I looked up songs that Don Schlitz has written and I have to say, I’m going to have to move him up my list. I knew he was a great writer, but I mostly associated him with Paul Overstreet, Randy Travis and “The Gambler”. Here’s a list of songs that he’s written…and I left off the songs I didn’t recognize:

Alabama, “40 Hour Week for A Living”
Mark Chesnutt, “Almost Goodbye”
Paul Overstreet, “Ball And Chain”
Kathy Mattea & Tim O’Brien, “The Battle Hymn of Love”
Sara Evans, “Cheatin’”
Paul Overstreet, “Daddy’s Come Around”
Randy Travis, “Deeper Than A Holler”
Randy Travis, “Forever And Ever Amen”
Kenny Rogers, “The Gambler”
Lorie Morgan, “Good As I Was to You”
Kenny Rogers, “the Greatest”
The Judds, “Gardian Angel”
Mary Chapin Carpenter, “He Thinks He He’ll Keep Her”
Randy Travis, “Heroes And Friends”
Mary Chapin Carpenter, “I Feel Lucky”
The Judds, “I Know Where I’m Going”
Mary Chapin Carpenter, “I Take My Chances”
John Berry, “I Think About All The Time”
Collin Raye, “I Think About You”
Tanya Tucker, “I Won’t Take Less Than Your Love”
Paul Overstreet, “If I Could Bottle This Up”
George Strait, “If You Can Do Anything Else”
SHeDaisy, “In Terms of Love”
Garth Brooks, “Learning To Live Again”
Ty Herndon, “Loved Too Much”
Sweethearts of The Rodeo, “Midnight Girl, Sunset Town”
Tanya Tucker, “My Arms Stay Open All Night”
Mary Chapin Carpenter & Joe Diffie, “Not Too Much to Ask”
Randy Travis, “On the Other Hand”
Reba McEntire, “One Promise Too Late”
Randy Travis, “Point of Light”
Paul Overstreet, “Richest Man on Earth”
Pam Tillis, “The River And The Highway”
The Judds, “Rockin’ With The Rhythm of the Rain”
Sweethearts of the Rodeo, “Satisfy You”
Suzy Bogguss, “She Said, He Heard”
Tanya Tucker, “Strong Enough to Bend”
The Judds, “Turn It Loose”
Keith Whitley or Alison Krauss, “When You Say Nothing At All”
Lee Ann Womack, “Why They Call It Falling”

Have to agree with Kevin about John Lennon…

My top 5 on this list are Berg, Hummon, Prestwood, TVZ and Rodney Crowell.