Recent Andy Griggs Updates
Nashville Welcomes Dillon and Silverstein to Songwriters Hall of Fame
BMI Award-winners Dean Dillon and the late Shel Silverstein are the newest additions to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Dillon and Silverstein, along with Bob Dylan, were inducted November 3 during annual ceremonies conducted by the Nashville Songwriters Foundation at Loews Vanderbilt Plaza Hotel in Nashville.
50th Annual BMI Country Awards Honor Top Music Makers on Nov. 5
BMI will salute the past year's most popular country songs on Tuesday, November 5 at the 50th Annual BMI Country Awards, the oldest awards program honoring country music creators. Staged at the company's Music Row offices, the black-tie, invitation-only event spotlights the 50 most performed songs of last year. BMI President & CEO Frances Preston and BMI Nashville Vice President Paul Corbin will present Citations of Achievement…
Andy Griggs
RCA Records artist Andy Griggs (center) recently celebrated his second album Freedom with an acoustic performance and reception in Nashville. Griggs contributed six songs to Freedom, including the title track. Other BMI writers on the project are Tom Douglas, Troy Verges, Don Cook, Jamie Hartford, David Malloy and Wendell Mobley. His debut album, You Won't Ever…
‘I Hope You Dance’ Steps to ‘Song Of The Year’ Tune at 49th Annual BMI Count
BMI staged the 49th edition of its Country Awards last night, with ultimate honors saved for “I Hope You Dance,” songwriters Toby Keith, Marv Green and Aimee Mayo, and publishing titan Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. BMI Citations of Achievement were presented by President & CEO Frances W. Preston and Vice President Paul Corbin to the songwriters and publishers of the past year’s 50 most performed songs…
BMI Country Awards Set for Nov. 6
BMI President & CEO Frances Preston and BMI Nashville Vice President Paul Corbin will host the 49th Annual BMI Country Awards, the oldest awards saluting country’s top music makers, on Tuesday, November 6, 2001 at the BMI Nashville office (10 Music Square East). Highlights of the black-tie gala, which announces the 50 songs that received the most airplay last year, include the naming of the…
Titans Cast a Lure To ‘Fish For A Cure’
Tennessee Titans defensive tackle Jason Fisk welcomed both large-mouth and small-mouth opponents as he hosted “Fishing For A Cure,” a fundraiser (6/5) for the T.J. Martell Foundation's Frances Williams Preston Laboratories. Cedar Creek Yacht Club on Middle Tennessee’s Old Hickory Lake was the site of the exclusive bass fishing tournament and post-party "Bass Bash" that raised more than $60,000 to support research into the cures and treatment of cancer,…
BMI Stands “Amazed” at 48th Annual Country Awards
Click here to see photos from the event Nashville, October 3 — Performing rights organization BMI staged the 48th edition of its Country Awards tonight, with superlative honors reserved for "Amazed," songwriters Al Anderson and Skip Ewing, songwriter/artists Martie Seidel and Shania Twain, and publishing giant Sony/ATV Tree. BMI Citations of Achievement were presented…
‘Lonely’ Surprise for Andy Griggs
Andy Griggs was the last one to know his debut album for RCA had been certified Gold, thanks to a surprise party the label planned at Nashville's Blackstone Restaurant (7/6). You Won't Ever Be Lonely has already yielded three #1 singles: "She's More," "You Won't Ever Be Lonely" and "I'll Go Crazy" (the last two co-written by Griggs).
Andy Griggs

Music has been the defining power in Andy Griggs's life since he was a child. He weathered the death of his father with an old Merle Haggard album, sought solace by learning guitar when his older brother died, and transformed his love for his wife into song with his debut chart-topper, "You Won't Ever Be Lonely," one of 1999's 10 most-played songs on…
