First No. 1 for Shane and writers
By Preshias Harris
Nashville is a town that knows how to pay tribute to its real stars: the songwriters. A Number One party is designed to do just that, but when the recording artist that took it to the top of the charts is also one of the song’s creators… well, that’s the icing on the cake.
That was the case at the Number One party held Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at The Local in Nashville, where friends and family joined with members of the music industry to pay tribute to the writers of “My Boy,” the debut hit for Elvie Shane.
“My Boy” came to fruition at the hands of songwriters Elvie Shane, Russell Sutton, Lee Starr and Nick Columbia. The story behind the song is a very personal one for Shane who recalled the writing session with his co-writers as they sat with their guitars on the back porch. At that time, none of them had song publishing deals or record label deals and were living pretty much “paycheck to paycheck.”
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