Sharon Vaughn

Sharon Vaughn
Birth name	Mary Sharon Vaughn
Also known as	Sharon Rice, Sharon Bellamy
Origin	Orlando, Florida, United States
Genres	Pop, rock, country
Occupation(s)	Songwriter, Musician, Producer
Years active	1973-present
Labels	Cinnamon, Dot

Mary Sharon Vaughn is a based American musician, songwriter and producer. She has written hits for artists such as Willie Nelson, Agnes, Kate Ryan, Boyzone, Namie Amuro and September. During 2014, Vaughn competed as the songwriter of three songs in Melodifestivalen.

Vaughn moved to Nashville in her early 20’s. In 1974, she charted two singles for Cinnamon Records: a duet with Narvel Felts titled "Until the End of Time", and "Never a Night Goes By". A year later, she signed with Dot Records and released a third single, "You and Me, Me and You". She was also the lead singer in the Lea Jane Singers, and worked with the Jordanaires, the Nashville Edition and The Holladay Sisters.

Vaughn’s first cut was "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys", that was first recorded by Waylon Jennings in 1976 and further popularized in 1980 by Willie Nelson for the soundtrack of the movie The Electric Horseman. Since then she has worked with country artists such as Dolly Parton, Waylon Jennings, George Jones, Tammy Wynette, Tanya Tucker and Kenny Rogers and she has been nominated for The Nashville Songwriters Foundation's Hall Of Fame three times.

Vaughn was formerly married to songwriter Bill Rice, and later to Howard Bellamy of The Bellamy Brothers.

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