William Calhoun "Buddy" Brock Jr. (1952 or 1953 – January 24, 2025) was an American country music songwriter. His biggest hits to date are "Watermelon Crawl," co-written with Zack Turner, which reached the #4 spot on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and made the Billboard Hot 100 as a dance remix; and the 1992 song "There Ain't Nothin' Wrong with the Radio," co-written and performed by Aaron Tippin, which held the number 1 position on the country chart for three consecutive weeks in April and May, 1992.[1][2][3] Other songs written or co-written by Brock include "I Wanna Fall in Love," a #3 country hit[4] co-written with Mark Spiro for Lila McCann; "You've Got to Stand for Something" (co-written with and sung by Tippin), which reached #6 on the Billboard country chart);[5] "Haunted Heart" (co-written with Kim Williams), a #9 country hit for Sammy Kershaw;[6] and "I Wonder How Far It Is Over You" (co-written with and sung by Tippin), a top-40 country hit.[7] Brock died in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, on January 24, 2025, at the age of 72.[8]
Buddy Brock | |
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Birth name | William Calhoun Brock Jr. |
Born | 1952 or 1953 Greenwood, South Carolina, U.S. |
Origin | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
Died | (aged 72) Mount Juliet, Tennessee, U.S. |
Genres | Country |
Occupation | Songwriter |
Years active | 1974–2017 |
Notes
edit- ^ "Hot Country Songs chart for April 18, 1992". Billboard. Retrieved October 3, 2010.
- ^ "Hot Country Songs chart for April 25, 1992". Billboard. Retrieved October 3, 2010.
- ^ "Hot Country Songs chart for May 2, 1992". Billboard. Retrieved October 3, 2010.
- ^ Lila McCann Chart History
- ^ "Best of 1991: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 189.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 349.
- ^ Robert K. Oermann (January 28, 2025). "Veteran Nashville Songwriter Buddy Brock Passes". MusicRow. Retrieved January 31, 2025.