Songs Written by Wayne KirkpatrickTop Songs / Chart Singles Discography
Obed Wayne Kirkpatrick Jr., better known as Wayne Kirkpatrick is an American songwriter and musician born in Greenville, MS, who now lives in Nashville, Tennessee. He graduated from Baton Rouge Magnet High School in 1979. His younger brother is American screenwriter and director Karey Kirkpatrick. Kirkpatrick is known for providing background vocals, playing guitar, playing keyboards or writing songs for other artists. Writing in Contemporary Christian, Country, and Pop styles, his songs have been recorded by Little Big Town, Faith... [more on Wikipedia]
As a songwriter, Wayne Kirkpatrick first charted in 1985 with Wise Up.The artist placed 18 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, 5 of which reached the Top‑10.The artist scored 6 UK Top‑75 entries.On US AC the artist achieved 9 Top‑10s, 1 of which hit number‑one.On US Country the artist achieved 5 Top‑10s.
Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1997Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1997 [Reprise 17621] written by Tommy Sims, Gordon Kennedy & Wayne Kirkpatrick