Marshall wrote her first song in 1973 and has been writing ever since. In 1987, she received a citation of achievement from BMI for “Betty’s Bein’ Bad.” That same year, “Betty” was a finalist for “Country/Rock Song of the Year” at the Music City News National Songwriter Awards. In 1996, “Betty” was inducted into BMI’s “Million-Air” elite, having logged over a million performances worldwide.
Marshall’s songs are administered by BMG.
Marshall’s songs recorded by other artists
All I Want Is Everything – Mindy McCready
Bad Debt – Saffire: The Uppity Blues Women
Better Off Without You – Emmylou Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Betty’s Bein’ Bad – Sawyer Brown, Mats Radberg & Rankarna
Beyond My Wildest Dreams – Siobhan Mayer-Kennedy
Beyond the End – Jimmy Buffett
Breaking Point – Danny Flowers
Call the Lamas! – Holly Arntzen & Kevin Wright, Greg Tamblyn
Can’t Run from Yourself – Tanya Tucker, Hanne Boel, The Elly Maze, Bullseye
Christmas in the Caribbean – Jimmy Buffett
Daddy Long Legs – Tanya Tucker
Don’t Go Messin’ with a Country Boy – Hillbilly Jim (The Wrestler)
Don’t Make Me Pregnant – Miss Tammy Faye Starlite
Everybody’s on the Run – Jimmy Buffett
Great Big Crush – Rick Bedrosian
Guiding Light – Russ Taff
Happy Childhood – Marianne Osiel, Greg Tamblyn, Bill Littleton, Michael Brown
Have a Little Faith – Karen Taylor-Good, Greg Tamblyn
The Hogs Are on Fire – James Hollihan
I Don’t Wanna Hold Your Hand – Gail Davies & Wild Choir
I Love Everybody – Tim Krekel
I Think I’ll Say Goodbye – Olivia Newton-John, Mary Kay James, Jeris Ross, Cor Sanne
It Was Love – Russ Taff
Jesus Is the Reason for the Season – Jonell Mosser
Just to Keep from Drowning – Joe Cocker
Just to Torture Myself – Kacey Jones
Know My Needs – The Earl Scruggs Revue
Last Mango in Paris – Jimmy Buffett
Leaving Loachapoka – Bonnie Wren
Let the Pretty Lady Dance – Conway Twitty
Lands Far Away – Don Mealer (aka Poobah)
Lies – Standard Transmission (featuring Robert Jetton)
Living in the Name of Love – The Whites, Claire Lynch, Ever Call Ready, The Lewis Family
Lose Me in You – Crystal Gayle
The Man Who Would Be BB King – Little Wille Horton & The Weekenders
The 90s Is the 60s Turned Upside Down – Dion, Wynonna, Gary Nicholson, John Jorgenson
Off the Deep End – Danny Flowers
Old Habits – John Hiatt, Ronnie Milsap, Irma Thomas, Greg “Fingers” Taylor
Nervous – Danny Flowers
The Perfect Partner – Jimmy Buffett
Rode Hard and Put Up Wet – Johnny Lee
Smart Woman (In a Real Short Skirt) – Jimmy Buffett
Somewhere South of Macon – Lena Zavaroni, Rattlesnake Annie, The Elly Maze, Connie Cato, Pavlína Jíšová (Czech), Gretchen (Todd) Ramsey, Michelle Vidal & The Fur Traders
Take My Hand – Russ Taff
To Show You That I Love You (aka Let My Fingers Do the Walking) – Tompall Glaser, Brian Collins
Trouble – Alannah Myles
Unfinished Business – Johnnie Allan
What Kind of Girl – Don Henry
A Womans’ Heart (Is a Handy Place to Be) – Jessi Colter, Crystal Gayle
Your Husband’s Cheating on Us – Trisha Yearwood, Matraca Berg, The Likely Culprits
Songs in movies
Better Off Without You – Limbo
Between Carolina and Texas – Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie
Can’t Run from Yourself – Father Hood
Old Habits – Switch
Riding with Willie – Mississippi Grind
Rode Hard and Put Up Wet – Urban Cowboy
Why Can’t I Be Like Other Girls? – Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie