American musician
John Lee Christopher Jr. [1] (born 1943 in Atlanta, Georgia [2] [3] ) is an American singer,[4] guitarist, session musician and songwriter .
YouTube Encyclopedic
Johnny Christopher, Mark James and Wayne Carson - Always on My Mind (Live)
Chris & Johnny (aka Storyhill): She Holds My Heart Out In The Wind, Live at the Grand 1993
Johnny Lad--Sarah McQuaid
Music career
Christopher's singles[4] included "(She's A) Girl Of Many Colors / The Teacher And The Pet" (1969) and "Love Stuff" (1972).
As a songwriter, he wrote "Mama Liked the Roses " for Elvis Presley and co-wrote "Always on My Mind " with Mark James and Wayne Carson , a song first released by Gwen McCrae in 1972. Brenda Lee and Elvis Presley also recorded and released the song in 1972. The song has been covered by several well-known artists including John Wesley Ryles and the Pet Shop Boys . For Willie Nelson 's 1982 cover, Christopher, James, and Carson won Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and Best Country Song , 10 years after its original release.[5] [6]
Christopher also co-wrote the 1974 song "If You Talk in Your Sleep " for Elvis Presley with Red West .
As of 2014, he is no longer in the music industry.[3]
References
1958−1979 1980−1999 2000−2019
"Beautiful Day " – Adam Clayton , David Evans , Laurence Mullen & Paul Hewson (songwriters) (2000)
"Fallin' " – Alicia Keys (songwriter) (2001)
"Don't Know Why " – Jesse Harris (songwriter) (2002)
"Dance with My Father " – Richard Marx & Luther Vandross (songwriters) (2003)
"Daughters " – John Mayer (songwriter) (2004)
"Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own " – Adam Clayton , David Evans , Laurence Mullen & Paul Hewson (songwriters) (2005)
"Not Ready to Make Nice " – Emily Burns Erwin , Martha Maguire , Natalie Maines Pasdar & Dan Wilson (songwriters) (2006)
"Rehab " – Amy Winehouse (songwriter) (2007)
"Viva la Vida " – Guy Berryman , Jonathan Buckland , William Champion & Christopher Martin (songwriters) (2008)
"Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) " – Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell , Beyoncé Knowles , Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart (songwriters) (2009)
"Need You Now " – Dave Haywood , Josh Kear , Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott (songwriters) (2010)
"Rolling in the Deep " – Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth (songwriters) (2011)
"We Are Young " – Jack Antonoff , Jeff Bhasker , Andrew Dost & Nate Ruess (songwriters) (2012)
"Royals " – Joel Little & Ella Yelich O'Connor (songwriters) (2013)
"Stay with Me " (Darkchild version) – James Napier , William Phillips & Sam Smith (songwriters) (2014)
"Thinking Out Loud " – Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge (songwriters) (2015)
"Hello " – Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin (songwriters) (2016)
"That's What I Like " – Christopher Brody Brown , James Fauntleroy , Philip Lawrence , Bruno Mars , Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip (songwriters) (2017)
"This Is America " – Donald Glover , Ludwig Göransson & Jeffery Lamar Williams (songwriters) (2018)
"Bad Guy " – Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell (songwriters) (2019)
2020−present
1967−1970 1971-1980 1981-1990 1991-2000 2001-2010
"Murder on Music Row " - Larry Cordle , Larry Shell (2001)
"Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning) " - Alan Jackson (2002)
"Three Wooden Crosses " - Doug Johnson , Kim Williams (2003)
"Live Like You Were Dying " - Tim Nichols , Craig Wiseman (2004)
"Whiskey Lullaby " - Bill Anderson , Jon Randall (2005)
"Believe " - Ronnie Dunn , Craig Wiseman (2006)
"Give It Away " - Bill Anderson , Buddy Cannon , Jamey Johnson (2007)
"Stay " - Jennifer Nettles (2008)
"In Color " - Jamey Johnson , Lee Thomas Miller , James Otto (2009)
"The House That Built Me " - Tom Douglas , Allen Shamblin (2010)
2011-2020
"If I Die Young " - Kimberly Perry (2011)
"Over You " - Miranda Lambert , Blake Shelton (2012)
"I Drive Your Truck " - Jessi Alexander , Connie Harrington, Jimmy Yeary (2013)
"Follow Your Arrow " - Brandy Clark , Shane McAnally , Kacey Musgraves (2014)
"Girl Crush " - Hillary Lindsey , Lori McKenna , Liz Rose (2015)
"Humble and Kind " - Lori McKenna (2016)
"Better Man " - Taylor Swift (2017)
"Broken Halos " - Mike Henderson , Chris Stapleton (2018)
"Beautiful Crazy " - Luke Combs , Wyatt Durrette , Robert Williford (2019)
2021-2030
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