Jeff Silbar

Songwriter

Jeff Silbar is a songwriter. Silbar, a native of Los Angeles, won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1990 for co-writing Bette Midler's "Wind Beneath My Wings" with Larry Henley.^[1]^[2]

Notable compositions

"All My Life" (Kenny Rogers)
"He's a Heartache (Looking for a Place to Happen)" (Janie Fricke)
"I Know What I've Got" (J.C. Crowley)
"Then Again" (Alabama)
"Tie Our Love (In a Double Knot)" (Dolly Parton)
"Til I Loved You" (Restless Heart)
"Where Were You When I Was Falling in Love" (Lobo)
"Wind Beneath My Wings" (Roger Whittaker, Willie Nelson, Colleen Hewett, Sheena Easton, Lou Rawls, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Gary Morris, Bette Midler, et al.)
"Hard Feelings" (Fleetwood Mac)
"You've Got a Good Love Comin'" (Lee Greenwood)
"Zoom In" (Ringo Starr)

References

^ "32nd Annual Grammy Awards winners". Grammy Awards website. April 30, 2017.
^ Kawashima, Dale (4 December 2013). "Songwriter Jeff Silbar: How He Co-Wrote the Classic Hit, "Wind Beneath My Wings"". Songwriter Universe.

External links

Official website
Jeff Silbar at IMDb

CMA Song of the Year

1967−1970

"There Goes My Everything" - Dallas Frazier (1967)
"Honey" - Bobby Russell (1968)
"The Carroll County Accident" - Bob Ferguson (1969)
"Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" - Kris Kristofferson (1970)

1971-1980

"Easy Loving" - Freddie Hart (1971-2)
"Behind Closed Doors" - Kenny O'Dell (1973)
"Country Bumpkin" - Don Wayne (1974)
"Back Home Again" - John Denver (1975)
"Rhinestone Cowboy" - Larry Weiss (1976)
"Lucille" Roger Bowling, Hal Bynum - (1977)
"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" - Richard Leigh (1978)
"The Gambler" - Don Schlitz (1979)
"He Stopped Loving Her Today" - Bobby Braddock, Curly Putman (1980)

1981-1990

"He Stopped Loving Her Today" - Bobby Braddock, Curly Putman (1981)
"Always on My Mind" - Wayne Carson, Johnny Christopher, Mark James (1982-3)
"Wind Beneath My Wings" - Larry Henley, Jeff Silbar (1984)
"God Bless the U.S.A." - Lee Greenwood (1985)
"On the Other Hand" - Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz (1986)
"Forever and Ever, Amen - Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz (1987)
"80's Ladies" - K. T. Oslin (1988)
"Chiseled in Stone" - Max D. Barnes, Vern Gosdin (1989)
"Where've You Been" - Don Henry, Jon Vezner (1990)

1991-2000

"When I Call Your Name" - Tim DuBois, Vince Gill (1991)
"Look at Us" - Vince Gill, Max D. Barnes (1992)
"I Still Believe in You" - Vince Gill, John Barlow Jarvis (1993)
"Chattahoochee" - Jim McBride, Alan Jackson (1994)
"Independence Day" - Gretchen Peters (1995)
"Go Rest High on That Mountain" - Vince Gill (1996)
"Strawberry Wine" - Matraca Berg, Gary Harrison (1997)
"Holes in the Floor of Heaven" - Billy Kirsch, Steve Wariner (1998)
"This Kiss" - Beth Nielsen Chapman, Robin Lerner, Annie Roboff (1999)
"I Hope You Dance" - Mark D. Sanders, Tia Sillers (2000)

2001-2010

"Murder on Music Row" - Larry Cordle, Larry Shell (2001)
"Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" - Alan Jackson (2002)
"Three Wooden Crosses" - Doug Johnson, Kim Williams (2003)
"Live Like You Were Dying" - Tim Nichols, Craig Wiseman (2004)
"Whiskey Lullaby" - Bill Anderson, Jon Randall (2005)
"Believe" - Ronnie Dunn, Craig Wiseman (2006)
"Give It Away" - Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon, Jamey Johnson (2007)
"Stay" - Jennifer Nettles (2008)
"In Color" - Jamey Johnson, Lee Thomas Miller, James Otto (2009)
"The House That Built Me" - Tom Douglas, Allen Shamblin (2010)

2011-2020

"If I Die Young" - Kimberly Perry (2011)
"Over You" - Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton (2012)
"I Drive Your Truck" - Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington, Jimmy Yeary (2013)
"Follow Your Arrow" - Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves (2014)
"Girl Crush" - Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, Liz Rose (2015)
"Humble and Kind" - Lori McKenna (2016)
"Better Man" - Taylor Swift (2017)
"Broken Halos" - Mike Henderson, Chris Stapleton (2018)
"Beautiful Crazy" - Luke Combs, Wyatt Durrette, Robert Williford (2019)

2021-2030

"The Bones" - Maren Morris, Jimmy Robbins, Laura Veltz (2020)
"Starting Over" - Mike Henderson, Chris Stapleton (2021)
"Buy Dirt" — Jacob Davis, Jordan Davis, Josh Jenkins, Matt Jenkins (2022)
"Fast Car" — Tracy Chapman (2023)

v t e Grammy Award for Song of the Year
1950s	"Nel blu, dipinto di blu (Volare)" – Domenico Modugno (songwriter) (1958) "The Battle of New Orleans" – Jimmy Driftwood (songwriter) (1959)
1960s	"Theme of Exodus" – Ernest Gold (songwriter) (1960) "Moon River" – Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini (songwriters) (1961) "What Kind of Fool Am I?" – Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley (songwriters) (1962) "Days of Wine and Roses" – Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini (songwriters) (1963) "Hello, Dolly!" – Jerry Herman (songwriter) (1964) "The Shadow of Your Smile" – Paul Francis Webster & Johnny Mandel (songwriters) (1965) "Michelle" – John Lennon & Paul McCartney (songwriters) (1966) "Up, Up, and Away" – Jimmy Webb (songwriter) (1967) "Little Green Apples" – Bobby Russell (songwriter) (1968) "Games People Play" – Joe South (songwriter) (1969)
1970s	"Bridge over Troubled Water" – Paul Simon (songwriter) (1970) "You've Got a Friend" – Carole King (songwriter) (1971) "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" – Ewan MacColl (songwriter) (1972) "Killing Me Softly with His Song" – Norman Gimbel & Charles Fox (songwriters) (1973) "The Way We Were" – Alan and Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (songwriters) (1974) "Send In the Clowns" – Stephen Sondheim (songwriter) (1975) "I Write the Songs" – Bruce Johnston (songwriter) (1976) "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" – Barbra Streisand & Paul Williams (songwriters) / "You Light Up My Life" – Joe Brooks (songwriter) (1977) "Just the Way You Are" – Billy Joel (songwriter) (1978) "What a Fool Believes" – Kenny Loggins & Michael McDonald (songwriters) (1979)
1980s	"Sailing" – Christopher Cross (songwriter) (1980) "Bette Davis Eyes" – Donna Weiss & Jackie DeShannon (songwriters) (1981) "Always on My Mind" – Johnny Christopher, Mark James & Wayne Carson (songwriters) (1982) "Every Breath You Take" – Sting (songwriter) (1983) "What's Love Got to Do with It" – Graham Lyle & Terry Britten (songwriters) (1984) "We Are the World" – Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie (songwriters) (1985) "That's What Friends Are For" – Burt Bacharach & Carole Bayer Sager (songwriters) (1986) "Somewhere Out There" – James Horner, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil (songwriters) (1987) "Don't Worry, Be Happy" – Bobby McFerrin (songwriter) (1988) "Wind Beneath My Wings" – Larry Henley & Jeff Silbar (songwriters) (1989)
1990s	"From a Distance" – Julie Gold (songwriter) (1990) "Unforgettable" – Irving Gordon (songwriter) (1991) "Tears in Heaven" – Eric Clapton & Will Jennings (songwriters) (1992) "A Whole New World" – Alan Menken & Tim Rice (songwriters) (1993) "Streets of Philadelphia" – Bruce Springsteen (songwriter) (1994) "Kiss from a Rose" – Seal (songwriter) (1995) "Change the World" – Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick & Tommy Sims (songwriters) (1996) "Sunny Came Home" – Shawn Colvin & John Leventhal (songwriters) (1997) "My Heart Will Go On" – James Horner & Will Jennings (songwriters) (1998) "Smooth" – Itaal Shur & Rob Thomas (songwriters) (1999)
2000s	"Beautiful Day" – Adam Clayton, David Evans, Laurence Mullen & Paul Hewson (songwriters) (2000) "Fallin'" – Alicia Keys (songwriter) (2001) "Don't Know Why" – Jesse Harris (songwriter) (2002) "Dance with My Father" – Richard Marx & Luther Vandross (songwriters) (2003) "Daughters" – John Mayer (songwriter) (2004) "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" – Adam Clayton, David Evans, Laurence Mullen & Paul Hewson (songwriters) (2005) "Not Ready to Make Nice" – Emily Burns Erwin, Martha Maguire, Natalie Maines Pasdar & Dan Wilson (songwriters) (2006) "Rehab" – Amy Winehouse (songwriter) (2007) "Viva la Vida" – Guy Berryman, Jonathan Buckland, William Champion & Christopher Martin (songwriters) (2008) "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" – Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart (songwriters) (2009)
2010s	"Need You Now" – Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott (songwriters) (2010) "Rolling in the Deep" – Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth (songwriters) (2011) "We Are Young" – Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost & Nate Ruess (songwriters) (2012) "Royals" – Joel Little & Ella Yelich O'Connor (songwriters) (2013) "Stay with Me" (Darkchild version) – James Napier, William Phillips & Sam Smith (songwriters) (2014) "Thinking Out Loud" – Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge (songwriters) (2015) "Hello" – Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin (songwriters) (2016) "That's What I Like" – Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip (songwriters) (2017) "This Is America" – Donald Glover, Ludwig Göransson & Jeffery Lamar Williams (songwriters) (2018) "Bad Guy" – Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell (songwriters) (2019)
2020s	"I Can't Breathe" – Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas (songwriters) (2020) "Leave the Door Open" – Brandon Anderson, Christopher Brody Brown, Dernst Emile II & Bruno Mars (songwriters) (2021) "Just Like That" – Bonnie Raitt (songwriter) (2022) "What Was I Made For?" – Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell (songwriters) (2023)