Tommy Lee James

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Tommy Lee James is an American country music songwriter and record producer. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, he is originally from Roanoke, Virginia. He graduated from Northside High School then attended Radford 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, and Tim McGraw's She’s My Kind Of Rain. All these songs went to number one on the charts.

Tommy recently had additional chart topping success with I Wish recorded by Jo Dee Messina and Let's Be Us Again recorded by Lonestar which was a top 4 hit. Tommy also co-wrote the critically acclaimed current single by Gary Allan entitled Life Ain't Always Beautiful.

Tommy has had many other cuts with artists such as Cliff Richard, 98 Degrees, Pam Tillis, Blue County, Emerson Drive, Jedd Hughes, Little Big Town, etc…

In addition to being a writer, James also produced Capitol Records recording artists Cyndi Thomson, Susan Ashton and Emily West; and Big Machine artist Danielle Peck. He is currently in the studio with Cyndi Thomson producing her second album for Capitol Records.

[edit] Writing credits

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Artist Year Title Album
Tim McGraw 2003 "She's My Kind of Rain" "Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors"
Delta Goodrem 2007 "Believe Again" "Delta"
"In This Life"
"You Will Only Break My Heart"
"One Day"
"Angels in the Room"
Trisha Yearwood 2007 "This Is Me You're Talking To" "Heaven, Heartache, and the Power of Love"
"Nothin' 'Bout Memphis"