FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2010 file photo, producer and songwriter Billy Sherrill, left, receives the BMI Icon award from BMI president and CEO Del Bryant at the 2010 BMI Country Awards in Nashville, Tenn. Sherrill, who helped create the smooth “countrypolitan” sound of the 1960s and ‘70s, has died. He was 78. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)