Education
University of North Alabama.
University of North Alabama.
Aldridge is known primarily as a Nashville songwriter. He has written dozens of hit Country songs including the Number One hits "(There"s) Number Gettin" Over Maine" by Ronnie Milsap (1981), "Till You"re Gone by Barbara Mandrell (1982), "Holding Her and Loving You" by Earl Thomas Conley (1982), "Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde" by Travis Tritt (2000), and "I Loved Her First" (2006) - recorded by Heartland. He is listed as a "Music Achiever" by the Alabama Music Hall of Fame, which is a precursor to future induction, and has been awarded a star on their Walk of Fame.
In the late 1980s, Aldridge also sang lead vocals in the band The Shooters, a country band which charted seven singles for Epic Records.
He worked for 17 years at Fame Recording Studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama as a producer, songwriter and back-up musician. The studio was the subject of 2013 documentary film Muscle Shoals.
Aldridge is an alumnus of the University of North Alabama, and has recently signed back on to teach at University of North Alabama in the Entertainment Industry Program in the Fall of 2011.
