Frank (far R) with Eddy Raven and Band

   After discussing the future with his new wife Belinda, they decided to give Nashville a shot so Frank could pursue his dream of a career in the music business. They moved to Nashville in 1981. It was in July of 1981 that Frank was hired to play guitar with Eddy Raven. Frank quickly became band leader and later on Road Manager as well for Eddy. Frank worked with Eddy for 9 years. It was with Eddy that Frank started writing, playing and co-producing sessions. They had 2 number ones, 5 number twos and 3 top tens with songs such as I Got Mexico, Bayou Boys, You Should’ve Been Gone By Now, Sometimes A Lady and many others.
 

   It was in 1982 though, that Frank had his first single (a song he wrote by himself for his wife) with You and I for Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle which stayed number one four weeks country, number two for six weeks AC and number 6 for four weeks Pop. It was also in June of 1982 that Frank and Belinda had their first son, Joshua and in October 1985 their second son Nicholas.


   During his time with Eddy Raven, Frank met Gary Baker.
Gary was working in a band called The Shooters. After Frank left Eddy Raven in 1990, he was hired to play guitar for Marie Osmond. Since the Shooters had disbanded, Frank was able to get Gary a job playing bass for Marie. It was with Marie that Gary and Frank’s partnership would blossom. They had their first number one together in 1993 with Once Upon A Lifetime by Alabama.

   Their greatest accomplishment as writers together came when John Michael Montgomery recorded I Swear which was number one for 4 weeks on the Country charts. The song was then recorded by All 4 One and went to number one on the pop charts and stayed there for 11 weeks. Since then, I Swear has won numerous awards, including:

Onstage with Marie Osmond

 

American Songwriter Magazine: Pop, AC, R&B,Country and Overall Song of the year. Pop, R&B,Country and Overall Songwriters of the year.

1st Annual Country Radio Awards: Single and Song of the year

C.M.A. AWARDS: Single of the year; Song of the year nomination

Grammy Awards: Country song of the year; Best R&B Vocal and Song of the year nomination

A.C.M. Awards: Single and Song of the year

N.S.A.I. Awards: Award for Country, Pop, and AC Song of the year

A.S.C.A.P. Awards: Country, Pop and R&B Song of the Year

Billboard: #1 song of 1994

JUKEBOX AWARDS: 1994 Song and Songwriters of the Year

INTERNATIONAL SONG OF THE YEAR Canada, Germany, Great Britain, France, Sweden, Switzerland, Japan and China

 
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