Billy Sherrill

American prolific songwriter and producer, as well as arranger and sound engineer.
Engineer credits after 1972 are more likely Billy Sherrill (2).*

Born on Nov. 5, 1936 in Phil Campbell, Alabama - died on Aug. 4, 2015 in Nashville, Tennessee.
He is most famous for his association with a number of country artists, especially Tammy Wynette, Charlie Rich and George Jones (2).

In 1962, he was hired by Sam Phillips to oversee Memphis-based Sun Records’ studio (Sam Phillips Studio) in Nashville. When Sun went bankrupt the following year, he found work as an in-house producer for Epic Records, a subsidiary of Columbia, regularly producing at Columbia Recording Studios, Nashville. He left Columbia in 1985 to become an independent producer.

Sherrill co-wrote with Wynette her most famous hit, "Stand By Your Man" and he won a Grammy Award in 1975 for Best Country Song for Rich's version of the song "A Very Special Love Song".

*Note: please, be very careful when credit this profile or Billy Sherrill (2); due to - coincidentally - same Nashville area, same time period (1972+). Billy Sherrill worked as sound engineer until 1964 at Sam Phillips Studio, Nashville (rarely after this date) when he turned to a producer role (the majority of his career). While Billy Sherrill (2) started to work in very early of 1970s at The Sound Shop / Jack Clement Recording Studios, then Sound Emporium and spent the majority of his career as sound engineer (very rarely as producer).