Johnny Mullins (October 23, 1923, in Barry County, Missouri – September 16, 2009, in Springfield, Missouri) was an American country music songwriter. His earliest success was with a song called "Company's Comin'", which was recorded by Porter Wagoner in 1954. ^[1] He is most noted for " Blue Kentucky Girl", originally recorded by Loretta Lynn and later by Emmylou Harris, in whose version it was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Song in 1980. His song " Success" was also recorded by Loretta Lynn and later by Elvis Costello, and also by Sinéad O'Connor under the title, "Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home".

Mullins is interviewed and plays short samples from some of his songs in the PBS video, Johnny Mullins: Ozarks Songwriter. ^[2] While writing songs in his spare time, he kept his day job as a school janitor in Springfield, Missouri, which he held from 1957 until his retirement in 1982. ^[1] Mullins was inducted into "Missouri Writers Hall of Fame" in 2001. ^[3]