band, West 84, with friend Matt Miller, before the band was re-aligned 2001. He released his first album in 2002, Try Not To Listen, which became a regional hit in Texas. He released his first live...
- Jim Brown
- Chris DuBois
- Radney FosterRadney FosterRadney Foster is an American Texas Country artist. Initially a songwriter in Nashville, Tennessee, Foster made his debut in 1986 alongside Bill Lloyd in the duo Foster & Lloyd...
- Lynn Hutton
- Carolyn Dawn JohnsonCarolyn Dawn JohnsonCarolyn Dawn Johnson is a Canadian Juno Award winning country music singer-songwriter. Johnson first rose to fame by co-writing Chely Wright's 1999 Number One single, "Single White Female," which reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in September 1999...
- Tim MensyTim MensyTimmie Menzies is an American country music artist known as Tim Mensy. Initially, he was a member of the band Bandana, in which he charted several singles on the Hot Country Songs charts in the 1980s...
- Lee Thomas MillerLee Thomas MillerLee Thomas Miller is an American country music songwriter and occasional record producer. His credits include the Number One country hits "The World" and "I'm Still a Guy" for Brad Paisley and "You're Gonna Miss This" for Trace Adkins, as well as Top Ten hits for Terri Clark, Joe Nichols, and...
- Clay MillsClay MillsClayton Bernard "Clay" Mills is an American songwriter. His credits include the #1 hits "Beautiful Mess" by Diamond Rio and "Don't Think I Don't Think About It" by Darius Rucker, which won Mills an award from ASCAP. Other country music artists who have charted with his singles include Andy Griggs...
- Jerrod NiemannJerrod NiemannJerrod Lee Niemann is an American country music artist. Active since 2001, he has recorded two independent albums. In 2006, he signed to Category 5 Records and charted with the single "I Love Women "...
- Brad Paisley
- Frank Rogers
- Don Sampson
- Jordyn Shellhart
- Bryan Simpson
- Chris StapletonChris StapletonChris Stapleton is an American country, bluegrass, and rock musician. He co-wrote the singles "Never Wanted Nothing More" for Kenny Chesney, "Swing" for Trace Adkins, "Your Man" for Josh Turner, "Keep On Lovin' You" for Steel Magnolia and "Come Back Song" for Darius Rucker.Between 2008 and 2010,...
Past Writers
- Richie Brown
- Larry CordleLarry CordleLarry Cordle was born in eastern Kentucky and is an American country and bluegrass singer-songwriter. Cordle is most famous for his song "Murder on Music Row", which was recorded by George Strait and Alan Jackson and received the CMA Award for Song of the Year in 2000.-Career:Cordle has written...
- Liz HengberLiz HengberLiz Hengber is an American songwriter and musician based in Nashville, Tennessee. Hengber was born in Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from New Milford High School in New Milford, New Jersey in 1977. She graduated from the Theatre Department of the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University in 1981...
- Jay Knowles
- Tim Owens
- Dave Turnbull
- Trent WillmonTrent WillmonTrent Willmon is an American country music artist. Active since 1998 as a songwriter in Nashville, Tennessee, Willmon was signed to Columbia Records in 2004. He released two albums for the label and charted six singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts before exiting Columbia in 2006...
Number One Songs
| Year | Song | Artist | Peak chart positions | |
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| US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales... |
R&R Radio & Records Radio & Records was a trade publication providing news and airplay information for the radio and music industries. It originally started out as an independent trade from 1973 to 2006 until VNU Media took over in 2006, up until its final issue in 2009.-History:The company was founded in 1973 and... / Aircheck |
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| 2011 | Remind Me Remind Me (Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood song) "Remind Me" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Brad Paisley, performed as a duet with country music singer Carrie Underwood. The song was released in May 2011 as the third single from Paisley's studio album, This Is Country Music, released May 23, 2011... |
Brad Paisley | #1 | #1 |
| Old Alabama Old Alabama "Old Alabama" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Brad Paisley, featuring guest vocals from the band Alabama... |
Brad Paisley | #1 | #1 | |
| This This (Darius Rucker song) "This" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Darius Rucker. It was released in November 2010 as the second single from his 2010 album Charleston, SC 1966, and the sixth solo single release of his career. It reached number-one on the U.S... |
Darius Rucker | #1 | #1 | |
| 2010 | Anything Like Me Anything Like Me "Anything Like Me" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Brad Paisley. Originally included on his 2009 album American Saturday Night, the song was released in August 2010 as the lead-off single to a greatest hits album titled Hits Alive.-Content:The song is... |
Brad Paisley | #1 | #1 |
| Come Back Song Come Back Song "Come Back Song" is the title of a song recorded by American singer Darius Rucker. The song, co-written by Rucker and Nashville songwriter Chris Stapelton, was released to country radio in early July 2010 as the lead single from Rucker's second album of country music, Charleston, SC... |
Darius Rucker | #1 | #1 | |
| Water Water (Brad Paisley song) "Water" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Brad Paisley. It is the fourth single from his 2009 studio album American Saturday Night... |
Brad Paisley | #1 | #1 | |
| American Saturday Night American Saturday Night (song) "American Saturday Night" is the title of a song written by Ashley Gorley and Kelley Lovelace, and co-written and recorded by American country artist Brad Paisley. The song originally charted as an album cut based on unsolicited airplay, charting at number 59 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs... |
Brad Paisley | #2 | #1 | |
| 2009 | Welcome to the Future Welcome to the Future "Welcome to the Future" is the title of a song written by Chris DuBois and co-written and recorded by American country artist Brad Paisley. It was released in July 2009 as the second single from his studio album, American Saturday Night. It is the twenty-fourth chart single of his career... |
Brad Paisley | #2 | #1 |
| Alright Alright (Darius Rucker song) "Alright" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American singer Darius Rucker, lead vocalist of the rock band Hootie & the Blowfish. It was released in April 2009 as the third single from his first country music album, 2008's Learn to Live... |
Darius Rucker | #1 | #1 | |
| Then | Brad Paisley | #1 | #1 | |
| It Won't Be Like This For Long It Won't Be Like This for Long "It Won't Be Like This for Long" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American singer Darius Rucker, lead vocalist of the rock band Hootie & the Blowfish. It is the second single released from his first country music album, Learn to Live... |
Darius Rucker | #1 | #1 | |
| 2008 | Waitin’ On A Woman Waitin' on a Woman "Waitin' on a Woman" is the title of a song written by Don Sampson and Wynn Varble, and recorded three times by American country music artist Brad Paisley. His first recording of the song was included on his 2005 album Time Well Wasted. Three years later, Paisley re-recorded the song for inclusion... |
Brad Paisley | #1 | #1 |
| Back When I Knew It All Back When I Knew It All (song) "Back When I Knew It All" is a single by American country music duo Montgomery Gentry. It is the lead off single to their sixth studio album, also entitled Back When I Knew It All, which was released on June 10, 2008... |
Montgomery Gentry | #1 | #1 | |
| I'm Still A Guy I'm Still a Guy "I'm Still a Guy" is a single by American country music singer Brad Paisley. It is the fourth single released from his 2007 album 5th Gear. As with the other three singles from that album, "I'm Still a Guy" has reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.-Content:"I'm Still a Guy"... |
Brad Paisley | #1 | #1 | |
| You're Gonna Miss This You're Gonna Miss This "You're Gonna Miss This" is a single by American country music artist Trace Adkins. It is the second single released from his 2007 album American Man: Greatest Hits Volume II... |
Trace Adkins | #1 | #1 | |
| Letter To Me Letter to Me "Letter to Me" is a single by American country music singer Brad Paisley. It is the third single released from his 2007 album 5th Gear. The song spent four weeks at Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in February 2008, becoming his sixth consecutive Number One on that chart, as... |
Brad Paisley | #1 | #1 | |
| 2007 | Online Online (song) "Online" is a single by American country music artist Brad Paisley. It is the second single from his 2007 album 5th Gear. The single is Brad's ninth overall Number One single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, as well as his fifth consecutive Number One... |
Brad Paisley | #1 | #1 |
| Never Wanted Nothing More Never Wanted Nothing More "Never Wanted Nothing More" is the title of a song written by Ronnie Bowman and Chris Stapleton, and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Chesney. It was released in June 2007 as the lead-off single to his album Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates. To date, it is his fastest-climbing Number... |
Kenny Chesney | #1 | #1 | |
| Lucky Man Lucky Man (Montgomery Gentry song) "Lucky Man" is a single by American country music group Montgomery Gentry that reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and stayed there for two weeks... |
Montgomery Gentry | #1 | #1 | |
| Ticks Ticks (song) "Ticks" is a single by American country music artist Brad Paisley that reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart. It was featured as a downloadable track for the video game Guitar Hero: World Tour.-Content:... |
Brad Paisley | #1 | #1 | |
| She's Everything She's Everything "She's Everything" is a song co-written by American country music artist Brad Paisley and Wil Nance that reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart. It was the fourth single from Brad Paisley's 2005 album Time Well Wasted. It was Paisley's seventh number one single... |
Brad Paisley | #1 | #1 | |
| 2006 | The World The World (Brad Paisley song) "The World" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Brad Paisley. It was released in March 2006 as the third single from Paisley's 2005 album, Time Well Wasted. It reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and also peaked at number 45 on the U.S... |
Brad Paisley | #1 | #1 |
| Your Man Your Man (song) "Your Man" is the title of a song recorded by American country music artist Josh Turner. The fourth chart single of his career, it peaked at Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in early 2006, becoming the first Number One hit of his career... |
Josh Turner | #1 | #1 | |
| 2005 | Good Ride Cowboy Good Ride Cowboy "Good Ride Cowboy" is a single, released in 2005, by American country music artist Garth Brooks. The song is a tribute to Chris LeDoux, another country musician and friend of Brooks'... |
Garth Brooks | #3 | #1 |
| Mud On The Tires Mud on the Tires (song) "Mud on the Tires" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Brad Paisley. It was released in September 2004 as the fourth and final single off Paisley's 2003 album Mud on the Tires. The song reached number-one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and... |
Brad Paisley | #1 | #3 | |
| 2003 | Tough Little Boys Tough Little Boys "Tough Little Boys" is the first single released from Gary Allan's 2003 album See If I Care. The song reached Number One on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in October of 2003, becoming Allan's second straight No. 1 single.-Content:... |
Gary Allan | #1 | #1 |
| It's Five O'Clock Somewhere | Alan Jackson with Jimmy Buffett | #1 | #1 | |
| 19 Somethin' 19 Somethin' "19 Somethin'" is a song written by David Lee and Chris DuBois, and recorded by American country music singer Mark Wills. The song was released in September 2002, and spent six weeks at number one on the Hot Country Songs chart in early 2003. It also reached number 23 on the Hot 100 chart and was... |
Mark Wills | #1 | #1 | |
| 2002 | I’m Gonna Miss Her I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song) "I'm Gonna Miss Her " is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Brad Paisley. It was released in February 2002 as the third single from his second studio album Part II, the song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart that year, becoming the third... |
Brad Paisley | #1 | #1 |
| 2000 | We Danced We Danced "We Danced" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Brad Paisley. It was released in June 2000 as the fourth and final single from his debut CD, Who Needs Pictures... |
Brad Paisley | #1 | #1 |
| 1999 | He Didn't Have To Be He Didn't Have to Be "He Didn't Have to Be" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Brad Paisley. It was released in August 1999 as the second single from his debut album, Who Needs Pictures... |
Brad Paisley | #1 | #1 |
Other Hits
| Year | Song | Artist | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales... |
R&R Radio & Records Radio & Records was a trade publication providing news and airplay information for the radio and music industries. It originally started out as an independent trade from 1973 to 2006 until VNU Media took over in 2006, up until its final issue in 2009.-History:The company was founded in 1973 and... / Aircheck |
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| 2011 | One More Drinkin' Song One More Drinkin' Song "One More Drinkin' Song" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Jerrod Niemann. It is the third single from his 2010 album Judge Jerrod & the Hung Jury.-History:... |
Jerrod Niemann | #13 | #13 |
| This Is Country Music This Is Country Music Upon its release, This Is Country Music received general acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received a average score of 82, based on 10 reviews. This indicates "universal acclaim".Chris Willman with... |
Brad Paisley | #2 | #2 | |
| What Do You Want What Do You Want "What Do You Want" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Jerrod Niemann. It is the third single from his first major-label album, 2010's Judge Jerrod & the Hung Jury... |
Jerrod Niemann | #4 | #4 | |
| 2010 | This Ain't Nothin' This Ain't Nothin' "This Ain't Nothin" is the title of a song written by Chris DuBois and Kerry Kurt Phillips, and recorded by American country music artist Craig Morgan. It was released in January 2010 as the fourth single from his 2008 album That's Why. It is only available on later presses of the album. The song... |
Craig Morgan | #13 | #13 |
| Keep On Lovin' You Keep on Lovin' You "Keep On Lovin' You" is the title of a song recorded by American country music duo Steel Magnolia, which was written by Chris Stapleton and Trent Willmon. The song, which is their debut single, was released in September 2009. It is included on the duo's self-titled EP, released in February 2010... |
Steel Magnolia | #4 | #4 | |
| History In The Making History in the Making "History in the Making" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Darius Rucker. Written along with Clay Mills and Frank Rogers, it was released in September 2009 as the fourth single from Rucker's 2008 album Learn to Live... |
Darius Rucker | #3 | #3 | |
| 2009 | Nothin' To Die For Nothin' to Die For "Nothin' to Die For" is the title of a country music song written by Lee Thomas Miller and Craig Wiseman. It was recorded by Tim McGraw on his 2007 album Let It Go, and released in January 2009 as the album's seventh single. It is McGraw's fifty-first chart entry on the Billboard country charts... |
Tim McGraw | #5 | #5 |
| Marry For Money Marry for Money "Marry for Money" is the title of a song written by Jimmy Melton and Dave Turnbull, and recorded by American country artist Trace Adkins. It was released in January 2009 as the second from his 2008 album, X. The song was a Top 20 hit, reaching a peak of #14 on the U.S... |
Trace Adkins | #14 | #14 | |
| In Color In Color (song) "In Color" is the title of a single co-written and recorded by American country music artist Jamey Johnson. It is the first single from his second album, That Lonesome Song, which was initially released to digital retailers in 2007, and was released on August 5, 2008 on Mercury Nashville Records.... |
Jamey Johnson | #9 | #9 | |
| 2008 | Another Try Another Try "Another Try" is a single by American country music artist Josh Turner that also features harmony vocals from Trisha Yearwood. It is the second single released from Turner's 2007 album Everything Is Fine, and his eighth chart single overall... |
Josh Turner (feat. Trisha Yearwood) | #15 | #15 |
| 2007 | The More I Drink The More I Drink "The More I Drink" is the title of a song recorded by American country music singer Blake Shelton. It was released in July 2007 as the second single from his album, Pure BS... |
Blake Shelton | #19 | #19 |
| 2006 | Love You Love You (Jack Ingram song) "Love You" is a country music song by Texas country music artist Jack Ingram. The song was the second single from his Live: Wherever You Are album, and is one of the two studio tracks on the album, which is otherwise a live compilation.-Content:... |
Jack Ingram | #12 | #12 |
| Swing | Trace Adkins | #20 | #20 | |
| 2005 | Alcohol Alcohol (Brad Paisley song) "Alcohol" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Brad Paisley. It was released in May 2005 as the first single from Paisley's 2005 album Time Well Wasted, reaching number 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. It also peaked at number 28 on the U.S... |
Brad Paisley | #4 | #4 |
| Arlington | Trace Adkins | #16 | #15 | |
| If Something Should Happen If Something Should Happen "If Something Should Happen" is a song recorded by country music artist Darryl Worley. It is the second single released from his 2004 self-titled album. It peaked at #9 on Billboard magazine's Hot Country Songs chart for the chart week of June 5, 2005.... |
Darryl Worley | #9 | #9 | |
| What's A Guy Gotta Do What's a Guy Gotta Do "What's a Guy Gotta Do" is the title of a song co-written, and recorded by American country music artist Joe Nichols. It was released in November 2004 as the second and final single from his 2004 album Revelation. It peaked at number 4 on the United States Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and... |
Joe Nichols | #4 | #3 | |
| 2004 | Little Moments Little Moments "Little Moments" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Brad Paisley. It was released in September 2003 as the second single from Paisley's 2003 album Mud on the Tires.-Content:... |
Brad Paisley | #2 | #3 |
| I Love You This Much I Love You This Much "I Love You This Much" is a song by country music artist Jimmy Wayne. It is the second single released from his self-titled album, reaching a peak of #6 on the U.S. country charts and #53 on the Billboard Hot 100.-Content:... |
Jimmy Wayne | #6 | #6 | |
| 2003 | Celebrity Celebrity (Brad Paisley song) "Celebrity" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Brad Paisley. It was released in March 2003 as the lead single from his album, Mud on the Tires. The song reached the top five of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, peaking at number three. It also peaked at number 31... |
Brad Paisley | #3 | #3 |
| I Wish You'd Stay I Wish You'd Stay "I Wish You'd Stay" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Brad Paisley. It was released in August 2002 as the fourth and final single from Paisley's album Part II and reached a peak of number 7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in early 2003... |
Brad Paisley | #7 | #8 | |
| 2000 | Me Neither Me Neither "Me Neither" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Brad Paisley. It was released in February 2000 as the third single released from Paisley's album Who Needs Pictures and reached a peak of number 18 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in... |
Brad Paisley | #18 | #16 |
| 1999 | Who Needs Pictures Who Needs Pictures (song) "Who Needs Pictures" is the title of a song by co-written and recorded by American country music singer-songwriter Brad Paisley. It was released in February 1999 as his first single from his 1999 debut album, Who Needs Pictures... |
Brad Paisley | #12 | #10 |
| 1997 | Another You Another You (song) "Another You" title of a song written by Brad Paisley before his own solo career started. It was recorded in 1996 by country music artist David Kersh for his debut album Goodnight Sweetheart... |
David Kersh | #3 | #2 |
Awards
- 2000 Music Row Magazine Song of the Year – "He Didn’t Have To Be" by Brad Paisley
- 2004 Grammy Award for Best Country Song – "It's Five O’Clock Somewhere" by Alan Jackson with Jimmy Buffett
- 2004 ASCAP Country Song of the Year - "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" by Alan Jackson with Jimmy Buffett
- 2008 Music Row Magazine Song of the Year – “Letter To Me” by Brad Paisley
- 2008 Academy of Country MusicAcademy of Country MusicThe Academy of Country Music was founded in 1964 in Los Angeles, California as the Country & Western Music Academy. Whereas the Country Music Association, founded in 1958, was based in Nashville, the Academy sought to promote country music in the western states. Among those involved in the...
Song of the Year – "In Color" by Jamey Johnson - 2009 Country Music AssociationCountry Music Association AwardsThe Country Music Association Awards, also known as the CMA Awards, or the CMAs, and not to be confused with the ACM Awards, are voted on by business members of the Country Music Association. The first CMA awards were presented at an untelevised ceremony in Nashville's Municipal Auditorium in 1967...
Song of the Year – "In Color" by Jamey Johnson - 2009 Music Row Magazine Song of the Year – "In Color" by Jamey Johnson
- 2009 NSAINashville Songwriters Association InternationalThe Nashville Songwriters Association International is a 501 not-for-profit trade organization that works to help songwriters in three ways: through legislative advocacy, through education and advice about the actual craft of songwriting, and through teaching about the music industry, and how to...
Country Song of the Year – "Waitin' On A Woman" by Brad Paisley - 2010 ASCAP Country Publisher of the Year