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Larry Butler was an American country producer, songwriter, pianist, and keyboard player, born on March 26, 1942, in Pensacola, Florida. He began his musical career at the age of six and, by ten, had sung with a group and hosted his own radio show, showcasing his piano skills on The Lynn Toney Show. Butler joined a Florida band called Jerry Woodward and the Esquires and, during a trip to Nashville, met a notable publisher/producer from Tree International, which encouraged him to move to Nashville in 1963. In Nashville, Butler's distinctive piano playing supported hits such as "Hello Darlin'" and "Honey," making him a sought-after session player for numerous Nashville celebrities. In the late 1960s, he moved to Memphis and played keyboards in a rock group that had a hit with "GTO." He later joined another group that charted with "Keep on Dancing" and "Every Day I Have to Cry Some." During this time, Butler co-wrote the hit single "Lullaby Of Love" and served as Bobby Goldsboro's pianist and music director. Butler returned to Nashville as an in-house producer, where his first produced single, "Seven Lonely Days," became a Billboard Top-20 Country single in 1969. He later moved to CBS Records, working closely with a legendary producer and producing some of the biggest hits of the 1970s. In 1973, he became head of

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