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Jeff Silbar is a songwriter. Silbar, a native of Los Angeles, won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1990 for co-writing Bette Midler's " Wind Beneath My Wings" with Larry Henley.^[1]^[2]

Notable compositions

" All My Life" ( Kenny Rogers)
" He's a Heartache (Looking for a Place to Happen)" ( Janie Fricke)
" I Know What I've Got" ( J.C. Crowley)
" Then Again" ( Alabama)
" Tie Our Love (In a Double Knot)" ( Dolly Parton)
" Til I Loved You" ( Restless Heart)
" Where Were You When I Was Falling in Love" ( Lobo)
" Wind Beneath My Wings" ( Roger Whittaker, Willie Nelson, Colleen Hewett, Sheena Easton, Lou Rawls, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Gary Morris, Bette Midler, et al.)
" Hard Feelings" ( Fleetwood Mac)
" You've Got a Good Love Comin'" ( Lee Greenwood)
" Zoom In" ( Ringo Starr)

References

^ "32nd Annual Grammy Awards winners". Grammy Awards website. April 30, 2017.
^ Kawashima, Dale (4 December 2013). "Songwriter Jeff Silbar: How He Co-Wrote the Classic Hit, "Wind Beneath My Wings"". Songwriter Universe.

External links

Official website
Jeff Silbar at IMDb

v t e CMA Song of the Year
1967−1970	" There Goes My Everything" - Dallas Frazier (1967) " Honey" - Bobby Russell (1968) " The Carroll County Accident" - Bob Ferguson (1969) " Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" - Kris Kristofferson (1970)
1971-1980	" Easy Loving" - Freddie Hart (1971-2) " Behind Closed Doors" - Kenny O'Dell (1973) " Country Bumpkin" - Don Wayne (1974) " Back Home Again" - John Denver (1975) " Rhinestone Cowboy" - Larry Weiss (1976) " Lucille" Roger Bowling, Hal Bynum - (1977) " Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" - Richard Leigh (1978) " The Gambler" - Don Schlitz (1979) " He Stopped Loving Her Today" - Bobby Braddock, Curly Putman (1980)
1981-1990	" He Stopped Loving Her Today" - Bobby Braddock, Curly Putman (1981) " Always on My Mind" - Wayne Carson, Johnny Christopher, Mark James (1982-3) " Wind Beneath My Wings" - Larry Henley, Jeff Silbar (1984) " God Bless the U.S.A." - Lee Greenwood (1985) " On the Other Hand" - Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz (1986) " Forever and Ever, Amen - Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz (1987) " 80's Ladies" - K. T. Oslin (1988) " Chiseled in Stone" - Max D. Barnes, Vern Gosdin (1989) " Where've You Been" - Don Henry, Jon Vezner (1990)
1991-2000	" When I Call Your Name" - Tim DuBois, Vince Gill (1991) " Look at Us" - Vince Gill, Max D. Barnes (1992) " I Still Believe in You" - Vince Gill, John Barlow Jarvis (1993) " Chattahoochee" - Jim McBride, Alan Jackson (1994) " Independence Day" - Gretchen Peters (1995) " Go Rest High on That Mountain" - Vince Gill (1996) " Strawberry Wine" - Matraca Berg, Gary Harrison (1997) " Holes in the Floor of Heaven" - Billy Kirsch, Steve Wariner (1998) " This Kiss" - Beth Nielsen Chapman, Robin Lerner, Annie Roboff (1999) " I Hope You Dance" - Mark D. Sanders, Tia Sillers (2000)
2001-2010	" Murder on Music Row" - Larry Cordle, Larry Shell (2001) " Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" - Alan Jackson (2002) " Three Wooden Crosses" - Doug Johnson, Kim Williams (2003) " Live Like You Were Dying" - Tim Nichols, Craig Wiseman (2004) " Whiskey Lullaby" - Bill Anderson, Jon Randall (2005) " Believe" - Ronnie Dunn, Craig Wiseman (2006) " Give It Away" - Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon, Jamey Johnson (2007) " Stay" - Jennifer Nettles (2008) " In Color" - Jamey Johnson, Lee Thomas Miller, James Otto (2009) " The House That Built Me" - Tom Douglas, Allen Shamblin (2010)
2011-2020	" If I Die Young" - Kimberly Perry (2011) " Over You" - Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton (2012) " I Drive Your Truck" - Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington, Jimmy Yeary (2013) " Follow Your Arrow" - Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves (2014) " Girl Crush" - Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, Liz Rose (2015) " Humble and Kind" - Lori McKenna (2016) " Better Man" - Taylor Swift (2017) " Broken Halos" - Mike Henderson, Chris Stapleton (2018) " Beautiful Crazy" - Luke Combs, Wyatt Durrette, Robert Williford (2019)
2021-2030	" The Bones" - Maren Morris, Jimmy Robbins, Laura Veltz (2020) " Starting Over" - Mike Henderson, Chris Stapleton (2021) " Buy Dirt" — Jacob Davis, Jordan Davis, Josh Jenkins, Matt Jenkins (2022) " Fast Car" — Tracy Chapman (2023)

v t e Grammy Award for Song of the Year
1950s	" Nel blu, dipinto di blu (Volare)" – Domenico Modugno (songwriter) (1958) " The Battle of New Orleans" – Jimmy Driftwood (songwriter) (1959)
1960s	" Theme of Exodus" – Ernest Gold (songwriter) (1960) " Moon River" – Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini (songwriters) (1961) " What Kind of Fool Am I?" – Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley (songwriters) (1962) " Days of Wine and Roses" – Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini (songwriters) (1963) " Hello, Dolly!" – Jerry Herman (songwriter) (1964) " The Shadow of Your Smile" – Paul Francis Webster & Johnny Mandel (songwriters) (1965) " Michelle" – John Lennon & Paul McCartney (songwriters) (1966) " Up, Up, and Away" – Jimmy Webb (songwriter) (1967) " Little Green Apples" – Bobby Russell (songwriter) (1968) " Games People Play" – Joe South (songwriter) (1969)
1970s	" Bridge over Troubled Water" – Paul Simon (songwriter) (1970) " You've Got a Friend" – Carole King (songwriter) (1971) " The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" – Ewan MacColl (songwriter) (1972) " Killing Me Softly with His Song" – Norman Gimbel & Charles Fox (songwriters) (1973) " The Way We Were" – Alan and Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (songwriters) (1974) " Send In the Clowns" – Stephen Sondheim (songwriter) (1975) " I Write the Songs" – Bruce Johnston (songwriter) (1976) " Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" – Barbra Streisand & Paul Williams (songwriters) / " You Light Up My Life" – Joe Brooks (songwriter) (1977) " Just the Way You Are" – Billy Joel (songwriter) (1978) " What a Fool Believes" – Kenny Loggins & Michael McDonald (songwriters) (1979)
1980s	" Sailing" – Christopher Cross (songwriter) (1980) " Bette Davis Eyes" – Donna Weiss & Jackie DeShannon (songwriters) (1981) " Always on My Mind" – Johnny Christopher, Mark James & Wayne Carson (songwriters) (1982) " Every Breath You Take" – Sting (songwriter) (1983) " What's Love Got to Do with It" – Graham Lyle & Terry Britten (songwriters) (1984) " We Are the World" – Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie (songwriters) (1985) " That's What Friends Are For" – Burt Bacharach & Carole Bayer Sager (songwriters) (1986) " Somewhere Out There" – James Horner, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil (songwriters) (1987) " Don't Worry, Be Happy" – Bobby McFerrin (songwriter) (1988) " Wind Beneath My Wings" – Larry Henley & Jeff Silbar (songwriters) (1989)
1990s	" From a Distance" – Julie Gold (songwriter) (1990) " Unforgettable" – Irving Gordon (songwriter) (1991) " Tears in Heaven" – Eric Clapton & Will Jennings (songwriters) (1992) " A Whole New World" – Alan Menken & Tim Rice (songwriters) (1993) " Streets of Philadelphia" – Bruce Springsteen (songwriter) (1994) " Kiss from a Rose" – Seal (songwriter) (1995) " Change the World" – Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick & Tommy Sims (songwriters) (1996) " Sunny Came Home" – Shawn Colvin & John Leventhal (songwriters) (1997) " My Heart Will Go On" – James Horner & Will Jennings (songwriters) (1998) " Smooth" – Itaal Shur & Rob Thomas (songwriters) (1999)
2000s	" Beautiful Day" – Adam Clayton, David Evans, Laurence Mullen & Paul Hewson (songwriters) (2000) " Fallin'" – Alicia Keys (songwriter) (2001) " Don't Know Why" – Jesse Harris (songwriter) (2002) " Dance with My Father" – Richard Marx & Luther Vandross (songwriters) (2003) " Daughters" – John Mayer (songwriter) (2004) " Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" – Adam Clayton, David Evans, Laurence Mullen & Paul Hewson (songwriters) (2005) " Not Ready to Make Nice" – Emily Burns Erwin, Martha Maguire, Natalie Maines Pasdar & Dan Wilson (songwriters) (2006) " Rehab" – Amy Winehouse (songwriter) (2007) " Viva la Vida" – Guy Berryman, Jonathan Buckland, William Champion & Christopher Martin (songwriters) (2008) " Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" – Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart (songwriters) (2009)
2010s	" Need You Now" – Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott (songwriters) (2010) " Rolling in the Deep" – Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth (songwriters) (2011) " We Are Young" – Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost & Nate Ruess (songwriters) (2012) " Royals" – Joel Little & Ella Yelich O'Connor (songwriters) (2013) " Stay with Me" ( Darkchild version) – James Napier, William Phillips & Sam Smith (songwriters) (2014) " Thinking Out Loud" – Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge (songwriters) (2015) " Hello" – Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin (songwriters) (2016) " That's What I Like" – Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip (songwriters) (2017) " This Is America" – Donald Glover, Ludwig Göransson & Jeffery Lamar Williams (songwriters) (2018) " Bad Guy" – Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell (songwriters) (2019)
2020s	" I Can't Breathe" – Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas (songwriters) (2020) " Leave the Door Open" – Brandon Anderson, Christopher Brody Brown, Dernst Emile II & Bruno Mars (songwriters) (2021) " Just Like That" – Bonnie Raitt (songwriter) (2022) " What Was I Made For?" – Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell (songwriters) (2023)

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