(1951-10-09) October 9, 1951 (age 72) Pensacola, Florida, United States
Origin
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Genres
Country
Occupation(s)
Singer-songwriter, composer
Instrument(s)
Guitar
Years active
1970s–present
Musical artist
Rhonda Kye Fleming (born October 9, 1951) is an American singer/songwriter and music publisher in Nashville, Tennessee. She is best known for writing a series of hit songs in the 1980s, making productive collaborations with artists Ronnie Milsap and Barbara Mandrell. Fleming was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2009 and has won more than 42 BMI Awards, including BMI Songwriter of the Year for 3 consecutive years (1981–83).[1] Fifteen of her compositions have achieved a benchmark of one million performances each.[2]
Some of Fleming's most successful songs include: "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool", "Sleeping Single in a Double Bed", "Smoky Mountain Rain", "Years", "I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World", "Nobody"," and "Give Me Wings". In 2012, she was an honoree of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum's Poets and Prophets series which honors songwriters deemed to have made a significant contribution to country music.[3] The series featured an extended interview with Fleming before an audience at the Country Music Hall of Fame, and film clips, recordings, and photos of Fleming's life work and awards.[1]
^ ab"Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Member, Kye Fleming, to be Featured as Next "Poet & Prophet"". Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. July 10, 2012. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
^"Tammy Wynette, Kye Fleming Set to Enter Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame". BMI. September 2009. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
^McCall, Michael (September 1, 2009). "Poets and Prophets: Salute to Legendary Country Songwriter Kye Fleming". BMI. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
Rhonda KyeFleming (born October 9, 1951) is an American singer/songwriter and music publisher in Nashville, Tennessee. She is best known for writing...
years earlier. It was written by Dennis Morgan, Charles Quillen, and KyeFleming, as Coe - who continued to write songs of high quality - nonetheless...
"Baby Ride Easy" (Richard Dobson) – 2:43 "She Used to Love Me a Lot" (KyeFleming, Dennis Morgan, Charles Quillen) – 3:11 "After All" (Charles Cochran...
"Smoky Mountain Rain" is a song written by KyeFleming and Dennis Morgan, and recorded by American country music singer Ronnie Milsap. It was released...
Tracks chart. It was written by Dennis Morgan, Charles Quillen, and KyeFleming. A version of the song by Johnny Cash was recorded in the early 1980s...
"Sleeping Single In a Double Bed" is a song written by KyeFleming and Dennis Morgan, and recorded by American country music artist Barbara Mandrell....
and Doug Crider); track 7, "Cross My Broken Heart" (co-written with KyeFleming) 1989: Randy Travis - No Holdin' Back (Warner Bros. Nashville) - track...
It All the Time" Bobby Whiteside, Kim Tribble 3:11 3. "All That I Am" KyeFleming, Mary Ann Kennedy, Deborah Allen 3:23 4. "Maybe He'll Notice Her Now"...
Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Sylvia - lead vocals The Cherry Sisters, KyeFleming, George Grantham, Sherilyn Huffman, Lisa Silver, Diane Tidwell - backing...
Synthia Saint James, and Young Masters Little Wisdom books illustrated by KyeFleming. The series is designed for students from 3 to 6 years of age and is...
Award – Brooks & Dunn and Martina McBride Poet's Award – Rodney Crowell, KyeFleming and Billy Joe Shaver Gary Haber Lifting Lives Award – Gayle Holcomb Gene...
to 5" Dolly Parton Dallas Frazier for "Elvira" (The Oak Ridge Boys) KyeFleming & Dennis Morgan for "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" (Barbara...
"Roll On Mississippi" is a song written by KyeFleming and Dennis Morgan, and recorded by American country music artist Charley Pride. It was released...
designated an official song in 1996. "Smoky Mountain Rain", a song written by KyeFleming and Dennis Morgan that became a hit for Ronnie Milsap, was added to the...
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