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George Edwin Varble is an American country music musician and songwriter. Varble co-wrote the hit songs Have You Forgotten?, Waitin' on a Woman, Things That Never Cross a Man's Mind and A Little More Country Than That.

In 2003, Varble co-wrote Have You Forgotten? with Darryl Worley, who released it as the first single from his album of the same name. It was No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs for seven weeks, and peaked at number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Varble's song Waitin' on a Woman, co-written with Don Sampson, was recorded three times by American country music artist Brad Paisley. According to Country Weekly magazine, Varble received a call telling him that a former co-worker was in the hospital. Varble wrote the song after calling his co-worker at the hospital, wondering where his wife was. He told "the story and the idea had for " to co-writer Don Sampson. After a few days, Varble and Sampson played "Waitin' on a Woman" for Paisley, and he decided to record it. Waitin' on a Woman debuted at number 51 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart dated for the week of June 28, 2008 and reached number 1 the week of September 20, 2008.

Varble wrote A Little More Country Than That with Rory Lee Feek and Don Poythress while the three were at a writing retreat held at Mickey Newbury's cabin near Nashville, Tennessee. The song was recorded by Easton Corbin and released in August 2009 as Corbin's debut single. The song peaked at Number One on the U.S. country singles charts dated for the week ending April 3, 2010, its thirty-second week on that chart.

In 2010 and 2011, Wynn was a contestant on CMT's Next Superstar.

Personal life

Varble was raised in Ellenwood, Georgia. As of 2011, he lives in Hampshire, Tennessee, United States.

Chart Singles Written by Wynn Varble

The following is a list of Wynn Varble compositions that were chart hits.

Songs written by

• "Self Made Man" - Montgomery Gentry (co-written with Jay Knowles)
• "Have You Forgotten?" – Darryl Worley (co-written with Worley)
• "Cadillac Tears" – Kevin Denney (cowritten with Leslie Satcher)
• "She Ain't In It" - Jon Pardi (co-written with Clint Daniels)
• "Things That Never Cross a Man's Mind" - Kellie Pickler (co-written with Tim Johnson and Don Poythress)
• "Waitin' on a Woman" – Brad Paisley (co-written with Don Sampson)
• "A Little More Country Than That" – Easton Corbin (co-written with Feek and Poythress)
• "Sounds Like Life To Me" – Darryl Worley (co-written with Worley)
• "Mom" – Bonnie Tyler, Garth Brooks (co-written with Don Sampson)

Discography

Studio albums

Music videos

References

1. ^ Horner, Marianne (December 1, 2008). "Story Behind the Song: "Waitin'" Had to Wait". Country Weekly. 15 (24): 16.
2. "Hot Country Songs – "Waitin' on a Woman"". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 18, 2014. Retrieved July 6, 2008.
3. "Brad Paisley notches one more number one". Country Standard Time. September 8, 2008. Retrieved September 9, 2008.
4. ^ Conaway, Alanna (May 10, 2010). "Story Behind the Song: A Little More Country Than What?". Country Weekly. 17 (19): 17. ISSN 1074-3235.
5. Geller, Wendy (May 26, 2011). "CMT's Next Superstar—Exclusive Interview With Wynn Varble". Our Country. Yahoo.com.
6. "CMT : Videos : Baby's Got Her Buzz On". Country Music Television. Archived from the original on December 4, 2020. Retrieved November 13, 2011.

External links

• Official website

• Living people
• American country singer-songwriters
• American male singer-songwriters