Bob DiPiero

Robert John DiPiero (born March 3, 1951) is an American country music songwriter. He has written 15 US number one hits and several Top 20 singles for Tim McGraw, The Oak Ridge Boys, Reba McEntire, Vince Gill, Faith Hill, Shenandoah, Neal McCoy, Highway 101, Restless Heart, Ricochet, John Anderson, Montgomery Gentry, Brooks & Dunn, George Strait, Pam Tillis, Martina McBride, Trace Adkins, Travis Tritt, Bryan White, Billy Currington, Etta James, Delbert McClinton, Van Zant, Tanya Tucker, Patty Loveless, and many others.

Early years DiPiero was born in the steel-manufacturing center of Youngstown, Ohio. His family moved to the suburban township of Liberty, Ohio. DiPiero graduated from Liberty High School (Ohio) in 1969. He graduated from Youngstown State University's Dana School of Music. He participated in hard rock bands in northeastern Ohio throughout the late 1960s and 1970s. In 1979, DiPiero moved to Nashville. He worked as a session player and traveling musician, then moved into songwriting. Since then, DiPiero co-wrote countless hit singles for other country music artists, with 15 of his songs reaching No. 1 on the country music charts. In 1995 and 1996, he received the Triple Play award from the Country Music Association for 3 number one singles charted in each of those years. In addition, he has 36 awards from BMI for his contributions as a songwriter. He was also one third of the country music supergroup Billy Hill; members included Dennis Robbins and John Scott Sherrill.

He helped make Nashville a port-of-call for legendary performers from all genres, writing with Neil Diamond, Carole King, Johnny Van Zant, and Delbert McClinton, among many others.

At one point, DiPiero was married to country music artist Pam Tillis, the daughter of singer Mel Tillis. The couple divorced. On June 18, 2006, he married music publisher, Leslie Tomasino.

DiPiero launched a music industry-based reality series called "The Hitmen of Music Row" premiering September 26, 2007, on the Great American Country cable station. 2001: BMI 50 Most Performed Songs of the Year 2004: BMI 50 Most Performed Songs of the Year-"Cowboy's Like Us-George Strait" "You Can't Take The Honky Tonk Out Of The Girl-Brooks & Dunn" 2005: BMI Most Performed Songs of the Year-"Gone-Montgomery Gentry," "If You Ever Stop Loving Me-Montgomery Gentry" 2006: BMI 50 Most Performed Songs of the Year-"She Don't Tell Me To-Montgomery Gentry" 2007: Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee 2007: Nashville Walk of Fame inductee 2010: 17 Million-Air Honors (BMI) 2017: BMI Icon

Singles written or co-written by Bob DiPiero

1983 "American Made" – The Oak Ridge Boys 2015 "Boys Like You" – Who Is Fancy featuring Meghan Trainor and Ariana Grande 2018 "Tacoma" cowritten with Caitlin Smith, also performed by Garth Brooks 2020 "Me About Me" – RaeLynn