Kye Fleming

Kye Fleming
Birth nameRhonda Kye Fleming
Born (1951-10-09) October 9, 1951 (age 73)
Pensacola, Florida, United States
OriginNashville, Tennessee, United States
GenresCountry
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, composer
InstrumentGuitar
Years active1970s–present

Rhonda Kye Fleming (born October 9, 1951) is an American singer/songwriter and music publisher in Nashville, Tennessee. She is best known for writing a series of hit songs in the 1980s, making productive collaborations with artists Ronnie Milsap and Barbara Mandrell. Fleming was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2009 and has won more than 42 BMI Awards, including BMI Songwriter of the Year for 3 consecutive years (1981–83).[1] Fifteen of her compositions have achieved a benchmark of one million performances each.[2] Some of Fleming's most successful songs include: "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool", "Sleeping Single in a Double Bed", "Smoky Mountain Rain", "Years", "I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World", "Nobody"," and "Give Me Wings". In 2012, she was an honoree of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum's Poets and Prophets series which honors songwriters deemed to have made a significant contribution to country music.[3] The series featured an extended interview with Fleming before an audience at the Country Music Hall of Fame, and film clips, recordings, and photos of Fleming's life work and awards.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Member, Kye Fleming, to be Featured as Next "Poet & Prophet"". Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. July 10, 2012. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
  2. ^ "Tammy Wynette, Kye Fleming Set to Enter Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame". BMI. September 2009. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
  3. ^ McCall, Michael (September 1, 2009). "Poets and Prophets: Salute to Legendary Country Songwriter Kye Fleming". BMI. Retrieved September 28, 2015.