Steve Nathan

Awards

In 2001, Nathan became a member of the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame.^[5]

In 2007, Nathan won The Academy of Country Music's Top Piano/Keyboards Player of the Year Award.^[6]

Nathan was named "Keyboardist of the Year" by MusicRow Magazine for 13 consecutive years.^[7]

1978 – 1982

• 1978: Pete Carr – Multiple Flash (Big Tree)
• 1978: Dobie Gray – Midnight Diamond (Infinity)
• 1979: Dobie Gray – Dobie Gray (Infinity)
• 1979: Lobo – Lobo (MCA)
• 1979: Eddy Mitchell – C'Est Bien Fait (Barclay)
• 1980: Birtles & Goble – The Last Romance (Capitol)
• 1980: David Allan Coe – I've Got Something to Say (Columbia)
• 1980: Gail Davies – The Game (Warner Bros.)
• 1980: Janie Fricke – From the Heart (Columbia)
• 1980: Spyro Gyra – Catching the Sun (MCA)
• 1981: Baby Brother – Baby Brother (Cotillion)
• 1981: The Dillman Band – Lovin' the Night Away (RCA Victor)
• 1981: Eddie Kendricks – Love Keys (Atlantic)
• 1981: Frederick Knight – Knight Time (Juana)
• 1982: Levon Helm – Levon Helm (Capitol)
• 1982: Bertie Higgins – Just Another Day in Paradise (Epic)
• 1982: The Oak Ridge Boys – Christmas (MCA)
• 1982: Jerry Reed – The Bird (RCA Victor)
• 1982: Jerry Reed – The Man with the Golden Thumb (RCA Victor)
• 1982: Hank Williams Jr. – High Notes (Elektra)

1983 – 1986

• 1983: Clarence Carter – Love Me With a Feeling (Gallo)
• 1983: Millie Jackson – E.S.P. (Extra Sexual Persuasion) (Sire)
• 1983: Jimmy Jones – Let's Talk about Jesus (Savoy)
• 1983: Bill Lamb – Riff Rockin' (Warner Bros.)
• 1983: Mac McAnally – Nothing But the Truth (Geffen)
• 1983: Percy Sledge – Percy! (Charly)
• 1983: Hank Williams, Jr. – Strong Stuff (Elektra)
• 1984: Clarence Carter – Singing for My Supper (Big C)
• 1984: Deborah Allen – Let Me Be the First (RCA)
• 1984: Jerry Lee Lewis – I Am What I Am (MCA)
• 1985: Linda Clifford – My Heart's on Fire (Red Label)
• 1985: The Forester Sisters – The Forester Sisters (Warner Bros.)
• 1985: Mink DeVille – Sportin' Life (Polydor)
• 1986: Billy "Crash" Craddock – Crash Craddock (Dot)
• 1986: Lacy J. Dalton – Highway Diner (Columbia)
• 1986: Steve Earle – Guitar Town (MCA)
• 1986: The Forester Sisters – Perfume, Ribbons & Pearls (Warner Bros.)
• 1986: Luther Ingram – Luther Ingram (Profile)
• 1986: The Kendalls – Fire at First Sight (MCA)
• 1986: The Oak Ridge Boys – Christmas Again (MCA)

1987 – 1992

• 1987: T. Graham Brown – Brilliant Conversationalist (Capitol)
• 1987: The Forester Sisters – You Again (Warner Bros.)
• 1987: Johnny Paycheck – Modern Times (Mercury)
• 1987: T. G. Sheppard – One for the Money (Columbia)
• 1988: Glenn Frey – Soul Searchin' (MCA)
• 1988: Dana McVicker – Dana McVicker (Capitol)
• 1989: Bobby "Blue" Bland – Midnight Run (Malaco)
• 1989: Connie Francis – Where the Hits Are (Malaco)
• 1989: Johnnie Taylor – Crazy 'bout You (Malaco)
• 1990: Mark Chesnutt – Too Cold at Home (MCA)
• 1990: Connie Francis – Among My Souvenirs (Malaco)
• 1990: Steve Wariner – Laredo (MCA)
• 1991: Bobby "Blue" Bland – Portrait of the Blues (Malaco)
• 1991: Billy Dean – Billy Dean (Liberty)
• 1991: Doug Stone – I Thought It Was You (Epic)
• 1991: Tony Joe White – Closer to the Truth (Swamp)
• 1992: Alabama – American Pride (RCA Victor)
• 1992: Joan Baez – Play Me Backwards (Virgin)
• 1992: Mark Chesnutt – Longnecks & Short Stories (MCA)
• 1992: Holly Dunn – Getting It Dunn (Warner Bros.)
• 1992: Vince Gill – I Still Believe in You (MCA)
• 1992: Alan Jackson – New Traditional (Americana)
• 1992: Wynonna Judd – Wynonna (Curb / MCA)
• 1992: John Michael Montgomery – Life's a Dance (Atlantic)
• 1992: Doug Stone – From the Heart (Epic)
• 1992: Michelle Wright – Now and Then (Arista)
• 1992: Trisha Yearwood – Hearts in Armor (MCA)

1993 – 1994

• 1993: Mark Chesnutt – Almost Goodbye (MCA)
• 1983: Darryl & Don Ellis – Day in the Sun (Epic)
• 1993: John Jarvis – Balancing Act (Liberty)
• 1993: Wynonna Judd – Tell Me Why (Curb)
• 1993: Dude Mowrey – Dude Mowrey (Arista)
• 1993: Ronna Reeves – What Comes Naturally (Mercury)
• 1993: Clay Walker – Clay Walker (Giant)
• 1993: Trisha Yearwood – The Song Remembers When (MCA)
• 1994: David Ball – Thinkin' Problem (Warner Bros.)
• 1994: Mark Chesnutt – What a Way to Live (Decca)
• 1994: Cleve Francis – You've Got Me Now (Liberty)
• 1994: Vince Gill – When Love Finds You (MCA)
• 1994: Michael James – Closer to the Fire (Reunion)
• 1994: Lenny LeBlanc – All My Dreams (Integrity Music)
• 1994: Reba McEntire – Read My Mind (MCA)
• 1994: Jamie O'Hara – Rise Above It (RCA)
• 1994: Pearl River – Pearl River (Liberty)
• 1994: Prescott-Brown – Already Restless (Columbia)
• 1994: George Strait – Lead On (MCA)
• 1994: Clay Walker – If I Could Make a Living (Giant)
• 1994: Michelle Wright – The Reasons Why (Arista)

1995 – 1996

• 1995: 4 Runner – 4 Runner (Polydor Nashville)
• 1995: Alabama – In Pictures (RCA)
• 1995: Tracy Byrd – Love Lessons (MCA)
• 1995: Deana Carter – Did I Shave My Legs For This? (Capitol Nashville)
• 1995: Mark Collie – Tennessee Plates (Giant)
• 1995: Joe Diffie – Life's So Funny (Epic)
• 1995: Ty England – Ty England (RCA)
• 1995: Ty Herndon – What Mattered Most (Epic)
• 1995: Tim McGraw – All I Want (Curb)
• 1995: Martina McBride – Wild Angels (RCA)
• 1995: Reba McEntire – Starting Over (MCA)
• 1995: Rita MacNeil – Porch Songs (EMI)
• 1995: Dolly Parton – Something Special (Columbia)
• 1995: Ronna Reeves – After the Dance (River North Nashville)
• 1995: Sawyer Brown – This Thing Called Wantin' and Havin' It All (Curb)
• 1995: Victoria Shaw – In Full View (Reprise)
• 1995: Dusty Springfield – A Very Fine Love (Columbia)
• 1995: Russ Taff – Winds of Change (Warner Alliance)
• 1995: B. J. Thomas – I Believe (Warner Resound)
• 1995: Trisha Yearwood – Thinkin' About You (MCA)
• 1996: Rhett Akins – Somebody New (MCA)
• 1996: John Berry – Faces (Capitol Nashville)
• 1996: Paul Brandt – Calm Before the Storm (Reprise)
• 1996: Terri Clark – Just the Same (Mercury)
• 1996: Billy Dean – It's What I Do (Capitol)
• 1996: Ty England – Two Ways to Fall (RCA)
• 1996: Vince Gill – High Lonesome Sound (MCA)
• 1996: Ty Herndon – Living in a Moment (Epic)
• 1996: Wynonna Judd – Revelations (Curb)
• 1996: Mark Knopfler – Golden Heart (Warner Bros.)
• 1996: Jeane Manson – Country Girl (Arcade)
• 1996: Jo Dee Messina – Jo Dee Messina (Curb)
• 1996: John Michael Montgomery – What I Do the Best (Atlantic)
• 1996: David Lee Murphy – Gettin' Out the Good Stuff (MCA)
• 1996: LeAnn Rimes – Blue (Curb)
• 1996: Marty Stuart – Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best (MCA)
• 1996: Lari White – Don't Fence Me In (RCA)
• 1996: Trisha Yearwood – Everybody Knows (MCA)

1997 – 1998

• 1997: Beth Nielsen Chapman – Sand and Water (Reprise)
• 1997: Mark Chesnutt – Thank God for Believers (Decca)
• 1997: Bill Hullett – Two-Lane Blacktop (Vertical)
• 1997: Toby Keith – Dream Walkin' (Mercury)
• 1997: The Kinleys – Just Between You and Me (Epic)
• 1997: Jim Lauderdale – Whisper (BNA)
• 1997: Terry McMillan – Somebody's Comin' (Giant)
• 1997: Lorrie Morgan – Shakin' Things Up (BNA)
• 1997: David Lee Murphy – We Can't All Be Angels (MCA)
• 1997: Regina Regina – Regina Regina (Giant)
• 1997: LeAnn Rimes – You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs (Curb)
• 1997: George Strait – Carrying Your Love With Me (MCA)
• 1997: William Topley – Black River (Mercury)
• 1997: Clay Walker – Rumor Has It (Giant)
• 1997: Bryan White – The Right Place (Asylum)
• 1997: Lee Ann Womack – Lee Ann Womack (Decca)
• 1997: Chely Wright – Let Me In (MCA Nashville)
• 1998: Deana Carter – Everything's Gonna Be Alright (Capitol Nashville)
• 1998: Jim Collins – The Next Step (Arista Nashville)
• 1998: Ty Herndon – Big Hopes (Epic)
• 1998: Faith Hill – Faith (Warner Bros.)
• 1998: Danni Leigh – 29 Nights (MCA)
• 1998: Martina McBride – White Christmas (RCA)
• 1998: Jo Dee Messina – I'm Alright (Curb)
• 1998: Olivia Newton-John – Back With a Heart (MCA Nashville)
• 1998: Collin Raye – The Walls Came Down (Epic)
• 1998: LeAnn Rimes – Sittin' on Top of the World (Curb)
• 1998: George Strait – One Step at a Time (MCA Nashville)
• 1998: William Topley – Mixed Blessing (Mercury)
• 1998: Steve Wariner – Burnin' the Roadhouse Down (Capitol)

1999 – 2000

• 1999: Atlanta Rhythm Section – Eufaula (Platinum Entertainment)
• 1999: Brooks & Dunn – Tight Rope (Arista Nashville)
• 1999: Tracy Byrd – It's About Time (RCA)
• 1999: Kenny Chesney – Everywhere We Go (BNA)
• 1999: Mark Chesnutt – I Don't Want to Miss a Thing (Decca)
• 1999: Jennifer Day – The Fun of Your Love (BNA)
• 1999: Dixie Chicks – Fly (Monument)
• 1999: Faith Hill – Breathe (Warner Bros.)
• 1999: Toby Keith – How Do You Like Me Now?! (DreamWorks)
• 1999: Lonestar – Lonely Grill (BNA)
• 1999: Tim McGraw – A Place in the Sun (Curb)
• 1999: Montgomery Gentry – Tattoos & Scars (Columbia)
• 1999: George Strait – Always Never the Same (MCA Nashville)
• 1999: Steve Wariner – Two Teardrops (Capitol)
• 2000: Alabama – When It All Goes South (RCA)
• 2000: Jessica Andrews – Who I Am (DreamWorks)
• 2000: Lisa Angelle – Lisa Angelle (DreamWorks)
• 2000: Billy Ray Cyrus – Southern Rain (Monument)
• 2000: Sara Evans – Born to Fly (RCA)
• 2000: Vince Gill – Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye (MCA Nashville)
• 2000: Sonya Isaacs – Sonya Isaacs (Lyric Street)
• 2000: Wynonna Judd – New Day Dawning (Mercury / Curb)
• 2000: The Kinleys – II (Epic)
• 2000: Jo Dee Messina – Burn (Curb)
• 2000: George Strait – George Strait (MCA Nashville)
• 2000: Aaron Tippin – People Like Us (Lyric Street)
• 2000: Steve Wariner – Faith in You (Capitol Nashville)
• 2000: Lee Ann Womack – I Hope You Dance (MCA Nashville)
• 2000: Trisha Yearwood – Real Live Woman (MCA Nashville)

2001 – 2004

• 2001: 3 of Hearts – 3 of Hearts (RCA)
• 2001: Brooks & Dunn – Steers & Stripes (Arista Nashville)
• 2001: Mary Chapin Carpenter – Time* Sex* Love* (Columbia)
• 2001: Faith Hill – There You'll Be (Warner Bros.)
• 2001: Jewel – This Way (Atlantic)
• 2001: Toby Keith – Pull My Chain (DreamWorks)
• 2001: Tim McGraw – Set This Circus Down (Curb)
• 2001: SHeDAISY – The Whole SHeBANG (Lyric Street)
• 2001: George Strait – The Road Less Traveled (MCA Nashville)
• 2002: Kenny Chesney – No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems (BNA)
• 2002: Faith Hill – Cry (Warner Bros.)
• 2002: Toby Keith – Unleashed (DreamWorks)
• 2002: Tim McGraw – Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors (Curb)
• 2002: Olivia Newton-John – (2) (Festival Mushroom)
• 2002: Rascal Flatts – Melt (Lyric Street)
• 2003: Gary Allan – See if I Care (MCA Nashville)
• 2003: Wynonna Judd – What the World Needs Now is Love (Curb)
• 2003: Toby Keith – Shock'n Y'all (DreamWorks)
• 2003: Kenny Rogers – Back to the Well (Sanctuary)
• 2003: George Strait – Honkytonkville (MCA Nashville)
• 2003: Josh Turner – Long Black Train (MCA Nashville)
• 2004: Andy Griggs – This I Gotta See (RCA)
• 2004: Carolyn Dawn Johnson – Dress Rehearsal (Arista Nashville)
• 2004: Willie Nelson – It Always Will Be (Lost Highway)
• 2004: Keith Urban – Be Here (Capitol Nashville)
• 2004: Phil Vassar – Shaken Not Stirred (Arista Nashville)
• 2004: Gretchen Wilson – Here for the Party (Epic)

2005 – 2008

• 2005: Trace Adkins – Songs About Me (Capitol Nashville)
• 2005: Kenny Chesney – The Road and the Radio (BNA)
• 2005: Jace Everett – Jace Everett (Epic)
• 2005: Toby Keith – Honkytonk University (DreamWorks)
• 2005: Joe Nichols – III (Universal South)
• 2005: LeAnn Rimes – This Woman (Curb)
• 2005: George Strait – Somewhere Down in Texas (MCA Nashville)
• 2005: Carrie Underwood – Some Hearts (Arista Nashville)
• 2005: Gretchen Wilson – All Jacked Up (Epic)
• 2006: Bob Seger – Face the Promise (Capitol)
• 2006: George Strait – It Just Comes Natural (MCA Nashville)
• 2007: Bon Jovi – Lost Highway (Island)
• 2007: Toby Keith – Big Dog Daddy (Show Dog Nashville)
• 2007: Tracy Lawrence – For the Love (Rocky Comfort/Co5)
• 2007: LeAnn Rimes – Family (Curb)
• 2007: Gretchen Wilson – One of the Boys (Sony BMG)
• 2007: Trisha Yearwood – Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love (Big Machine)
• 2008: Toby Keith – That Don't Make Me a Bad Guy (Show Dog Nashville)
• 2008: George Strait – Troubadour (Hump Head)
• 2008: Randy Travis – Around the Bend (Cozat)

2009 – 2014

• 2009: Reba McEntire – Keep on Loving You (The Valory Music Co)
• 2009: Martina McBride – Shine (RCA)
• 2009: George Strait – Twang (Hump Head)
• 2010: Gary Allan – Get Off on the Pain (MCA Nashville)
• 2010: Joe Cocker – Hard Knocks (429)
• 2010: Toby Keith – Bullets in the Gun (Show Dog-Universal)
• 2010: Josh Turner – Haywire (MCA Nashville)
• 2011: Lauren Alaina – Wildflower (Mercury Nashville)
• 2011: Terri Clark – Roots and Wings (Hump Head)
• 2011: Sara Evans – Stronger (Sony)
• 2011: Toby Keith – Clancy's Tavern (Hump Head)
• 2011: George Strait – Here for a Good Time (MCA Nashville)
• 2011: Chris Young – Neon (Sony)
• 2012: Troy Cassar-Daley – Home (Liberation Music)
• 2012: Toby Keith – Hope on the Rocks (Show Dog-Universal Music)
• 2012: Tim McGraw – Emotional Traffic (Curb)
• 2012: Lionel Richie – Tuskegee (Mercury)
• 2013: Gary Allan – Set You Free (MCA Nashville)
• 2013: Toby Keith – Drinks After Work (Show Dog-Universal Music)
• 2013: Tim McGraw – Two Lanes of Freedom (Big Machine)
• 2013: George Strait – Love is Everything (MCA Nashville)
• 2013: Chris Young – A.M. (RCA)
• 2014: Tim McGraw – Sundown Heaven Town (Big Machine)
• 2014: Jo Dee Messina – Me (Dreambound)

2015 – present

• 2015: Toby Keith – 35 MPH Town (Show Dog Nashville)
• 2015: Reba McEntire – Love Somebody (Starstruck)
• 2015: Tim McGraw – Damn Country Music (Big Machine)
• 2016: John Berry – What I Love the Most (Mansion)
• 2016: Mark Chesnutt – Tradition Lives (BFD / Red River)
• 2016: Randy Houser – Fired Up (BMG / Stoney Creek)
• 2016: Cyndi Lauper – Detour (Sire)
• 2016: Faith Hill – Deep Tracks (Warner Bros.)
• 2016: Craig Morgan – A Whole Lot More to Me (Black River)
• 2016: Joanne Shaw Taylor – Wild (Axehouse)
• 2017: Toby Keith – The Bus Songs (Show Dog Nashville)
• 2017: Joe Nichols – Never Gets Old (Red Bow)
• 2017: Charley Pride – Music in My Heart (Music City)