Ed Hill

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Ed Hill
Birth nameEdward Monroe Hill
Origin Hanford, California, US
Genres Country
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter
Years active1970–present

Edward Monroe Hill (born in Hanford, California) is an American country music songwriter. Hill has been active since the early 1970s. Hill plays piano and keyboard and has backed Merle Haggard and Kris Kristofferson. [1] [2] [3] Hill joined the Palomino Club's house band, the Palomino Riders, in the late 1970s, and backed artists like Marty Robbins and Willie Nelson. [1] [2] [4] In 1980, he joined the Gilley's Urban Cowboy Band and won a Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance for "Orange Blossom Special/Hoedown". [2] [5]

In 1980 and 1982, he was nominated for an Academy of Country Music Award in the piano player category. [1]

In late 1987, he joined New Haven Music which was sold to BMG in 1997. [1] [2]

He has won four Nashville Songwriters Association International Awards for "Songs I Wish Had Written". They include: It Matters To Me by Faith Hill, Georgia Rain by Trisha Yearwood, Find Out Who Your Friends Are by Tracy Lawrence and Just Fishin' by Trace Adkins. [1] [2] [3] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

In 2012, Hill was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Country Song category for Just Fishin' written with Casey Beathard and Monty Criswell. [10] [14]

Singles written or co-written by Ed Hill

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  7. 1 2 3 CMT : News : Ed Hill, Casey Beathard Lauded for Tracy Lawrence No. 1
  8. 1 2 3 CMT : News : Toby Keith Wins BMI Song, Songwriter Honors Archived February 21, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  9. "BMI Declares "As Good as I Once Was" Year's Top Song | VH1 News". Archived from the original on May 18, 2014. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  10. 1 2 3 It goes a little something like this, Don Cook, Bernie Nelson, Rivers Rutherford, Ed Hill Archived May 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  11. NSAI Songwriter Achievement Awards – 2012 on NSAI Archived March 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  12. NSAI Songwriter Achievement Awards – 2007 on NSAI Archived February 25, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  13. Steele, Paisley Top NSAI Award Winners | Billboard
  14. 1 2 Trace Adkins Confirms – PROUD TO BE HERE Is Set for August 2 Release on Show Dog – Universal Music – The Business Journals
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