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Songs Written by Bill RiceTop Songs / Chart Singles Discography
Wilburn Steven "Bill" Rice (April 19, 1939 – October 28, 2023) was an American country music singer and songwriter. Rice charted six singles between 1971 and 1978, including the Top 40 hit "Travelin' Minstrel Man", but is better known for his songwriting. Rice has written songs for artists such as Johnny Paycheck, Reba McEntire, Lynn Anderson, Charley Pride, and Jerry Lee Lewis. He has more awards from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers than any other songwriter. Rice... [more on Wikipedia]
As a songwriter, Bill Rice first charted in 1968 with The Day the World Stood Still .The artist placed 2 songs on the Billboard Hot 100.On US AC the artist achieved 1 Top‑10.On US Country the artist achieved 31 Top‑10s, 6 of which hit number‑one.
Top songs: #1: When You Say Love - #2: Wonder Could I Live There Anymore - #3: She's Pulling Me Back Again - #4: Would You Take Another Chance on Me - #5: I'll Think of Something
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[RCA Victor 47-9403]
written by Bill Rice
& Jerry Foster
3.
05/1968
[RCA Victor 47-9514]
written by Bill Rice
& Jerry Foster
4.
[Capitol 2512]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
5.
10/1969
[Plantation 29]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
6.
10/1969
[Epic 10525]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
7.
12/1969
[Capitol 2690]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
8.
as John Wesley Ryles I
[Columbia 4-45119]
written by Bill Rice
& Jerry Foster
9.
06/1970
[RCA Victor 47-9855]
written by Bill Rice
10.
07/1970
as Mel Tillis and The Statesiders
[MGM 14148]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
11.
10/1970
[GRT 23]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
12.
11/1970
[Decca 32755]
written by Bill Rice
& Jerry Foster
13.
11/1970
[Epic 10667]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
14.
[Mercury 73162]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
15.
03/1971
[GRT 39]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
16.
03/1971
[Capitol 3049]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
17.
03/1971
[Epic 10699]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
18.
05/1971
[RCA Victor 47-9982]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
19.
09/1971
[Decca 32866]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
20.
10/1971
[Mega 0038]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
21.
11/1971
[Mercury 73248]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
22.
11/1971
[Mercury 73249]
written by Bill Rice
& Jerry Foster
23.
[Mercury 73293]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
24.
01/1972
[Epic 10823]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
25.
03/1972
[Epic 10836]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
26.
04/1972
[Epic 10833]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
27.
04/1972
[RCA Victor 74-0687]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
28.
04/1972
[Capitol 3308]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
29.
04/1972
[Columbia 4-45581]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
30.
06/1972
[Epic 10869]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
31.
06/1972
[Epic 10876]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
32.
07/1972
[Epic 10877]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
33.
07/1972
[Mega 0078]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
34.
07/1972
[adapted from a Budweiser jingle]
[Kapp 2176]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
35.
10/1972
[Epic 10912]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
36.
[RCA Victor 74-0866]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
37.
02/1973
[RCA Victor 74-0879]
written by Bill Rice
& Jerry Foster
38.
02/1973
[Epic 10947]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
39.
03/1973
[RCA Victor 74-0908]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
40.
07/1973
[Epic 11016]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
41.
07/1973
[Mega 0112]
written by Bill Rice
& Jerry Foster
42.
07/1973
[MGM 14565]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
43.
07/1973
[Cinnamon 759]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
44.
07/1973
[MGM 14569]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
45.
10/1973
[Cinnamon 771]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
46.
11/1973
[Cinnamon 768]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
47.
11/1973
[ABC 11395]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
48.
11/1973
[Epic 11046]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
49.
11/1973
[MGM 14638]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
50.
[Atlantic 4012]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
51.
01/1974
[Cinnamon 779]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
52.
03/1974
[RCA Victor APB0-0223]
written by Bill Rice
& Jerry Foster
53.
03/1974
[Epic 11090]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
54.
04/1974
[Cinnamon 793]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
55.
05/1974
[Mercury 73468]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
56.
05/1974
[Cinnamon 798]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
57.
05/1974
[Atlantic 4022]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
58.
07/1974
[MGM 14731]
written by Bill Rice
& Jerry Foster
59.
07/1974
[Elektra 45894]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
60.
08/1974
[Cinnamon 799]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
61.
11/1974
[Epic 50040]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
62.
11/1974
[ABC 12037]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
63.
[ABC 12085]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
64.
04/1975
[Mercury 73667]
written by Bill Rice
& Jerry Foster
65.
05/1975
[20th Century 2187]
written by Bill Rice
& Jerry Foster
66.
08/1975
[ABC 12111]
written by Bill Rice
& Jerry Foster
67.
09/1975
[ABC/Dot 17574]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
68.
10/1975
[ABC/Dot 17574]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
69.
11/1975
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
70.
[RCA Victor 10563]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
71.
03/1976
[Columbia 10300]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
72.
08/1976
[Mercury 73822]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
73.
09/1976
[Mercury 73826]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
74.
10/1976
[Epic 50291]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
75.
11/1976
[Playboy 6090]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
76.
11/1976
[Hitsville 6043]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
77.
12/1976
[Polydor 14362]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
78.
[Polydor 14371]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
79.
02/1977
[Mercury 73880]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
80.
02/1977
[Ranwood 1071]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
81.
02/1977
[MMI 1012]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
82.
02/1977
[Playboy 6100]
written by Bill Rice
& Jerry Foster
83.
02/1977
[ABC/Dot 17680]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
84.
05/1977
[MMI 1015]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
85.
05/1977
[Polydor 14392]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
86.
06/1977
[Playboy 5806]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
87.
06/1977
[Polydor 14398]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
88.
06/1977
[Mercury 73918]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
89.
07/1977
[Playboy 5808]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
90.
08/1977
[Polydor 14408]
written by Bill Rice
& Jerry Foster
91.
08/1977
[Ranwood 1080]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
92.
08/1977
[ABC/Dot 17698]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
93.
11/1977
[Polydor 14435]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
94.
12/1977
Christmas [Polydor 14444]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
95.
[Polydor 14453]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
96.
04/1978
[RCA 11251]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
97.
04/1978
[Columbia 10721]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
98.
07/1978
[Monument 256]
written by Jerry Foster & Wilburn Rice
99.
07/1978
[Epic 50580]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
100.
09/1978
[Prairie Dust 7627]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
101.
10/1978
[ABC 12410]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
102.
10/1978
[ABC 12409]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
103.
11/1978
[ABC 12418]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
104.
[RCA 11749]
written by Bill Rice
& Jerry Foster
105.
03/1979
[Epic 50672]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
106.
04/1979
[Orlando 102]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
107.
08/1979
108.
10/1979
[Collage 101]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
109.
11/1979
110.
[Chute 010]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
111.
05/1980
[Orlando 107]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
112.
07/1980
[RCA 12029]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
113.
09/1980
[Koala 594]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
114.
10/1980
R [RCA 12111]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
115.
[Kik 901]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
116.
01/1981
[Elektra 47095]
written by Bill Rice
& Jerry Foster
117.
04/1981
[Ramblin' 1711]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
118.
09/1981
[Kari 123]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
119.
120.
07/1982
[Elektra 69998]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
121.
08/1982
[RCA 13282]
written by Bill Rice
& Mary S. Rice
122.
08/1982
[Columbia 03149]
written by Bill Rice
& Mary Sharon Rice
123.
09/1982
[Elektra 69962]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
124.
[MCA 52268]
written by Bill Rice
& Mary Sharon Rice
125.
12/1983
[Compleat 116]
written by Bill Rice
& Mary Sharon Rice
126.
12/1983
[Mercury 814629]
written by Bill Rice
& Mary S. Rice
127.
12/1983
[RCA 13692]
written by Bill Rice
& Mary Sharon Rice
128.
[RCA 13717]
written by Bill Rice
& Mary S. Rice
129.
11/1984
[Warner 29137]
written by Bill Rice
& Jerry Foster
130.
[Mercury 880611]
written by Bill Rice
& Mary Sharon Rice
131.
07/1985
[HME 04853]
written by Bill Rice
& Mary Sharon Rice
132.
10/1985
[Mercury 884040]
written by Bill Rice
& Sharon Vaughn
133.
[EMI America 43034]
written by Bill Rice
& Mary Sharon Rice
134.
[Door Knob 293]
written by Bill Rice
& Sharon Rice
135.
04/1988
[Epic 07771]
written by Bill Rice
& Sharon Rice
136.
[Evergreen 1106]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
137.
02/1990
[Reprise 19972]
written by Bill Rice
& M. Sharon Rice
138.
07/1990
[RCA 2511]
written by Bill Rice
& Mary Sharon Rice
139.
07/1990
[RCA 2619]
written by Bill Rice
& Mary Sharon Rice
140.
[MCA 54256]
written by Bill Rice
& M. Sharon Rice
141.
[MCA 54395]
written by Bill Rice
& Jerry Foster
142.
[MCA 54497]
written by Jerry Foster & Bill Rice
143.
[Polydor 851566]
written by Bill Rice
& Sharon Rice
144.
[Caption/Curb]
written by Bill Rice
, Sharon Vaughn &
Mike Lawler 145.
08/1996
[Epic 78371]
written by Mike Lawler, Bill Rice
& Sharon Rice
See also...
Flintlock • Lois Johnson & Bill Rice
& Jerry Foster
