Jennifer K. Kimball

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Jennifer K. Kimball
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Born
Fort Knox, Kentucky
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States of America
Occupation
  • Singer
  • songwriter

Jennifer K. Kimball is a retired American singer/songwriter[1] [2] [3] [4] . Her hits include Sheena Easton’s “ALMOST OVER YOU” in 1984, and Dan Seal’s crossover, “BOP”[5], the 1986 Country Music Association Single of the Year. She cowrote Linda Ronstadt’s (and the Trio II’s) “BLUE TRAIN”[6], and the #1 Reba McEntire/Brooks & Dunn|Brooks and Dunn duet “IF YOU SEE HIM/IF YOU SEE HER”[7] [8] , as well as “I CAN LOVE YOU LIKE THAT”, recorded by both John Michael Montgomery [9] and All-4-One, which garnered four Grammy nominations [10], won NSAI’s 1996 Song of the Year [11], was featured in the Walt Disney Studios movie “First Kid’ and Fox TV’s “The Simpsons” , and is the only song ever to win both ASCAP and BMI Country Song of the Year [12]. Her music has been featured in soundtracks from Coyote Ugly, A Dog's Journey [13], and Black Dog. Her songs have also been recorded by Faith Hill, Bette Midler, Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings, Don Williams, Cliff Richard, 98 Degrees, Dobie Gray, America, and Claire Lynch.

History

Jennifer K. Kimball was born in Fort Knox, Kentucky-- the fourth of seven children (her oldest brother, sportswriter George E. Kimball III, died in 2011) of a career Army colonel and an English professor mother. She had a global upbringing and spoke Chinese before learning English. She attended Hollins University|Hollins College, spent a year abroad in Paris, France, and graduated cum laude from the University of Alabama. She moved to Nashville, Tennessee in December 1977 and toured for four years as a backup singer for Crystal Gayle [14]. She toured briefly with Rosanne Cash|Roseanne Cash and recorded with Gayle, Cash, Pam Tillis, Vince Gill, Dolly Parton and Nanci Griffith (including Nanci’s Dust Bowl Symphony album, recorded live with the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios).

Jennifer helped found non-profit Girls on the Run Nashville in 2007, and served as its Executive Director until 2014, when she became a Teach for America corps member. She was awarded a Master of Education in Instructional Practice at Lipscomb University in 2015, and taught kindergarten and 3rd grade in Title 1 schools for 5 years, retiring in 2019.

Singles Discography

Year Artist Title Album
1983 Sheena Easton "Almost Over You" Best Kept Secret
1985 Dan Seals "Bop" Won't Be Blue Anymore
1986 Dan Seals "I Will Be There"[15] On The Front Line
1986 Patricia Conroy "Keep Me Rockin" You Can't Resist
1987 Crystal Gayle and Gary Morris "All Of This And More" What If We Fall In Love
1993 John Farnham "Angels" Then Again...
1995 Linda Ronstadt "Blue Train" Feels Like Home
1995 All-4-One "I Can Love You Like That" And The Music Speaks
1995 John Michael Montgomery "I Can Love You Like That" John Michael Montgomery
1998 Linda Davis "I Wanna Remember This" I'm Yours
1998 Pam Tillis "Every Time" Every Time
1999 Reba McEntire "If You See Him/If You See Her" If You See Her
2000 Kenny Rogers "There You Go Again" There You Go Again
2000 Tamara Walker "Didn't We Love" Coyote Ugly
2001 Cyndi Thomson "I Always Liked That Best" My World
2002 Little Big Town "Everything Changes" Little Big Town
2004 Brooks & Dunn "If You See Him/If You See Her" The Greatest Hits

Writing Credits

Year Artist Title Album
1982 Don Williams "Fool, Fool Heart" Listen To The Radio
1983 Sheena Easton "Sweet Talk" Best Kept Secret
1986 Anita Pointer and Philip Bailey "The Pledge" Love For What It Is
1986 Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings "Heroes" Heroes
1986 Dobie Gray "From Where I Stand" From Where I Stand
1987 Tom Kimmel "Heroes" 5 to 1
1998 Bette Midler "That's How Love Moves" Bathhouse Betty
1999 Faith Hill "That's How Love Moves" Breathe
2000 Claire Lynch "He Don't Like To Talk About It" Lovelight
2000 98 Degrees "The Way You Do" Revelation
2004 Cliff Richard "Field Of Love" Something Going On
2004 Cliff Richard "The Day That I Stop Loving You" Something Going On

References

  1. "Jennifer Kimball ••• Top Songs as Writer ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". www.musicvf.com. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  2. "COMPOSING—SONGWRITING - Songwriter For Recording Artists: Composer • Lyricist • Songwriter • Writer". careers.stateuniversity.com. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  3. "Songs written by Jennifer Kimball - FamousFix.com list". FamousFix.com. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  4. "Performing Songwriter issue featuring Liz Phair". Performing Songwriter Ent., LLC. 2010-06-18. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  5. Inc, Nielsen Business Media (1998-08-29). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  6. "The Blue Train by Tom Kimmel". tomkimmel.com. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  7. Songfacts. "If You See Him, If You See Her by Brooks & Dunn - Songfacts". www.songfacts.com. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  8. "OUT OF TUNE". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  9. miguelbilly (2021-02-17). "John Michael Montgomery Performs "I Can Love You Like That" Official Music Video". When The Cowboy Sings. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  10. "THE 38TH ANNUAL GRAMMY NOMINATIONS : The Complete List of Nominees". Los Angeles Times. 1996-01-05. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  11. Admin, PlanLeft (2014-08-28). "NSAI Songs of the Year". Nashville Songwriters Association International. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  12. says, Nashville Guide (1997-07-01). "Nashville: A Songwriter's Haven". American Songwriter. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  13. A Dog's Journey (2019) - IMDb, retrieved 2022-07-18
  14. "Crystal Gayle in Concert". prod-www.tcm.com. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  15. "I Will Be There | Tom Snow Music". 2010-12-03. Retrieved 2022-07-18.

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