Jim Collins (singer)
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Jim Collins is an American
country music
singer-songwriter. Between 1985 and 1998, Collins released three studio albums. He also charted seven singles on Billboard
Hot Country Singles & Tracks
chart. His highest charting single, "The Next Step," peaked at #55 in 1997.
As a songwriter, Collins has had more than fifty of his songs cut, including singles by Kenny Chesney
("She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy
", "The Good Stuff
", "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven
"), Chad Brock
("Yes!
"), Jason Aldean
("Big Green Tractor
"), and Gretchen Wilson
("I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today"). "The Good Stuff" was Billboards Number One country single of 2002.
United States
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country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
singer-songwriter. Between 1985 and 1998, Collins released three studio albums. He also charted seven singles on Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot Country Singles & Tracks
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
chart. His highest charting single, "The Next Step," peaked at #55 in 1997.
As a songwriter, Collins has had more than fifty of his songs cut, including singles by Kenny Chesney
Kenny Chesney
Kenneth "Kenny" Arnold Chesney is an American country music singer and songwriter. Chesney has recorded 15 albums, 14 of which have been certified gold or higher by the RIAA. He has also produced more than 30 Top Ten singles on the U.S...
("She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy
She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy
"She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" is the title of a country music song written by Jim Collins and Paul Overstreet. It was recorded by Kenny Chesney for his 1999 album Everywhere We Go, from which it was released as the album's third single...
", "The Good Stuff
The Good Stuff
"The Good Stuff" is a single, released in May 2002, by American country music artist Kenny Chesney. It was the second single from his 2002 album No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems....
", "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven
Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven
"Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven" is a country music song co-written by American songwriters Jim Collins and Marty Dodson. The song was initially to have been recorded by singer George Strait for his 2008 album Troubadour, but after Strait decided not to include the song on this album, it was...
"), Chad Brock
Chad Brock
Chad Brock is an American country music artist and disc jockey. Before beginning his musical career in the late 1990s, he was a professional wrestler in World Championship Wrestling , until an injury forced him to retire....
("Yes!
Yes! (song)
"Yes!" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Chad Brock. It was released in February 2000 as the second single from his album of the same name. The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. It is considered to be Brock's...
"), Jason Aldean
Jason Aldean
Jason Aldine Williams is an American country music singer, known professionally as Jason Aldean. Since 2005, Aldean has recorded for Broken Bow Records, an independent record label for which he has released four albums and twelve singles...
("Big Green Tractor
Big Green Tractor
"Big Green Tractor" is a song written by Jim Collins and David Lee Murphy, and recorded by American country music artist Jason Aldean. It is the second single release from his 2009 album Wide Open, as well as the eighth single of his career...
"), and Gretchen Wilson
Gretchen Wilson
Gretchen Frances Wilson is an American country music artist. She made her debut in 2004 with the Grammy Award-winning single "Redneck Woman," a number-one hit on the Billboard country charts. The song served as the lead-off single of her debut album, Here for the Party...
("I Don't Feel Like Loving You Today"). "The Good Stuff" was Billboards Number One country single of 2002.
Albums
| Title | Album details | Peak positions |
|---|---|---|
| US Country | ||
| Wanted Recorded or Live (as Jimmy Collins) |
|
59 |
| Rodeo Rock (as Jimmy Collins) |
|
— |
| The Next Step |
Arista Nashville Arista Nashville is an American record label that is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment, operated under the Sony Music Nashville division. Founded in 1989, the label specializes in country music artists, including Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn, Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood... |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales... |
CAN Country RPM (magazine) RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,... |
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| 1985 | "You Can Always Say Good-Bye in the Morning"A | 78 | — | Single only |
| "I Wanna Be a Cowboy 'Til I Die"A | 59 | — | ||
| "What a Memory You'd Make"A | 75 | — | ||
| 1986 | "(Because of You) The Things I've Done to Me"A | 65 | — | |
| "Romance"A | 59 | — | ||
| 1995 | "Rodeo Rock"A | — | 68 | Rodeo Rock |
| 1997 | "The Next Step" | 55 | 90 | The Next Step |
| 1998 | "My First, Last, One and Only" | 73 | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
- ACredited to Jimmy Collins.
Music videos
| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | "Rodeo Rock" | |
| 1997 | "The Next Step" | Steven Goldmann Steven Goldmann Steven Goldmann is a Canadian music video and film director. He has directed over 200 music videos. Goldmann also directed the movies Broken Bridges and Trailer Park of Terror, and has additionally directed several television programs.-1990-1999:... |
External links
- [ allmusic ((( Jim Collins > Overview )))]