Danny Orton

Danny Orton (born in Louisiana) is an American country music songwriter and producer signed to Warner/Chappell.^[1] Active since the late 1990s as a songwriter, he has had his songs recorded by Rascal Flatts, Tim McGraw, Reba McEntire, Pat Green, Love and Theft, and many other acts.

His credits include the #1 single "Stand"^[2] by Rascal Flatts as well as others by the hit group, including "Too Good Is True and "Like I Am"; the #2 single "Fall Into Me" by Emerson Drive; and the #12 single "Let Me" by Pat Green. He has also written for Tim McGraw, Billy Ray Cyrus, Reba McEntire, and Chicago,^[3] among others.

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2014

• Dan + Shay - "19 You + Me" (also co-produced). First single. RIAA Gold.
• Dan + Shay - "Show You Off" (also co-produced). Second single.
• Dan + Shay - "Stop Drop + Roll" (also co-produced)
• Dan + Shay - "What You Do To Me" (also co-produced)
• Dan + Shay - "I Heard Goodbye" (also co-produced)
• Dan + Shay - "Close Your Eyes" (also co-produced)

2013

• Boyzone - "Rise"
• A Rocket to the Moon - "I Do"

2010

• Lady Antebellum - "Beautiful Thang"
• Christian Kane - "Whiskey In Mind"

2009

• Love and Theft - "World Wide Open"
• Billy Ray Cyrus - "A Good Day"
• Billy Ray Cyrus - "Thrillbilly"

2008

• Pat Green - "Let Me" (#12 single)^[4]

2007

• Rascal Flatts - "Stand" (#1 single)^[2]

2006

• Chicago - "Feel" (Top 20 single)

2005

• Reba McEntire - "You're Gonna Be" (Top 30 single)
• Lonestar - "Little Town"

2004

• Restless Heart - "Feel My Way To You" (Top 30 single)
• John Montgomery - "Little Devil"

2003

• Emerson Drive - "Fall Into Me" (#2 single)^[5]
• Rushlow - "Sweet Summer Rain" (Top 40 single)
• Rushlow - "Right Now"
• Rushlow - "Still"

2002

• Rascal Flatts - "Too Good Is True"
• Rascal Flatts - "Like I Am"
• John Montgomery - "Got You To Thank For That"

2001

• Tim McGraw - "Angel Boy"

2000

• Wynonna - "Can't Nobody Love You" (Top 40 single)
• Rascal Flatts - "Some Say"
• Patty Loveless - "She Never Stopped Loving Him"
• Sons of the Desert - "Too Far Where You Are"

1999

• Doug Stone - "Make Up In Love" (Top 15 single)
• Doug Stone - "Not Me"
• Ty Herndon - "That's What I Call Love"
• Kathy Mattea - "Why Can't We"

1998

• Randy Travis - "Easy to Love You"
• Rhett Akins - "What Living's All About"

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