Dennis Morgan
Grammy award-winner Dennis Morgan blurred conventional lines separating creative and business spheres, achieving remarkable successes on both sides of the desk. As a songwriter, the Minnesota natives enduring compositions span generations and genres: His catalog includes the Grammy award-winning I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) by Aretha Franklin and George Michael; career songs for Barbara Mandrell including Sleeping Single in a Double Bed and I Was Country When Country Wasnt Cool; Ronnie Milsaps Smoky Mountain Rain, I Wouldnt Have Missed it for the World and She Keeps the Home Fires Burning; and hits for Joe Cocker, Fleetwood Mac, Sylvia, Steve Wariner, Neil Diamond, Faith Hill, Vince Gill, Eric Clapton and many more.
When he applied his hit-making savvy to his publishing venture, Morgan Music Group, Inc., the results were staggering: Songs published by Morgan include The Dance, by Garth Brooks; Here I Am, by Patty Loveless; Fallin Out of Love, by Reba McEntire and the crossover smash I Swear, recorded by both country star John Michael Montgomery and pop quartet All-4-One. With more than 50 BMI Pop and Country Awards to his name, Morgan is a four-time BMI Country and two-time BMI Pop Songwriter of the Year. The Nashville Songwriters Association International honored Morgan with the coveted Songwriter of the Year title in 1981 and 1982, and their sister organization, the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, welcomed him in 2004.
