About Sonny Throckmorton
James Fron "Sonny" Throckmorton (born April 2, 1941) is an American country music songwriter and singer. One of the most prolific country songwriters of the late 1970s and 1980s, he had more than 1,000 of his songs recorded by country artists and wrote or co-wrote more than fifteen number-one country hits, among them Merle Haggard's "The Way I Am", Jerry Lee Lewis's "Middle Age Crazy", T. G. Sheppard's "Last Cheater's Waltz", the Oak Ridge Boys' "Trying to Love Two Women", George Strait's "The Cowboy Rides Away", and the Judds' "Why Not Me". He also recorded as a performer, releasing two major-label albums: The Last Cheater's Waltz (Mercury, 1978) and Southern Train (Warner Bros., 1986). Throckmorton is a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and was named Songwriter of the Year by both Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) and the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI). In 2022 he received the Academy of Country Music's Poet's Award. Throckmorton is a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, and has been awarded Songwriter of the Year by both Broadcast Music Incorporated and the Nashville Songwriters Association International. He has also had minor success as a recording artist, having released two major-label albums: The Last Cheater's Waltz in 1978 on Mercury Records and Southern Train in 1986 on Warner Bros.
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