David Malloy

David Malloy
Birth name	David Ernest Malloy
Origin	Nashville, TN, United States
Genres	Country, Pop, R&B
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, record producer, A&R Executive Owner/operator of Teen Hoot/Nashville Hotenanny
Instruments	guitar
Associated acts	Eddie Rabbitt, Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, Tim McGraw, Julianne Hough,Kenny Rogers, Tanya Tucker, Badfinger, Billy Burnette

David Ernest Malloy was an American Country Music and Pop songwriter, record producer and A&R executive with 41 number one hits. He had received multiple Grammy nominations, as writer and/or producer, and has worked with many artists and projects including USA for Africa, Tim McGraw, Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series) Julianne Hough, Eddie Rabbitt, Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, Kenny Rogers, Mindy McCready, Badfinger, and Tanya Tucker. Malloy received Grammy nominations for writing the songs "Driving My Life Away" and "One Voice". He received the BMI Burton Award for "Suspicions", a song he wrote with Rabbitt.

Music was a major part of Malloy's life from an early age. His father, Jim Malloy, is a Grammy Award-winning recording engineer. When Malloy was young, his father worked in recording studios around Los Angeles, but the family moved to Nashville when David was 13. Malloy took his first guitar lesson at 15 and immediately knew that he wanted to write and produce music for a living.

Malloy's first major success as a songwriter/producer came in a collaborative effort with country music artists and songwriters Eddie Rabbitt and Even Stevens. Together they produced 16 number one hits. The success Malloy experienced with Rabbitt laid the groundwork for production and songwriting work with artists like Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, Tanya Tucker, Badfinger and Billy Burnette in the 1980s.

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