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| origin = [[Mayfield, Kentucky]], [[USA]]
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'''Kent Marshall Robbins''' (April 23, 1947 – December 27, 1997) was an American [[country music]] [[songwriter]].
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'''Kent Robbins''' (born April 23, 1947 in [[Mayfield, Kentucky]]; died December 27, 1997 in [[Clanton, Alabama]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[country music]] [[songwriter]]. 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]].<ref name="found">{{cite web |url=http://www.nashvillesongwritersfoundation.com/fame/robbins.html |title=Kent Robbins |accessdate=2008-06-27 |work=Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>


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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]].<ref name="found">{{cite web|url=http://www.nashvillesongwritersfoundation.com/fame/robbins.html |title=Kent Robbins |access-date=2008-06-27 |work=Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070908161056/http://www.nashvillesongwritersfoundation.com/fame/robbins.html |archive-date=September 8, 2007 }}</ref>
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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]].<ref name="found"/>

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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]].<ref name="found"/><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rg0EAAAAMBAJ&q=%22trace+adkins%22+%22every+light+in+the+house%22&pg=PA44 |title=Lifelines - Deaths |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=1998-01-17}}</ref>


==Songwriting credits==
==Songwriting credits==
The following is a list of singles written or co-written by Kent Robbins.
Songs written or co-written by Robbins:

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*[[Barbara Mandrell]] – "The Beginning Of The End", "We Are the One"
*[[Trace Adkins]] – "[[Every Light in the House]]"
*[[Trace Adkins]] – "[[Every Light in the House]]"
*[[Gary Allan]] – "[[Her Man]]," "[[It Would Be You (Gary Allan song)|It Would Be You]]"
*[[Gary Allan]] – "[[Her Man (song)|Her Man]]", "[[It Would Be You (song)|It Would Be You]]", "I'll Take Today"
*[[John Anderson (musician)|John Anderson]] – "She Just Started Liking Cheatin' Songs," "[[Straight Tequila Night]]," "I Wish I Could Have Been There"
*[[John Anderson (musician)|John Anderson]] – "[[She Just Started Liking Cheatin' Songs]]", "[[Straight Tequila Night]]", "[[I Wish I Could Have Been There]]"
*[[Janie Fricke]] – "[[Easy to Please]]"
*[[John Conlee]] - "Nothing Changed," "Midnight's Murder on Me," "She Woke Up Leaving"
*[[The Judds]] – "Love Is Alive," "[[Young Love (Strong Love)]]"
*[[Michael Johnson (singer)|Michael Johnson]] – "[[Gotta Learn to Love Without You]]"
*[[The Judds]] – "[[Love Is Alive (The Judds song)|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"
*[[Kathy Mattea]] – "Maybe She's Human"
*[[Charley Pride]] - "[[When I Stop Leavin' (I'll Be Gone)]]," "You're My Jamaica"
*[[Ronnie Milsap]] – "[[(I'm A) Stand by My Woman Man]]"
*[[George Strait]] – "[[Write This Down]]"
*[[Willie Nelson]] – "Spirit"
*[[Charley Pride]] – "[[When I Stop Leavin' (I'll Be Gone)]]", "[[You're My Jamaica]]", "[[I Don't Think She's in Love Anymore]]"
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*[[Tanya Tucker]] – "I'll Come Back as Another Woman"
*[[Steve Wariner]] – "Heart Trouble"
*[[George Strait]] – "[[Write This Down (song)|Write This Down]]"
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*[[Tanya Tucker]] – "[[I'll Come Back as Another Woman]]"
*[[Don Williams]] - "One Good Well"
*[[Trisha Yearwood]] – "I Wanna Go Too Far"
*[[Steve Wariner]] – "[[Heart Trouble (Steve Wariner song)|Heart Trouble]]"
*[[Shania Twain]] – "God Ain't Gonna Getcha For That"
*[[Don Williams]] – "[[One Good Well]]"
*[[Trisha Yearwood]] – "[[I Wanna Go Too Far]]"
*[[Shania Twain]] - "God Ain't Gonna Getcha for That", "When He Leaves You"


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


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[[Category:Road accident deaths in Alabama]]
[[Category:American male songwriters]]
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[[Category:20th-century American male musicians]]
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Latest revision as of 07:01, 9 February 2024

Kent M. Robbins
Birth nameKent Marshall Robbins[1]
Born(1947-04-23)April 23, 1947
OriginMayfield, Kentucky, United States
DiedDecember 27, 1997(1997-12-27) (aged 50)
GenresCountry
OccupationSongwriter
Years active1974–1997

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

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Songs written or co-written by Robbins:

References

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  1. ^ a b c "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.
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