Harley Allen

BMI Songwriter of the Year 2005 - Harley Allen

BMI saluted the top country music songwriters, artists and publishers at its 2005 Country Awards, staged October 18 at the performing rights organization's Music Row offices. The black-tie ceremony was hosted by Del Bryant, BMI President and CEO, and Paul Corbin, Vice President of Writer/Publisher Relations, Nashville, who presented Certificates of Achievement to the writers and publishers of the 50 most performed country songs in the BMI repertoire. Allen's recent credits include Darryl Worley's "Awful, Beautiful Life," Joe Nichols' "If Nobody Believed in You" and Dierks Bentley's "My Last Name."

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HARLEY ALLEN WINS HIS 3rd
GRAMMY AWARD!
The 46th Annual Grammy Awards have been announced and Harley Allen wins! Livin', Lovin', Losin' - Songs Of The Louvin Brothers has won a Grammy Award for BEST COUNTRY ALBUM. Harley and Deirks Bentley contributed their vocals to the project on the song "I don't believe you've met my baby".


AWFUL, BEAUTIFUL LIFE #1 - Billboard (01/22/2005) On the charts for 29 weeks! Written By: Harley Allen and Darryl Worley (www.darrylworley.com) Please call your Country Station and Thank your them for playing "Awful, Beautiful Life". AWFULLY BEAUTIFUL #1... Harley Allen and Darryl Worley are living that "awful beautiful life" at the top of the charts this week with "Awful, Beautiful Life." The debut single from Worley's new self-titled album holds the #1 spot on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks Chart as well as the #1 spot on R&R's Country Top 50 Chart. Darryl says the tune came out of a writing session early last year with Harley Allen, who already had the chorus written. Darryl says he immediately identified with it. "I thought, 'God that's me straight out, that's everything I'm about, the ups and downs, the dark and the light in the day-of-a-life-of....' So I said to him, 'We could write this like a day in my life, because I'm a real guy and my family, we're all nuts and you could spend a day with us and go through so many emotions you wouldn't know what to do when it's over, so that's how we wrote it, it's just real what real people do, and I think the backbone of this country are people that can relate to this," Darryl explains.	WATCH THE "AWFUL BEAUTIFUL LIFE" VIDEO RIGHT NOW!! "AWFUL BEAUTIFUL LIFE" A new window will open, it will take you to http://www.cmt.com/artists/ az/worley_darryl/artist.jhtml scroll down to videos. Click Awful Beautiful Life (full length)

If Nobody Believed In You Performed by: Joe Nichols Written by: Harley Allen A TOP TEN for Harley Allen!! (10/22/2004) Reached #10 on Billboard What a powerful song this is. If you haven't heard it yet, I strongly suggest you watch the video below or call your country radio station right now! WATCH the VIDEO "If Nobody Believed In You" A new window will open You will be taken to Launch by Yahoo. High Speed Access Recommended!

I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby Performed by: Harley Allen & Dierks Bentley The 3rd Grammy for Harley Allen Harley took home his 3rd Grammy when "LIVIN' LOVIN' LOSIN'" won the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Country Album. Listen to a clip of "I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby".

My Last Name ANOTHER TOP 20 SINGLE FOR HARLEY ALLEN #16 - Radio & Records National Airplay© #17 - Billboard (APRIL 2004) MY LAST NAME was on the charts 28 weeks!! You can still call your Country Station and REQUEST "My Last Name".

Tough Little Boys Performed by: Gary Allan Written By: Harley Allen & Don Sampson Another #1 For Harley Allen The aching torch ballad “Tough Little Boys,” could be Gary Allan’s biggest hit yet. He recently introduced “Tough Little Boys” into his live shows and was stunned by the instant response it evoked. It’s a song that comes straight from the heart to his audience. “Kids can bring you to your knees no matter how tough you are,” says the veteran singer. WATCH the VIDEO "TOUGH LITTLE BOYS" A new window will open You will be taken to Launch by Yahoo.

The Baby Performed by: Blake Shelton Written by: Harley Allen & Michael White THE BABY GOES #1 APRIL 21, 2003 4 weeks at #1 Shelton's own story is taking a dramatic turn because of his latest single, a life-journey song called The Baby. It follows a mother/son relationship from beginning to end, and by being specific and universal, it makes the most of its heart-tugging sentiment. It is, in short, pure country, and Shelton says he knew the minute he heard it that it needed to be recorded and released. There was never any debate inside the label, he reports. The song looked like a home run. WATCH the VIDEO "The Baby" (a new window will open You will be taken to Launch by Yahoo. Click the WATCH button by the title. High Speed Access Recommended!)