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Buddy Brock

Buddy Brock
Birth nameWilliam Calhoun Brock Jr.
Born1952 or 1953
Greenwood, South Carolina, U.S.
OriginNashville, Tennessee, u.S.
Died(2025-01-24)January 24, 2025 (aged 72)
Mount Juliet, Tennessee, U.S.
GenresCountry
OccupationSongwriter
Years active1974–2017

William Calhoun Brock Jr. (1952 or 1953 – January 24, 2025),[1] known professionally as Buddy Brock, was an American country music songwriter. His biggest hits to date are "Watermelon Crawl," co-written with Zack Turner, which reached the #4 spot on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and made the Billboard Hot 100 as a dance remix; and the 1992 song "There Ain't Nothin' Wrong with the Radio," co-written and performed by Aaron Tippin, which held the number 1 position on the country chart for three consecutive weeks in April and May, 1992.[2][3][4] Other songs written or co-written by Brock include "I Wanna Fall in Love," a #3 country hit[5] co-written with Mark Spiro for Lila McCann; "You've Got to Stand for Something" (co-written with and sung by Tippin), which reached #6 on the Billboard country chart);[6] "Haunted Heart" (co-written with Kim Williams), a #9 country hit for Sammy Kershaw;[7] and "I Wonder How Far It Is Over You" (co-written with and sung by Tippin), a top-40 country hit.[8]

Brock died at age 72 in Mount Juliet, Tennessee.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Robert K. Oermann (January 28, 2025). "Veteran Nashville Songwriter Buddy Brock Passes". MusicRow. Retrieved January 31, 2025.
  2. ^ "Hot Country Songs chart for April 18, 1992". Billboard. Retrieved October 3, 2010.
  3. ^ "Hot Country Songs chart for April 25, 1992". Billboard. Retrieved October 3, 2010.
  4. ^ "Hot Country Songs chart for May 2, 1992". Billboard. Retrieved October 3, 2010.
  5. ^ Lila McCann Chart History
  6. ^ "Best of 1991: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  7. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 189.
  8. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 349.
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