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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.
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
- Brian Auger's Oblivion Express
- Brian Auger
- Various
- Julie Driscoll
- Shawn Phillips (2)
- Katsutoshi Morizono
- Mike Patto (2)
- Bo Street Runners
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