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Rivers Rutherford

Melvern Rivers Rutherford II (born June 17, 1967) is an American country music songwriter. Has been writing country songs since at least the 1990s as a songwriter, he has written several number one country hits, including "Ain't Nothing 'bout You" by Brooks & Dunn, which was the Number One country song of 2001 according to Billboard. Among the other Number Ones that he has composed are "If You Ever Stop Loving Me" by Montgomery Gentry, "When I Get Where I'm Going" by Brad Paisley and Dolly Parton, "Real Good Man" by Tim McGraw, "Living in Fast Forward" by Kenny Chesney, "Ladies Love Country Boys" by Trace Adkins, and "These Are My People" by Rodney Atkins.[2] He has also released a solo CD called Just Another Coaster. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2019

Rivers Rutherford

Melvern Rivers Rutherford II

(1967-06-17) June 17, 1967

Germantown, Tennessee, United States[1]

1996–present

www.riversrutherford.com

– "Ladies Love Country Boys"

Trace Adkins

– "Smoke Rings in the Dark", "Man of Me"

Gary Allan

– "These Are My People"

Rodney Atkins

– "Ain't Nothing 'bout You"

Brooks & Dunn

– "I Can Sleep When I'm Dead"

Jason Michael Carroll

– "Living in Fast Forward"

Kenny Chesney

– "Dirty Girl"

Terri Clark

– "Unconditional"

Clay Davidson

– "I Got More"

Cole Deggs & the Lonesome

– "Belongs to You"

Emerson Drive

– "I Want to Live"

Josh Gracin

– "Tonight I Wanna Be Your Man"

Andy Griggs

– "When the Lights Go Down"

Faith Hill

– "Hunt You Down"

JT Hodges

– "Heartache"

Jamey Johnson

– "Bullets in the Gun"

Toby Keith

– "It's All How You Look at It"

Tracy Lawrence

– "Real Good Man"

Tim McGraw

(with Dolly Parton) – "When I Get Where I'm Going"

Brad Paisley

– "Heavy Liftin'"

Blake Shelton

– "Jesus Was a Country Boy"

Clay Walker

– "Stealing Cinderella"

Chuck Wicks

– "Homewrecker", "One of the Boys"

Gretchen Wilson

– "Shut Up and Drive"

Chely Wright

Top 40 country singles co-written by Rivers Rutherford: