Jack Tempchin Music

Origin: CA,United States

Decades: 1968-now

Jack Tempchin became a principal co-architect of the genre-defining country rock movement birthed in the 1970s known simply as: The Southern California Sound. Tempchin first caught fire in the 1970s writing the hit "Slow Dancing" for Johnny Rivers. He went on to deliver two legendary hits for The Eagles: "Already Gone" and "Peaceful Easy Feeling," both landing on the best selling individual album of the 20th century: *The Eagles Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 (*certified 29 times platinum according to RIAA). Throughout the 1980s his multiple hits co-writing with friend Glenn Frey, included "True Love," "You Belong To The City," "I Found Somebody," "Sexy Girl," "The One You Love" and "Smuggler's Blues." In 1994, another co-write with Frey called "The Girl From Yesterday" for the Eagles Hell Freezes Over CD. And in 2007, Tempchin landed two more co-writes "Somebody" and "It's Your World Now" on The Eagles most recent effort, Long Road Out of Eden. This year, Jack Tempchin releases his new solo effort 'SONGS' CD on his Night River Records label.