George Edwin Varble is an American
country music
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musician and songwriter. Varble co-wrote the hit songs ''
Have You Forgotten?'', ''
Waitin' on a Woman'', ''
Things That Never Cross a Man's Mind'' and ''
A Little More Country Than That''.
In 2003, Varble co-wrote ''Have You Forgotten?'' with
Darryl Worley
Darryl Wade Worley (born October 31, 1964) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Signed to DreamWorks Records Nashville in 1999, Worley released four albums for the label: ''Hard Rain Don't Last'' (2000), ''I Miss My Friend'' (200 ...
, who released it as the first single from his
album of the same name. It was No. 1 on Billboard's
Hot Country Songs
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for seven weeks, and peaked at number 22 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100.
Varble's song ''Waitin' on a Woman'', co-written with Don Sampson, was recorded three times by American
country music
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artist
Brad Paisley
Brad Douglas Paisley (born October 28, 1972) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and guitarist. His first success came in 1997 as the writer of David Kersh's "Another You (David Kersh song), Another You". After this, he signed with ...
. According to ''
Country Weekly
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O ...
'' magazine, Varble received a call telling him that a former co-worker was in the hospital.
Varble wrote the song after calling his co-worker at the hospital, wondering where his wife was. He told "the story and the idea
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he song
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to co-writer Don Sampson.
After a few days, Varble and Sampson played "Waitin' on a Woman" for Paisley, and he decided to record it.
''Waitin' on a Woman'' debuted at number 51 on the ''
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''
Hot Country Songs
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chart dated for the week of June 28, 2008 and reached number 1 the week of September 20, 2008.
Varble wrote ''A Little More Country Than That'' with
Rory Lee Feek
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and Don Poythress while the three were at a writing retreat held at
Mickey Newbury
Milton Sims "Mickey" Newbury Jr. (May 19, 1940 – September 29, 2002) was an American singer-songwriter and a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Early life and career
Newbury was born in Houston, Texas, on May 19, 1940, to Mam ...
's cabin near
Nashville, Tennessee
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.
The song was recorded by
Easton Corbin
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and released in August 2009 as Corbin's debut single. The song peaked at Number One on the U.S. country singles charts dated for the week ending April 3, 2010, its thirty-second week on that chart.
In 2010 and 2011, Wynn was a contestant on CMT's Next Superstar.
Personal life
Varble was raised in
Ellenwood, Georgia. As of 2011, he lives in
Hampshire, Tennessee, United States.
Chart Singles Written by Wynn Varble
The following is a list of Wynn Varble compositions that were chart hits.
Songs written by
* "Self Made Man" -
Montgomery Gentry
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(co-written with Jay Knowles)
* "Have You Forgotten?" –
Darryl Worley
Darryl Wade Worley (born October 31, 1964) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Signed to DreamWorks Records Nashville in 1999, Worley released four albums for the label: ''Hard Rain Don't Last'' (2000), ''I Miss My Friend'' (200 ...
(co-written with Worley)
* "Cadillac Tears" –
Kevin Denney (cowritten with
Leslie Satcher
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)
* "She Ain't In It" -
Jon Pardi
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(co-written with
Clint Daniels)
* "Things That Never Cross a Man's Mind" -
Kellie Pickler
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(co-written with
Tim Johnson and Don Poythress)
* "Waitin' on a Woman" –
Brad Paisley
Brad Douglas Paisley (born October 28, 1972) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and guitarist. His first success came in 1997 as the writer of David Kersh's "Another You (David Kersh song), Another You". After this, he signed with ...
(co-written with Don Sampson)
* "A Little More Country Than That" –
Easton Corbin
Dan Easton Corbin (born April 12, 1982) is an American country music singer. He signed to Universal Music Group Nashville, Mercury Records Nashville in 2009 and released his Easton Corbin (album), self-titled debut album in March 2010, featuring ...
(co-written with Feek and Poythress)
* "Sounds Like Life To Me" –
Darryl Worley
Darryl Wade Worley (born October 31, 1964) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Signed to DreamWorks Records Nashville in 1999, Worley released four albums for the label: ''Hard Rain Don't Last'' (2000), ''I Miss My Friend'' (200 ...
(co-written with Worley)
* "
Mom
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" –
Bonnie Tyler
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,
Garth Brooks
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(co-written with Don Sampson)
Discography
Studio albums
Music videos
References
External links
Official website
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American country singer-songwriters
American male singer-songwriters