Michael Barry (Mike) Reid (born May 24, 1947 in Altoona, Pennsylvania) is a retired professional American football defensive lineman and Grammy Award-winning country music singer-songwriter. After several years playing for the Cincinnati Bengals, Reid retired from football and began his work as a singer-songwriter, penning several hit singles for country music artists, including Ronnie Milsap's "Stranger in My House", which won a Grammy Award for Best Country Song in 1984.
Reid later embarked on a solo recording career, releasing two studio albums for Columbia Records (then known as CBS Records). He charted seven singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts as a singer.
Between football seasons, Reid would perform as a pianist for the Utah Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. During this time, he met Larry Gatlin, who helped Reid start his songwriting career. In 1984, he won the Grammy Award for Best Country Song with "Stranger in My House", which was recorded by Ronnie Milsap. Reid would also work with Marie Osmond, Tanya Tucker, Collin Raye, Alabama and Conway Twitty. In the 1980s and 1990s, Reid wrote twelve number one hits. [2] He was also featured as a guest vocalist on Milsap's "Old Folks", a #2 hit from 1986.
In 1990, Reid started his own singing career, recording two albums for Columbia Records (then known as CBS Records) and charting six more singles, including the Number One hit "Walk on Faith". He also wrote Bonnie Raitt's pop standard "I Can't Make You Love Me". Reid was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005. [3]
By 1991, Reid tried his hand in a new field by composing the music for the Civil War musical, "A House Divided". After that he wrote six more musicals/operas. The titles include "Quilts", "Different Fields", "Eye of the Blackbird", "Tales of Appalachia", "In This House" and "The Ballad of Little Jo" (Richard Rodgers Award winner).
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From Wikipedia:Michael Barry "Mike" Reid (born May 24, 1947, in Altoona, Pennsylvania) is a retired professional American football defensive lineman, as well as a country music artist and composer. After several years playing for the Cincinnati Bengals, Reid retired from football and began his musical career, co-writing several hit singles for country music artists, including Ronnie Milsap's "Stranger in My House", which won a Grammy Award for Best Country Song in 1984. Reid later began a solo recording career, releasing two studio albums for Columbia Records. He charted seven singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts as a singer, including the Number One hit "Walk on Faith."