AP Wire Service - Winner of 15 awards for promotion of single releases by such artists as Kenny Rogers (So In Love With You, ASCAP 1981 Capitol), for Diana Ross & Lionel Richie, (Endless Love, ASCAP 1981 Motown Records), Billy Joel (Just The Way You Are, 1977 CBS/SONY records-Columbia Records Hall Of Fame), Charlie McLain (Just One Look In Your Eyes - Tapadero Music BMI Publishers, 1986 on CBS/SONY Records), and these 16 major label acts:

      Bandana (Warner Brothers Records), Sawyer Brown (Capitol Records), Carl Butler (CBS-Columbia Records), Lee Greenwood, Emmy Lou Harris, Alan Jackson, Carl Jackson, Mickey Jones, Warner Mack (MCA Records 23 million in sales) Tommy Overstreet (MCA Records 11 million in sales), Johnny Paycheck, and Billy Walker. Mr. Metzgar has either promoted, produced for television or produced in the studio some of Nashville’s greatest superstars.

      Nominated Producer Of the Year every year he’s been in business by a trade magazine such as Cashbox Magazine, Billboard, CME Magazine, Country Parade, and others. Metzgar was a winner of the prestigious Popular Music Award by ASCAP International in 1991. Mr. Metzgar has produced the Cashbox Magazine Male Vocalist Of The Year, Duet Of The Year, Female Vocalist Of The Year, and has been nominated for Label Of The Year, and Songwriter Of The Year by many other organizations and societies. Songwriter for shows at Opryland USA, Disney World, and many others. He has produced many great symphony projects such as the Bobby Enriquez Jazz Piano’s Greatest Hits Album, The Wild Man Philippino’s Jazz Concerto album, Prince Mandera’s International Love Affair album, and others. Movie theme and score writer for the IBM Corporation’s Dare To Dream movie project and other major corporation involvement has made Mr. Metzgar’s production company one of Nashville’s most eminently qualified for the development of new projects for the marketplace.

      Mr. Metzgar’s publishing company, The ® Aim High Music Group is now owned by Zomba Music/BMG Entertainment Group in New York and is distributed by a major label. The publishing company has been awarded 13 gold records and 11 platinum records through the past 12 years of music-industry related sales on various artists and songs. Mr. Metzgar currently owns Club Platinum Music, and is a partner in Bobby & Billy Music/BMI. The record label that Mr. Metzgar owns Platinum Plus Records still holds the record for having some of the highest charted national hits in history on Independent acts with Billboard, Cashbox, Gavin, and Radio & Records Magazine. Mr. Metzgar was a recent Co-producer of the Black Gospel Group Of The Year and has had many of his songs, as well as those in his publishing company recorded and released nationally that have been charted nationally. Mr. Metzgar manages and does promotional work for a very limited number of extremely outstanding clients who are developing their careers with major record labels in Nashville, New York, and Beverly Hills.

      He was voted Producer Of The Year in 1993 at the MIRL awards by country radio during CMA Fan Fair week of June ’93. He was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1993 for his outstanding work as a producer for Male Vocalist Of The Year in Black Gospel Music. Winner of ASCAP’S Popular Music Awards as a songwriter for 1991, 1992, 1993. Mr. Metzgar exclusively writes for the Walt Disney Music Company (ASCAP) in Hollywood. Voted into Billboard’s Who’s Who in Independent Country Production in years 1993-1997. Was the top CMA recruiter for membership in the Country Music Association in Nashville for 1993. He has had a song he produced for television, radio, or video in the Hot Country Singles Charts every week for 8 years in Cashbox Magazine, was Voted the Cashbox Producer of The Year for years 1993-1995. Mr. Metzgar is the only producer in country music history to have ever had 12 single releases all with bullets in the Hot Country Singles Charts in the same week in Cashbox in February 10th issue of 1994. For a complete listing of all of Mr. Metzgar's hit songs as a songwriter, simply log on to www.ascap.com and search writers at ASCAP. His song catalog is listed in full online.

     Mr. Metzgar currently works as an independent consultant and producer for ®Capitol Management & Talent Group of Nashville, and serves in an advisory capacity for various other major labels, publishing companies and record labels. Since January of 2001, he has produced American Music Showcases television show American Music Showcases "live" from Nashville's "Performance Hall" on Music Row.

      Mr. Metzgar has recently been elected to “Who’s Who In Entertainment,” as a result of a book he’s written entitled, the ©Artist Survival Manual. The book has become a hot seller in the entertainment field along with Mr. Metzgar’s other book entitled, “You Are The Greatest!” for motivational professionals and network marketing experts. A judge for both the Miss America, Miss USA, and Miss Universe systems, he has answers that very few others are willing to share with others.

In the year of 2002, Mr. Metzgar was tapped to produce MCA Universal Music Group's legendary Smokey River Boys new album entitled, O Brother after the success of the original O Brother Where Art Thou? soundtrack on Lost Highway Records and Metzgar co-wrote the title song with co-writers Bob Zipkin & Kimberly Ann Cook.

Look for the MCA Universal Music Group product in retail stores everywhere along with the Smokey River Boys to appear on Universal's "Best Of Banjo" series with Flatt & Scruggs, Buck Trent, Grandpa Jones, and other superstars from the Grand Ole Opry. To order the Smokey River Boys product, simply contact MCA Universal Music Group's Special Products Division or visit your local Wal-Mart music department or music outlet.

Mr. Metzgar sings lead in the MCA Universal group, the Smokey River Boys and they have been nominated into the "Legends Hall Of Fame" for the year 2003. Currently the group has two albums in Top-40 Billboard Bluegrass Charts and the "O Brother" album has been in the Top-40 Billboard now for the past 12 weeks. Additionally, the album, "Best Of Banjo" debuted at #37 in the Billboard Bluegrass Charts the week of November 23rd. Coming soon from MCA Universal is a new album entitled, Smokey River Boys in Hollywood with a single written by Jeffrey Alan Hopper, Robert Metzgar & Bob Zipkin entitled "Stage Of The Opry" about the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville.

The Smokey River Boys are the proud sponsors of the Grand Ole Opry warm up show every Friday night "live" on WSM 650 AM Radio in Nashville and their product is available worldwide on MCA Universal. Mr. Metzgar and Joe Harris, Sr. are featured in the best selling Garth Brook's autobriographical book entitled, "American Thunder" by Random House Publishers. For further information, please contact your local bookstore or music retailer worldwide.

© 2005/2006 By McNeil-White Publicity/Nashville
Discography of Producer Of The Year
Born Robert Douglas Metzgar


*Elected to Legends Hall Of Fame (2003)
*Elected to the Producer's Hall Of Fame (2000)
*Elected as Cashbox Magazine's Producer Of The Year (1988-1989-1990-1991-1992)
*Elected as the Billboard Independent Producer Of The Year(1993)
*Smokey River boys win international acclaim for "O Brother" album (2003)
*Elected to the Academy Of International Recording Artists Hall Of Fame (2004)
*Elected to the West Texas Music Hall Of Fame - Pioneers Of Bluegrass Section (2005)
*Nominated As Texas Producer Of The Year (2005)