In recognizing David Lee Murphy on his birthday today, (he turns 50), we also recognize a major ASCAP award he was recently given. He became a part of the ASCAP Silver Circle of writers who have been with the organization for 25 years or more.Murphy's four albums have produced a total of thirteen singles on the country charts, including the Number One hit "Dust on the Bottle" from 1995 and four more Top Ten hits
While David Lee Murphy hasn't had a record released since 2004's Tryin To Get There, he has found continued success as a songwriter, most notably recently as a co-writer on Kenny Chesney's Number One single "Living in Fast Forward", Gary Allan's "A Feelin' Like That" (co-written by Ira Dean, then a member of Trick Pony, Van Zant's "Goes Down Easy", and Blake Shelton's "The More I Drink". 2008 saw the release of Keith Anderson's "Somebody Needs a Hug" and the Eli Young Band's "Always the Love Songs", two more songs co-written by Murphy.
You can watch/listen to his big #1 smash, "Dust On The Bottle" here:
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