NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Country Music Hall of Famer, Songwriters Hall of Fame member and ACM and CMA-award-winning entertainment titan, Bill Anderson, releases his brand-new EP, Forevermore, available everywhere today via MCA Nashville/UMe.
To stream and download Forevermore, click HERE.
People.com exclusively premiered a first listen to the sentimental focus track from the EP, “The Last One I’ll Forget,” noting that “Anderson sure knows how to tug at the heartstrings with this nostalgic track that tells the story of a man in his final years who’s reflecting on life, and most importantly, the love of his life.” MusicRow‘s Robert Oermann also praised the track, emphasizing that Anderson “emotes beautifully on this softly contemplative ballad of enduring love in old age.”
Forevermore follows Anderson’s previous collaboration, “The Country I Grew Up With,” which features four fellow Hall of Famers – Bobby Bare, Jimmy Fortune, Vince Gill and Willie Nelson. Last month, Anderson also received the Lifetime Achievement Award during the Hero’s Salute to Lee Greenwood Grand Ole Opry event as well as the Industry Impact Award for his contributions to radio, film and television from the Tennessee Association of Broadcasters at the Country Music Hall of Fame.
In 2024, Anderson was awarded the Dr. David Godbold Lifetime Achievement Award by the South Carolina Entertainment and Music Hall of Fame. He was inducted by the organization in 1994, and is the first Lifetime Achievement Award honoree. Anderson was born in Columbia, South Carolina and lived there for the first 8 years of his life until moving to Georgia. In 2022, Anderson received a GRAMMY® nomination as an artist in the Best American Roots Performance category for his collaboration “Someday It’ll All Make Sense” (Bluegrass Version) with Dolly Parton.
FOREVERMORE TRACKLISTING:
1. “I Love Us” (Writers: Bill Anderson, Steve Dorff | Producer: Steve Dorff)
2. “All Of Me Loves All Of You” (Writer: Bill Anderson | Producers: Thomm Jutz and Bill Anderson)
3. “The Last One I’ll Forget” (Writers: Bill Anderson, Steve Dorff | Producer: Steve Dorff)
4. “Brand New Every Day” (Writers: Bill Anderson, Steve Dorff | Producer: Steve Dorff)
5. “Yesterday, Today, And Forevermore” (Writers: Bill Anderson, Steve Dorff, Bobby Tomberlin | Producer: Steve Dorff)
6. “Stay Gone” (Writers: Bill Anderson, Steve Dorff | Producer: Steve Dorff)
ABOUT BILL ANDERSON:
Country Music Hall of Famer and Grand Ole Opry titan Bill Anderson is the rare songwriter whose first major label cut went to No. 1 on the charts, was named Song of The Year and sparked a writing career that is currently in its seventh decade. The song, “City Lights,” was written when Andersonwas a 19-year old Georgia disc jockey and became a career-defining hit for Ray Price in 1958. The song opened doors for him in Nashville, leading him to signing with BMI and Tree Publishing. Anderson was far from a one-hit wonder. He followed “City Lights” with country standards like “Tips Of My Fingers,” the GRAMMY-nominated “Once A Day,” “Saginaw, Michigan,” “That’s What It’s Like To Be Lonesome,” “I Missed Me,” “Cold Hard Facts Of Life,” which earned him another GRAMMY nomination, “Mama Sang A Song,” the crossover smash, “Still,” and countless others. He was voted country Songwriter of the Year six times during his first decade in Music City. His success continued into the 1970’s with award-winning hits like “Slippin’ Away,” “The Lord Knows I’m Drinking,” “I May Never Get To Heaven,” and the disco-flavored, “I Can’t Wait Any Longer.” The 1980’s saw Anderson’s chart-topping career take a hiatus as he became a TV network game show host, spokesman for a national restaurant chain and a nonstop touring Grand Ole Opry performer. In the 1990’s he came roaring back with a vengeance, however, as he seriously turned to co-writing for the first time. Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001, his collaborations with the newer generation of Nashville tunesmiths resulted in hits like “Wish You Were Here,” the GRAMMY-nominated “Two Teardrops,” “A Lot Of Things Different,” for Kenny Chesney, “Which Bridge To Cross (Which Bridge To Burn),” for Vince Gill and two CMA Song Of The Year trophies for “Whiskey Lullaby,” with Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss and George Strait’s “Give It Away,” in 2005 and 2007 respectfully. He continues to write today with songs like Brad Paisley’s “Dying To See Her.” For more information, visit BillAnderson.com.
