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Occupation(s)
  
Songwriter

Name
  
Rivers Rutherford

Years active
  
1996–present

Genres
  
Country

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Birth name
  
Melvern Rivers Rutherford II

Born
  
June 17, 1967 (age 56) (
1967-06-17
)

Origin
  
Germantown, Tennessee, USA

Website
  
www.riversrutherford.com

Role
  
Songwriter · riversrutherford.com

Books
  
When I Get Where I'm Going: On the Far Side of the Sky

Nominations
  
Grammy Award for Best Country Song

Similar People
  
Brad Paisley, Bob DiPiero, Tom Shapiro, Dolly Parton, Dave Berg

SongTown Behind the Hits: The Highwaymen's "American Remains" - Songwriter Rivers Rutherford


Melvern Rivers Rutherford II is an American country music songwriter. Has been writing country songs since the mid-1990s as a songwriter, he has written several number one country hits, including "Ain't Nothing 'bout You" by Brooks & Dunn, which was the Number One country song of 2001 according to Billboard. Among the other Number Ones that he has composed are "If You Ever Stop Loving Me" by Montgomery Gentry, "When I Get Where I'm Going" by Brad Paisley and Dolly Parton, "Real Good Man" by Tim McGraw, "Living in Fast Forward" by Kenny Chesney, "Ladies Love Country Boys" by Trace Adkins, and "These Are My People" by Rodney Atkins. He has also released a solo CD called Just Another Coaster.

Contents

Singles

Top 40 country singles co-written by Rivers Rutherford:

  • Trace Adkins – "Ladies Love Country Boys"
  • Gary Allan – "Man of Me"
  • Gary Allan – "Smoke Rings in the Dark"
  • Rodney Atkins – "These Are My People", "Cleaning This Gun (Come On In Boy)"
  • Brooks & Dunn – "Ain't Nothing 'bout You"
  • Tracy Byrd with Mark Chesnutt – "A Good Way to Get on My Bad Side"
  • Jason Michael Carroll – "I Can Sleep When I'm Dead"
  • Kenny Chesney – "Living in Fast Forward"
  • Terri Clark – "Dirty Girl"
  • Clay Davidson – "Unconditional"
  • Cole Deggs & the Lonesome – "I Got More"
  • Emerson Drive – "Belongs to You"
  • Josh Gracin – "I Want to Live"
  • Andy Griggs – "Tonight I Wanna Be Your Man"
  • Faith Hill – "When the Lights Go Down"
  • JT Hodges – "Hunt You Down"
  • Jamey Johnson – "Heartache"
  • Toby Keith – "Bullets in the Gun"
  • Tracy Lawrence – "It's All How You Look at It"
  • Tim McGraw – "Real Good Man"
  • Montgomery Gentry – "If You Ever Stop Loving Me", "She Don't Tell Me To"
  • Brad Paisley (with Dolly Parton) – "When I Get Where I'm Going"
  • Blake Shelton – "Heavy Liftin'"
  • Clay Walker – "Jesus Was a Country Boy"
  • Chuck Wicks – "Stealing Cinderella"
  • Gretchen Wilson – "Homewrecker", "One of the Boys"
  • Chely Wright – "Shut Up and Drive"

    • References

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