1 iTunes song in all genres.Ī singer who started a band at Jesuit High School in New Orleans as a teenager, McCormick began at Georgetown as a business major. The song McCormick wrote for Aldean – “Take a Little Ride” debuted the third week of July as the No. Gilbert isn’t the only major country star McCormick has written with or for – Tim McGraw, Trisha Yearwood, Randy Travis and Jason Aldean, among others, have performed his songs.

Georgetown alumnus Jim McCormick sits next to country music singer Brantley Gilbert, second from left, while posing with members of the record label, management and publishing teams who made the No. Gilbert recently was nominated for the New Artist of the Year award in the 46th annual Country Music Association Awards, which airs Nov. “For me as a writer, it’s about tapping into those feelings of that part of your life as it applies to the song you’re writing and saying it in the most honest way you can.”Īccording to Nielsen SoundScan, a music sales tracking system, the song sold 189,000 digital downloads during its first week on sale. “Brantley was going through a relationship with a woman and defending the continued pursuit of her to his buddies,” explains McCormick, a native of New Orleans who now lives in that city and Nashville.

Singer Brantley Gilbert, left, and Georgetown alumnus Jim McCormick (C’90) co-wrote Gilbert’s song, “You Don’t Know Her Like I Do,” which topped Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart this summer.Ī Georgetown graduate – Jim McCormick (C’90) – is making a name for himself in the country music business, co-writing country star Brantley Gilbert’s song, “You Don’t Know Her Like I Do,” which topped Billboard’s Hot Country Singles chart in July.

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