Jim McCormick is a Grammy- and CMA-nominated, multiplatinum-selling songwriter. He is currently a staff writer at Eclipse Music Publishing.
In 2021, his song "The Good Ones" was nominated by the Country Music Association for Song of the Year. That same year "The Good Ones" won the Favorite Country Song category at the American Music Awards.
McCormick has celebrated three #1 songs on the Billboard Country Airplay chart: Gabby Barrett's "The Good Ones" and Jason Aldean's "Take A Little Ride," both of which spent three weeks in the #1 position; and Brantley Gilbert's "You Don't Know Her Like I Do."Brantley Gilbert, Jim McCormick Get a Thumbs Up From BMI | CMT Current releases written by McCormick include Trace Adkins' "Welcome To," Luke Bryan's "All My Dreaming There," Jason Aldean's "When The Lights Go Out," Harry Connick Jr.'s "I Do Like We Do," Jon Pardi's "Lucky Tonight," and Trace Adkins's "Jesus and Jones." His songs also have been recorded and performed by Tim McGraw, Keith Urban, Kelly Clarkson, Jeff Tweedy, Trisha Yearwood, Randy Travis, Ronnie Milsap, Jamey Johnson, Samantha Fish, Smash Mouth as well as many others.No. 1 Party: Brantley Gilbert's "You Don't Know Her Like I Do" : MusicRow – Nashville's Music Industry Publication – News, Songs From Music City
Early life and education McCormick was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. He attended Jesuit High School where he formed a band with his classmate Ed Conway. Initially a communications major his freshman year at Loyola University, he transferred into the School of Business at Georgetown University his sophomore year. While at Georgetown, McCormick enrolled in a poetry workshop led by the poet Roland Flint and became enamored with the art form, eventually switching his major to English and earning a Lannan fellowship and the Academy of American Poets "Poetry Prize." After graduating from Georgetown in 1990 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, McCormick moved back to New Orleans where he received a Masters of Fine Arts in poetry while teaching freshman composition at the University of New Orleans.Singer-Songwriter Jim McCormick | WWNO
Musical career While in high school, McCormick had formed the band Resonance with classmate Ed Conway. In 1991, the two formed The Bingemen: Marc Funti (drums), Cleaver Schmidt (bass and vocals), Conway (guitar), and McCormick (vocals). Playing primarily in a roots rock style, the band toured extensively with bands such as the Continental Drifters, Better than Ezra, the subdudes, Pat McLaughlin, Dash Riprock, and Cowboy Mouth. The band released their debut EP "Motor in the Ocean" in 1991 and a full-length self-titled album in 1996. In the same year the band performed at South by Southwest and at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. They broke up in 1999.
As a solo artist, McCormick has released four albums: 2001's Jim McCormick, You Can't Drown Your Sorrows in 2004, Live at Jazz Fest in 2012, and The Middle of the River in 2013.
McCormick has served as a board of governors' vice-president for the Recording Academy and on the board of the Nashville Songwriters Association International. For more than a decade, McCormick has been an adjunct faculty member in the Music Industry Studies program at Loyola University in New Orleans as well as lectured on the craft and business of songwriting at Berklee College of Music, Georgetown University, Vanderbilt University, Belmont University, and Tulane University, as well as at GrammyPro and NSAI events. He is a member of Nashville's Leadership Music class of 2013 and a recipient of the Academy of American Poets "Poetry Prize" and the Cutting Edge Music Conference's Lifetime Achievement Award.
Along with notable New Orleanians PJ Morton, Jay Weigel, Raj Smoove, and others, he formed the New Orleans Music Economy (NOME) initiative in 2018 in partnership with Greater New Orleans Inc. to help promote music copyright infrastructure in his hometown.
Songwriting After a visit to Nashville in 2000, McCormick began to consider using his formal training in poetry to write songs. He spent the next four years splitting time between New Orleans and Nashville, where he'd sleep on friends’ couches while writing three to four songs a day. In 2003, McCormick signed his first publishing agreement with James Stroud and Jimmy Metts at Generator Music Publishing Company, where he wrote for two years before signing with Warner Chappell Music. From 2010 to 2020, he held a publishing deal with BMG. In April 2020, he signed with Eclipse Music Group.
McCormick currently splits his time between Nashville and New Orleans.
Songs Recorded Artist Release DatePeak Chart PositionsCertificationsUSUS Country SongsUS Country AirplayWorldOne of UsJames Barker Band2025The Good OnesGabby Barrett2020191196RIAA: PlatinumCowboys Are My WeaknessTrisha Yearwood2020LulabyDavid Osmond2019Right OnceDavid Osmond2019You Wanted MeDavid Osmond2019Good Times Ain’t What They Used To BeJamey Johnson2018Live to Love Another DaySmash Mouth2018NoiseShenandoah2017Lucky TonightJon Pardi2017We Rode In TrucksLuke Bryan201733RIAA: GoldThe Cowboy's MineJoey Martin2017LouisianaTim McGraw2016 Jesus And Jones Trace Adkins201644Blame It On A WomanShane Owens2016 Nobody Does I Do Like We Do Harry Connick Jr.2015 Good Lookin’ Girl Luke Bryan2014NoiseRadney Foster2014 Cold Beer Drinker Luke Bryan2013 I'm In Love With The Girl Luke Bryan2013 Sorority Girl Luke Bryan2013Slow Moving MemoryTy Herndon2013The ShakeThe Elms2013Unless God Appears FirstThe Elms2013The Wildest HeartThe Elms2013The Little WaysThe Elms2013LilyThe Elms2013Saturday HighCowboy Mouth2013 Take A Little Ride Jason Aldean2012121RIAA: PlatinumWhen I Get ItCraig Campbell2012Country LifeBrian Milson2012Love Like ThisCory Morrow2012 You Don't Know Her Like I Do Brantley Gilbert20114911RIAA: PlatinumGeorgia MudJoanna Smith2011A Little Bit Of Missing YouTrace Adkins2010Like Father, Like SonHollywood "Wolf" Yates2010Good Southern GirlAmanda Shaw2010CruiseAmanda Shaw2010A Girl Could Get Hurt This WayLindsey Mendez2010 Dirt Road Dancing Matt Stillwell and Colt Ford2010Here In LouisianaHip Boot Joe2010 Every Time I See You Luke Bryan2009 You Didn't Have A Good Time Randy Travis2009 Changes Jaryd lane2009One ThingJeff Bates2009Still RemainsCartel2009Roadside SandwichJessie Farrell2009Girls With GirlfriendsChris Cavanaugh2009You Just Want MeHannah Weeks2009Girls With GirlfriendsLiam Brew2009Dirt Road DancingCooper Boone2009Happy To Be HereTrace Adkins2008Pretty Runs OutAmanda Shaw2008 Rock n Roll & Pensacola Joshua Stevens2008 It's All Coming Back To Me Now Ronnie Milsap2006Right For MeDayna Kurtz2006 Time Well Spent Bobby Pinson2005 You Can't Drown Your Sorrows Kim Carson2004 Young Animal Mulebone1998 Around The Lakeside Kim Carson1998
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