1. Yes, He's Had His Heart Broken

Scotty McCreery's happily married to his hometown sweetheart Gabi Dugal these days, but shortly before he won American Idol, his longtime guitar teacher revealed that McCreery was a talented songwriter as well. “I heard him do one about a girl … that was about how she had broken his heart,” Gary Epperson told Taste of Country, “and the girl at the party [was] cryin’.”

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