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Oct 05, 2011 Rodney Atkins (center) presents custom-made cornhole boards to “Take a Back Road” songwriters Rhett Akins (left) and Luke Laird at the song’s no. 1 party on Monday, October 3 at BMI. View Photo

Oct 05, 2011 BMI’s Jody Williams (far right) celebrates with the co-writers Luke Laird (left) and Rhett Akins (center) at the “Take a Back Road” no. 1 party. View Photo

Oct 05, 2011 Singer/songwriter Thomas Rhett celebrates with dad Rhett Akins at the no. 1 party celebrating the older Akins’ latest chart-topper, “Take a Back Road.” View Photo

Oct 05, 2011 Rodney Atkins is pictured at the “Take a Back Road” no. 1 party. View Photo

Oct 05, 2011 Co-writer Luke Laird speaks at the “Take a Back Road” no. 1 party. View Photo

Oct 05, 2011 BMI saluted two of Music Row’s most in-demand songwriters on Monday, October 3. Luke Laird and Rhett Akins penned Rodney Atkins’ characteristically down-home no. 1, “Take a Back Road,” during their very first co-writing session together. The smash became the seventh career chart-topper for both of the writers, who are crafting country music’s contemporary sound. Akins is responsible for the… View Photo

Oct 03, 2011 Songwriter Michael Biggs recently joined the BMI family. A civil engineering student at Tennessee State University, Biggs stopped by BMI’s Nashville office to sign on the dotted line, an important step in any burgeoning songwriter’s career. Pictured are Biggs and BMI’s Thomas Cain. View Photo

Oct 03, 2011 BMI presented a special edition Takamine guitar to songwriter Frank Myers during an intimate dinner celebrating his chart-topping “Tomorrow” on September 27. Myers co-wrote the song with Anthony Smith, and Chris Young took it to no. 1, adding another contemporary gem to Myers’ catalog, which includes crossover smash “I Swear,” recorded by John Michael Montgomery and All-4-One, and “You and… View Photo

Sep 30, 2011 On a sunny afternoon in Nashville, BMI toasted the team behind Dierks Bentley’s no. 1 song “Am I the Only One.” Friends and associates gathered at Loser’s for the outdoor festivities honoring co-writers Jim Beavers and Jon Randall. “Am I the Only One” marks the sixth no. 1 for Beavers, a finance executive-turned-hit songwriter, and the first for Randall, who… View Photo

Sep 30, 2011 Co-writers Jim Beavers and Jon Randall field questions from reporters at the “Am I the Only One” no. 1 party. View Photo