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Entertainment · Music · published 2026-08-28 · via Billboard

Ronnie Milsap's 1976 No. 1 Hit Sparked a Copyright Dispute Over a Piano Lick

Ronnie Milsap's '(I'm a) Stand by My Woman Man' reached No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart on Aug. 28, 1976, but the session's piano fill led to a lawsuit from the publisher of Tammy Wynette's 'Stand by Your Man.' The song later added Wynette and Billy Sherrill as co-writers. Milsap won a Grammy for the performance, and the song earned a CMA nomination for best country song.

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