Kent Robbins

Kent Robbins
Birth name	Kent Marshall Robbins[1]
Born	April 23, 1947
Origin	Mayfield, Kentucky, USA
Died	December 27, 1997 (aged 50)
Genres	Country
Occupation(s)	Songwriter
Years active	1974–1997
Associated acts	Buzz Cason Charley Pride

Kent Marshall Robbins (April 23, 1947 – December 27, 1997) was an American country music songwriter.

Robbins was born in Mayfield, Kentucky. He began writing for Charley Pride's Pi-Gem music in 1974. Between then and his death, he wrote songs for several other country music artists. Among his compositions was "Love Is Alive" by The Judds, for which he received a Grammy Award nomination in 1985. Robbins also founded a publishing company in 1981 with songwriter Buzz Cason.^[1]

Robbins died in an automobile accident outside Clanton, Alabama in 1997. One year after his death, he was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.^[1][2]

Songwriting credits

Singles written or co-written by Robbins:

• Trace Adkins – "Every Light in the House"
• Gary Allan – "Her Man," "It Would Be You", "I'll Take Today"
• John Anderson – "She Just Started Liking Cheatin' Songs," "Straight Tequila Night," "I Wish I Could Have Been There"
• Janie Fricke – "Easy to Please"
• Michael Johnson – "Gotta Learn to Love Without You"
• The Judds – "Love Is Alive," "Young Love (Strong Love)", "Mr. Pain"
• Kathy Mattea – "Maybe She's Human"
• Ronnie Milsap – "(I'm A) Stand by My Woman Man"
• Charley Pride – "When I Stop Leavin' (I'll Be Gone)," "You're My Jamaica," "I Don't Think She's in Love Anymore"
• George Strait – "Write This Down"
• Tanya Tucker – "I'll Come Back as Another Woman"
• Steve Wariner – "Heart Trouble"
• Don Williams – "One Good Well"
• Trisha Yearwood – "I Wanna Go Too Far"
• Willie Nelson - "Spirit"

References

1. "Kent Robbins". Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on September 8, 2007. Retrieved 2008-06-27.
2. "Lifelines - Deaths". Billboard. 1998-01-17.