Tim James (songwriter)

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Tim James was born Timothy James Auringer on February 22 in Duluth MN. He is multi-award winning songwriter and music manager. He is the co-owner (with Steven McClintock) of McJames Music Inc. (BMI), 37 Songs (ASCAP), and More Baroque Music (since 1977) as well as 37 Songs (ASCAP). Mr. James and Mr. McClintock have been composing together for many years since they met in the 1970s. Their first recorded composition together was the Platinum selling Christmas single by Andy Williams, "Christmas Needs Love to be Christmas."

Mr. James worked with George Tobin as the co-manager of the group PC Quest (which featured Chad Petree, now of Shiny Toy Guns fame, as one of its vocalists).

Tim received a BMI award for Tiffany's Gold single "All This Time."

[edit] Selected artists Tim James has written songs for

The following artists have recorded songs written or published by Tim James:

[edit] Partial songwriting bibliography

This is a list of a few of the songs that Tim James has written or co-written or published:

  • "Christmas Needs Love To Be Christmas" by Andy Williams, Juice Newton, and Wickety Wak
  • "Look At Me Now" by Sixwire (a US top 15 hit)
  • "That Old Wheel" by Johnny Cash
  • "That's As Close As I'll Get To Loving You" Aaron Tippin (#1 Country hit)
  • "Kid on a Corner" by Tiffany
  • "All This Time" by Tiffany
  • "Oh Jackie" by Tiffany
  • "If Love Is Blind" by Tiffany, PC Quest, and Damon Sharpe
  • "Can't You See?" by Tiffany, PC Quest, and Sandy Kandau
  • "We're The Truth" by Tiffany
  • "After The Summer's Gone" by PC Quest (Top 40 hit)
  • "I Have to Go on Alone" by PC Quest
  • "Almost in Love" by PC Quest
  • "We Could Be Trouble" by PC Quest
  • "Life Goes On" by PC Quest
  • "I Wanna Touch You" by PC Quest
  • 5 songs on the Jetsons: The Movie soundtrack
  • "Until Tonight" by Juice Newton

[edit] Links and references

Tim James and Steven McClintock's official webstie