Kent Robbins

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Kent Robbins

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Background = non_performing_personnel
Birth_name = Kent Marshall Robbins
Born = birth date|1947|04|23
Died = Death date and age|1997|12|27|1947|04|23
Origin = Mayfield, Kentucky, USA
Genre = Country
Occupation = Songwriter
Years_active = 1974-1997
Associated_acts = Buzz Cason
Charley Pride
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Kent Robbins (born April 23, 1947 in Mayfield, Kentucky; died December 27, 1997 in Clanton, Alabama) was an American country music songwriter. He began writing for Charley Pride's Pi-Gem music in 1974. Between then and his death, he wrote songs for several other country music artists. Among his compositions was "Love Is Alive" by The Judds, for which he received a Grammy Award nomination in 1985. Robbins also founded a publishing company in 1981 with songwriter Buzz Cason.cite web |url=http://www.nashvillesongwritersfoundation.com/fame/robbins.html |title=Kent Robbins |accessdate=2008-06-27 |work=Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame]

Robbins died in an automobile accident outside Clanton, Alabama in 1997. One year after his death, he was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.

ongwriting credits

The following is a list of singles co-written by Kent Robbins.
*Trace Adkins – "Every Light in the House"
*Gary Allan – "Her Man", "It Would Be You"
*John Anderson – "She Just Started Liking Cheatin' Songs", "Straight Tequila Night", "I Wish I Could Have Been There"
*The Judds – "Love Is Alive", "Young Love (Strong Love)"
*Kathy Mattea - "Maybe She's Human"
*Ronnie Milsap – "(I'm a) Stand by My Woman Man"
*Charley Pride - "When I Stop Leaving (I'll Be Gone)", "You're My Jamaica"
*George Strait – "Write This Down"
*Tanya Tucker – "I'll Come Back as Another Woman"
*Steve Wariner – "Heart Trouble"
*Don Williams - "One Good Well"
*Trisha Yearwood – "I Wanna Go Too Far"

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