Walt Aldridge
Encyclopedia
Walt Aldridge is an American musician, singer, songwriter
, engineer and record producer
.
Aldridge is known primarily as a Nashville
songwriter. He has written dozens of hit Country
songs including the Number One hits "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me
" by Ronnie Milsap
(1981), "Holding Her and Loving You" by Earl Thomas Conley
(1982), "Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde
" by Travis Tritt
(2000), and "I Loved Her First
" (2006) - recorded by Heartland. He is listed as a "Music Achiever" by the Alabama Music Hall of Fame
, which is a precursor to future induction, and has been awarded a star on their Walk of Fame.
In the late 1980s, Aldridge also sang lead vocals in the band The Shooters
, a country band which charted seven singles for Epic Records
.
Aldridge is an alumnus of the University of North Alabama
, and has recently signed back on to teach at UNA in the Entertainment Industry Program in the Fall of 2011.
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
, engineer and record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
.
Aldridge is known primarily as a Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
songwriter. He has written dozens of hit Country
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
songs including the Number One hits "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me
(There's) No Gettin' Over Me
" No Gettin' Over Me" is a song made famous by country music singer Ronnie Milsap. Known by many fans by its less grammatically correct title "There Ain't No Gettin' Over Me" — the song's official title appears nowhere in the lyrics — the song became one of Milsap's biggest country and pop hits...
" by Ronnie Milsap
Ronnie Milsap
Ronnie Lee Milsap is an American country music singer and pianist. He was one of country’s most popular and influential performers of the 1970s and 1980s...
(1981), "Holding Her and Loving You" by Earl Thomas Conley
Earl Thomas Conley
Earl Thomas Conley is an American country music singer-songwriter. Between 1980 and 2003, he recorded ten studio albums, including seven for the RCA Records label. In the 1980s and into the 1990s, Conley also charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, of which...
(1982), "Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde
Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde
"Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde" is a song written by Walt Aldridge and James LeBlanc, and recorded by American country music artist Travis Tritt. It was released in January 2002 as the fourth and final single from his 2000 album Down the Road I Go...
" by Travis Tritt
Travis Tritt
James Travis Tritt is an American country music singer from Marietta, Georgia. He signed to Warner Bros. Records in 1989, releasing seven studio albums and a greatest hits package for the label between then and 1999. In the 2000s, he released two albums on Columbia Records and one for the defunct...
(2000), and "I Loved Her First
I Loved Her First (song)
"I Loved Her First" is the title of a song written by Walt Aldridge and Elliott Park, and recorded by American country music group Heartland. It was released in June 2006 as the band's debut single, it reached Number One on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in late 2006.-Content:The song...
" (2006) - recorded by Heartland. He is listed as a "Music Achiever" by the Alabama Music Hall of Fame
Alabama Music Hall of Fame
The Alabama Music Hall of Fame, first conceived by the Muscle Shoals Music Association in the early 1980s, was created by the Alabama Music Hall of Fame Board, which then saw to its Phase One construction of a after a state-wide referendum in 1987...
, which is a precursor to future induction, and has been awarded a star on their Walk of Fame.
In the late 1980s, Aldridge also sang lead vocals in the band The Shooters
The Shooters
The Shooters was a five-piece country music band founded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. It consisted of Walt Aldridge Gary Baker , Barry Billings , Chalmers Davis , and Michael Dillon . They charted several times on the Billboard country charts between 1986 and 1989...
, a country band which charted seven singles for Epic Records
Epic Records
Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...
.
Aldridge is an alumnus of the University of North Alabama
University of North Alabama
The University of North Alabama is a coeducational university located in Florence, Alabama, and the state's oldest four-year public university....
, and has recently signed back on to teach at UNA in the Entertainment Industry Program in the Fall of 2011.