Walt Aldridge’s name might not be one most modern country music fans know, but they probably should because there’s a good chance they know his songs.

Aldridge, a prolific musician, songwriter and engineer, died Wednesday.

He was 70.

Fame Recording Studios and Publishing put out a long statement on Facebook following his death.

“We are deeply saddened to say that our dear friend and colleague Walt Aldridge has passed away,” it read. “We cannot possibly put into words how much walt meant to the FAME family! There was a time in the 80s when Walt’s songwriting along with Robert Byrne, Tommy Brasfield and Mac McAnally carried the most of the weight of the Muscle Shoals music industry though a difficult time in our history.”

Country Insider reported that Aldridge wrote or co-wrote

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