On Aug. 6, the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame announced its 2025 inductees. Among the six new faces joining the ranks of country music’s most skilled and dedicated songwriters is Steve Bogard, an industry veteran whose been penning hits since the 1970s.
Over the years, the Grammy-nominated songwriter’s work has been recorded by a wide variety of artists, including Dierks Bentley, The Four Tops, Reba McEntire, and Jack Ingram. Rascal Flatts’s breakout hit, “Prayin'g for Daylight,” is a Bogard-penned tune. His big break came in the late 1970s, when his song “Touch Me With Magic” was released by country music performer Marty Robbins and went on to become a hit single.
