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Mark D. Sanders & Friends
July 16, 2023 @ 5:00 pm MDT
$30The press is excited to welcome Grammy Award winning and Nashville Songwriter Hall of Fame member Mark D. Sanders to our stage with special guests Megan Mullins, Sarah Majors, and Steve Boynton!
Mark D Sanders is an American country music songwriter. He has written 15 No. 1 hits, 50 singles, and over 200 cuts, including the famous Lee Ann Womack single “I Hope You Dance“, co-written with Tia Sillers.
With almost three decades in the music business Mark Sanders has forged a resplendent career from his innumerable successes and accomplishments as a songwriter.
As one of the most respected and honored songwriters in Nashville, Sanders has compiled an extensively impressive list of hits that have yielded a career that is nothing short of amazing. Since his beginnings on Music Row, Sanders has accumulated a multitude of awards from respected publications including Nashville Songwriter’s Association International, Billboard Magazine, Music Row Magazine and American Songwriter Magazine. In addition to these awards, Sanders has also received numerous industry honors including four Country Music Association Triple Play Awards (three No. 1’s in a twelve month period), ASCAP’s 1997 Song of the Year, “No News” and Writer of the Year awards, the 2000 CMA Song of the Year for “I Hope You Dance” and the 2001 Grammy for Country Song of the Year, also for “I Hope You Dance.”
Sanders has penned a multitude of career-defining, award-winning songs and No. 1 hits for a slew of artists. Among these No. 1 hits are “Money in the Bank” (John Anderson), “Whatcha Gonna Do With a Cowboy” (Chris Ledoux & Garth Brooks), “It Matters to Me” (Faith Hill), “No News” (Lonestar), “Blue Clear Sky” (George Strait), “Daddy’s Money” (Ricochet), “This Ain’t No Thinkin’ Thing” (Trace Adkins),.) “Bobbie Ann Mason” (Rick Trevino), “Walkin’ To Jerusalem” (Tracy Byrd), “Heads Carolina, Tails California” (JoDee Messina), “I’d Rather Ride Around With You” (Reba McEntire), “Mirror, Mirror” (Diamond Rio) and the internationally successful, “I Hope You Dance” (Lee Ann Womack).
Courtesy of Mark’s website bio: https://www.markdsanders.me/about