Performance · Other credits

Barry Dean

Barry Dean is credited on 199 releases across 35 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1966–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

View as artist →

Photo of Barry Dean

199

Pressings credited

35

Albums

7

Decades active

30

In collections

Biography

Barry Dean (born c. 1967) is an American country and pop music songwriter based in Nashville, Tennessee. He has written multiple No. 1 singles including “Pontoon” (Little Big Town), “Day Drinking” (Little Big Town), "Somebody's Daughter" (Tenille Townes), and "Think a Little Less" (Michael Ray), along with a Top 40 hit with “Girls Chase Boys” (Ingrid Michaelson). He has been nominated for a Grammy for Best Country Song on Tim McGraw's "Diamond Rings and Old Barstools."

Bio from Wikipedia

Credited work

199 releases · 35 albums · active 1966–2026

  • Performance · 313
  • Other credits · 27
  • Production · 2

Studios: Trident Studios · Advision Studios · CBS Studios, London · Whisky A Go Go

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

Around the web

See who really made the music.

Gatefold maps every producer, engineer, and player across your shelf — the credits no one else surfaces.

Start your shelf →

Free forever. Works with 10 records or 10,000.