Dennis Burnside


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American pianist, keyboard player and arranger in Nashville since 1971. Among the hundreds of albums he has played on, a short list of artists include: Garth Brooks, Martina McBride, Crystal Gayle, Loretta Lynn, Conway Twitty, Alabama, Big and Rich, Brooks and Dunn, Olivia Newton John, Neil Diamond, Randy Travis, Mel Tillis, Pam Tillis, Nancy Sinatra, Marie Osmond, Highway 101, and many more.

In his teen years, Dennis performed with the Ralph Marterie, Tommy Dorsey, Woody Herman and Glenn Miller bands. He also led the 76th Army Big Band throughout Europe from '69 to '71. He is currently devoting his time to composing.

APPEARANCES +


Sam & Dave
Soul Study: The Nashville Sessions
2025, ,
Soul
Garth Brooks
Fun
2020, ,
Country
Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood
Christmas Together
2016, CD, ,
Country/Holiday
Garth Brooks
Gunslinger
2016,
Sam & Dave
The Nashville Soul Sessions
2014, CD, Comp, Fuel 2000, ,
Soul/Rhythm & Blues
Garth Brooks
Man Against Machine
2014
John Conlee
Harmony & American Faces
2012, CD, Album, Comp, T-Bird Americana,
Kix Brooks
New To This Town
2012, ,
Country
Bekka Bramlett
I Got News For You
2009, CD, Shongaloo Records, LLC
Sony Holland
Out Of This World
2006, CD, Album, Dig, Van Ness Records
Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood
Love Will Always Win
2006, CD, Single, Promo, Pearl Records, Inc.
Various
Do You Hear What I Hear?
2005, CD, Comp, Sony BMG, ,
Vocal/Country/Easy Listening/RnB/Swing/Holiday
Martina*
Timeless
2005, ,
Country
Garth Brooks
The Limited Series
2005, 5x CD Cinram Pressing, DVD, Box Set, ,
Country
Ben Mullins
Troubles Plaything
2004, CD, Album, Not On Label, ,
Soft Rock/Country Rock/Classic Rock
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Plain Dirt Fashion / Partners, Brothers & Friends
2004, CD,
Big & Rich
Horse Of A Different Color
2004, ,
Country
Randy Travis
The Very Best Of Randy Travis
2004, ,
Country
John McCabe
John McCabe
2003, CD, EP, Banner Records,
Sony Holland
I'll Remember Paris
2003, CD, Album, HeebaLibra
Rose Falcon
Rose Falcon
2003,
Ricky Skaggs
The Essential Ricky Skaggs
2003, CD, ,
Country/Bluegrass
Tony Bennett And The London Symphony Orchestra
Christmas With Tony Bennett
2002, CD, Album, Hallmark Music (2), ,
Vocal/Easy Listening/Holiday
Pat Dailey With Shel Silverstein
Sings Shel Silverstein’s Underwater Land
2002, CD, Album, Olympia Records (7),
Garth Brooks
Scarecrow
2001
Anne Murray
Where Do You Go When You Dream / The Hottest Night Of The Year
2000, CD, Album, Comp, RM, EMI Music Canada, ,
Country
Martina McBride
White Christmas Sampler
2000, HDCD, Promo, RCA
Various
Believe - A Christmas Collection
2000, CD, ,
Country/Holiday
Various
Holiday Sounds Of The Season 2000
2000, Cassette, ,
Holiday
Sweethearts Of The Rodeo
Sweethearts Of The Rodeo / One Time, One Night Plus 3 Bonus Tracks
2000, CD, ,
Country
Alabama
When It All Goes South
2000, CD, ,
Country
Billy Hoffman
All I Wanted Was You
2000, ,
Country
Shana Petrone*
Something Real
1999, HDCD, Album, Promo, Epic, ,
Country
Glen Campbell
A Glen Campbell Christmas
1999, CD, Album, TNN, Unison Music
Dixie Chicks
Fly
1999, ,
Country Rock/Pop Rock
Garth Brooks
Garth Brooks & The Magic Of Christmas
1999
Cactus Choir
Cactus Choir
1998, CD, Album, Promo, Curb Universal, ,
Country
Olivia Newton-John
Back With A Heart
1998, CD, ,
Country Rock/Pop Rock/Ballad
Martina McBride
White Christmas
1998, Cassette, ,
Country/Holiday
SouthSixtyFive*
SouthSixtyFive
1998
David Kersh
If I Never Stop Loving You
1998, CD, ,
Country
The Mavericks
Trampoline
1998, ,
Country Rock
Brooks & Dunn
If You See Her
1998
The Mavericks
La Mucara
1998
Waylon Jennings
Closing In On The Fire
1998, CD, ,
Country
Tracy Lawrence
The Best Of Tracy Lawrence
1998, ,
Country
Hal Ketchum
I Saw The Light
1998
Blake & Brian
Blake & Brian
1997, CD, Album, Curb Records
Lobo
Star Cruises - The Leading Cruise Line In Asia Presents The Best Of Lobo
1997, CD, Comp, Pony Canyon
Bryan White
The Right Place
1997, DAT, Album, Asylum Records, ,
Country
Skip Ewing
Until I Found You
1997, ,
Country
Alabama
Dancin' On The Boulevard
1997
Lila McCann
Lila
1997
Bryan White
The Right Place
1997, ,
Country
Raybon Bros.*
Raybon Bros.
1997, CD, ,
Country
Various
Na Mele O Paniolo - Songs Of The Hawaiian Cowboy
1997, ,
Pacific/Hawaiian
Lobo
You Must Remember This
1997
Lonestar
Crazy Nights
1997, CD, ,
Country Rock
Brooks & Dunn
The Greatest Hits Collection
1997, ,
Country/Honky Tonk
Holly Dunn
Leave One Bridge Standing
1997, ,
Country
Steve Kolander
Pieces Of A Puzzle
1996, CD, Album, River North Nashville Records, ,
Country
Various
Piano Passion
1996, CD, Comp, Promo, Impuls International, Leffe
Neil Diamond
Tennessee Moon
1996, CD, ,
Country Rock/Pop Rock/Ballad
Various
GM Action Day
1996
Little Richard
Jazz & Blues Collection
1996
Various
Nascar: Hotter Than Asphalt
1996, CD, ,
Country
Tracy Lawrence
Time Marches On
1996, ,
Country
Neil Diamond
In My Lifetime
1996, 3x CD Digibook,
Randy Travis
Full Circle
1996, ,
Country
Shenandoah Featuring Marty Raybon
Shenandoah Christmas
1996, CD, ,
Country/Folk/Holiday
Paul Jefferson
Paul Jefferson
1996
Shenandoah
Now And Then
1996, ,
Country
Brooks & Dunn
Borderline
1996, CD, ,
Country
Marty Stuart
The Marty Party Hit Pack
1995
Noah Gordon
I Need A Break
1995, ,
Country
Various
Mama's Hungry Eyes - A Tribute To Merle Haggard
1995, CD, ,
Country
Martina McBride
Wild Angels
1995, ,
Country
Lonestar
Lonestar
1995
Kate Campbell
Songs From The Levee
1995, ,
Folk
Lobo
Classic Hits
1995
Various
Mother & Child (A Christmas Celebration Of Motherhood)
1995, ,
Ballad/Holiday
Paul Shanklin
Bill Clinton: The Early Years
1995, CD, ,
Comedy
Riders In The Sky
Cowboys In Love
1994, CD, Album, Columbia
Val & Bird*
Take A Walk
1994, CD, Album, Not On Label, ,
Country
David Holt
I Got A Bullfrog: Folksongs For The Fun Of It
1994, CD, Album, High Windy Audio
Tiba Kelley O'Connor
Driven By A Dream
1994, CD, Album, Spontaneous Potential, Inc., ,
Country
London Symphony Orchestra & London Pop Choir*
Classic Pop (Play The Best Of)
1994
Randy Travis
This Is Me
1994, ,
Country
Aaron Tippin
Lookin' Back At Myself
1994,
The London Symphony Orchestra*
Winterscapes
1994
Tracy Lawrence
I See It Now
1994, ,
Country
James House
Days Gone By
1994
The London Symphony Orchestra*
Plays The Music Of The Beatles
1994
Various
Yule Cool (43 All Time Classics From The Golden Age Of The Christmas Song)
1994, 2x CD, ,
Holiday
Shenandoah
In The Vicinity Of The Heart
1994
Prescott-Brown
Already Restless
1994, ,
Country
The Mavericks
What A Crying Shame
1994, ,
Country Rock/Country
The London Symphony Orchestra* With The London Pop Choir
Plays The Music Of The Rolling Stones
1994, ,
Classical
Mark Collie
Unleashed
1994, ,
Country
Anne Kristin Knutsen
I've Got Dreams
1993, ,
Country
Shenandoah
Under The Kudzu
1993, ,
Country
Conway Twitty
Final Touches
1993,
Little Texas
Big Time
1993
Graeme Connors
The Return
1993, CD, ,
Country
Michael Martin Murphey
Cowboy Songs III (Rhymes Of The Renegades)
1993, CD, ,
Country
Devon Sinclair
Scenes From The Heart
1993
Paul Metsa
Whistling Past the Graveyard
1993
Timmy Abell
Play All Day
1992,
The Forester Sisters
A Christmas Card
1992
Randy Travis
Greatest Hits Volume Two
1992, ,
Country
Randy Travis
Greatest Hits Volume One
1992, ,
Country
Pam Tillis
Homeward Looking Angel
1992, CD, ,
Country
Jason*
One Foot In The Honky Tonk
1992, ,
Honky Tonk
Sons Of The San Joaquin
A Cowboy Has To Sing
1992
Holly Dunn
Getting It Dunn
1992, ,
Country
Jeff Knight
They've Been Talkin' About Me
1992, CD,
Donna Ulisse
Trouble At The Door
1991, CD, Album, Atlantic
Pennie Nickels
Candle In The Wind
1991, Cass, Album, Dol, Not On Label (Pennie Nickels Self-released), ,
Gospel/Vocal
Randy Travis
High Lonesome
1991, Cassette Dolby HX Pro, ,
Country
Mark O'Connor
The New Nashville Cats
1991, CD, ,
Country/Swing/Bluegrass/Cajun
Michael Martin Murphey
Cowboy Christmas (Cowboy Songs II)
1991, ,
Country/Religious/Holiday
Brenda Lee
Brenda Lee
1991
George Jones
And Along Came Jones
1991, CD, ,
Country
Holly Dunn
Milestones (Greatest Hits)
1991, ,
Country
Gene Watson
At Last
1991, ,
Country
Unknown Artist
Drambuie: Christmas Classics
1990, LP, Album, Not On Label
Kevin Welch
Kevin Welch
1990
Michael Martin Murphey
Cowboy Songs
1990, ,
Country
Bjøro Håland
Nashville Here We Go Again
1990
Rob Crosby
Solid Ground
1990
Tanya Tucker
Tennessee Woman
1990, ,
Country/Pop Rock
Cheryl Wheeler
Circles & Arrows
1990, ,
Folk
Randy Travis
Heroes And Friends (Duets)
1990, Vinyl, ,
Country
Jennifer McCarter And The McCarters*
Better Be Home Soon
1990, ,
Country
Randy Travis
An Old Time Christmas
1989, Vinyl Specialty Pressing, ,
Country/Holiday
Cee Cee Chapman
Twist Of Fate
1989, ,
Country/Country Rock
David Slater
Be With Me
1989
Morton Downey Jr.*
Sings
1989,
Randy Travis
No Holdin' Back
1989, ,
Country
Kenny Rogers
Something Inside So Strong
1989
Gene Watson
Back In The Fire
1989
Ottar "Big Hand" Johansen
Game Of Hearts
1988
John Jarvis
Whatever Works
1988, Cassette, ,
Contemporary Jazz/New Age
The Crickets
T-Shirt
1988, CD, ,
Rock & Roll
Various
Christmas In The Country
1988
Crystal Gayle
Nobody's Angel
1988
Anne Murray
As I Am
1988, ,
Soft Rock/Country Rock/AOR/Ballad
Michael Martin Murphey
River Of Time
1988, ,
Country
The McCarters
The Gift
1988, ,
Vocal/Ballad/Country
J.C. Crowley
Beneath The Texas Moon
1988, ,
Country
Sweethearts Of The Rodeo
One Time, One Night
1988
Dan Seals
Rage On
1988
Ricky Van Shelton
Loving Proof
1988, ,
Country
Randy Travis
Old 8x10
1988, Vinyl Specialty Pressing, ,
Country
Lynne Tyndall
Out Of The Blue
1987, LP, Album, Evergreen Records (5), ,
Vocal
The Holiday Philharmonic Orchestra
Navidad Discotheque
1987, LP, Album, Discos Acme, Discos Acme, Discos Acme, Discos Acme, ,
Disco/Holiday
Michael Martin Murphey
Americana
1987, ,
Country
London Symphony Orchestra And Chorus*, Peter Hofmann, Deborah Sasson
Songs For The Holidays
1987
Ricky Van Shelton
Wild-Eyed Dream
1987
Jean Stafford
That Says It All
1987
Riders In The Sky
New Trails
1987
Riders In The Sky
Saddle Pals
1987
Randy Travis
Always & Forever
1987, ,
Country
Ray Price
Greatest Hits • Volume 1
1986, LP, Album, Step One Records
Ray Price
Greatest Hits • Volume II
1986, LP, Album, Step One Records, ,
Country
Timi Yuro
Hurt
1986, LP, Comp, Charly Records
Ray Price
Greatest Hits Volume III
1986, LP, Album, Step One Records, ,
Country
The Memories
The White Christmas Album
1986, LP, Album, PGM (6)
Sonny Throckmorton
Southern Train
1986, Vinyl, ,
Country
Placido Domingo / The London Symphony Orchestra* / The Vienna Boys Choir*
Christmas: Listen To The Joy
1986
Johnny "C"*
Soul'd Out!
1986, ,
Chicago Blues/Soul
Little Richard
Rock And Roll Resurrection
1986
Ricky Skaggs
Love's Gonna Get Ya!
1986, Vinyl, ,
Country/Bluegrass
Eddy Raven
Right Hand Man
1986, ,
Country
Randy Travis
Storms Of Life
1986, ,
Country
Schuyler, Knobloch & Overstreet
S-K-O
1986, Vinyl, ,
Country
Ricky Skaggs
Favorite Country Songs
1986, CD, ,
Bluegrass/Country
John Conlee
Harmony
1986
Michael Martin Murphey
Tonight We Ride
1986
Timi Yuro
The Very Best Of Timi Yuro
1985, CD, Comp, Arcade, ,
Vocal
Riders In The Sky
Western Songs
1985, LP, Album, Comp, Club, Book-Of-The-Month Records
Jim Hudson
Bring Back The Thunder
1985, LP, Album, Blue Moon Records (15),
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band*
Partners, Brothers And Friends
1985, Vinyl Carrollton pressing, ,
Country
The London Symphony Orchestra* And Chorus*
The Best Loved Christmas Carols
1985, ,
Folk/Holiday
Gary Morris
Anything Goes
1985, ,
Country
Dan Seals
Won't Be Blue Anymore
1985, ,
Country
John Anderson
Tokyo, Oklahoma
1985, ,
Country/Ballad
Johnny Lee
Keep Me Hangin' On
1985
The Whites
Whole New World
1985, ,
Bluegrass/Country
Tammy Wynette
Sometimes When We Touch
1985, Vinyl, ,
Country
Various
Tennessee Christmas
1985, ,
Country/Religious/Holiday/Ballad/Country Rock
John McEuen
John McEuen
1985
Southbound
All The Way
1984, LP, Album, New Colony Records, ,
Country
Jim Thompson
Come To The Shepherd
1984, LP, Album, Promise Records (8), ,
Gospel
John Conlee
Blue Highway
1984
Anne Murray
Heart Over Mind
1984
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Plain Dirt Fashion
1984, ,
Country
Deborah Allen
Let Me Be The First
1984
Ricky Skaggs
Country Boy
1984, Vinyl Carrollton Pressing, ,
Country/Bluegrass
Faron Young
Faron Young's Black Tie Country
1983, LP, 51 West Records & Tapes, ,
Country
Johnny Paycheck
Wanted
1983, LP, 51 West Records & Tapes, ,
Country
Unknown Artist
White Christmas - God Jul Och Gott Nytt År
1983, Cass, Musik På Väg, ,
Holiday
Mickey Gilley
Your Love Shines Through
1983, Vinyl, ,
Honky Tonk
Mickey Gilley
Fool For Your Love
1983
Anne Murray
A Little Good News
1983, ,
Synth-pop
Billy Joe Royal
Folio
1983, Vinyl, ,
Country
The Sleighriders
A Very Merry Disco
1983, ,
Disco/Holiday
Timi Yuro
For Sentimental Reasons (Haar Nieuwste Songs En Alle Grote Hits)
1983, ,
Vocal
Deborah Allen
Cheat The Night
1983, ,
Country
Michael Martin Murphey
The Heart Never Lies
1983, Vinyl CRC, ,
Country
Mickey Gilley
You've Really Got A Hold On Me
1983
Jack Greene
Time After Time
1983, ,
Country
Michael Foster
Michael Foster
1983, ,
Pop Rock
Wilma Burgess
Could I Have This Dance?
1982, LP, 51 West Records & Tapes,
Red Simpson
Ramblin Road
1982, LP, Album, Sea Shell Records, 51 West Records & Tapes
Ferlin Husky
What Are We Doin' Lonesome
1982, LP, 51 West Records & Tapes, ,
Country
Feeling Free, Music Men (3) & Kyohka
ミッキー・マウス・ディスコ (日本語版)
1982, 7", Disneyland, ,
Disco/Novelty
Ricky Skaggs
Highways & Heartaches
1982
Sam & Dave
Soul Study Volume 1
1982
Gary Morris
Gary Morris
1982, ,
Country
Sam & Dave
Soul Study Volume 2
1982
Timi Yuro
I'm Yours
1982, ,
Soft Rock/Vocal
Oak Ridge Boys*
Christmas Is Paintin' The Town
1982, ,
Country/Holiday
Diana Warwick
Spoiled Like A Baby
1982, Vinyl, ,
Soul
Jonas Fjeld
Living For The Weekend
1982, ,
Country Rock
Mary Wells
Easy Touch
1982
Mickey Gilley
Put Your Dreams Away
1982, ,
Country
Lou Christie
Lou Christie Does Detroit!
1982
Mickey Mouse*
Pato Macho
1981, 7", Single, Disneyland
Donnie & Scheree Sanders
When The Time Is Right
1981, LP, Loud Cry, ,
Religious/Soul
Janie Fricke
Sleeping With Your Memory
1981
John Conlee
With Love
1981
Johnny Lee
Bet Your Heart On Me
1981
Ricky Skaggs
Waitin' For The Sun To Shine
1981
Mickey Gilley
You Don't Know Me
1981, Vinyl Pitman Pressing, ,
Country
Timi Yuro
All Alone Am I
1981
Mickey Gilley
Lonely Nights
1981
Bobby Bare
As Is
1981, ,
Country
Johnny Lee
Lookin' For Love
1980, ,
Country
Janie Fricke
I'll Need Someone To Hold Me When I Cry
1980
Mel Tillis
Southern Rain
1980, ,
Country
Con Hunley
I Don't Want To Lose You
1980
Mickey Gilley
That's All That Matters To Me
1980, ,
Country
Riders In The Sky
Three On The Trail
1980
Various
Coast To Coast (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1980, Vinyl, ,
Soundtrack/Country/Pop Rock
Rafe VanHoy*
Prisoner Of The Sky
1980, ,
Country/Soft Rock
Billy Edd Wheeler
Wild Mountain Flowers
1979, LP, Album, Flying Fish (2), ,
Folk
Various
In The Good Old Summertime
1979, LP, gat, National Geographic Society
Unknown Artist
Mickey Mouse Disco
1979, Cass, Album, Disneyland
Bill Woody
Organized Noise
1979,
The Moonlight Ragtime Band
Moonlight Ragtime
1979
Various
Mickey Mouse Disco
1979
John Conlee
Forever
1979, ,
Country
Various
Mickey Mouse Disco
1979
Burl Ives
We Americans: A Musical Journey With Burl Ives
1978, LP, Album, National Geographic, ,
Folk
Various
Nashville, It's What America Is All About!
1978, LP, Album, Promo, 3M
Ruby Winters
I Will
1978, ,
Soul/Funk
Unknown Artist
A Song Of The Cumberland Gap In The Days Of Daniel Boone
1978, ,
Folk
Carl Thinman
Carl Sings
1977, LP, Album, Guinness Records, ,
Psychedelic Rock/Folk Rock
Jade Stone & Luv
Mosaics Pieces Of Stone
1977, ,
Psychedelic Rock
Freddie Waters
Just Enough To Get Me Cool
1977
Jade Stone & Luv
Waiting For The Rain / Backroads Of My Kind
1977
Patrick Norman
Textures
1976, LP, RCA Victor
Jade Stone & Luv
Grab Hold
1976, ,
Pop Rock
Chrystian
Made In USA
1976, ,
Country Rock/Soul
Tracy Nelson / Mother Earth
Poor Man's Paradise
1973, ,
Folk Rock/Blues Rock
Bobby Bridger
Merging Of Our Minds
1972, LP, Album, RCA Victor
Fat Back
Take Your Time / What Do You Want From Me
1972
Billy Troy
Isn't It Lonely Together
1971, 7", Single, Mono, Promo, Barnaby Records, ,
Country
Nelson Truehart
Morning In My Lai
1971, 7", Promo, MGM Records
Tommy Sears
Soul City / Get Out
1969
Billy Gee
The Name Of The Bag
1967, 7", Mono, Joye Records, ,
Soul
Billy Edd Wheeler
Gee-Haw Whimmy Diddle And Other Songs Folk And Original - Southern Mountain Tales
LP, Southern Highland Handicraft Guild
Unknown Artist
Mickey Mouse Club Opening March
7", Buena Vista Records
Brewster E. Banks
Brewster
LP, Not On Label
Tammy Phillips
Fields Of Love
CD, Not On Label (Tammy Phillips Self-released)
Unknown Artist
Mickey Mouse Disco
Cass, Album, Dol, Disneyland
Homburgs
There's A Little Old Church
LP, Not On Label (Homburgs Self-released)
Terry Joe Terrell
I'd Really Like To Know
CD, Album, Laurelwood Entertainment
Marie Osmond
I Only Wanted You
Country
Sons Of The San Joaquin
Songs Of The Silver Screen
,
Country
Marie Osmond
All In Love
CD, ,
Country
Santa's Angels
Christmas Disco Album
Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood
Gunslinger / Christmas Together
2x CD, ,
Country
The McCain Brothers
Three Little Words
Various
Winter In New England
2006, 2xCD, Album, Comp, Genius Entertainment