Stan E. Munsey is an American songwriter and one of several writer-musicians to emerge out of the Muscle Shoals, Alabama

Muscle Shoals, Alabama

Muscle Shoals is a city in Colbert County, Alabama, United States. As of 2007, the United States Census Bureau estimated the population of the city to be 12,846. The city is included in The Shoals MSA. It is famous for its contributions to American popular music.-Geography:Muscle Shoals is located...

 music scene. Munsey was born in Easton, Pennsylvania

Easton, Pennsylvania

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 and spent a significant amount time during his early years in Sheffield, Alabama

Sheffield, Alabama

Sheffield is a city in Colbert County, Alabama, United States, and is included in The Shoals MSA. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 9,652. Sheffield is the birthplace of notable attorney, actor, former senator and presidential contender Fred Thompson...

. He is noted as a musician and songwriter, with songs on major recordings that have sold more than 12 million worldwide. He has penned tunes for Alabama

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, Shenandoah

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, The Statler Brothers, Glen Campbell

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, Shania Twain

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, Tim McGraw

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, The Kinleys

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, Butch Baker

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, Lorrie Morgan

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, Suzy Bogguss

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, Barbara Mandrell

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, Lee Greenwood

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, Jonathan Edwards

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, Mel McDaniel

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, Charly McClain

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, Wayne Massey

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, Ty Herndon

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, Collin Raye

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, John Michael Montgomery

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, Marty Raybon

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, and Marie Osmond

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.

As a musician, the first band Munsey recorded with was "The Chessmen", who released a single on the Paradox records label which got modest radio airplay in 1970. He played keys with numerous bands and artists throughout the seventies and shared his talents with the likes of Percy Sledge

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 and Jim Stafford

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 before making his mark in Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville, Tennessee

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 as a songwriter. During the mid-eighties he signed with noted record producer Harold Shedd

Harold Shedd

Harold Shedd is a music industry executive and producer, best known for his role as producer of the country group Alabama as well as Reba McEntire, Shania Twain and Toby Keith...

's famed music publishing company as a staff songwriter.

Munsey took some time off from his writing to tour with Los Angeles

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-based Wendy Waldman on Dan Fogelberg

Dan Fogelberg

Daniel Grayling "Dan" Fogelberg was an American singer-songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist, whose music was inspired by sources as diverse as folk, pop, rock, classical, jazz, and bluegrass music...

's Exile tour. He later signed with Charley Pride

Charley Pride

Charley Frank Pride is an American country music singer. His smooth baritone voice was featured on thirty-nine number-one hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. His greatest success came in the early- to mid-1970s, when he became the best-selling performer for RCA Records since Elvis...

's publishing company where he penned songs for Lorrie Morgan and Tim McGraw. Munsey scored big with the McGraw single and title cut of the CD, "All I Want Is a Life

All I Want Is a Life

"All I Want Is a Life" is a song written by Stan Munsey, Tony Mullins and Don Pfrimmer, and recorded by country music artist Tim McGraw. It is the third single, and the partial title track to his 1995 album All I Want. It peaked at #5 in the United States, and #2 in Canada.-Chart positions:"All I...

", which soared to the top of the Billboard Country charts in 1995 and earned him a BMI Million-Air award. He is the keyboardist for Grammy Award

Grammy Award

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-winning country music group Shenandoah, having joined during the 1990s.