Given the question: Facts: - instrument: vocals guitar piano - website: http://broadmindedmusic.com/ - years active: 1976 - current - caption: richard front of painting by gloria newton fagan poses with todd cerney 's guitar in - birth name: richard william fagan - label: mercury records - genre: pop music , rock , country - birth date: 24 april 1947 - name: richard fagan - background: solo_singer - image: richard fagan 20110614.jpg - birth place: united states philadelphia , united states - associated acts: john michael montgomery george strait kacey jones - occupation: songwriter Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of richard fagan .
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richard fagan -lrb- born april 24 , 1947 -rrb- is an american songwriter and musician .he has had six top ten singles and 18 charted singles on the billboard country charts .fagan 's songs have been recorded by neil diamond , george strait , john michael montgomery , clay walker , ricochet , hank williams , jr. , george jones , shania twain , patty loveless , collin raye , shenandoah , the crickets , jason & the scorchers , the blues brothers band and many others .in 1979 his song '' the good lord loves you '' was recorded by neil diamond and released on the '' september morn '' album .the song charted in the '' billboard '' hot 100 , peaking at number 67 in april 1980 .fagan accomplished nine billboard country chart singles in the 1990s including two of john michael montgomery 's number one singles : be my baby tonight and sold -lrb- the grundy county auction incident -rrb- .fagan had three additional songs on the billboard country charts in the 2000s , including the song '' why ca n't we all just get a long neck ? ''that appears on the hank williams , jr. album , i 'm one of you .on april 26 , 2008 fagan had a physical altercation with his publishing partner and best friend , tom oteri .fagan was arrested for drunk driving after leaving the scene of the fight where oteri was later found dead , having suffered a heart attack .fagan was convicted of the drunk driving charge and sentenced to rehabilitative therapy with the support of oteri 's family members who still regarded fagan as a close friend after the incident .