STEWART HARRIS

Stewart Harris, composer, songwriter, producer and publisher is the President of Edisto Sound. Born in Birmingham, Alabama he grew up in South Carolina and began his career in 1971 as a performer of folk and pop music on America's east coast. Based in New York City, he performed in clubs and festivals until 1973. He then moved to Washington D.C. where he continued as an artist and began to compose songs.

In 1974, he met Harry Warner (current Assistant Vice-President, BMI-Nashville). Harry was then Vice-President of Jerry Reed Enterprises/Vector Music. He brought Harris to Nashville in 1976 as a staff writer. It was not long thereafter when Harris began to work on his first recording project on Mercury Records. The album "Sing Me A Rainbow", was released in early 1978. Touring with Jerry Reed, he developed a reputation as a writer/artist and began writing for Reed and other artists.

In 1979, Harris wrote "A Player, A Pawn, A Hero, A King" for the Burt Reynolds movie "Hooper". This led to other movies such as Loni Anderson's "Country Gold" and "Killing At Hell's Gate" starring Robert Urich. He has also had songs in the television series "Flamingo Road". He is the co-writer of the theme for ABC's "America's Funniest Home Videos", currently shown nationally and in over 23 foreign countries.

Still residing in Nashville, Harris is writing and producing in both the country and pop fields. He has written songs for numerous artists such as: Waylon Jennings, Randy Travis (title cut for his Christmas Album), Amy Keys (R&B artist), Andy Williams, Michael Johnson, Mickey Gilley, Anne Murray, Lacy J. Dalton, Levon Helm, Tammy Wynette, Reba McEntire, Eddie Raven, Leon Everett, Cynthia Clawson, Loretta Lynn, Conway Twitty, Travis Tritt, and many others. "Hurricane", "Lonely Nights", and "Rose In Paradise" were Harris' first to top the charts at number one.

*Chart position is based on Billboard Magazine Pop, Country, R&B, & A/C Charts. Other music industry charts may have shown higher chart positions.