Dallas Davidson
Davidson moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 2004 and joined Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) for performing rights representation and signed a publishing deal with Big Borassa Music, which lasted until 2008.[2] Davidson signed with EMI Music Publishing Nashville in 2008 and extended his contract with them in 2012.[3]
Davidson received the 2012 ACM Songwriter of the Year; a 2012 ACM nominee for Song of the Year (for "Just a Kiss"); the 2011 BMI Country Awards’ Songwriter of the Year together with Rhett Akins. He is also a recipient of three CMA Triple Play Awards, one in 2010 and two in 2011; this award is given to songwriters who write three number-one singles in a one-year span. Davidson is the Chairman of the Georgia Music Foundation.[14] In 2015 he launched his own publishing company, Play It Again.[15]
| Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trace Adkins | Songs About Me (2005) | "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" | Randy Houser, Jamey Johnson |
| Proud to Be Here (2011) | "Always Gonna Be That Way" | Chris Tompkins | |
| Jason Aldean | Old Boots, New Dirt (2014) | "Tonight Looks Good on You" | Rhett Akins, Ashley Gorley |
| They Don't Know (2016) | "Comin' In Hot" | Ashley Gorley Rodney Clawson | |
| Clayton Anderson | Torn Jeans & Tailgates | "Y'all Can Have This Town" | Brian Kolb |
| "Shotgun Rider" | Rhett Akins, Keith Anderson, Ben Hayslip | ||
| Keith Anderson | C'mon (2008) | "C'mon" | Keith Andesron |
| Jessica Andrews | — | "The Clown" (2014) | Hillary Lindsey, James T. Slater |
| Rodney Atkins | It's America (2009) | "Friends with Tractor" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip |
| Frankie Ballard | Frankie Ballard (2011) | "A Buncha Girls" | Frankie Ballard, Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip |
| "Place to Lay Your Head" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip | ||
| "Tell Me You Get Lonely" | Marty Dodson | ||
| "Sober Me Up" (also on Sunshine & Whiskey) | Ashley Gorley | ||
| Sunshine & Whiskey (2014) | "Tell Me You Get Lonely" | Marty Dodson | |
| Lee Brice | I Don't Dance (2014) | "I Don't Dance" | Lee Brice, Rob Hatch |
| Catherine Britt | — | "Dirt Cheap" | Luke Bryan, Hillary Lindsey |
| Brooks & Dunn | Cowboy Town (2007) | "Put a Girl in It" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip |
| Kix Brooks | New to This Town (2012) | "Bring It One Home" | Kix Brooks, Rhett Akins |
| "In the Right Place" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip | ||
| Luke Bryan | Doin' My Thing (2009) | "Rain is a Good Thing" | Luke Bryan |
| "Doin' My Thing" | Rhett Akin, Ben Hayslip | ||
| Tailgates & Tanlines (2011) | "Country Girl (Shake It for Me)" | Luke Bryan | |
| "I Don't Want This Night to End" | Luke Bryan, Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip | ||
| Spring Break...Here to Party (2013) | "Suntan City" | Luke Bryan, Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip | |
| "Sorority Girl" | Luke Bryan, Jim McCormick | ||
| Crash My Party (2013) | "That's My Kind of Night" | Chris DeStefano, Ashley Gorley | |
| "We Run This Town" | Ashley Gorley, Kelley Lovelace | ||
| "Play It Again" | Ashley Gorley | ||
| "Dirt Road Diary" | Luke Bryan, Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip | ||
| Spring Break...Checkin' Out (2015) | "Checkin' Out" | Luke Bryan, Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip | |
| "You and the Beach" | Luke Bryan, Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip | ||
| Kill the Lights (2015) | "Kick the Dust Up" | Chris DeStefano, Ashley Gorley | |
| "Huntin', Fishin' and Lovin' Every Day" | Luke Bryan, Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip | ||
| "Buddies" | Luke Bryan | ||
| Weston Burt | Lucky Sometimes (2013) | "Lucky Sometimes" | Ben Hayslip, Charles Kelley |
| Chris Cagle | My Life's Been a Country Song (2008) | "Little Sundress" | Rhett Akins |
| Craig Campbell | Never Regret (2013) | "Keep Them Kisses Comin'" | Ben Hayslip |
| Sabrina Carpenter | Singular: Act I (2018) | "Diamonds are Forever" | Sabrina Carpenter, Johan Carlsson, Ross Golan |
| Jason Michael Carroll | Numbers (2011) | "Meet Me in the Barn" | Jason Michael Carroll, Patrick Davis |
| Billy Currington | Little Bit of Everything (2008) | "That's How Country Boys Roll" | Billy Currington, B. Jones |
| Enjoy Yourself (2010) | "All Day Long" | Frankie Ballard, Ben Hayslip | |
| Eric Durrance | — | "Angels Fly Away" | |
| Ronnie Dunn | Ronnie Dunn (2011) | "Let the Cowboy Rock" | Ronnie Dunn |
| Tyler Farr | Redneck Crazy (2013) | "Hot Mess" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip |
| Suffer in Peace (2015) | "Criminal" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip | |
| "Poor Boy" | Tyler Farr, Rhett Akins, Ashley Gorley | ||
| "Why We Live Here" | Tyler Farr, Houston Phillips | ||
| Florida Georgia Line | Anything Goes (2014) | "Smile" | Chris DeStefano, Ashley Gorley |
| Colt Ford | Every Chance I Get (2011) | "Skirts and Boots" (with Frankie Ballard) | James T. Slater, Jimmy Yeary |
| "Country Thang" (with Eric Church) | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip | ||
| "Overworked & Overpaid" (with Charlie Daniels) | |||
| Kevin Fowler | Chippin' Away (2011) | "Here's to Me and You" | Ben Fowler, Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip |
| Brantley Gilbert | Halfway to Heaven (2010) | "Back in the Day" | Brantley Gilbert, Ben Hayslip |
| Just as I Am (2014) | "Small Town Throwdown" (featuring Justin Moore & Thomas Rhett) | Brantley Gilbert, Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip | |
| Josh Gracin | "You Don't Know Her Like I Do" | John Kennedy | |
| Trent Harmon | Single | "Falling" | Keith Urban, Brett James |
| Hunter Hayes | 21 (2015) | "21" | Hunter Hayes, Kelley Lovelace, Ashley Gorley |
| Randy Houser | Anything Goes (2008) | "Back to God" | Randy Houser |
| "My Kind of Country" | Randy Houser | ||
| How Country Feels (2013) | "Runnin' Outta Moonlight" | Ashley Gorley, Kelley Lovelace | |
| "Sunshine on the Line" | Randy Houser | ||
| Fired Up (2016) | "Mine Tonight" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip | |
| "Lucky Me" | Randy Houser, Craig Wiseman | ||
| "Fired Up" | Rob Hatch | ||
| "Gotta Get You Home" | Ashley Gorley, Kelley Lovelace | ||
| "Same Ole Saturday Night" | Ben Hayslip, Martin Johnson | ||
| Houston County | — | "I Can't Make It Rain" (2009) | Ben Hayslip, Adam Hooper, Zack Hooper, John Milldrum |
| Jack Ingram | Big Dreams & High Hopes (2008) | "Barefoot and Crazy" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip |
| Casey James | Casey James (2012) | "So Sweet" | Casey James, Patrick Davis |
| Chris Janson | Take It to the Bank (2014) | "Where My Girls At" | Chris Jansen |
| Jamey Johnson | The Dollar (2006) | "Flying Silver Eagle" | Jamey Johnson |
| "She's All Lady" | Jamey Johnson | ||
| The Guitar Song (2010) | "Good Times Ain't What They Used to Be" | Jamey Johnson, Jim McCormack | |
| Jewel | Sweet and Wild (2010) | "Stay Here Forever" | Jewel, Bobby Pinson |
| Picking Up the Pieces (2015) | "The Shape of You" | Jewel, David Lee Murphy | |
| Lady Antebellum | Own the Night (2011) | "We Owned the Night" | Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood |
| "Just a Kiss" | Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood | ||
| Tracy Lawrence | "Footprints on the Moon" | ||
| Aaron Lewis | The Road (2013) | "Granddaddy's Gun" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip, Bobby Pinson |
| Justin McBride | Don't Let Go (2007) | "Tough" | |
| Love and Theft | — | "Night That You'll Never Forget" (2014) | Ashley Gorley |
| Tim McGraw | "Louisiana" | ||
| Emotional Traffic (2012) | "Touchdown Jesus" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip | |
| Neal McCoy | XII (2012) | "Real Good Feel Good" | Jimmy Ritchy, Sam Hunt |
| "Shotgun Rider" | Keith Anderson, Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip | ||
| Montgomery Gentry | Rebels on the Run (2011) | "Where I Come From" | Rodney Clawson |
| Justin Moore | Justin Moore (2009) | "The Only Place That I Call Home" | Justin Moore, Jeremy Stover |
| Outlaws Like Me | "If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away" | Rob Hatch, Brett Jones" (2011) | |
| Craig Morgan | This Ole Boy (2012) | "This Ole Boy" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip |
| Joe Nichols | Real Things (2007) | "She's All Lady" | Jamey Johnson |
| Old Things New (2009) | "Gimmie That Girl" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip | |
| 'The Shape I'm In" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip | ||
| It's All Good (2011) | "Take It Off" | Ashley Gorley, Kelley Lovelace | |
| "The More I Look" | Rodney Clawson, Jim Beavers | ||
| "This Ole Boy" | Rhett Aksin, Ben Hayslip | ||
| Crickets (2013) | "Smile on Mine" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip | |
| "Open Up a Can" | Ashley Gorley, Kelley Lovelace | ||
| Jerrod Niemann | Yellow Brick Road (2007) | "I Love Women My Momma Can't Stand" | Rhett Akins |
| Judge Jerrod & the Hung Jury (2010) | "They Should Have Named You Cocaine" | Jerrod Niemann, Jamey Johnson | |
| Jake Owen | Easy Does It (2009) | "Nothin' Grows in Shadows" | Rhett Akins, Doug Johnson |
| Barefoot Blue Jean Night (2011) | "The One That Got Away" | Jake Owen, Jimmy Ritchy | |
| Days of Gold (2013) | "Life of the Party" | Chris DeStefano, Ashley Gorley | |
| "Good Timing" | Ashley Gorley, Zach Crowell | ||
| American Love (2016) | "You Ain't Going Nowhere" | Ross Copperman, Ashley Gorley | |
| Brad Paisley | Play (2008) | "Start a Band" (with Keith Urban) | Ashley Gorley, Kelley Lovelace |
| Rascal Flatts | Changed (2012) | "Hot in Here" | Ashley Gorley, Kelley Lovelace |
| Ashley Ray | Single | "Dirt Cheap" (featuring Mike Eli) | Luke Bryan, Hillary Lindsey |
| Chase Rice | Ignite the Night (2014) | "Do It Like This" | Chris DeStefano, Ashley Gorley |
| The Robertsons | Duck the Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas (2013) | "Ragin' Chajun Redneck Christmas" | Willie Robertson |
| Darius Rucker | True Believers (20130 | "Heartbreak Road" | Darius Rucker, Rhett Akins |
| Blake Shelton | Startin' Fires (2008) | "Country Strong" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip |
| "Home Sweet Home" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip | ||
| Hillbilly Bone (2010) | "Kiss My Country Ass" | Rhett Akins, Jon Stone | |
| All About Tonight (2010) | "All About Tonight" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip | |
| Red River Blue (2011) | "Good Ol' Boys" | ||
| Based on a True Story... (2013) | "Boys 'Round Here" | Rhett Akins, Craig Wiseman | |
| "Granddaddy's Gun" | Rhett Akins, Bobby Pinson | ||
| If I'm Honest (2016) | "One Night Girl" | Ashley Gorley | |
| Ashton Shepherd | Where Country Grows (2011) | "Keepin' It Rural" | Ben Hayslip, Jimmy Yeary |
| Tate Stevens | Tate Stevens (2013) | "That's How You Get the Girl" | Ben Hayslip, Rivers Rutherford |
| Josh Thompson | Way Out Here (2010) | "I Won't Go Crazy" | Josh Thompson |
| Josh Turner | Haywire (2010) | "All Over Me" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip |
| Andy Velo | Blue Collar Crusie | "Meet Me in the Barn" | Patrick Davis, Jason Michael Carroll |
| Jared Wade | Drunk on Sunshine (2013) | "Drunk on Sunshine" | Ashley Gorley, Kelley Lovelace |
| Chad Warrix | Single | "Rain on the Roof" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip |
| Hank Williams, Jr. | Country Strong: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2010) | "Thirsty" | Rhett Akins, Brett Eldredge |
| Gretchen Wilson | I Got Your Country Right Here (2010) | "Blue Collar Done Turn Red" | Gretchen Wilson |
| Jon Wolfe | It All Happen at a Honky Tonk (2013) | "Sweet Little Song and Dance" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip |
| Chris Young | Chris Young (2006) | "I'm Heading Your Way, José" | James T. Slater |