CMA award winning songwriter Gary Harrison came to Nashville from his native Memphis in 1973  to attend college with a vague notion of somehow being involved in the music industry here. In 1976 he secured his first songwriting deal and had his first songs recorded by Barbara Mandrell, Ronnie Milsap and Charley Pride. In 1978, the Dean Dillon co-written "Lying in Love With You" [Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius] went to Number 1 on the singles chart.It was the first hit for either songwriter.