Thom Schuyler

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Thom Schuyler

| image =

| background = solo_singer

| birth_name = Thomas James Schuyler

| alias =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|06|10}}

| origin = Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| instrument = Vocals

| genre = Country

| occupation = Singer-songwriter

| years_active = 1983–present

| label = Capitol (solo), MTM (in Schuyler, Knobloch, & Overstreet)

| past_member_of = S-K-O

| website =

}}

Thomas James Schuyler (born June 10, 1952) is an American songwriter. Schuyler wrote songs recorded by more than 200 various artists including "16th Avenue" for Lacy J. Dalton, "Love Will Turn You Around" for Kenny Rogers, and "A Long Line of Love" for Michael Martin Murphey.

Early life

Schuyler was born June 10, 1952, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He attended and graduated from Liberty High School, a large public school in Bethlehem.

Career

In 1983, Schuyler was signed by Capitol Records. The same year, he released the album Brave Heart. Its title track was a No. 43 single on the Billboard magazine's Hot Country Singles charts.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/searchResult.jsp?exp=y&Ntt=thom+schuyler&Ntk=Keyword&an=bbcom&nor=10&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&N=37|title=Billboard search results for Thom Schuyler|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=April 30, 2009}}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

He founded the trio S-K-O, originally known as Schuyler, Knobloch & Overstreet, with J. Fred Knobloch and Paul Overstreet.{{cite book|last=Kingsbury|first=Paul|title=The Encyclopedia of Country Music|pages=473|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v4GQDYx_RnkC&dq=%22thom+schuyler%22+%22june+10,+1952&pg=PA473|access-date=April 29, 2009 | isbn=978-0-19-517608-7 | year=2004 | publisher=Oxford University Press}} S-K-O charted seven singles in the mid-1980s, including the Number One hit "Baby's Got a New Baby". When Overstreet later pursued a solo career, the trio was renamed S-K-B, and Craig Bickhardt replaced him.

After S-K-B disbanded, Schuyler continued writing songs and was named chairman of the Country Music Association. From 1992 to 1995, he headed RCA Records' Nashville division, where he signed Kenny Chesney, the band Lonestar, and also played role in launching the career of Martina McBride and Sara Evans. Schuyler continued to write songs for Almo-Irving Music, administered several music catalogs, and recorded a few independent albums. In 2011, he was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Schuyler is currently the Young Adult Minister at a church in Nashville and an adjunct instructor at Belmont University in Nashville.

Songs written by Thom Schuyler

class="wikitable"

! Year

! Song

! Artist

rowspan="2"| 1980

| "Hurricane"

| Leon Everette

"Hurricane"

| Levon Helm

rowspan="3"| 1982

| "Love Will Turn You Around"

| Kenny Rogers

"Years After You"

| Eddie Rabbitt

"I Don't Know Where to Start"

| Eddie Rabbitt

1983

| "16th Avenue"

| Lacy J. Dalton

1984

| "Nothing Like Falling in Love"

| Eddie Rabbitt

rowspan="4"| 1985

| "My Old Yellow Car"

| Dan Seals

"A Long Line of Love"

| Michael Martin Murphey

"Years After You"

| John Conlee

"I Fell in Love Again Last Night"

| The Forester Sisters

rowspan="2"| 1986

| "I Want a Love Like That"

| Judy Rodman

"You Can't Stop Love"

| S-K-O

rowspan="3"| 1987

| "Love Out Loud"

| Earl Thomas Conley

"This Old House"

| SKB

"A Little Bit Closer"

| Tom Wopat

1989

| "Point of Light"

| Randy Travis

1995

| "Life Gets Away"

| Clint Black

2006

| "And It Feels Like"

| LeAnn Rimes

Discography

=Albums=

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! Year

! Album

1983

| Brave Heart

1993

| Precious Child (with Craig Bickhardt)

2008

| Prayer of a Desperate Man

=Singles=

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rowspan="2"\| Year ! rowspan="2"\| Single ! colspan="1"\| Chart Positions ! rowspan="2"\|Album
style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="65"\| US Country
rowspan="2"\|1983 \|"A Little at a Time" \|align="center"\|49 \|rowspan="2"\|Brave Heart
"Brave Heart" \|align="center"\|43

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rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Single

! colspan="1"| Chart Positions

! rowspan="2"|Album

style="font-size:smaller;"

! width="65"| US Country

rowspan="2"|1983

|"A Little at a Time"

|align="center"|49

|rowspan="2"|Brave Heart

"Brave Heart"