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Marcus Hummon
Birth name	Marcus Spencer Hummon
Born	December 28, 1960 (1960-12-28) (age 48)^[1]
Origin	Washington, DC, United States^[1]
Genres	Country
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, harmonica, mandolin, piano
Years active	1995-present
Labels	Columbia, Velvet Armadillo
Associated acts	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Rascal Flatts
Website	http://www.marcushummon.com

Marcus Spencer Hummon (born December 28, 1960 in Washington, DC) is a Grammy Award-winning American country music artist. After several years of playing in various bands, he eventually found his way to Nashville, Tennessee, where he was signed to a songwriting contract, and subsequently a record deal with Columbia Records, which released his debut album All in Good Time in 1995 and produced a #73 single on the Hot Country Songs charts in "God's Country." Hummon has also released several studio albums on his own label, Velvet Armadillo.

Hummon has also co-written songs for many country music artists, including Top 40 singles for Tim McGraw, Wynonna Judd, and Alabama,^[2]^[3] as well as three Number One country hits: "Cowboy Take Me Away" by the Dixie Chicks, "Born to Fly" by Sara Evans, and "Bless the Broken Road" by Rascal Flatts. "Bless the Broken Road" had previously been a minor chart single in 1998 for Melodie Crittenden as well. In 2005, Rascal Flatts' version earned Hummon a Grammy Award for Best Country Song.^[3] Hummon also co-produced Last of the Good Guys, the debut album for the country group One Flew South, in addition to co-writing several of the songs on it.

1 List of singles composed by Marcus Hummon
2 Discography
- 2.1 Albums
- 2.2 Singles
3 References
4 External links

List of singles composed by Marcus Hummon

Alabama – "The Cheap Seats"
Suzy Bogguss – "No Way Out"
Dixie Chicks – "Ready to Run", "Cowboy Take Me Away"
Sara Evans – "Born to Fly"
Hal Ketchum – "Mama Knows the Highway", "Every Little Word"
Wynonna Judd – "Only Love"
Lauren Lucas – "What You Ain't Gonna Get"
Tim McGraw – "One of These Days"
One Flew South – "My Kind of Beautiful"
Rascal Flatts – "Bless the Broken Road"
SHeDAISY – "Get Over Yourself"
Steve Wariner – "Road Trippin'"
Western Flyer – "Friday Night Stampede"
Bryan White – "Love Is the Right Place"
Chely Wright – "Jezebel"

Hummon previously recorded "Bless the Broken Road" and "One of These Days" on his 1995 debut album All in Good Time.

Discography

Albums

All in Good Time (1995)
The Sound of One Fan Clapping (1997)
Looking for the Child (1999)
Supernatural (The Raphaels) (2001)
Friends of Guernica (2001)
Warrior (2001)
American Duet (2003)
Revolution EP (2003)
Nowhere to Go but Up (2005)
Surrender Road (2005)
Atlanta (2005)

Singles

Year	Single	US Country	Album
1996	"God's Country"	73	All in Good Time
1996	"Honky Tonk Mona Lisa"	—	All in Good Time
2005	"Revolution"	—	single only

References

^ ^a ^b Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc.. pp. 197. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
^ Ankeny, Jason. "Marcus Hummon biography". Allmusic. http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:dnfixqu5ldae~T1. Retrieved 2007-11-18.
^ ^a ^b Bjorke, Matt. "Matt's Songwriter Spotlight - Marcus Hummon". About.com. http://countrymusic.about.com/od/songwriters/a/sng_mhummon.htm. Retrieved 2007-11-18.

External links

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