Jim Vallance
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James Douglas Vallance (born 1952) is a Canadian musician and songwriter who has written for Ozzy Osbourne, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Kiss and Bryan Adams. Some of his most popular songs include Bryan Adams' Summer of '69 and Aerosmith's "Eat the Rich" and "Deuces Are Wild."
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[edit] Biography
Vallance was born on May 31, 1952 in Chilliwack, British Columbia. He studied music at the University of British Columbia, and began his pop music career in the mid-1970s, playing drums for bands such as Prism out of Vancouver. He also wrote seven songs for Prism, under the pseudonym Rodney Higgs.
In 1978, Vallance began a long collaboration with Bryan Adams, co-writing with Adams on many of his hits and writing songs for many other musical acts, including Joe Cocker, Neil Diamond, Rod Stewart, and Tina Turner.He also worked with hard rock band Scorpions on the most popular album "Crazy World".
Along with songwriting, Vallance has also worked as a producer, such as on the first two albums for Glass Tiger, as well as two albums in the late 70s of Bachman-Turner Overdrive, minus Randy Bachman.
He married singer Rachel Paiement in the early 1980s.
[edit] Works
- "War Machine" , 1982 recorded by Kiss on Creatures of the Night and "Rock n' Roll hell" recorded on the same Kiss album which is a re-working of a BTO song Vallance wrote in 1979, both are co-written with Gene Simmons and Bryan Adams, however they never sat down with Gene, the songs were sent in and Gene re-worked them.
- "Heaven", 1984 (co-written and recorded by Bryan Adams, reached #1 on U.S. and Canadian charts)
- "Summer of '69", 1985 (co-written and recorded by Bryan Adams)
- "Rag Doll," 1987 (recorded by Aerosmith, co-written with Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, and Holly Knight. Reached #17 on Billboard Hot 100, #12 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.)
- "Young Lust", 1989 (a straight-forward rocker, it is the lead single off Aerosmith's Pump album. It was co-written with Steven Tyler and Joe Perry.)
- "The Other Side", 1989 (recorded by Aerosmith, co-written with Steven Tyler. Reached #22 on Billboard Hot 100, #1 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.)
- "Eat the Rich", 1993 (recorded by Aerosmith, co-written with Steven Tyler and Joe Perry. Reached #5 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.)
- "Get a Grip", 1993 (recorded by Aerosmith, co-written with Steven Tyler and Joe Perry. The title track from Get a Grip.)
- "Deuces Are Wild", 1994 (recorded by Aerosmith, co-written with Steven Tyler. Reached #1 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Featured on The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience and Aerosmith's compilation Big Ones.)
- "Open Soul Surgery" by April Wine, a cover of the Prism song, from their 1986 album "Walk Through Fire".
- "Cilliwack, Who's Winning, from their 1984 album, "Look In, Look Out".
[edit] Awards
- Composer of the Year, Juno Awards
- 1984, 1985 (with Bryan Adams)
- 1986, 1987 (solo)
- William Harold Moon Award for International Achievement, 1985 (with Bryan Adams)
- Work with Scorpions on album "Crazy World" 1990.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
-Discography-
Studio albums
Bryan Adams • You Want It You Got It • Cuts Like a Knife • Reckless • Into the Fire
Waking Up the Neighbours • 18 til I Die • On a Day Like Today • Room Service
Compilation albums
So Far So Good • The Best of Me • Anthology
Live albums
Live! Live! Live! • MTV Unplugged
Top 10 Singles
Straight from the Heart • Run to You • Heaven • Summer of '69 • Heat of the Night
(Everything I Do) I Do It for You • Can't Stop This Thing We Started • Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven
Do I Have to Say the Words? • Please Forgive Me • All for Love • Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?
The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You • Let's Make a Night to Remember • I Finally Found Someone
When You're Gone • Cloud Number Nine • Don't Give Up • Here I Am • Open Road
-Related people-
Composers: Jim Vallance • Robert Lange • Michael Kamen • Elliot Kennedy • Gretchen Peters
Guitarists: Keith Scott • Jamie Glaser
Keyboards: : Gary Breit • Tommy Mandel • Bill Payne
Drummers: Mickey Curry • Pat Steward • Steve Smith
Bassists: Norm Fisher • Dave Taylor • Brian Stanley
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