Ashley Gorley
| Ashley Gorley | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Ashley Glenn Gorley |
| Born | April 29, 1977 |
| Origin | Danville, Kentucky, United States |
| Genres | Country, pop |
| Occupation(s) | Songwriter, producer |
| Instruments | Guitar, piano |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Associated acts | Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood, Darius Rucker, Kenny Chesney, Luke Bryan |
| Website |
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Ashley Glenn Gorley (born April 29, 1977) is an American songwriter, publisher, and producer from Danville, Kentucky who is based out of Nashville, Tennessee. Gorley has written twenty-seven number one singles and has over three hundred songs recorded by well-known artists. Writers for Gorley's publishing venture, Tape Room Music, have celebrated numerous cuts, eight top ten singles, and six number ones so far.[1]
Biography
Gorley was born as Ashley Glenn Gorley on April 29, 1977 in Danville, Kentucky, the son of Glenn and Sandra Gorley (née, Alexander).[2][3][4][5]
Selected discography
| Discography | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with | Notes |
| 2004 | Joe Nichols | Revelation | "I Wish That Wasn't All" | Chris DuBois | |
| 2005 | Jace Everett | Jace Everett | "Everything I Want" | Bryan Simpson, Wade Kirby | |
| George Strait | Somewhere Down in Texas | "If the Whole World Was A Honky Tonk" | Bryan Simpson, Wade Kirby | Platinum | |
| Carrie Underwood | Some Hearts | "Don't Forget to Remember Me" | Morgane Hayes, Kelley Lovelace | No. 1 single, Gold single | |
| 2007 | Jason Aldean | Relentless | "Laughed Until We Cried" | Kelley Lovelace | Top 5 single, Gold single |
| Trace Adkins | American Man: Greatest Hits Volume II | "You're Gonna Miss This" | Lee Thomas Miller | ACM Single of the Year, ASCAP Song of the Year, No. 1 single, Platinum single | |
| Carrie Underwood | Carnival Ride | "All American Girl" | Carrie Underwood, Kelley Lovelace | No. 1 single, Platinum single | |
| 2008 | Billy Currington | Little Bit of Everything | "Walk On" | Wade Kirby, Bryan Simpson | |
| Brad Paisley feat. Keith Urban | Play | "Start a Band" | Dallas Davidson, Kelley Lovelace | No. 1 single | |
| Darius Rucker | Learn to Live | "It Won't Be Like This for Long" | Darius Rucker, Chris DuBois | No. 1 single, Gold single | |
| "Drinkin' and Dialin'" | |||||
| Blake Shelton | Startin' Fires | "This is Gonna Take All Night" | Chris DuBois | ||
| 2009 | Luke Bryan | Doin' My Thing | "I Did It Again" | Luke Bryan, Brent Stenzel | |
| Joe Nichols | Old Things New | "Believers" | Wade Kirby, Bill Luther | Top 30 single | |
| Brad Paisley | American Saturday Night | "American Saturday Night" | Brad Paisley, Chris DuBois | No. 1 single, Gold single | |
| "Then" | Brad Paisley, Chris DuBois | No. 1 single, Gold single | |||
| "Catch All the Fish" | Brad Paisley, Chris DuBois | ||||
| Lee Ann Womack | N/A | "There Is a God" | Chris DuBois | Released as a single | |
| 2010 | Kenny Chesney | Hemingway's Whiskey | "Where I Grew Up" | Kelley Lovelace, Neil Thrasher | |
| Tim McGraw | Emotional Traffic | "Better Than I Used to Be" | Bryan Simpson | Top 5 single, Gold single | |
| Darius Rucker | Charleston, SC 1966 | "Southern State of Mind" | Darius Rucker, Chris DuBois | ||
| 2011 | Lauren Alaina | Wildflower | "Eighteen Inches" | Carrie Underwood, Kelley Lovelace | Single |
| Luke Bryan | Tailgates & Tanlines | "I Know You're Gonna Be There" | Luke Bryan | ||
| Joe Nichols | It's All Good | "Take It Off" | Dallas Davidson, Kelley Lovelace | Top 30 single | |
| Jake Owen | Barefoot Blue Jean Night | "Heaven" | Chris DuBois, Matt Jenkins | ||
| Brad Paisley | This Is Country Music | "Working on a Tan" | Brad Paisley, Kelley Lovelace | ||
| "Love Her Like She's Leaving" feat. Don Henley | Brad Paisley, Chris DuBois | ||||
| "Be the Lake" | Brad Paisley, Chris DuBois | ||||
| Blake Shelton feat. Martina McBride | Red River Blue | "I'm Sorry" | Chris DuBois, Chris Stapleton | ||
| Matthew West | The Heart of Christmas | "One Last Christmas" | Matthew West | Single | |
| Chris Young | Neon | "Lost" | Chris Young, Chris Dubois | ||
| 2012 | Easton Corbin | All Over the Road | "Dance Real Slow" | Carson Chamberlain, Wade Kirby | |
| "All Over the Road" | Carson Chamberlain, Wade Kirby | Top 5 single | |||
| Florida Georgia Line | Here's to the Good Times… This is How We Roll | "Take It Out on Me" | Shane McAnally, Chris DeStefano | ||
| Jana Kramer | Jana Kramer | "Why Ya Wanna" | Catt Gravitt, Chris DeStefano | Top 5 single, Platinum single | |
| Rascal Flatts | Changed | "Hot in Here" | Kelley Lovelace, Dallas Davidson | ||
| "A Little Home" | Kelley Lovelace, Neil Thrasher | ||||
| Carrie Underwood | Blown Away | "Good Girl" | Carrie Underwood, Chris DeStefano | No. 1 single, 2x Platinum single | |
| "Thank God for Hometowns" | Hillary Lindsey, Luke Laird | ||||
| 2013 | Big Time Rush | 24/Seven | "Picture This" | Carlos Pena Jr., James Maslow, Chris DeStefano | |
| "Just Getting Started" | Kendal Schmidt, Logan Henderson, Chris DeStefano | ||||
| "Na Na Na" | Carlos Pena Jr., Chris DeStefano | ||||
| Luke Bryan | Crash My Party | "That's My Kind of Night" | Dallas Davidson, Chris DeStefano | No. 1 single, 2x Platinum single | |
| "We Run This Town" | Dallas Davidson, Kelley Lovelace | ||||
| "I See You" | Luke Bryan, Luke Laird | No. 1 single | |||
| "Crash My Party" | Rodney Clawson | No. 1 single, 2x Platinum single | |||
| "Play It Again" | Dallas Davidson | No. 1 single, Platinum single | |||
| Spring Break...Here to Party | "Little Bit Later On" | Luke Bryan, Luke Laird | |||
| "Spring Break-Up" | Luke Bryan | ||||
| Billy Currington | We Are Tonight | "Hey Girl" | Rhett Akins, Chris DeStefano | No. 1 single, Gold single | |
| Brett Eldredge | Bring You Back | "Don't Ya" | Brett Eldredge, Chris DeStefano | No. 1 single, Platinum single | |
| Will Hoge | Never Give In | "Strong" | Will Hoge, Zach Crowell | Single, National Chevy Truck Campaign Two Years | |
| Randy Houser | How Country Feels | "Runnin' Outta Moonlight" | Dallas Davidson, Kelley Lovelace | No. 1 single, Platinum single | |
| Scotty McCreery | See You Tonight | "Can You Feel It" | Scotty McCreery, Zach Crowell | ||
| "See You Tonight" | Top 10 single, Gold single | ||||
| "This is That Night" | Dallas Davidson, Kelley Lovelace | ||||
| Joe Nichols | Crickets | "Open Up A Can" | Kelley Lovelace, Dallas Davidson | ||
| "Yeah" | Bryan Simpson | No. 1 single, Gold single | |||
| Jake Owen | Days of Gold | "Life of the Party" | Dallas Davidson, Chris DeStefano | ||
| "Good Timing" | Dallas Davidson, Zach Crowell | ||||
| "Ghost Town" | Shane McAnally, Chris DeStefano | ||||
| "One Little Kiss (Never Killed Nobody)" | Shane McAnally, Jimmy Robbins | ||||
| Brad Paisley | Wheelhouse | "Tin Can on a String" | Brad Paisley, Kelley Lovelace | ||
| Parachute | Overnight | "Overnight" | Will Anderson, Chris DeStefano | ||
| Randy Rogers Band | Trouble | "Speak of the Devil" | Jedd Hughes, Sarah Buxton | ||
| Thomas Rhett | It Goes Like This | "In A Minute" | Thomas Rhett, Rhett Akins | ||
| "Take You Home" | Rodney Clawson, Chris Tompkins | ||||
| Darius Rucker | True Believers | "Radio" | Darius Rucker, Luke Laird | Top 5 single, Gold album | |
| Chris Young | A.M. | "Aw Naw" | Chris Destefano, Chris DuBois | Top 5 single, Gold album | |
| "Goodbye" | Chris Young, Chris DeStefano | ||||
| "A.M." | Chris Young, Chris DeStefano | ||||
| 2014 | Jason Aldean | Old Boots, New Dirt | "Just Gettin' Started" | Chris DeStefano, Rhett Akins | No. 1 single |
| "Tonight Looks Good On You" | Dallas Davidson, Rhett Akins | No. 1 single | |||
| Frankie Ballard | Sunshine & Whiskey | "Young & Crazy" | Rhett Akins, Shane McAnally | No. 1 single | |
| "Sober Me Up" | Dallas Davidson | ||||
| Lee Brice | I Don't Dance | "That Don't Sound Like You" | Lee Brice, Rhett Akins | Single | |
| "Somebody's Been Drinking" | Shane McNally, Hillary Lindsey | ||||
| Luke Bryan | Spring Break 6...Like We Ain't Ever | "Night One" | Luke Bryan, Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip | ||
| Chase Bryant | Chase Bryant | "Little Bit of You" | Derek George, Chase Bryant | Single | |
| Dan + Shay | Where It All Began | "Nothin' Like You" | Dan Smyers, Shay Mooney, Chris DeStefano | No. 1 single | |
| Florida Georgia Line | Anything Goes | "Smile" | Dallas Davidson, Chris DeStefano | Gold album | |
| "Every Night" | Chris DeStefano, Kelley Hubbard | ||||
| Gloriana | Non-album single | "Best Night Ever" | Hillary Lindsey, Luke Laird | Single | |
| Lucy Hale | Road Between | "Thats What I Call Crazy" | Kacey Musgraves, Chris DeStefano | ||
| "You Sound Good to Me" | Hillary Lindsey, Luke Laird | Single | |||
| "Kiss Me" | Chris DeStefano, Mike Daly, Lindy Robbins | ||||
| Love and Theft | "Night That You'll Never Forget" | Dallas Davidson | Single | ||
| Dustin Lynch | Where It's At | "Halo" | Matt Jenkins, Jimmy Robbins | ||
| "To the Sky" | Zach Crowell, Dustin Lynch | ||||
| "What You Wanna Hear" | Ben Hayslip, Rhett Akins | ||||
| "Middle of Nowhere" | Zach Crowell, Dustin Lynch | ||||
| Jennifer Nettles & Brandy Clark | His Hands | "His Hands" | Jennifer Nettles, Hillary Lindsey | Single | |
| Rascal Flatts | Rewind | "Rewind" | Chris DeStefano, Eric Paslay | No.1 single, Gold single | |
| Chase Rice | Ignite the Night | "Do It Like This" | Dallas Davidson, Chris DeStefano | ||
| "Beer With The Boys" | Dallas Davidson, Chase Rice | ||||
| Dallas Smith | Tippin' Point and Lifted | "This Town Ain't A Town" | Rodney Clawson, Chris DeStefano | ||
| Cole Swindell | Cole Swindell | "Swayin" | Chris DeStefano, Rhett Akins | ||
| Trisha Yearwood | PrizeFighter: Hit After Hit | "You Can't Trust The Weatherman" | Bryan Simpson, Wade Kirby | ||
| 2015 | Luke Bryan | Spring Break...Checkin' Out | "Games" | Luke Bryan | Single |
| "Spring Breakdown" | Luke Bryan, Zach Crowell | ||||
| Kill the Lights | "Kick the Dust Up" | Dallas Davidson, Chris DeStefano | No. 1 single | ||
| "Way Way Back" | Luke Bryan, Rodney Clawson | ||||
| "Scarecrows" | Trevor Rosen, Shane McAnally | ||||
| Easton Corbin | About to Get Real | "Clockwork | Carson Chamberlain, Wade Kirby | ||
| Billy Currington | Summer Forever | "Don't It" | Ross Copperman, Jaren Johnston | No. 1 single | |
| "Wake Me Up" | Josh Osborne, Jimmy Robbins | ||||
| "Do I Make You Wanna" | Jerry Flowers, Matt Jenkins, Zach Crowell | ||||
| Reba McEntire | Love Somebody | "That's When I Knew" | Jim Collins | ||
| Thomas Rhett | Tangled Up | "T-Shirt" | Luke Laird, Shane McAnally | No. 1 single | |
| "Playing with Fire" | Thomas Rhett, Rhett Akins | ||||
| "Learned It From the Radio" | Nicolle Galyon, Shane McAnally, Jimmy Robbins | ||||
| Carrie Underwood | Storyteller | "Dirty Laundry" | Hillary Lindsey, Zach Crowell | ||
| "Heartbeat" | Carrie Underwood, Zach Crowell | No. 1 single | |||
| 2016 | Jason Aldean | They Don't Know | "Comin' In Hot" | Rodney Clawson, Dallas Davidson | |
| Dierks Bentley | Black | "Black" | Dierks Bentley, Ross Copperman | ||
| "Freedom" | Dierks Bentley, Ross Copperman | ||||
| Bon Jovi | This House Is Not for Sale | "Roller Coaster" | Bon Jovi, Chris DeStefano | ||
| Chase Bryant | "Room to Breathe" | Chase Bryant, Derek George | Single | ||
| Eli Young Band | "Saltwater Gospel" | Ross Copperman, Nicole Galyon | Single | ||
| Jake Owen | American Love | "You Ain't Going Nowhere" | Ross Copperman, Dallas Davidson | ||
| "American Country Love Song" | Ross Copperman, Jaren Johnston | No. 1 single, Gold single | |||
| Jon Pardi | California Sunrise | "Dirt On My Boots" | Rhett Akins, Jesse Frasure | Single | |
| Blake Shelton | If I'm Honest | "A Guy with a Girl" | Bryan Simpson | ||
| "One Night Girl" | Dallas Davidson | ||||
| Dallas Smith | Side Effects | "Sky Stays This Blue" | Ross Copperman, Josh Osborne | ||
| "One Little Kiss" | Shane McAnally, Jimmy Robbins | Top 5 single | |||
| "Sleepin' Around" | Rhett Akins, Jimmy Robbins | ||||
| Cole Swindell | You Should Be Here | "You Should Be Here" | Cole Swindell | No. 1 single | |
| "Middle of a Memory" | Zach Crowell, Cole Swindell | Top 10 single | |||
| "Broke Down" | Michael Carter, Cole Swindell | ||||
Tape Room discography
| Discography | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with | Awards |
| 2013 | Keith Urban | Fuse | "Cop Car" | Matt Jenkins, Zach Crowell, Sam Hunt | Top 10 single |
| Scotty McCreery | See You Tonight | "See You Tonight" | Zach Crowell, Ashley Gorley, Scotty McCreery | Top 10 single | |
| Jake Owen | Days of Gold | "Good Timing" | Zach Crowell, Dallas Davidson, Ashley Gorley | ||
| "Tipsy" | Matt Jenkins, Shane McAnally, Trevor Rosen | ||||
| Lecrae | Gravity | "Confe$$ions" | Zach Crowell, Torrance Esmond, Michael Jefferson, Chris Mackey, Lecrae Moore, Derrick Omondi Okoth, Joseph Prielozny | Grammy for Best Gospel Album | |
| 2014 | Florida Georgia Line | Anything Goes | "Confession" | Matt Jenkins, Rodney Clawson, Ross Copperman | No. 1 single |
| Dustin Lynch | Dustin Lynch | "Where It's At (Yep, Yep)" | Matt Jenkins, Zach Crowell, Cary Barlowe | No. 1 single | |
| Blake Shelton | Bringing Back the Sunshine | "Good Country Song" | Matt Jenkins, Jessi Alexander, Tommy Lee James | ||
| Sam Hunt | Montevallo | "House Party" | Zach Crowell, Jerry Flowers, Sam Hunt | No. 1 single | |
| "Break Up in a Small Town" | Zach Crowell, Sam Hunt, Shane McAnally | Top 5 single | |||
| "Single for the Summer" | Zach Crowell, Sam Hunt, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne | ||||
| "Cop Car" | Zach Crowell, Matt Jenkins, Sam Hunt | ||||
| "Raised On It" | Zach Crowell, Matt Jenkins, Sam Hunt | Single | |||
| 2015 | Luke Bryan | Spring Break...Checkin' Out | "Spring Breakdown" | Zach Crowell, Jerry Flowers, Matt Jenkins | |
| Billy Currington | Summer Forever | "Do I Make You Wanna" | Ashley Gorley, Jerry Flowers, Matt Jenkins, Zach Crowell | ||
| Old Dominion | Meat and Candy | "Song for Another Time" | Matt Jenkins, Brad Tursi, Matthew Ramsey, Trevor Rosen | Single | |
| Carrie Underwood | Storyteller | "Church Bells" | Zach Crowell, Brett James, Hillary Lindsey | No. 1 single | |
| "Heartbeat" | Zach Crowell, Ashley Gorley, Carrie Underwood | No. 1 single | |||
| "Dirty Laundry" | Zach Crowell, Ashley Gorley, Hillary Lindsey | Single | |||
| 2016 | Jason Aldean | They Don't Know | "A Little More Summertime" | Jerry Flowers, Tony Martin, Wendall Mobley | Single |
| Kenny Chesney | Cosmic Hallelujah | "Setting the World on Fire" | Ross Copperman, Matt Jenkins, Josh Osborne | Top 5 single | |
| Florida Georgia Line | Dig Your Roots | "Dig Your Roots" | Jerry Flowers, Tyler Hubbard, Brett James, Brian Kelley, Ernest Keith Smith, Will Weatherly | ||
| "Good Girl, Bad Boy" | Rodney Clawson, Zach Crowell, Matt Jenkins | ||||
| "Wish You Were On It" | Smith Ahnquist, Hunter Phelps, Jameson Rodgers, Will Weatherly | ||||
References
- ↑ Music, Combustion. "Ashley Gorley Bio". Combustion Music Publishing. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
- ↑ Kentucky Birth Index (1999). "U.S. Public Records Index". Family Search. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
- ↑ Catfish (April 29, 2015). "Birthdays For April 29th + Shrimp Scampi Day". KGKL-FM. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
- ↑ Tobias, Erik (April 27, 2015). "This Day in Country Music History, April 29". KOGM. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
- ↑ WIVR (April 29, 2015). "Happy Birthday today to Ashley Gorley! You may not recognize his name, but you know his songs...". Facebook. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
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