Still Working Music Group

General information

Still Working Music is a publishing company founded in 1990 by Barbara Orbison, music executive and wife of the legendary singer-songwriter Roy Orbison. Today, Alex Orbison, Roy and Barbara’s youngest son, runs the company. Major artists such as Tim McGraw, Conway Twitty, Alan Jackson, One Direction, Celine Dion, Joe Walsh, Faith Hill, Rod Stewart, Blake Shelton, The Rascal Flatts, Gary Allan, and many more have all cut songs from Still Working Music’s great catalog. The list continues to grow!

Top past hits include Taylor Swift’s #1 smash hit “You Belong With Me” and “Tear Drops On My Guitar,” George Straight’s 57th #1 country single “River Of Love,” Reba McEntire and Brooks And Dunn’s #1 hit and title track “If You See Her, If You See Him,” Tim McGraw’s #2 hit single and Grammy nominated song “She’s My Kind Of Rain,” Martina McBride’s #1 hit “Wrong Again,” Diamond Rio’s #1 “Beautiful Mess,” Darius Rucker’s #1 “Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It,” Brooks and Dunn’s final #1 hit from their duo career “Play Something Country,” and Ronnie Dunn’s highest debut ever, “Bleed Red.”

Our cuts have global reach with #1s throughout Europe, Australia, Canada and elsewhere. These songs include UK artist Pixie Lott’s lead single and #1 debut “All About Tonight,” Australian pop singer and actress Delta Goodrem’s “You Will Only Break My Heart” and top 10 smash hit “In This Life,” Canadian megastar Celine Dion’s “Didn’t Know Love,” Australian guitarists Orianthi’s “God Only Knows,” Canadian country music band Emerson Drive’s top 10 “I Love This Road,” and more. Still Working Music had two cuts “They Don’t Know About Us” and “Loved You First” on One Direction’s 6x-platinum album Take Me Home - most of those sales are outside the United States.

Still Working Music is proud to partner with BMG Chysalis.

President: Alex Orbison
GM/COO: Chuck Fleckenstein
CCO: Tommy Lee James
Dir. of Operations and Publishing: Lindsay Mescher
Creative Director: Chelsea Kent
Executive Assistant: Susan Berry