Todd Cerney

Todd David Cerney (August 8, 1953 – March 14, 2011) was an American songwriter and musician.^[1]

He composed "

In 1988 Cerney traveled to Russia as one of 28 songwriters who participated in the Music Speaks Louder Than Words project – a collaboration between American and Soviet songwriters which included Michael Bolton and Cyndi Lauper. During his two weeks in Russia he cowrote the songs "Speak to My Heart" (performed by Phoebe Snow) and "Don't Stop Now" (performed by The Cover Girls, music by Viktor Reznikov).

In October 2009, Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton reunited for the first time in 25 years to sing "Tell Me That You Love Me," a duet that Cerney co-wrote. The song was featured in Rogers' three-CD box set "Kenny Rogers: The First 50 Years" on Time-Life Records.^[3] In 2010, American Idol runner-up Bo Bice included a song he co-wrote with Cerney, "Keep on Rollin'," on his "3" album.

Cerney played guitar, mandolin, harmonica, keyboards and sang lead and backing vocals with various artists including backing vocals for

Cerney died in Nashville, Tennessee on March 14, 2011, from melanoma, a disease with which he had first been diagnosed with in November 2010, following a brain seizure. He was 57 years old.^[4][5]

Chart Singles Written by Todd Cerney

The following is a list of Todd Cerney compositions that were chart hits.

Awards

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