CMHOFM To Feature Dennis Morgan In ‘Poets and Prophets’ Series

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The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will feature songwriter Dennis Morgan in the next installment of its “Poets and Prophets” interview series July 26 at 2:30 p.m. in the museum’s Ford Theater.

Morgan has been a songwriter for more than 40 years, and his catalog includes more than 20 No. 1 singles, with songs topping the charts globally in multiple genres. Morgan found early success as a session guitarist and jingle writer, penning national campaigns for Kentucky Fried Chicken, Opryland, Rubbermaid and “Pull for America,” a 1976 U.S. bicentennial campaign featuring William Shatner.

In 1978, Morgan and fellow songwriter Kye Fleming forged a partnership that led to pop-country hits for Barbara Mandrell (“Crackers,” “I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool,” “Sleeping Single in a Double Bed”), Ronnie Milsap (“I Wouldn’t Have Missed It for the World,” “She Keeps the Home Fires Burning,” “Smoky Mountain Rain”), Sylvia (“Nobody,” “Snapshot”), Steve Wariner (“All Roads Lead to You”) and many others.

The interview will be moderated by Museum Writer-Editor Allison Moorer and will be accompanied by photos, film and recordings. Tickets can be reserved here.

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