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Aug 25, 2010 On a beautiful Monday afternoon August 23, BMI toasted the creative team behind playful chart-topper “Lover, Lover” in the grand lobby of the company’s Music Row offices. Songwriter Dan Pritzker actually wrote the song for his band Sonia Dada in 1992, and the tune, originally titled “You Don’t Treat Me No Good,” was #1 hit for the group in Australia.… View Photo

Aug 25, 2010 Pictured celebrating with Jerrod Niemann at the “Lover, Lover” #1 party on August 23 are Dallas Davidson, Jamey Johnson, Christian Kane, Niemann, Rob Hatch, and Lee Brice. View Photo

Aug 25, 2010 Songwriter Dan Pritzker accepts his Takamine special edition BMI guitar at the “Lover, Lover” #1 party on August 23. View Photo

Aug 25, 2010 Jerrod Niemann fields questions from journalists prior to the “Lover, Lover” #1 party on August 23. View Photo

Aug 25, 2010 Jerrod Niemann strums a 1957 Gibson 185 acoustic guitar given to him as a thank-you gift by “Lover, Lover” writer Dan Pritzker during the party celebrating the chart-topper at BMI. View Photo

Aug 25, 2010 Celebrating at the “Lover, Lover” #1 party are BMI’s Jody Williams, Jerrod Niemann, songwriter Dan Pritzker, and BMI’s Perry Howard. View Photo

Aug 25, 2010 Jerrod Niemann and songwriter Dan Pritzker meet for the first time at the “Lover, Lover” #1 party on August 23. View Photo

Aug 24, 2010 Kevin McCall recently stopped by BMI's Los Angeles office. The hit-maker produced 10 tracks for Chris Brown’s release In My Zone, as well as “Deuces,” from Brown's mixtape “Fan of a Mixtape" and also featuring McCall. In addition to Brown, the Los Angeles native has collaborated with marquee artists including Keri Hilson, Trey Songz, Pleasure P, Keyshia Cole, and Kelly… View Photo

Aug 24, 2010 BMI recently welcomed Jon Yip to its growing family of songwriters. 1/3 of production powerhouse team The Stereotypes, Yip produced Justin Bieber’s hit “Somebody to Love,” and has also produced smashes for stars including Mary J Blige, Ne-Yo, Raheem DeVaughn, and Danity Kane. Pictured at BMI’s Los Angeles office are BMI’s Nicole Plantin and Yip. View Photo

Aug 23, 2010 BMI hit-maker Lee Thomas Miller engaged and entertained the crowd gathered at Senator Orrin Hatch’s recent Utah Charities event. The Grammy-nominated songwriter performed songs from his stacked catalog, including Trace Adkins’ “You’re Gonna Miss This,” Terri Clark’s "I Just Wanna Be Mad,” Brad Paisley’s “The World” and Joe Nichols’ "The Impossible.” View Photo