Miranda cut it first and Ella keeps it burning on stage, but that second name on the credit is Steve Earle. Pull his records next and you'll see where some of that fuel came from.
Ella Langley took on "It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels." Long before her, who made the first recording of that song?Kitty Wellslearned
J.D. Miller wrote it and Kitty Wells cut it first in 1952, and the song kept getting passed hand to hand, through Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn and even Paul Westerberg, before Ella picked it up. Start with Kitty and hear what everyone after her was answering to.
Ella Langley shares the writing credit on "Lucky," but she wasn't the first to put it on record. Which of her co-writers recorded it first?Elle Kinglearned
Ella helped write "Lucky," then handed it to Elle King, who cut it first in 2023. Same song from inside the writing room, sung by a different co-writer.
Ella Langley shares the writing credit on her Morgan Wallen duet "I Can't Love You Anymore" with Austin Goodloe and which other songwriter?Joybeth Taylorlearned
Joybeth Taylor's name is on this duet, and on Dandelion, Somethin' Simple and I Gotta Quit too. If you like how Ella writes, that's the name that keeps showing up right next to hers.
Ella Langley recorded "I Gotta Quit" first and shares the writing credit with Aaron Raitiere and one more co-writer. Who rounds out that credit?Joybeth Taylorlearned
Joybeth Taylor's name sits next to Ella's on "I Gotta Quit," "Dandelion" and "Somethin’ Simple" too. If you like how these songs are built, she's the co-writer worth following.
Ella Langley shares the writing credit on "Dandelion" with Austin Goodloe, Brett Tyler, and one more co-writer who keeps turning up in her credits. Who?Joybeth Taylorlearned
Joybeth Taylor sat in the room for "Dandelion" and for "Somethin’ Simple" too, so if you like how Ella's songs land, this is a name worth following. Ella recorded it first, and nobody else has it on file yet.
Ella Langley shares the writing credit on "Somethin' Simple" with three co-writers. Which of these names is one of them?Joybeth Taylorlearned
Ella recorded this one first, and Joybeth Taylor is one of the three names next to hers on the credit. She's the co-writer you can actually follow from here, so take the thread.