Right now, I’m trying to finish up a couple more albums. Paul Overstreet: I haven’t really looked back to think about it that much. What are some things that stick out to you? Here’s the video of Randy Travis’ hit “Forever and Ever, Amen,”īC: You’ve had an impressive body of work that you’ve written and recorded. He talks about some of his classic hit songs such as “Love Can Build a Bridge,” “Forever and Ever, Amen,” and “When You Say Nothing At All.” He also tells how he got his start as a songwriter, how the publishing industry has changed, and his new deal with Time Life. We are pleased to present this new Q&A interview with Paul Overstreet. Overstreet’s highest-charting albums as an artist are Sowin’ Love (1989), Heroes (1991) and Love Is Strong (1992). He reached the Top 10 eight times with his own solo recordings with songs like “Love Helps Those,” Seein’ My Father in Me,” “Richest Man on Earth,” and “Daddy’s Come Around.” The Mississippi native recently signed a deal with Time Life to digitally reissue nine of his albums as well as new and previously unavailable music. Here’s an excerpt of our interview with Paul Overstreet, who tells how he wrote The Judds’ classic hit “Love Can Build a Bridge” with Naomi Judd and John Jarvis.Īs an artist, Overstreet has recorded 10 albums, hitting the Billboard charts 16 times (two times at #1). Incredibly, he has written or co-written 27 Top 10 country hit songs.Īmong the songs Overstreet has co-written are Randy Travis’s “Forever and Ever Amen,” The Judds’ “Love Can Build a Bridge,” Kenny Chesney’s “She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy,” Blake Shelton’s “Some Beach,” George Jones’ “Same Ole Me,” Forester Sisters’ “I Fell In Love Again Last Night,” Tanya Tucker’s “I Won’t Take Less Than Your Love” and “One Love at a Time.” He also wrote the classic “When You Say Nothing At All,” which was a #1 hit for Keith Whitley, a Top 5 hit for Alison Krauss, and a global hit when it was featured in the movie, Notting Hill (sung by Ronan Keating). His excellent resume includes winning two Grammy awards, ACM and CMA Song of the Year awards and two Dove awards. A 2003 inductee into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, he was also named BMI Songwriter of the Year for five years in a row. has had a highly successful career over the past several decades. Isn't it funny though? We don't know what's goin' on.Paul Overstreet, one of Nashville’s most renowned singer/songwriters. We haven't had anything really chart before. "It's a freak thing," she told a Los Angeles Times reporter in March 1995. Its success, as well as that of the album, caught Krauss by surprise. The single's B-side was a previously unreleased Whitley song titled "Charlotte's in North Carolina", which also appeared on the tribute album. 2 on the same magazine's Hot Country Singles Sales chart. 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, and a commercial single reached No. That version, also featured on Krauss' compilation Now That I've Found You: A Collection, peaked at No.
After Krauss's cover began to receive unsolicited airplay, BNA Records, the label that had released the album, issued Krauss' version to radio in January 1995. The single release featured "Charlotte's in North Carolina," one of several previously-unreleased tracks sung by Whitley on the album, as the B-side. It is among the best-known hit songs for three different performers: Keith Whitley, who took it to the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart on DecemAlison Krauss, whose version was her first solo top-10 country hit in 1995 and Irish pop singer Ronan Keating, whose version was his first solo single and a chart-topper in the United Kingdom and Ireland in 1999.Īlison Krauss, already a veteran bluegrass fiddler and vocalist at age 23, recorded "When You Say Nothing at All" with her country group, Union Station, in 1994 for a tribute album to Whitley titled Keith Whitley: A Tribute Album. Info: "When You Say Nothing at All" is a country song written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz. Title: When You Say Nothing At All - Alison Krauss You say it best - when you say nothing at all Song Info
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me if ever I fall What's being said between your heart and mine But when you hold me near, you drown out the crowd All day long I can hear people talking out loud You say it best - when you say nothing at all There's a truth in your eyes sayin' you'll never leave me The smile on your face lets me know that you need me Scroll Stop Speed Chords: Hide Show Top Right