American country music / pop singer, songwriter and keyboardist.
Born October 24, 1952, Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA.
Died December 2, 2016, Lebanon, Tennessee, USA.
He charted over twenty times on the U.S. country charts as a singer and songwriter and as part of the band Exile. He charted four times as a solo singer, with his top song cracking the country top 10 with Diamond in the Dust, co-written by Sonny LeMaire. He also charted twice as a songwriter with the band Exile, which he was a member of between 1979 and 1982, when the group had country hits.
He charted sixteen times as a songwriter between 1980 and 1987, including three #1's. His #1's included Take Me Down and The Closer You Get by Alabama in 1982-3 as well as Janie Fricke's It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy in 1982.
He also charted twice with duets with Bobbi Lace in 1988 (Song in My Heart & It's Gonna Be Love) and once with Tammy Wynette Sometimes When We Touch (1988, #6).