Jack Tempchin

Singer-Songwriter Behind Eagles Hits

2019 Songwriters Hall Of Fame Inductee JACK TEMPCHIN is a legendary California hit songwriter whose best known compositions, "Peaceful Easy Feeling" and "Already Gone” are on 'EAGLES Their Greatest Hits: 1971-1975', awarded *Best-Selling U.S. Album of the 20th Century* by the RIAA. Tempchin has 5 Eagles contributions total. When the Eagles took a 14 year vacation, Tempchin occupied the vacant writer’s seat next to Glenn Frey. Together, they co-wrote a dozen radio hits for Frey's solo career including, "True Love", "The One You Love", "Party Town", "Sexy Girl”, "I Found Somebody", "Soul Searchin", "Livin' Right”, “Who’s Been Sleeping In My Bed” and “Part Of You, Part Of Me” the official soundtrack song for Oscar-winning movie ‘Thelma & Louise’. The pair also co-composed "Smuggler's Blues" & "You Belong to The City" for the original 'Miami Vice' TV show. Later these songs were sampled in the 90s by platinum rappers on “Nature of the Business” by COOLIO & “The City Is Mine” by JAY-Z Tempchin’s songs have been performed live or recorded by legends George Jones, Buck Owens, Tom Waits, Emmylou Harris, John Fogerty, Glen Campbell, Chris Hillman, Jackson Browne, Dwight Yoakam, Linda Ronstadt, Patty Loveless, Trisha Yearwood, Tanya Tucker, Jim Lauderdale, Johnny Duncan, Richie Havens, Taj Mahal, Randy Meisner, Sammy Kershaw, Kate Wolf, Tom Rush, Little Texas, The Paladins, Olivia Newton-John, Wilson-Philips, Rob Thomas, Jim James, Brett Dennen, Bonnie Raitt, Brandi Carlilse and more.