Billy Kirsch

Billy Kirsch is an American songwriter and consultant.

Billy Kirsch
Alma materWesleyan University
OccupationSongwriter and consultant
AwardsAcademy of Country Music Award
Country Music Association Award
Daytime Emmy Award nomination
Websitekidbillymusic.com

Early life

Billy Kirsch attended Wesleyan University before leaving college to become a musician, focusing on a career as a jazz musician. After living in New York City, he moved to Nashville to enter the country music industry.[1]

Songwriting

Kirsch then became a songwriter for country music artists, working for publishers including Kidbilly Music and Nocturnal Eclipse Music.[2] The first major performer to record a song of his was Kenny Rogers,[3] and he wrote the song “Is It Over Yet” performed by Wynonna Judd.[1]

1998 Kirsch co-wrote the song “Holes in the Floor of Heaven” with Steve Wariner,[4] which received the Song of the Year prize from the Academy of Country Music that year.[5] It also received the Country Music Association Award Song of the Year prize[6][7] and a Grammy nomination[8] for Best Country Song.[9] The story behind Kirsch’s writing of the song was published in the book Chicken Soup for the Soul: Country Music: The Inspirational Stories behind 101 of Your Favorite Country Songs.[10]

In 2002 Kirsch’s song “I Believe In The Mystery” was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Song.[11] In 2003 Kirsch co-wrote the song "Stay Gone" with singer Jimmy Wayne, which was named one of BMI’s 2003 songs of the year on American radio and television.[12] Additionally he has written and published songs for artists including Rogers,[13] Alabama,[14] Engelbert Humperdinck, Tim McGraw, and Lee Greenwood.[15]

Consulting

In 2006 Kirsch created the “team building through song” concept and began a business consultancy. Clients that he has worked with through the company have included Walt Disney, Microsoft, L’Oréal, Harley-Davidson, and Pfizer.[16] Kirsch is the president of the firm, Kidbilly Music Team Building.[17][18]

References
  1. "Nashvilles Jewish cowboy lives the good country life". J Weekly. January 2, 2009.
  2. Inc, Nielsen Business Media (14 October 1995). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books.
  3. "PressReader.com - Connecting People Through News". www.pressreader.com.
  4. "Story Behind the Song: 'Holes in the Floor of Heaven'". The Tennessean.
  5. Inc, Nielsen Business Media (22 May 1999). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books.
  6. "Homepage". CMA Awards.
  7. Netemeyer, Sarah. "2018 CMA Awards: Song of the Year Winner Unveiled". countryfancast.com.
  8. Inc, Nielsen Business Media (27 February 1999). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 10 – via Internet Archive. Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  9. "Billy Kirsch". GRAMMY.com. 17 March 2014.
  10. Canfield, Jack; Hansen, Mark Victor; Rudder, Randy (6 September 2011). Chicken Soup for the Soul: Country Music: The Inspirational Stories behind 101 of Your Favorite Country Songs. Simon and Schuster. p. 152. ISBN 9781611591903 – via Google Books.
  11. "Daytime Emmy Awards (2002)". IMDb.
  12. Inc, Nielsen Business Media (20 November 2004). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books.
  13. Inc, Nielsen Business Media (24 May 2003). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books.
  14. "JUF News : Blog". JUF News.
  15. Hutchens, David (2 July 2015). Circle of the 9 Muses: A Storytelling Field Guide for Innovators and Meaning Makers. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118974117 – via Google Books.
  16. Staff, VoyageLA. "Meet Billy Kirsch of Kidbilly Music - Team Building Through Song in Hollywood - Voyage LA Magazine - LA City Guide".
  17. LA, Add to My. "Kidbilly Music - Team Building Through Song®". Discover Los Angeles. Archived from the original on 2019-01-17. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  18. "12 Fun Facts About Our Small Agency Conference Speakers". adage.com.
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