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Pat Alger (Patrick J. Alger) was born on 23 September, 1947 in Georgia, is an American singer-songwriter. Discover Pat Alger's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 76 years old?

Popular As Patrick J. Alger
Occupation Singer-songwriter
Age 76 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 23 September, 1947
Birthday 23 September
Birthplace N/A
Nationality Georgia

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1930

He starred in the 30th anniversary of the Washington Center for the Performing Arts gala.

He is featured on NPR Radio's "All Things Considered" and "Fresh Air", and hosted, along with fellow HOF inductee Tony Arata, WSM's radio show featuring past HOF inductees.

1947

Pat Alger (born September 23, 1947, in LaGrange, Georgia ) is a country music songwriter, singer and guitarist and a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (2010) and the Georgia Music Hall of Fame (2013).

Patrick J. Alger was born in 1947 in LaGrange, Georgia.

Alger attended Georgia Tech studying architecture but decided to concentrate on writing songs.

He started as a solo folk performer at folk clubs.

1973

In 1973, he moved to Woodstock, New York.

It was there where he began his career as a musician and songwriter working together with Happy and Artie Traum as a member of the Woodstock Mountains Revue.

The group included the Traum brothers, Arlen Roth, John Herald and Maria Muldaur among others.

Some of the songs he wrote during this period were "Old Time Music" and "Southern Crescent Line."

1980

In 1980, his first success as a songwriter was after Livingston Taylor had a hit with "First Time Love".

1981

The next year, in 1981, he moved to Nashville.

1984

1984-88, he toured with The Everly Brothers in the United States and in Europe.

He teamed with Nanci Griffith, and co-wrote Griffith's hit songs "Once in a Very Blue Moon" and "Lone Star State of Mind."

Some of his songs were recorded by Kathy Mattea such as "Goin' Gone", "She Came From Fort Worth", and "A Few Good Things Remain."

He wrote four Number One hits for Garth Brooks like "Unanswered Prayers", "What She's Doing Now", "The Thunder Rolls", and "That Summer."

He also wrote hits for Hal Ketchum, "Small Town Saturday Night," for Trisha Yearwood, "Like We Never Had A Broken Heart," for Don Williams, "True Love", and for Mark Collie, "Calloused Hands."

Through the years, his songs are recorded and performed by such diverse artists as Peter, Paul and Mary, Dolly Parton, Lyle Lovett, Brenda Lee, and Crystal Gayle.

1990

He has three critically-acclaimed solo albums in the 1990s featuring backup by Griffith, Lovett, Mattea, and Yearwood.

He has well over twenty hits to his credit, including eight Number One hits, and played venues all over the world, including a year-long tour as opening act for The Everly Brothers.

1991

1991, he was voted Songwriter of the Year by the Nashville Songwriter's Association International.

The same year, he was voted Jukebox Songwriter of the Year by the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, ASCAP.

1992

1992, he received the Country Songwriter of the Year award from ASCAP.

Country Music Association awarded him two Triple Play awards for three Number One hits in a year.

2010

2010, he was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.

He serves as Chairman of the Nashville Songwriters Foundation, and is a two-time past President of Nashville Songwriters Association International.

2013

The Music City Center, in Nashville, opened May 2013, and houses a permanent home for the NSAI inductees.

The first floor gallery and outdoor courtyard features Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame members.

It is the project of the Nashville Songwriter's Foundation, of which Alger is a board member.

His advocacy for the songwriter and their intellectual property rights is well-known as is the efforts of NSAI and NSF/

Pat Alger was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in September 2013

Alger first recorded one duet album with Artie Traum and then three solo albums: