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John Bettis (born October 24, 1946) is an American lyricist who has co-written many famous popular songs over the years. In 2011, John was inducted into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame as well as the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. He was originally part of the band Spectrum, which also featured Richard and Karen Carpenter. He wrote the lyrics for "Top of the World", a huge hit for both Lynn Anderson and The Carpenters. He wrote several more hits for The Carpenters, including "Only Yesterday", "Goodbye to Love" and "Yesterday Once More". He later wrote hits for other artists such as Madonna ("Crazy for You"), Michael Jackson ("Human Nature"), The Pointer Sisters ("Slow Hand"), Diana Ross ("When You Tell Me That You Love Me"), Jennifer Warnes ("Nights Are Forever"), Peabo Bryson ("Can You Stop the Rain"), George Strait ("Heartland"), Ronnie Milsap ("Only One Love in My Life"), and Barbara Mandrell ("One of a Kind Pair of Fools"). Bettis also co-wrote "One Moment in Time", the 1988 Summer Olympics anthem performed by Whitney Houston and the theme song to the 1980s sitcom ''Growing Pains'', "As Long as We Got Each Other". He was born in Long Beach, California, the son of Wayne Douglas and Nellie Jane (House) Bettis, and attended San Pedro High School, Class of 1964. He was a member of the choir and attended plays in the evenings with a group of drama students. After graduation he attended California State University. In theatre, John has provided lyrics for the musicals ''Lunch'' (tour 1994); ''Svengali'' (1992); ''The Last Session'' (L.A. Drama critics Award, Best Musical Score 1998); ''Say Goodnight'' (1999); ''Pure Country'' (2008) and most recently ''Josephine'' (2011). As of mid-2008, Bettis has nearly 800 song credits in the ASCAP database. John Bettis currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee with his wife Mary and his two children Wyatt and Conway. == Early life == John Bettis was born in Long Beach, California, the son of Wayne Douglas and Nellie Jane (House) Bettis, and attended California State University. While raised in Southern California, his family’s roots are in Missouri's Ozark Mountains. John was introduced to country music at a very early age. Bettis began singing and playing trumpet when he was eight. In high school, he took up the guitar. At age 16, he auditioned and landed the lead role in a high-school production of ''Carousel'' where he first discovered the craft of songwriting. Shortly after, Bettis and his understudy formed a folk duo and began performing and touring on the folk circuit, opening for acts like Hoyt Axton, Ian & Sylvia and The Dillards. While attending California State University in Long Beach, John was writing songs for his college choir when he met fellow student Richard Carpenter and his sister Karen. The three of them formed a band called Spectrum in 1966. In order to make money for equipment, John and Richard formed a duo with John on banjo and Richard on piano and regularly performed a golden oldies set at Disneyland. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Bettis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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