- Tommy Lee James
Tommy Lee James is an American
country music songwriter andrecord producer . Based inNashville, Tennessee , he is originally fromRoanoke, Virginia . He graduated from Northside High School then attendedRadford University where he studied voice.James is the writer of a number of hit songs including
Reba McEntire 's "And Still",Brooks & Dunn 's "A Man This Lonely", Reba McEntire and Brooks & Dunn's duet "If You See Him/If You See Her ",Martina McBride 's "Wrong Again",Cyndi Thomson 's "What I Really Meant To Say", andTim McGraw 's "She’s My Kind Of Rain". All these songs went to number one on the charts.James had an additional chart topping success with "I Wish" recorded by
Jo Dee Messina and "Let's Be Us Again" recorded byLonestar which was a top 4 hit. He also co-wrote the critically acclaimed single byGary Allan entitled "Life Ain't Always Beautiful ".James has had many other cuts with artists such as
Cliff Richard ,98 Degrees ,Pam Tillis ,Blue County ,Emerson Drive ,Jedd Hughes ,Little Big Town ,Delta Goodrem , andPussycat Dolls .In addition to being a writer, James also produced
Capitol Records recording artistsCyndi Thomson ,Susan Ashton andEmily West ; Big Machine artistDanielle Peck ; and formerLonestar vocalistRichie McDonald .Writing credits
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