Induction Year: 2025
Birth Name: Stephen Mark Bogard
Birth Date: --
Place of Birth: Tampa, Florida
Florida native Steve Bogard’s songwriting path began in Tampa where his teenage Rock band days led to two solo-penned singles on Scepter Records.
Following a move to Memphis, where he scored a Top 20 R&B hit with James Carr, Steve made his next move to Miami as a 19-year-old staff writer for Atlantic Records, where he garnered cuts by Rita Coolidge, Delaney & Bonnie, and others. Steve followed with solo albums in Canada and the U.K.
Then in 1979, one of his 11-year-old songs, “Touch Me With Magic,” was released by Marty Robbins, reached #15 Country, and became a BMI-award winner.
Steve moved to Nashville in 1982. His first #1, Lee Greenwood’s “Mornin’ Ride,” came five years later and was followed by more #1’s: “New Fool At an Old Game” by Reba McEntire, “Carried Away” and “Carrying Your Love With Me” (both by George Strait) “Wherever You Are” by Jack Ingram, and “Seein’ Red” by Dustin Lynch.
In 2000, “Prayin’ For Daylight” launched Rascal Flatts’ career as their debut single, and in 2006 and 2007, two of Steve’s songs by Dierks Bentley were nominated for Grammys – “Every Mile A Memory” and “Long Trip Alone.”
"A Woman Loves"
(written with Rick Giles)
| Steve Wariner | 1992 | #9 Country |
"Carried Away"
(written with Jeff Stevens)
| George Strait | 1996 | #1 Country |
"Carrying Your Love With Me"
(written with Jeff Stevens)
| George Strait | 1997 | #1 Country |
| Parker McCollum | 2021 |
"Every Mile A Memory"
(written with Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley)
| Dierks Bentley | 2006 | #1 Country |
"Freedom Train"
(written with Larry Rogers, Carl Wells)
| James Carr | 1968 | #38 R&B |
| Sonny & The Stoneagers | 1970 |
| The Pioneers | 1973 |
| Deacon Blue | 1993 |
"Hangin' In"
(written with Rick Giles)
| Tanya Tucker | 1994 | #4 Country |
"I Wanna Feel That Way Again"
(written with Danni Leigh, Jeff Stevens)
| Tracy Byrd | 1998 | #9 Country |
"If You Ever Feel Like Lovin' Me Again"
(written with Jerry Kilgore, Jeff Stevens)
| Clay Walker | 2001 | #27 Country |
"Jealous Bone"
(written with Rick Giles)
| Patty Loveless | 1992 | #13 Country |
"Long Lost Friend"
(written with Dave Robbins, Larry Stewart)
| Restless Heart | 1991 | #16 Country |
"Long Trip Alone"
(written with Brett Beavers, Dierks Bentley)
| Dierks Bentley | 2007 | #10 Country |
"Mornin' Ride"
(written with Jeff Tweel)
| Lee Greenwood | 1987 | #1 Country |
"New Fool At An Old Game"
(written with Rick Giles, Sheila Stephen)
| Reba McEntire | 1989 | #1 Country |
| Michelle Wright | 1987 |
"Prayin' For Daylight"
(written with Rick Giles)
| Rascal Flatts | 2000 | #3 Country, #38 Pop |
"Seein' Red"
(written with Tully Kennedy, Kurt Allison, Jason Sever)
| Dustin Lynch | 2017 | #5 Country, #55 Pop |
"There You Have It"
(written with Rick Giles)
| BlackHawk | 1999 | #4 Country, #41 Pop |
"Til You Cry"
(written with Rick Giles)
| Eddy Raven | 1989 | #4 Country |
| Juice Newton | 1987 |
"Touch Me With Magic"
(written with Michael Utley)
| Marty Robbins | 1979 | #15 Country |
"We Got The Love"
(written with Rick Giles)
| Restless Heart | 1993 | #11 Country |
"Wherever You Are"
(written with Jeremy Stover)
| Jack Ingram | 2006 | #1 Country |
Induction Year: 2025
