Bob Morrison (songwriter)

Bob Morrison
Background information
Birth nameRobert Edwin Morrison
Born (1942-08-06) August 6, 1942
Biloxi, Mississippi, U.S.
Genres
  • Country
  • pop
Occupation(s)Songwriter, musician
InstrumentGuitar
Years active1965—present
LabelsMonument, Capitol, Columbia

Robert Edwin Morrison (born August 6, 1942) is an American country songwriter based in Nashville. More than 350 of his songs have been recorded. His most successful compositions are the Grammy-winning Kenny Rogers song, "You Decorated My Life" and the Grammy-nominated "Lookin' for Love," the theme song for the 1980 John Travolta film, Urban Cowboy, recorded by Johnny Lee.

In 1980, Morrison was awarded "Songwriter of the Year" by the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI). He earned more than 40 songwriting citations from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and was ASCAP's Country Songwriter of the Year in 1978, 1980, 1981 and 1982. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2016.