Stan Meissner

Multi-faceted songwriter-composer Stan Meissner's career includes many hit songs, both internationally, and in English and French Canada. Meissner has been a staff songwriter for more than 25 years, under contracts with BMG Music Publishing, Warner-Chappell Music and Irving/Almo/Universal Music, and has written for Céline Dion, Lara Fabian, LeeAnn Womack, Eddie Money, Rita Coolidge, and BJ Thomas. He released three solo albums on A&M and Duke Street/Universal, garnering several Top 10 hits in Canada, including “One Chance” and “River Of Fire.” Meissner has also written music for many TV shows and films, including A&E's Biography, Berenstain Bears, Timothy Goes to School, Cottage Life, Missing Children and Sweating Bullets/Tropical Heat. He has contributed songs and source music to Beverly Hills 90210, Forever Knight, My Secret Identity, Friday the 13th Parts VII & VIII, and Friday the 13th – The Series, among many others. His work has earned him numerous gold and multi-platinum records, as well as a Gemini Award, two JUNO nominations, a Canadian Music Publishers Association Award, the British Columbia Country Music Association Songwriter of the Year Award, a SOCAN No. 1 Song Award, and several SOCAN Awards. As Treasurer of SOCAN (2003-2012), President of the SOCAN Foundation (2006-2012), President of the Songwriters Association of Canada (2000-2006) and member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame (2000-2006), Stan has been very active in the songwriting community, working as a tireless advocate to further a more positive environment for music creators.