Jim Vallance

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jim Vallance
Occupation	Songwriter
Date Of Birth	May 31, 1952(1952-05-31)
Age	72
Birthplace	Chilliwack
Country	Canada
Birth City	British Columbia
Horoscope	Gemini

Jim Vallance Biography

Jim Vallance is one of the most popular and richest Songwriter who was born on May 31, 1952 in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada.

James Douglas Vallance, CM (born May 31, 1952) is a Canadian songwriter, arranger and producer. He is best known as the songwriting partner of Canadian musician Bryan Adams. Vallance began his professional career as the original drummer and main songwriter for Canadian rock band Prism under the pseudonym “Rodney Higgs.” In addition to Adams, Vallance has written songs for many famous international artists such as Bonnie Raitt, Aerosmith, Carly Simon, Rod Stewart, Roger Daltrey, Tina Turner, Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osbourne, Europe, Kiss, Scorpions, Anne Murray, and Joe Cocker. His most recognizable songs are “What About Love” (Heart), “Spaceship Superstar” (Prism), “Cuts Like a Knife” (Bryan Adams), “Heaven” (Bryan Adams), “Summer of ’69” (Bryan Adams), “Now and Forever (You and Me)” (Anne Murray) and “Edge of a Dream” (Joe Cocker.) He also co-wrote “Tears Are Not Enough” for Northern Lights for Africa, an ensemble of Canadian recording artists in support of the 1985 African famine relief. He has won the Canadian music industry Juno award for Composer of the Year four times (a record.) Vallance is a Member of the Order of Canada.

Vallance joined Vancouver jazz-blues-rock band Sunshyne as a drummer in the early 70s. There he met band member Bruce Fairbairn who would later become an influential Canadian record producer. In 1975, Fairbairn approached Vallance about recording a demo of some of the band’s music in hopes of landing a recording contract. Initially, the music was not Vallance’s but after several rehearsals, Fairbairn asked Vallance to contribute some of his songs. One of them, “Open Soul Surgery” caught the ear of a record company executive at GRT who offered Fairbairn’s group a recording contract. Using various musicians from Sunshyne and another Vancouver band, Seeds of Time, Fairbairn recorded and produced a nine-song album, seven of which were written by Vallance. The band was renamed Prism and Vallance decided to use the pseudonym “Rodney Higgs” rather than his real name in the album credits. The debut Prism album was a success as it hit platinum status in Canada (sales in excess of 100,000.) But Vallance decided to leave the Prism lineup before the next album (he didn’t enjoy the lifestyle of touring with the constant travel). What he did enjoy was songwriting and arranging and preferred to work out of his makeshift home studio. Although Vallance left the band’s lineup, he did help his former band mates by contributing one song for each of the subsequent two albums.

Jim Vallance Net Worth

Jim Vallance is one of the richest Songwriter from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jim Vallance 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

James Douglas Vallance was born on May 31, 1952 in Chilliwack, BC. He grew up in a series of small towns on the west coast of Canada, including Vanderhoof (1964-1967) and Terrace (1967-1970) where he collected fond memories that would later show up in lyrics to some of his songs, like ‘Summer of ’69’. He took piano lessons starting at age 7. He then took up guitar and drums at 13. In 1965 he formed a band with some classmates called The Tremelones which was later renamed The Fourmost. At 18, he enrolled in the music program at the University of British Columbia where he studied piano under Frances Marr Adaskin, flute with Conrad Crocker and cello with Hans Seigrist. He re-entered the UBC Music program again in 1973 but dropped out to travel Europe with a fellow musicians Peter Bjerring (aka Peter Berring) and Tom Mirhady .

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Who is Jim Vallance Dating?

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In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Vallance helped to write several songs with the band, including some of the hit singles “Rag Doll” (1987), “Hangman Jury” (1987), “The Other Side” (1989), “Eat the Rich” (1993), and “Deuces are Wild” (1994), in addition to several other Aerosmith songs. He also co-wrote the single “Legendary Child”, which was initially written in 1991, and then later re-worked and released in 2012 as the lead single on Music from Another Dimension!.

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Joachim Ranked on the list of most popular Songwriter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Jim Vallance celebrates birthday on May 31 of every year.

In 1982, Vallance and Adams received a call from producer Michael James Jackson inquiring about contributing songs for the next Kiss album. Although Vallance and Adams were not heavy metal fans, it was a golden opportunity for exposure for their songs by a world class rock act. With outside collaboration from Gene Simmons, “War Machine” and a re-written “Rock ‘n Roll Hell” were recorded for Kiss’ Creatures of the Night release that year. Later, Bonnie Raitt who heard a demo of their song “No Way To Treat A Lady” decided to record it. Between 1980 and 1982, Adams recorded and released his first two solo albums, self-titled Bryan Adams and You Want It You Got It. Vallance doubled as co-producer on the first. Although neither album was a big success, Adams’ extensive touring helped him garner a lot of recognition as an artist. The Adams-Vallance songwriting team was starting to gain momentum.

How old is Jim Vallance?

70 years (May 31, 1952)

Who wrote Summer of 69 song?

Bryan Adams

Who is Bryan Adams songwriting partner?

Songwriting partners

How rich is Bryan Adams?

Net Worth: $75 Million
Date of Birth:| Nov 5, 1959 (62 years old)
Gender:| Male
Height:| 5 ft 7 in (1.72 m)
Profession:| Photographer, Musician, Singer-songwriter, Actor, Record producer, Film Score Composer, Social activist

Who originally wrote the song Heaven?

Composers