About Dan Tyler
Born 1950. Dan Tyler is an American lawyer.
Daniel Eugene Tyler (born 1950) is an American songwriter. Among his best known songs are "Bobbie Sue" (co-written with his wife, Adele), "Modern Day Romance", "Twenty Years Ago", "Somebody's Doin' Me Right", and "The Light In Your Eyes".
About Tyler was born and raised in McComb, Mississippi. His father worked in newspapers and radio, and his mother was an English teacher. He studied law at the University of Mississippi and clerked in Mississippi, following which he and his wife moved to Nashville to write songs, and where he practiced entertainment law.
He wrote the 1996 novel Music City Confidential.
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American songwriter (born 1950)
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Dan Tyler was born in 1950 in McComb.
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Dan Tyler is a lawyer.
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