Terri Sharp

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Terri Sharp (born March 24, 1948 – 17 December 2015) was a gold record winning American songwriter and vocalist. While writing on Music Row in Nashville, Sharp's songs were recorded by many artists including Don Mclean and Hank Williams Jr. She lived in Texas, composing and performing the majority of her work in Spanish.

Early career

Sharp's 1966 recording of her song "A Love That Will Last" stayed on the charts for three months in her hometown of Houston. She then moved to New Orleans in 1967 to record for White Cliff Records. There she met and remains lifelong friends with her then arranger Allen Toussaint.

The Nashville Scene

Sharp did three tours of duty as a songwriter on Music Row in Nashville. During that time, she wrote for Bocephus Music and had the distinction of being the only writer that Hank Williams Jr. ever signed to his Bocephus publishing company. She then wrote for Merle Kilgore's Paradise Cove Music for two years, before signing on with Acuff-Rose.