Billy Sherrill

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American prolific songwriter and producer, as well as arranger and sound engineer. Cousin of [a1187206]

[b]Engineer credits after 1972 are more likely [a3651697].[/b]*

Born on Nov. 5, 1936 in Phil Campbell, Alabama - died on Aug. 4, 2015 in Nashville, Tennessee.

He is most famous for his association with a number of country artists, especially [a=Tammy Wynette], [a=Charlie Rich] and [a=George Jones (2)].

In 1962, he was hired by Sam Phillips to oversee Memphis-based Sun Records’ studio ([url=https://www.discogs.com/label/788162]Sam Phillips Studio[/url]) in Nashville. When Sun went bankrupt the following year, he found work as an in-house producer for Epic Records, a subsidiary of Columbia, regularly producing at [l=Columbia Recording Studios, Nashville]. He left Columbia in 1985 to become an independent producer.

Sherrill co-wrote with Wynette her most famous hit, "Stand By Your Man" and he won a Grammy Award in 1975 for Best Country Song for Rich's version of the song "A Very Special Love Song".

*[b]Note[/b]: please, be very careful when credit this profile or [a3651697]; due to - coincidentally - same Nashville area, same time period (1972+). Billy Sherrill worked as sound engineer until 1964 at [l788162] (rarely after this date) when he turned to a producer role (the majority of his career). While [a3651697] started to work in very early of 1970s at [l=the sound shop] / [l=Jack Clement Recording studios], then [l=sound emporium] and spent the majority of his career as sound engineer (very rarely as producer).