Tony Arata

Artist Information

Tony Arata is a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (Class of 2012). His songs have been recorded by Dolly Parton, Patty Loveless, Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt,Garth Brooks, Delbert McClinton, Hal Ketchum, Don Williams, Randy Travis, Trisha Yearwood, Lainey Wilson, Charlie Worsham, Del McCoury, Mountain Heart, and many others. With four No. 1 songs to his credit, includingBrooks’ The Dance, for which he received a Grammy nomination and won ACM Song of the Year in 1991, and Here I Am, by Loveless, Arata, who was born in Savannah, GA, and grew up on nearby Tybee Island, has called Nashville home for 40 years.