- Tom Shapiro
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Name = Tom Shapiro
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Origin =Kansas City, Missouri ,USA
Genre = Country
Occupation =Songwriter ,record producer
Years_active = 197x-present
Associated_acts =Billy Dean Dusty Springfield Tom Shapiro (born in
Kansas City, Missouri ) is an Americansongwriter and occasionalrecord producer , known primarily for his work in country music. To date, he holds four Country Songwriter of the Year awards fromBroadcast Music Incorporated , as well as the Songwriter of the Decade award from the Nashville Songwriters Association International.cite web |url=http://songwriter101.com/advisor/1151_0_8_0_C/ |title=About: Tom Shapiro |accessdate=2008-02-26 |work=Songwriter101.com] cite web |url=http://www.eminashville.com/bios/tshapiro.html |title=Tom Shapiro |accessdate=2008-02-26 |work=EMI Nashville.com] cite web |url=http://www.bmi.com/press/entry/534675 |title=Tom Shapiro: 2002 BMI Country Songwriter of the Year |accessdate=2008-02-26 |date=2002-11-05 |work=Broadcast Music Incorporated ] He has also written more than fifty Top Ten hits, including twenty-three Number Ones.cite web |url=http://www.yamaha.com/publications/allaccess/winter2003/20shapiro.htm |title=Tom Shapiro: A Music Row Master Talks Songwriting |accessdate=2008-02-26 |work=Yamaha.com] [cite web |url=http://www.wsmv.com/nashvillemusicandmore/13360625/detail.html |title=Tom Shapiro - Nashville Music & More News Story |accessdate=2008-02-26 |work=WSMV.com]Musical career
Since the 1970s, Shapiro has been a prominent songwriter, doing most of his work in country music. Signed to a publishing contract with Tree International in the 1980s, with
Eddy Raven ,Crystal Gayle ,Marie Osmond andLee Greenwood being among the first country acts to cut his material. His career continued throughout the 1990s and into the 2000s, with several of his cuts having topped the "Billboard"Hot Country Songs charts. Among these Number One hits are "Wink" byNeal McCoy , which received BMI's Robert J. Burton award for being the most performed country song of 1993; [cite web |url=http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-trade/miscellaneous-retail-retail-stores-not/4660677-1.html |title=ASCAP, BMI Ceremonies Celebrate Songwriters, Publishers -- Shapiro, "Nobody Knows", Sony/ATV Tree Top BMI Awards |accessdate=2008-02-26 |date=1997-10-04 |work=Billboard] "No Place That Far" bySara Evans ; "I Miss My Friend" byDarryl Worley (both of which were their respective artists' first Number Ones); and "Ain't Nothing 'Bout You " byBrooks & Dunn , which was named by "Billboard" as the Number one country song of 2001.In addition, Shapiro has produced albums for
Billy Dean andDusty Springfield , as well as writing several singles for the former.References
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