# Dallas Davidson

Dallas Davidson is an American country music singer and songwriter from Albany, Georgia, who has written for artists such as Blake Shelton, Jason Aldean, Cole Swindell, Jake Owen, Luke Bryan, Randy Houser, Lady Antebellum, and Billy Currington. He generally writes with others, notably as a member of The Peach Pickers.

## Career

Davidson moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 2004 and joined Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) for performing rights representation and signed a publishing deal with Big Borassa Music, which lasted until 2008. Davidson signed with EMI Music Publishing Nashville in 2008 and extended his contract with them in 2012.
Trace Adkins recorded Davidson's "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" shortly after Davidson arrived in Nashville, taking the song to number 2 on the country charts in early 2006. Davidson co-wrote the Brad Paisley-Keith Urban duet "Start a Band", which reached number 1 in January 2009. This song was nominated for a Grammy in the category Best Country Collaboration with vocals. He also co-wrote Billy Currington's "That's How Country Boys Roll", which went to number 1 in 2010.
Other singles that Davidson co-wrote in the late 2000s included "Put a Girl in It" by Brooks & Dunn, "Barefoot and Crazy" by Jack Ingram and "Gimmie That Girl" by Joe Nichols, all collaborations with Rhett Akins and Ben Hayslip, also known as The Peach Pickers. "Gimmie That Girl" made it to number 1 on the charts in April 2010.
In 2010, Davidson also co-wrote "All About Tonight" by Blake Shelton, "All Over Me" by Josh Turner and "Rain Is a Good Thing" by Luke Bryan. These songs earned Davidson the award for Billboard's Hot Country Music Songwriter of 2010.
Other songs that Davidson co-wrote and featured in the Billboard Hot 100 include Justin Moore's "If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away", Lady Antebellum's "Just a Kiss" and "We Owned the Night". Luke Bryan also recorded Davidson's "Country Girl (Shake It for Me)", "I Don't Want This Night to End" and "That's My Kind of Night". In 2013, he co-wrote "Runnin' Outta Moonlight" by Randy Houser, "Granddaddy's Gun" by Aaron Lewis and "Keep Them Kisses Comin'" by Craig Campbell.
Davidson received the 2012 ACM Songwriter of the Year; a 2012 ACM nominee for Song of the Year (for "Just a Kiss"); the 2011 BMI Country Awards’ Songwriter of the Year together with Rhett Akins. He is also a recipient of three CMA Triple Play Awards, one in 2010 and two in 2011; this award is given to songwriters who write three number-one singles in a one-year span. Davidson is the Chairman of the Georgia Music Foundation. In 2015 he launched his own publishing company, Play It Again.

## Personal life

Davidson is married with two sons.

## Discography
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details |
| This Ole Boy | Release date: April 1, 2010 Label: String Stretcher Records |

### Collaboration albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US Country | US Heat |
| Michael Waddell's Bone Collector: The Brotherhood Album (with Rhett Akins) | Release date: September 28, 2010 Label: Reprise Nashville | 47 | 19 |

### Music videos

| Year | Video | Director |
| 2011 | "Country Thang" (with Colt Ford) | Potsy Ponciroli |

## Songs written

| Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with |
| Trace Adkins | Songs About Me (2005) | "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" | Randy Houser, Jamey Johnson |
| Trace Adkins | Proud to Be Here (2011) | "Always Gonna Be That Way" | Chris Tompkins |
| Jason Aldean | Old Boots, New Dirt (2014) | "Tonight Looks Good on You" | Rhett Akins, Ashley Gorley |
| Jason Aldean | They Don't Know (2016) | "Comin' In Hot" | Ashley Gorley Rodney Clawson |
| Clayton Anderson | Torn Jeans & Tailgates | "Y'all Can Have This Town" | Brian Kolb |
| Clayton Anderson | Torn Jeans & Tailgates | "Shotgun Rider" | Rhett Akins, Keith Anderson, Ben Hayslip |
| Keith Anderson | C'mon (2008) | "C'mon" | Keith Andesron |
| Jessica Andrews | — | "The Clown" (2014) | Hillary Lindsey, James T. Slater |
| Rodney Atkins | It's America (2009) | "Friends with Tractor" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip |
| Frankie Ballard | Frankie Ballard (2011) | "A Buncha Girls" | Frankie Ballard, Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip |
| Frankie Ballard | Frankie Ballard (2011) | "Place to Lay Your Head" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip |
| Frankie Ballard | Frankie Ballard (2011) | "Tell Me You Get Lonely" | Marty Dodson |
| Frankie Ballard | Frankie Ballard (2011) | "Sober Me Up" (also on Sunshine & Whiskey) | Ashley Gorley |
| Frankie Ballard | Sunshine & Whiskey (2014) | "Tell Me You Get Lonely" | Marty Dodson |
| Lee Brice | I Don't Dance (2014) | "I Don't Dance" | Lee Brice, Rob Hatch |
| Catherine Britt | — | "Dirt Cheap" | Luke Bryan, Hillary Lindsey |
| Brooks & Dunn | Cowboy Town (2007) | "Put a Girl in It" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip |
| Kix Brooks | New to This Town (2012) | "Bring It One Home" | Kix Brooks, Rhett Akins |
| Kix Brooks | New to This Town (2012) | "In the Right Place" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip |
| Luke Bryan | Doin' My Thing (2009) | "Rain is a Good Thing" | Luke Bryan |
| Luke Bryan | Doin' My Thing (2009) | "Doin' My Thing" | Rhett Akin, Ben Hayslip |
| Luke Bryan | Tailgates & Tanlines (2011) | "Country Girl (Shake It for Me)" | Luke Bryan |
| Luke Bryan | Tailgates & Tanlines (2011) | "I Don't Want This Night to End" | Luke Bryan, Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip |
| Luke Bryan | Spring Break...Here to Party (2013) | "Suntan City" | Luke Bryan, Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip |
| Luke Bryan | Spring Break...Here to Party (2013) | "Sorority Girl" | Luke Bryan, Jim McCormick |
| Luke Bryan | Crash My Party (2013) | "That's My Kind of Night" | Chris DeStefano, Ashley Gorley |
| Luke Bryan | Crash My Party (2013) | "We Run This Town" | Ashley Gorley, Kelley Lovelace |
| Luke Bryan | Crash My Party (2013) | "Play It Again" | Ashley Gorley |
| Luke Bryan | Crash My Party (2013) | "Dirt Road Diary" | Luke Bryan, Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip |
| Luke Bryan | Spring Break...Checkin' Out (2015) | "Checkin' Out" | Luke Bryan, Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip |
| Luke Bryan | Spring Break...Checkin' Out (2015) | "You and the Beach" | Luke Bryan, Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip |
| Luke Bryan | Kill the Lights (2015) | "Kick the Dust Up" | Chris DeStefano, Ashley Gorley |
| Luke Bryan | Kill the Lights (2015) | "Huntin', Fishin' and Lovin' Every Day" | Luke Bryan, Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip |
| Luke Bryan | Kill the Lights (2015) | "Buddies" | Luke Bryan |
| Weston Burt | Lucky Sometimes (2013) | "Lucky Sometimes" | Ben Hayslip, Charles Kelley |
| Chris Cagle | My Life's Been a Country Song (2008) | "Little Sundress" | Rhett Akins |
| Craig Campbell | Never Regret (2013) | "Keep Them Kisses Comin'" | Ben Hayslip |
| Sabrina Carpenter | Singular: Act I (2018) | "Diamonds are Forever" | Sabrina Carpenter, Johan Carlsson, Ross Golan |
| Jason Michael Carroll | Numbers (2011) | "Meet Me in the Barn" | Jason Michael Carroll, Patrick Davis |
| Billy Currington | Little Bit of Everything (2008) | "That's How Country Boys Roll" | Billy Currington, B. Jones |
| Billy Currington | Enjoy Yourself (2010) | "All Day Long" | Frankie Ballard, Ben Hayslip |
| Eric Durrance | — | "Angels Fly Away" | |
| Ronnie Dunn | Ronnie Dunn (2011) | "Let the Cowboy Rock" | Ronnie Dunn |
| Tyler Farr | Redneck Crazy (2013) | "Hot Mess" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip |
| Tyler Farr | Suffer in Peace (2015) | "Criminal" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip |
| Tyler Farr | Suffer in Peace (2015) | "Poor Boy" | Tyler Farr, Rhett Akins, Ashley Gorley |
| Tyler Farr | Suffer in Peace (2015) | "Why We Live Here" | Tyler Farr, Houston Phillips |
| Florida Georgia Line | Anything Goes (2014) | "Smile" | Chris DeStefano, Ashley Gorley |
| Colt Ford | Every Chance I Get (2011) | "Skirts and Boots" (with Frankie Ballard) | James T. Slater, Jimmy Yeary |
| Colt Ford | Every Chance I Get (2011) | "Country Thang" (with Eric Church) | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip |
| Colt Ford | Every Chance I Get (2011) | "Overworked & Overpaid" (with Charlie Daniels) | |
| Kevin Fowler | Chippin' Away (2011) | "Here's to Me and You" | Ben Fowler, Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip |
| Brantley Gilbert | Halfway to Heaven (2010) | "Back in the Day" | Brantley Gilbert, Ben Hayslip |
| Brantley Gilbert | Just as I Am (2014) | "Small Town Throwdown" (featuring Justin Moore & Thomas Rhett) | Brantley Gilbert, Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip |
| Josh Gracin | | "You Don't Know Her Like I Do" | John Kennedy |
| Trent Harmon | Single | "Falling" | Keith Urban, Brett James |
| Hunter Hayes | 21 (2015) | "21" | Hunter Hayes, Kelley Lovelace, Ashley Gorley |
| Randy Houser | Anything Goes (2008) | "Back to God" | Randy Houser |
| Randy Houser | Anything Goes (2008) | "My Kind of Country" | Randy Houser |
| Randy Houser | How Country Feels (2013) | "Runnin' Outta Moonlight" | Ashley Gorley, Kelley Lovelace |
| Randy Houser | How Country Feels (2013) | "Sunshine on the Line" | Randy Houser |
| Randy Houser | Fired Up (2016) | "Mine Tonight" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip |
| Randy Houser | Fired Up (2016) | "Lucky Me" | Randy Houser, Craig Wiseman |
| Randy Houser | Fired Up (2016) | "Fired Up" | Rob Hatch |
| Randy Houser | Fired Up (2016) | "Gotta Get You Home" | Ashley Gorley, Kelley Lovelace |
| Randy Houser | Fired Up (2016) | "Same Ole Saturday Night" | Ben Hayslip, Martin Johnson |
| Houston County | — | "I Can't Make It Rain" (2009) | Ben Hayslip, Adam Hooper, Zack Hooper, John Milldrum |
| Jack Ingram | Big Dreams & High Hopes (2008) | "Barefoot and Crazy" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip |
| Casey James | Casey James (2012) | "So Sweet" | Casey James, Patrick Davis |
| Chris Janson | Take It to the Bank (2014) | "Where My Girls At" | Chris Jansen |
| Jamey Johnson | The Dollar (2006) | "Flying Silver Eagle" | Jamey Johnson |
| Jamey Johnson | The Dollar (2006) | "She's All Lady" | Jamey Johnson |
| Jamey Johnson | The Guitar Song (2010) | "Good Times Ain't What They Used to Be" | Jamey Johnson, Jim McCormack |
| Jewel | Sweet and Wild (2010) | "Stay Here Forever" | Jewel, Bobby Pinson |
| Jewel | Picking Up the Pieces (2015) | "The Shape of You" | Jewel, David Lee Murphy |
| Lady Antebellum | Own the Night (2011) | "We Owned the Night" | Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood |
| Lady Antebellum | Own the Night (2011) | "Just a Kiss" | Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood |
| Tracy Lawrence | | "Footprints on the Moon" | |
| Aaron Lewis | The Road (2013) | "Granddaddy's Gun" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip, Bobby Pinson |
| Justin McBride | Don't Let Go (2007) | "Tough" | |
| Love and Theft | — | "Night That You'll Never Forget" (2014) | Ashley Gorley |
| Tim McGraw | | "Louisiana" | |
| Tim McGraw | Emotional Traffic (2012) | "Touchdown Jesus" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip |
| Neal McCoy | XII (2012) | "Real Good Feel Good" | Jimmy Ritchy, Sam Hunt |
| Neal McCoy | XII (2012) | "Shotgun Rider" | Keith Anderson, Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip |
| Montgomery Gentry | Rebels on the Run (2011) | "Where I Come From" | Rodney Clawson |
| Justin Moore | Justin Moore (2009) | "The Only Place That I Call Home" | Justin Moore, Jeremy Stover |
| Justin Moore | Outlaws Like Me | "If Heaven Wasn't So Far Away" | Rob Hatch, Brett Jones" (2011) |
| Craig Morgan | This Ole Boy (2012) | "This Ole Boy" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip |
| Joe Nichols | Real Things (2007) | "She's All Lady" | Jamey Johnson |
| Joe Nichols | Old Things New (2009) | "Gimmie That Girl" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip |
| Joe Nichols | Old Things New (2009) | 'The Shape I'm In" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip |
| Joe Nichols | It's All Good (2011) | "Take It Off" | Ashley Gorley, Kelley Lovelace |
| Joe Nichols | It's All Good (2011) | "The More I Look" | Rodney Clawson, Jim Beavers |
| Joe Nichols | It's All Good (2011) | "This Ole Boy" | Rhett Aksin, Ben Hayslip |
| Joe Nichols | Crickets (2013) | "Smile on Mine" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip |
| Joe Nichols | Crickets (2013) | "Open Up a Can" | Ashley Gorley, Kelley Lovelace |
| Jerrod Niemann | Yellow Brick Road (2007) | "I Love Women My Momma Can't Stand" | Rhett Akins |
| Jerrod Niemann | Judge Jerrod & the Hung Jury (2010) | "They Should Have Named You Cocaine" | Jerrod Niemann, Jamey Johnson |
| Jake Owen | Easy Does It (2009) | "Nothin' Grows in Shadows" | Rhett Akins, Doug Johnson |
| Jake Owen | Barefoot Blue Jean Night (2011) | "The One That Got Away" | Jake Owen, Jimmy Ritchy |
| Jake Owen | Days of Gold (2013) | "Life of the Party" | Chris DeStefano, Ashley Gorley |
| Jake Owen | Days of Gold (2013) | "Good Timing" | Ashley Gorley, Zach Crowell |
| Jake Owen | American Love (2016) | "You Ain't Going Nowhere" | Ross Copperman, Ashley Gorley |
| Brad Paisley | Play (2008) | "Start a Band" (with Keith Urban) | Ashley Gorley, Kelley Lovelace |
| Rascal Flatts | Changed (2012) | "Hot in Here" | Ashley Gorley, Kelley Lovelace |
| Ashley Ray | Single | "Dirt Cheap" (featuring Mike Eli) | Luke Bryan, Hillary Lindsey |
| Chase Rice | Ignite the Night (2014) | "Do It Like This" | Chris DeStefano, Ashley Gorley |
| The Robertsons | Duck the Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas (2013) | "Ragin' Chajun Redneck Christmas" | Willie Robertson |
| Darius Rucker | True Believers (20130 | "Heartbreak Road" | Darius Rucker, Rhett Akins |
| Blake Shelton | Startin' Fires (2008) | "Country Strong" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip |
| Blake Shelton | Startin' Fires (2008) | "Home Sweet Home" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip |
| Blake Shelton | Hillbilly Bone (2010) | "Kiss My Country Ass" | Rhett Akins, Jon Stone |
| Blake Shelton | All About Tonight (2010) | "All About Tonight" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip |
| Blake Shelton | Red River Blue (2011) | "Good Ol' Boys" | |
| Blake Shelton | Based on a True Story... (2013) | "Boys 'Round Here" | Rhett Akins, Craig Wiseman |
| Blake Shelton | Based on a True Story... (2013) | "Granddaddy's Gun" | Rhett Akins, Bobby Pinson |
| Blake Shelton | If I'm Honest (2016) | "One Night Girl" | Ashley Gorley |
| Ashton Shepherd | Where Country Grows (2011) | "Keepin' It Rural" | Ben Hayslip, Jimmy Yeary |
| Tate Stevens | Tate Stevens (2013) | "That's How You Get the Girl" | Ben Hayslip, Rivers Rutherford |
| Josh Thompson | Way Out Here (2010) | "I Won't Go Crazy" | Josh Thompson |
| Josh Turner | Haywire (2010) | "All Over Me" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip |
| Andy Velo | Blue Collar Crusie | "Meet Me in the Barn" | Patrick Davis, Jason Michael Carroll |
| Jared Wade | Drunk on Sunshine (2013) | "Drunk on Sunshine" | Ashley Gorley, Kelley Lovelace |
| Chad Warrix | Single | "Rain on the Roof" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip |
| Hank Williams, Jr. | Country Strong: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2010) | "Thirsty" | Rhett Akins, Brett Eldredge |
| Gretchen Wilson | I Got Your Country Right Here (2010) | "Blue Collar Done Turn Red" | Gretchen Wilson |
| Jon Wolfe | It All Happen at a Honky Tonk (2013) | "Sweet Little Song and Dance" | Rhett Akins, Ben Hayslip |
| Chris Young | Chris Young (2006) | "I'm Heading Your Way, José" | James T. Slater |