Saluting The Songwriters
#1 Parties honor country music's top charting songwriters and publishers
ASCAP's #1 Parties are a time-honored tradition in Nashville. By bringing together top-charting performers with the writers and publishers behind the hits, the events celebrate the true collaboration that goes into each and every success story. The past few months brought several of country music's biggest names together to celebrate some of the most successful songs of the summer.
#1 PARTIES AND OTHER NOTABLE EVENTS INCLUDED:
- Alan Jackson stopped by the ASCAP Nashville office to celebrate his #1 Hit "Small Town Southern Man."
- Songwriter Trent Willmon and his co-writers Gary Hannan and Phil O'Donnell, along with Montgomery Gentry, celebrated their #1 Song "Back When I Knew It All."
- Rodney Atkins joined Marla Cannon- Goodman and co-writer Casey Beathard in celebrating their recent #1 Hit "Cleaning This Gun (Come On In Boy)."
- Brad Paisley celebrated 10 #1 Songs, 10 Million Records Sold and 10 Years with Arista Nashville.
- Trace Adkins joined songwriters Ashley Gorley and Lee Miller to celebrate the #1 Song "You're Gonna Miss This."
- Jonathan Singleton celebrated his #1 Hit Song "Watching Airplanes" along with artist Gary Allan.
- Carrie Underwood and songwriters Hillary Lindsey and Luke Laird celebrated their #1 song "Last Name."
- ASCAP's John Briggs surprised Keith Anderson backstage at the Grand Ole Opry.
- The successful CMA Songwriters Series played to a standing room only audience at New York's Joe's Pub.
- CMA hosted an artist luncheon at the 2008 Country Radio Seminar.
- Jason Sellers signed with Sony/ATV Music Publishing.
- ASCAP's John Briggs and Mike Sistad stopped by the studio to catch up with Jessica Simpson.
