1.   Allman also has continued to pen new songs for the Allman Brothers with lead guitarist Dickey Betts and others.

2.   Ironically, Grant says, she needed that sort of isolation to pen these songs about human connection.

3.   Penning songs that trumpet American athleticism, civil rights and the protection of children is a noble endeavor, even if the songs are sappy and trite.

4.   Runga penned every song on the record and played an assortment of instruments.

5.   Perhaps the conflict lay in the fact that as a writer, Suraphon has made his career behind the scenes -- penning the songs that have made others famous.

6.   According to Pheerasanti, the plan to record an album has been in the offing for quite a while and the songs had been penned.

7.   He penned several songs that have been accepted as unofficial New Jersey state anthems.