Specifically, Ambridge police say 29-year-old Jason Banks choked then hit his girlfriend in the face after she complained that he had never written a song about her even though he had written songs about other women.
Banks did not immediately return a call for comment Tuesday to a home phone listed in his name.
The Beaver County Times says police filed the charge a day after the alleged June 30 assault.
Online court records show Banks is free on bond awaiting a preliminary hearing on July 25. Those records do not list a defense attorney for him.