Jimmy Yeary
American singer-songwriter
Musical artist
James Earl Yeary (born in Hillsboro, Ohio ) is an American country music singer and songwriter.
In 1994, Yeary moved to Nashville, Tennessee , to begin a career as a recording artist. Although he was signed to Atlantic Records , a change in label personnel prevented his debut single from being released.[ 1]
Through the assistance of Paul Worley and Wally Wilson , Yeary found work as a songwriter. Among Yeary's co-writing credits are Joe Diffie 's top 10 hit "In Another World ", Rascal Flatts ' number 1 single "Why Wait ",[ 1] Troy Olsen 's "Summer Thing", Martina McBride 's "I'm Gonna Love You Through It ", Heidi Newfield 's "Stay Up Late", and Lee Brice 's "I Drive Your Truck ". He has sung lead for Shenandoah [ 2] and The Isaacs .[ 3]
Yeary is married to country singer Sonya Isaacs . The couple have two sons born 2011 and 2015[ 4] and a daughter born in 2017.[ 5]
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1967−1970 1971−1980 1981−1990 1991−2000 2001−2010
"Murder on Music Row " - Larry Cordle , Larry Shell (2001)
"Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning) " - Alan Jackson (2002)
"Three Wooden Crosses " - Doug Johnson , Kim Williams (2003)
"Live Like You Were Dying " - Tim Nichols , Craig Wiseman (2004)
"Whiskey Lullaby " - Bill Anderson , Jon Randall (2005)
"Believe " - Ronnie Dunn , Craig Wiseman (2006)
"Give It Away " - Bill Anderson , Buddy Cannon , Jamey Johnson (2007)
"Stay " - Jennifer Nettles (2008)
"In Color " - Jamey Johnson , Lee Thomas Miller , James Otto (2009)
"The House That Built Me " - Tom Douglas , Allen Shamblin (2010)
2011−2020
"If I Die Young " - Kimberly Perry (2011)
"Over You " - Miranda Lambert , Blake Shelton (2012)
"I Drive Your Truck " - Jessi Alexander , Connie Harrington, Jimmy Yeary (2013)
"Follow Your Arrow " - Brandy Clark , Shane McAnally , Kacey Musgraves (2014)
"Girl Crush " - Hillary Lindsey , Lori McKenna , Liz Rose (2015)
"Humble and Kind " - Lori McKenna (2016)
"Better Man " - Taylor Swift (2017)
"Broken Halos " - Mike Henderson , Chris Stapleton (2018)
"Beautiful Crazy " - Luke Combs , Wyatt Durrette , Robert Williford (2019)
2021−2030