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American country music singer-songwriter
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23 October 1951
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The details
Biography
Introduction
David Wills (born October 23, 1951 in Pulaski, Tennessee) is an American country music singer-songwriter. Wills released three studio albums and charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart between 1975 and 1988. Two of his songs, "There's a Song on the Jukebox" and "From Barrooms to Bedrooms," reached the Top 10 in 1975. Wills was a BMI songwriter for Pride Music Group, along with Blake Mevis and Bob Moulds. David was married to Deborah Ann Smith (from Dallas, TX) who owned Alcorn Music, Inc. publishing company.
As a songwriter, Wills wrote George Strait's "If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)" and Garth Brooks' "Wild Horses."
Discography
Albums
| Year | Album | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Barrooms to Bedrooms | 13 | Epic |
| Everybody's Country | 31 | ||
| 1984 | New Beginnings | 62 | RCA |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart Positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | "There's a Song on the Jukebox" | 10 | 5 | Barrooms to Bedrooms |
| "From Barrooms to Bedrooms" | 10 | 7 | ||
| "The Barmaid" | 31 | — | ||
| "She Deserves My Very Best" | 35 | 48 | Everybody's Country | |
| 1976 | "Queen of the Starlight Room" | 47 | — | |
| "Woman" | 55 | 32 | singles only | |
| "(I'm Just Pouring Out) What She Bottled Up in Me" | 66 | — | ||
| 1977 | "The Best Part of My Days (Are My Nights with You)" | 52 | — | |
| "Cheatin' Turns Her On" | 91 | — | ||
| "Do You Wanna Make Love" | 82 | — | ||
| 1978 | "You Snap Your Fingers (And I'm Back in Your Hands)" | 70 | — | |
| 1979 | "I'm Being Good" | 50 | — | |
| "Endless" | 82 | — | ||
| 1980 | "She's Hangin' in There (I'm Hangin' Out)" | 91 | — | |
| "The Light of My Life (Has Gone Out Again Tonight)" | 65 | — | ||
| 1983 | "Those Nights, These Days" | 52 | — | New Beginnings |
| "The Eyes of a Stranger" | 19 | — | ||
| 1984 | "Miss Understanding" | 26 | 44 | |
| "Lady in Waiting" | 31 | — | ||
| "Macon Love" | 69 | — | singles only | |
| 1988 | "Paper Thin Walls" | 85 | — | |