Billy Sherrill

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Billy Sherrill

American songwriter and producer

Also known as: Billy Norris Sherrill

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Renamed Tammy Wynette by producer Billy Sherrill, she recorded her first hit in 1966, the single “Apartment #9,” which was followed by “Your Good Girl’s Gonna Go Bad” (1967), “I Don’t Wanna Play House” (1967)—for which she won the first of two Grammy Awards—and “D-I-V-O-R-C-E” (1968). With Sherrill she wrote…
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Renamed Tammy Wynette by producer Billy Sherrill, she recorded her first hit in 1966, the single “Apartment #9,” which was followed by “Your Good Girl’s Gonna Go Bad” (1967), “I Don’t Wanna Play House” (1967)—for which she won the first of two Grammy Awards—and “D-I-V-O-R-C-E” (1968). With Sherrill she wrote…
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