Jimmy Yeary

American singer-songwriter

Sonya Isaacs

(m. 2009)

Musical artist

James Earl Yeary (born in Hillsboro, Ohio) is an American country music singer and songwriter.

In 1994, Yeary moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to begin a career as a recording artist. Although he was signed to Atlantic Records, a change in label personnel prevented his debut single from being released.^[1]

Through the assistance of Paul Worley and Wally Wilson, Yeary found work as a songwriter. Among Yeary's co-writing credits are Joe Diffie's top 10 hit "In Another World", Rascal Flatts' number 1 single "Why Wait",^[1] Troy Olsen's "Summer Thing", Martina McBride's "I'm Gonna Love You Through It", Heidi Newfield's "Stay Up Late", and Lee Brice's "I Drive Your Truck". He has sung lead for Shenandoah^[2] and The Isaacs.^[3]

Yeary is married to country singer Sonya Isaacs. The couple have two sons born 2011 and 2015^[4] and a daughter born in 2017.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Jimmy Yeary | EMI Music Publishing". Archived from the original on 20 April 2013.
^ "March 26 / 2011 .. Nahunta, Ga Shenandoah at the Down South Festival_ First Show of the year.. - Nashville Music Pros". Archived from the original on 2013-01-29. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
^ Isaacs. "Jimmy Yeary Joins The Isaacs". SingingNews.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-17. Retrieved 2016-12-29.
^ "Sonya Isaacs and Husband Jimmy Yeary Welcome a Baby Boy". Tasteofcountry.com. Retrieved 2016-12-29.
^ Brad Schmitt. "Sonya Isaacs healing from stillborn birth". Tennessean.com. Retrieved 2016-08-26.

Shenandoah

Chris Lucas (Roach)
Mike McGuire
Jamie Michael
Stan Munsey
Marty Raybon

Ralph Ezell
Stan Thorn
Rocky Thacker
Curtis Wright
Brent Lamb
Mike Folsom
Jim Seales
Doug Stokes
Jimmy Yeary

Studio albums

Shenandoah
The Road Not Taken
Extra Mile
Long Time Comin'
Under the Kudzu
In the Vicinity of the Heart

Compilation albums

Greatest Hits
Super Hits

Notable singles

"Stop the Rain"
"She Doesn't Cry Anymore"
"Mama Knows"
"The Church on Cumberland Road"
"Sunday in the South"
"Two Dozen Roses"
"See If I Care"
"Next to You, Next to Me"
"Ghost in This House"
"I Got You"
"The Moon Over Georgia"
"Rock My Baby"
"Hey Mister (I Need This Job)"
"Leavin's Been a Long Time Comin'"
"Janie Baker's Love Slave"
"I Want to Be Loved Like That"
"If Bubba Can Dance (I Can Too)"
"Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart"
"Darned If I Don't (Danged If I Do)"
"Heaven Bound (I'm Ready)"

Discography
Raybon Brothers
Raybon Brothers
"Butterfly Kisses"

Authority control databases: Artists	Grammy Awards MusicBrainz

v t e CMA Song of the Year
1967−1970	"There Goes My Everything" - Dallas Frazier (1967) "Honey" - Bobby Russell (1968) "The Carroll County Accident" - Bob Ferguson (1969) "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" - Kris Kristofferson (1970)
1971-1980	"Easy Loving" - Freddie Hart (1971-2) "Behind Closed Doors" - Kenny O'Dell (1973) "Country Bumpkin" - Don Wayne (1974) "Back Home Again" - John Denver (1975) "Rhinestone Cowboy" - Larry Weiss (1976) "Lucille" Roger Bowling, Hal Bynum - (1977) "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" - Richard Leigh (1978) "The Gambler" - Don Schlitz (1979) "He Stopped Loving Her Today" - Bobby Braddock, Curly Putman (1980)
1981-1990	"He Stopped Loving Her Today" - Bobby Braddock, Curly Putman (1981) "Always on My Mind" - Wayne Carson, Johnny Christopher, Mark James (1982-3) "Wind Beneath My Wings" - Larry Henley, Jeff Silbar (1984) "God Bless the U.S.A." - Lee Greenwood (1985) "On the Other Hand" - Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz (1986) "Forever and Ever, Amen - Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz (1987) "80's Ladies" - K. T. Oslin (1988) "Chiseled in Stone" - Max D. Barnes, Vern Gosdin (1989) "Where've You Been" - Don Henry, Jon Vezner (1990)
1991-2000	"When I Call Your Name" - Tim DuBois, Vince Gill (1991) "Look at Us" - Vince Gill, Max D. Barnes (1992) "I Still Believe in You" - Vince Gill, John Barlow Jarvis (1993) "Chattahoochee" - Jim McBride, Alan Jackson (1994) "Independence Day" - Gretchen Peters (1995) "Go Rest High on That Mountain" - Vince Gill (1996) "Strawberry Wine" - Matraca Berg, Gary Harrison (1997) "Holes in the Floor of Heaven" - Billy Kirsch, Steve Wariner (1998) "This Kiss" - Beth Nielsen Chapman, Robin Lerner, Annie Roboff (1999) "I Hope You Dance" - Mark D. Sanders, Tia Sillers (2000)
2001-2010	"Murder on Music Row" - Larry Cordle, Larry Shell (2001) "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" - Alan Jackson (2002) "Three Wooden Crosses" - Doug Johnson, Kim Williams (2003) "Live Like You Were Dying" - Tim Nichols, Craig Wiseman (2004) "Whiskey Lullaby" - Bill Anderson, Jon Randall (2005) "Believe" - Ronnie Dunn, Craig Wiseman (2006) "Give It Away" - Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon, Jamey Johnson (2007) "Stay" - Jennifer Nettles (2008) "In Color" - Jamey Johnson, Lee Thomas Miller, James Otto (2009) "The House That Built Me" - Tom Douglas, Allen Shamblin (2010)
2011-2020	"If I Die Young" - Kimberly Perry (2011) "Over You" - Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton (2012) "I Drive Your Truck" - Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington, Jimmy Yeary (2013) "Follow Your Arrow" - Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves (2014) "Girl Crush" - Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, Liz Rose (2015) "Humble and Kind" - Lori McKenna (2016) "Better Man" - Taylor Swift (2017) "Broken Halos" - Mike Henderson, Chris Stapleton (2018) "Beautiful Crazy" - Luke Combs, Wyatt Durrette, Robert Williford (2019)
2021-2030	"The Bones" - Maren Morris, Jimmy Robbins, Laura Veltz (2020) "Starting Over" - Mike Henderson, Chris Stapleton (2021) "Buy Dirt" — Jacob Davis, Jordan Davis, Josh Jenkins, Matt Jenkins (2022) "Fast Car" — Tracy Chapman (2023)