from the soundtrack to the film Pure Country, was a number one hit for George Strait. Theater Bettis has provided lyrics for the musicals Lunch (tour 1994); Svengali (1992); The Last Session (L.A. Drama critics Award, Best Musical Score 1998); Say Goodnight (1999); Pure Country (2008), and most recently Josephine (2011). Awards Bettis was nominated for an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for "Promise Me You'll Remember" from The Godfather Part III. Other nominations include: Grammy Award nominations for Best R&B Song ("Can You Stop the Rain") and Best Song, Film and TV ("One Moment in Time", theme for the 1988 Olympics). Bettis received two Emmy Awards: "Where There Is Hope" and "One Moment in Time" and received Emmy nominations for Best Music and Lyrics ("Swept Away" and "As Long as We Got Each Other"). He was nominated for Nashville Songwriters Association Song of the Year and Music City Song of the Year. In 2011, Bettis was inducted into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame as well as the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Personal life John Bettis currently lives in Nashville with his wife Mary and his children. Songs List of songs by John Bettis References External links Biography Official EMI Biography 1946 births 20th-century American composers 21st-century American composers American banjoists American country songwriters American male songwriters American musical theatre lyricists American television composers California State University, Long Beach alumni Living people Musicians from Long Beach, California 20th-century American male musicians 21st-century American male musicians