SOCAN Vice President, Member and Industry Relations, Vanessa Thomas, presented SOCAN No. 1 Song Awards to the co-writers of three chart-topping country songs, during the 2021 Canadian Country Music Association Awards week: Tenille Townes’ “Jersey on The Wall,” Tim Hicks’ “No Truck Song,” and James Barker Band’s “Over All Over Again.”
Thomas – along with SOCAN CEO Jennifer Brown, SOCAN Board of Directors President Marc Ouellette, and SOCAN’s Jean-Christian Céré, Kathryn Hamilton, and Sara Dendane – presented the No. 1 Award for “Jersey on The Wall” to Townes in London, Ontario, during the CCMA Awards weekend, Nov. 26-29, 2021. The song was co-written by Townes, fellow SOCAN member Gordie Sampson, and Tina Parol (SESAC), and published by Red Brick Songs. It reached the top of the Billboard Canada Country Chart on Feb. 1, 2020.
The SOCAN team also presented the No. 1 Award for “No Truck Song” to Hicks and his team. The song was co-written by Hicks, fellow SOCAN member Jeff Coplan, and Bruce Wallace (BMI), published by Tim Hicks Music Inc., and scaled the peak of the Billboard Canada Country Chart on July 4, 2020.
As well, the SOCAN team presented the No. 1 Award for “Over All Over Again,” by James Barker Band, to Barker. The song was co-written by Barker with fellow SOCAN members Todd Clark, Gavin Slate, and Travis Wood, and attained the zenith of the Billboard Canada Country Chart on Sept. 25, 2021.
SOCAN congratulates all of the songwriters and publishers of these chart-topping songs!