{{Short description|American songwriter (1952/1953–2025)|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox musical artist | background = person | name = Buddy Brock | birth_name = William Calhoun Brock Jr. | alias = | birth_date = 1952 or 1953 | birth_place = Greenwood, South Carolina, U.S. | origin = Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and given age|2025|1|24|72}} | death_place = Mount Juliet, Tennessee, U.S. | genre = Country | occupation = Songwriter | years_active = 1974–2017 }}
'''William Calhoun "Buddy" Brock Jr.''' (1952 or 1953 – January 24, 2025) was an American country music songwriter. His biggest hits include "Watermelon Crawl," co-written with Zack Turner, which reached the #4 spot on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart and made the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 as a dance remix; and the 1992 song "There Ain't Nothin' Wrong with the Radio," co-written and performed by Aaron Tippin, which held the number 1 position on the country chart for three consecutive weeks in April and May, 1992.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/1992-04-18/country-songs |title=Hot Country Songs chart for April 18, 1992 |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=October 3, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/1992-04-25/country-songs |title=Hot Country Songs chart for April 25, 1992 |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=October 3, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/1992-05-02/country-songs |title=Hot Country Songs chart for May 2, 1992 |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=October 3, 2010}}</ref> Other songs written or co-written by Brock include "I Wanna Fall in Love," a #3 country hit<ref>[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=lila mccann|chart=Country Songs}} Lila McCann Chart History]</ref> co-written with Mark Spiro for Lila McCann; "You've Got to Stand for Something" (co-written with and sung by Tippin), which reached #6 on the ''Billboard'' country chart);<ref>{{Cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1991/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 1991: Country Songs | magazine=Billboard | publisher=Prometheus Global Media | date=1991| accessdate=August 16, 2013}}</ref> "Haunted Heart" (co-written with Kim Williams), a #9 country hit for Sammy Kershaw;<ref>{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=189}}</ref> and "I Wonder How Far It Is Over You" (co-written with and sung by Tippin), a top-40 country hit.<ref>{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=349}}</ref> Brock died in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, on January 24, 2025, at the age of 72.<ref name="musicrow">{{cite web | url=https://musicrow.com/2025/01/veteran-nashville-songwriter-buddy-brock-passes/ | title=Veteran Nashville Songwriter Buddy Brock Passes | publisher=MusicRow | date=January 28, 2025 | accessdate=January 31, 2025 | author=Robert K. Oermann}}</ref>
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== External links == * [http://www.musicvf.com/songs.php?page=artist&artist=Buddy+Brock&tab=songaswriterchartstab Buddy Brock Top Songs/Charting Singles discography at MusicVF.com] * {{discogs artist|Buddy Brock}} * {{imdb name|16730523}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brock, Buddy}} Category:1950s births Category:Year of birth uncertain Category:2025 deaths Category:American country songwriters Category:American male songwriters Category:Country musicians from South Carolina Category:Country musicians from Tennessee Category:Musicians from Nashville, Tennessee Category:People from Greenwood, South Carolina Category:Songwriters from South Carolina Category:Songwriters from Tennessee