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    • Jun 18, 1976
    Songwriter/producer Michael Ryan is born in California. Known professionally as busbee, he directs sessions by Maren Morris, Keith Urban and Carly Pearce, and pens such hits as Lady Antebellum's "You Look Good," Rascal Flatts' "Summer Nights" and Florida Georgia Line's "H.O.L.Y."
    Apr 28, 2014
    Country is well-represented on NBC's "The Voice" as contestants offer covers of Reba McEntire's "You Lie," George Strait's "Run" and The Dixie Chicks' "Landslide." Graham Nash, songwriter busbee and producer Scott Hendricks are guest mentors on the episode, which features coach Blake Shelton
    Aug 7, 2014
    Songwriters busbee, Nate Cyphert and William Wiik Larsen author "H.O.L.Y." in Los Angeles. In 2016, the song becomes a country hit for Florida Georgia Line
    Mar 11, 2015
    Maren Morris writes "My Church" and records the final vocals the same day in Los Angeles with songwriter/producer busbee
    Mar 16, 2015
    Maren Morris and producer busbee write "80s Mercedes" at Eastside Studio in Nashville, where Morris records the final vocal the same day
    May 24, 2016
    Cassadee Pope makes a surprise appearance during '90s Night at Basement East in Nashville, joining a lineup that includes Maren Morris, Ryan Hurd, Brothers Osborne, Lucie Silvas and songwriters busbee and Natalie Hemby
    May 26, 2016
    Hillary Lindsey, Ryan Hurd and busbee write a future Lady Antebellum hit, "You Look Good," in Nashville
    Aug 30, 2016
    Jay DeMarcus joins more than 200 songwriters who file a legal brief in Los Angeles asking the court to overturn a copyright infringement verdict involving the pop song "Blurred Lines." Other signees include writers Brett James, busbee, Hugh Prestwood, Darrell Brown, Shane McAnally, Shane Minor, Jon Nite and Wendell Mobley
    Jul 26, 2019
    Songwriter/producer busbee suffers a seizure that leads to a diagnosis of a rare form of brain cancer. Associated with Lady Antebellum, Carly Pearce and Maren Morris, busbee dies nine weeks later
    Sep 28, 2019
    Songwriter/producer busbee dies from a form of brain cancer. He oversaw sessions by Maren Morris, Keith Urban and Lauren Alaina, and authored such titles as Hunter Hayes' "Storm Warning," Lady Antebellum's "You Look Good" and Carly Pearce's "Every Little Thing"
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