TODD CERNEY, singer / songwriter / engineer / producer,  was born in Detroit and grew up in Zanesville, Ohio . He lived and worked in Nashville since 1974. "Good Morning Beautiful," his  song on the first album by Steve Holy,  was # 1 on the country charts for 5 weeks. It also was used in the Jennifer Lopez movie, "Angel Eyes." It was one of only four songs to win an ASCAP Film & TV award for “Most Performed Song  Featured in a Motion Picture“ for  2003.  Etta James'  new Grammy winning CD, “Let's Roll,” includes Todd’s song, ”Blues is My Business,” which was also featured in the HBO program, "The Sopranos."

Todd was a Grammy nominee in the Best Country Song category for "I'll Still Be Loving You" recorded by Restless Heart. He won the ASCAP Country Song of the Year for the same song in 1987.

He  has had songs recorded by Lynyrd Skynyrd,  Bad English, Eddie Money, Cheap Trick, Loverboy, The Four Tops / Aretha Franklin, Martika, The Cover Girls, Lita Ford, Joy Lynn White, Ty Herndon, The Purify Brothers, Phoebe Snow, Giant, Levon Helm, Jason And The Scorchers, Little Anthony,  Bill Medley, Twiggy, John Anderson, , Brigette Nielson, David Hasselhof, , Sylvia, The Kendalls, The Whites and many more.

 In 1988, he participated in Music Speaks Louder Than Words, the first official collaborations between  Soviet and American songwriters held in Moscow .

In June  2005 Todd  did  a month-long tour of American Armed Forces bases in England, Belgium, the Netherlands & Iceland and embassies in Prague, Minsk & Poland as a member of Thom Shepherd and the Nashville Hit Songwriter Band.

Todd has an extensive history of singing, songwriting and engineering. He spent seven years at the Creative Workshop in Nashville, working with Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, Olivia Newton John, Jimmy Buffett , The Last Elvis Sessions and many others. His harmonies can also be heard on records by such artists as Kenny Rogers, Michael Johnson, John Conlee, Levon Helm and others. Todd played mandolin with the Dixie Chicks  on their first radio promotion tour, and he also played with the Nashville Mandolin Ensemble. Todd currently writes for Riff Meister Music, ASCAP  .

 

Todd Cerney certainly made a mark on the Nashville music community, and will forever be remembered for his songwriting, music, and for the wonderful man that he was.