Name Scott Hendricks | Years active 1978-present | |
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Born July 26, 1956 (age 67) ( 1956-07-26 ) Role Record producer · scotthendricks.info Awards Country Music Association Award for Album of the Year Similar People | ||
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Scott Hendricks (born July 26, 1956) is an American record producer who has worked with several country music artists. He has produced over 94 Top 10s, and 54 Number One hits. Between 1995 and 1997, he was also the president and chief executive officer of Capitol Records Nashville. He now resides at Warner Music Nashville as their senior Vice President of A&R. Acts for whom Hendricks has produced include John Michael Montgomery, Restless Heart, Brooks & Dunn, Trace Adkins and Faith Hill. He has two kids named Keely and Shaye.
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- Scott hendricks talk who knew 7 22 15
- The Producers Chair Episode 01 Scott Hendricks
- Biography
- References
The Producer's Chair - Episode 01 - Scott Hendricks
Biography
Scott Hendricks was born in Clinton, Oklahoma. While attending Oklahoma State University, Hendricks met Tim DuBois (who would later become president of Arista Nashville) and Greg Jennings (who would later become a member of the band Restless Heart). Hendricks moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1978, first working as an engineer in a studio owned by Tompall & the Glaser Brothers. His first work as a producer came in 1985, when he and DuBois co-produced Restless Heart's debut album. From there, he continued producing for several other artists, including Alan Jackson, Brooks and Dunn, Trace Adkins, Faith Hill, John Michael Montgomery, Steve Wariner, Suzy Bogguss and Blake Shelton. During the 1990s, Hendricks co-produced over 30 Number One country hits.
Hendricks and Faith Hill were engaged in February 1995. Hill broke off the engagement in 1996 when she began a relationship with Tim McGraw, whom she married that same year.
By 1996, Hendricks had become the president and CEO of Capitol Records Nashville. There, he worked as a producer for several other country music acts on that label, including Trace Adkins and River Road.
Hendricks exited Capitol in 1997, and later took over as president of Virgin Records' Nashville division from its establishment in 1998 until its dissolution in 2001. Since then, he has returned to his work as a producer. In 2007, Hendricks joined Warner Music Nashville as the senior Vice President of A&R at Warner Music Nashville.
In addition to his A&R duties at Warner Bros., Hendricks’ producing efforts have been instrumental in Blake Shelton’s ascent from mid-level act to bona fide star with six No. 1 singles, including “Hillbilly Bone,” a duet with Trace Adkins which won an ACM Award for Best Collaboration in 2011.
To date, Hendricks has produced a staggering 94 Top 10 hits, with 54 of those hits going all the way to No. 1. In all, he’s spent 83 weeks— over a year and a half—at the top of the chart. The stat that he is most proud of is that he has taken 15 different artists to the top 10, and 10 of who have reached No. 1.
Hendricks rarely contemplates those successes and prefers the credit to go to the artists and songwriters. Nevertheless Music Row insiders and avid readers of liner notes know him well for his participation in a long line of hits, from Restless Heart’s wedding classic “I’ll Still Be Loving You” to the recent Blake Shelton No. 1 hit “God Gave Me You.”