David Malloy
Encyclopedia
David Ernest Malloy is an American
Country Music
and Pop songwriter
, record producer
and A&R executive with 41 Number One Billboard Hits. He has received multiple Grammy nominations, as writer and/or producer, and has worked with many artists and projects including USA for Africa
, superstars Tim McGraw
, Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series) Julianne Hough
, Eddie Rabbitt
, Dolly Parton
, Reba McEntire
, Kenny Rogers
, Mindy McCready
, Badfinger
, Tanya Tucker
and many other world famous performers. Malloy has received two Grammy Nominations for writing the songs "Driving My Life Away" and "One Voice". He also received The Burton Award for "Suspicions
", a song he wrote for Rabbitt.
, Sam Cook
, Eddy Arnold
, Frank Sinatra
and Henry Mancini
. Jim was known for be willing and able to record a wide variety of genres, including classical
, Jazz
, Orchestra
l, Rhythm & Blues, Country
, Mariachi bands
and Pop
. In the early part of David's life, his father worked in recording studios around Los Angeles, CA, but at age 13 David's family moved to Nashville, TN. It was in Nashville that David would discover his passion for music. David took his first guitar lesson at age 15 and immediately knew that he wanted to write and produce music for a living.
and Even Stevens. Together the trio produced sixteen number one hits and solidified David's status as a top music producer in Nashville. The success David experienced with Eddie Rabbitt
laid the groundwork for production and songwriting work with artist like Kenny Rogers
, Dolly Parton
, Tanya Tucker
, Badfinger
and Billy Burnette
in the 1980s.
in Los Angeles. Most recently, David finished producing the Mercury Records debut of Dancing With The Stars' Julianne Hough and enjoyed chart success with Tim McGraw's version of 'Suspicions' (previously a #1 hit David co-wrote with the late Eddie Rabbitt). Other recent projects include co-producing a beach-themed concept album, Edge Of The Blue, with #1 songwriter/producer Tim Johnson.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Country Music
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...
and Pop songwriter
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...
, 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...
and A&R executive with 41 Number One Billboard Hits. He has received multiple Grammy nominations, as writer and/or producer, and has worked with many artists and projects including USA for Africa
USA for Africa
USA for Africa was the name under which forty-seven predominantly U.S. artists, led by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, recorded the hit single "We Are the World" in 1985. The song was a US and UK Number One for the collective in April of that year...
, superstars Tim McGraw
Tim McGraw
Samuel Timothy "Tim" McGraw is an American country singer and actor. Many of McGraw's albums and singles have topped the country music charts with total album sales in excess of 40 million units in the US, making him the eighth best-selling artist, and the third best-selling country singer, in the...
, Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series) Julianne Hough
Julianne Hough
Julianne Alexandra Hough is an American professional ballroom dancer, country music singer and actress. She is most widely known for being a two-time champion of ABC's Dancing with the Stars. She earned a Creative Arts Primetime Emmy nomination in 2007 for choreography...
, Eddie Rabbitt
Eddie Rabbitt
Edward Thomas "Eddie" Rabbitt was an American singer-songwriter and musician. His career began as a songwriter in the late 1960s, springboarding to a recording career after composing hits such as "Kentucky Rain" for Elvis Presley in 1970 and "Pure Love" for Ronnie Milsap in 1974...
, Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk...
, Reba McEntire
Reba McEntire
Reba Nell McEntire is an American country music artist and actress. She began her career in the music industry as a high school student singing in the Kiowa High School band , on local radio shows with her siblings, and at rodeos. As a solo act, she was invited to perform at a rodeo in Oklahoma...
, Kenny Rogers
Kenny Rogers
Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur...
, Mindy McCready
Mindy McCready
Melinda Gayle "Mindy" McCready is an American country music singer. Active since 1996, she has recorded a total of five studio albums. Her debut album, 1996's Ten Thousand Angels, was released on BNA Records and was certified 2× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA, while 1997's If I Don't Stay the...
, Badfinger
Badfinger
Badfinger were a British rock band consisting originally of Pete Ham, Ron Griffiths, Mike Gibbins and Tom Evans, active from 1968 to 1983, and evolving from The Iveys, formed by Ham, Griffiths and David "Dai" Jenkins in Swansea, Wales, in the early 1960s. Joey Molland joined the group in 1969,...
, Tanya Tucker
Tanya Tucker
Tanya Denise Tucker is a female American country music artist who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13...
and many other world famous performers. Malloy has received two Grammy Nominations for writing the songs "Driving My Life Away" and "One Voice". He also received The Burton Award for "Suspicions
Suspicions (Eddie Rabbitt song)
"Suspicions" is a country music song. It was originally recorded and released as a single in 1979 by Eddie Rabbitt from his album Loveline; his version was a Number One hit on the Billboard country music charts and a Top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot 100...
", a song he wrote for Rabbitt.
Early life
Music was a major part of Malloy's life from an early age. His father, Jim Malloy, is a world renowned and Grammy Award-winning recording engineer. Throughout the early 1950s through the late 1970s, Jim Malloy worked with some of the most influential artist of the time. Among the artist that Jim Malloy worked with are Elvis PresleyElvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....
, Sam Cook
Sam Cook
Cecil "Sam" Cook , was an English cricketer, who played for Gloucestershire and in one Test match for England.-Life and career:...
, Eddy Arnold
Eddy Arnold
Richard Edward Arnold , known professionally as Eddy Arnold, was an American country music singer who performed for six decades. He was a so-called Nashville sound innovator of the late 1950s, and scored 147 songs on the Billboard country music charts, second only to George Jones. He sold more...
, Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...
and Henry Mancini
Henry Mancini
Henry Mancini was an American composer, conductor and arranger, best remembered for his film and television scores. He won a record number of Grammy Awards , plus a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously in 1995...
. Jim was known for be willing and able to record a wide variety of genres, including classical
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
, Jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, Orchestra
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
l, Rhythm & Blues, 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...
, Mariachi bands
Mariachi
Mariachi is a genre of music that originated in the State of Jalisco, in Mexico. It is an integration of stringed instruments highly influenced by the cultural impacts of the historical development of Western Mexico. Throughout the history of mariachi, musicians have experimented with brass, wind,...
and Pop
Popular music
Popular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres "having wide appeal" and is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional music, which are typically disseminated academically or orally to smaller, local...
. In the early part of David's life, his father worked in recording studios around Los Angeles, CA, but at age 13 David's family moved to Nashville, TN. It was in Nashville that David would discover his passion for music. David took his first guitar lesson at age 15 and immediately knew that he wanted to write and produce music for a living.
Music career
David's first major success as a songwriter/producer came in a collaborative effort with country music artists and songwriters Eddie RabbittEddie Rabbitt
Edward Thomas "Eddie" Rabbitt was an American singer-songwriter and musician. His career began as a songwriter in the late 1960s, springboarding to a recording career after composing hits such as "Kentucky Rain" for Elvis Presley in 1970 and "Pure Love" for Ronnie Milsap in 1974...
and Even Stevens. Together the trio produced sixteen number one hits and solidified David's status as a top music producer in Nashville. The success David experienced with Eddie Rabbitt
Eddie Rabbitt
Edward Thomas "Eddie" Rabbitt was an American singer-songwriter and musician. His career began as a songwriter in the late 1960s, springboarding to a recording career after composing hits such as "Kentucky Rain" for Elvis Presley in 1970 and "Pure Love" for Ronnie Milsap in 1974...
laid the groundwork for production and songwriting work with artist like Kenny Rogers
Kenny Rogers
Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur...
, Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk...
, Tanya Tucker
Tanya Tucker
Tanya Denise Tucker is a female American country music artist who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13...
, Badfinger
Badfinger
Badfinger were a British rock band consisting originally of Pete Ham, Ron Griffiths, Mike Gibbins and Tom Evans, active from 1968 to 1983, and evolving from The Iveys, formed by Ham, Griffiths and David "Dai" Jenkins in Swansea, Wales, in the early 1960s. Joey Molland joined the group in 1969,...
and Billy Burnette
Billy Burnette
William Beau "Billy" Burnette III is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter who was part of the band Fleetwood Mac from 1987 to 1995. Burnette also had a brief career in acting.-Family background:...
in the 1980s.
Recent Work
David worked in the A&R department of Columbia/Epic Records and then ran the Nashville division of Electra Records. David was also a producer at Elektra RecordsElektra Records
Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009....
in Los Angeles. Most recently, David finished producing the Mercury Records debut of Dancing With The Stars' Julianne Hough and enjoyed chart success with Tim McGraw's version of 'Suspicions' (previously a #1 hit David co-wrote with the late Eddie Rabbitt). Other recent projects include co-producing a beach-themed concept album, Edge Of The Blue, with #1 songwriter/producer Tim Johnson.