Mary Ann Kennedy (American singer)

Mary Ann Kennedy is an American country music songwriter. In her career, she has been a member of the groups Calamity Jane[1] and Kennedy Rose,[2] both times pairing with fellow songwriter Pam Rose. Kennedy's co-writing credits include the Grammy Award-nominated songs "Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands" by Lee Greenwood and "I'll Still Be Loving You" by Restless Heart.[3] Other songs that she has written include "Safe in the Arms of Love" by Martina McBride and "You Will" by Patty Loveless.

Mary Ann Kennedy
Genres	Country
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Guitar, mandolin, Vocals, drums[1]
Years active	1981-present
Labels	Columbia (in Calamity Jane) IRS (in Kennedy Rose)
Associated acts	Calamity Jane Kennedy Rose

Discography

• The Trail Less Traveled (2000)
• Hoofbeats, Heartbeats & Wings (2005)
• The Rhythm of the Ride (2009)

Chart Singles Written by Mary Ann Kennedy

The following is a list of Mary Ann Kennedy compositions that were chart hits. [4]

Year	Single Title	Recording Artist	Chart Positions
			Billboard Hot 100	Billboard AC	Billboard Country
1980	He Gives Me Diamonds, You Give Me Chills co-written with Don Goodman	Margo Smith			52
1982	Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands co-written with Don Goodman & Pam Rose	Lee Greenwood			5
1984	Me Against the Night co-written with Pat Bunch & Pam Rose	Crystal Gayle			4
1985	Dixie Road co-written with Don Goodman, Pat Bunch & Pam Rose	Lee Greenwood			1
1985	The First Word in Memory Is Me co-written with Pat Bunch & Pam Rose	Janie Fricke			7
1985	Somebody Else's Fire co-written with Pat Bunch & Pam Rose	Janie Fricke			4
1987	I'll Still Be Loving You co-written with Pat Bunch, Todd Cerney & Pam Rose	Restless Heart	33	3	1
1987	He's Letting Go co-written with Pat Bunch & Pam Rose	Baillie & the Boys			18
1993	You Will co-written with Randy Sharp & Pam Rose	Patty Loveless			6
1995	Love Like This co-written with Pat Bunch & Pam Rose	Carlene Carter			70
1995	Safe in the Arms of Love co-written with Pat Bunch & Pam Rose	Martina McBride			4
1995	Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands co-written with Don Goodman & Pam Rose	Reba McEntire			9

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 74. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
2. Jason Ankeny. "Kennedy Rose biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
3. "Mary Ann Kennedy biography". Mary Ann Kennedy. Archived from the original on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2011-10-09.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
4. "Mary Ann Kennedy Chart Listing". Mary Ann Kennedy. Retrieved 2012-02-27.