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American musician and singer-songwriter

Jack Tempchin

Background information
Born	Ohio
Occupation(s)	Musician, singer, songwriter
Instrument(s)	Guitar, piano

Musical artist

Jack Tempchin is an American musician and singer-songwriter who wrote the Eagles song "Peaceful Easy Feeling" and co-wrote "Already Gone", "The Girl from Yesterday", "Somebody" and "It's Your World Now".

Career

During the Eagles' breakup period (1980–1994) he co-wrote with Glenn Frey producing "You Belong to the City", "Smuggler's Blues", "The One You Love", "I Found Somebody", "Sexy Girl" and "True Love".

Tempchin wrote "Slow Dancing". The song was first recorded in 1976 by the short-lived group Funky Kings, of which Tempchin and Jules Shear were members at the time. In 1977, the song became a top-10 pop hit for Johnny Rivers titled as "Swayin' to the Music (Slow Dancing)", and in 1979 it was a top-10 country hit for Johnny Duncan.

Tempchin has also toured extensively as a solo artist over the years, opening for Ringo Starr, Jackson Browne, Dave Mason, Poco, Dolly Parton, Karla Bonoff, Chicago, Christopher Cross, Kenny Loggins, Timothy B. Schmit, Barry McGuire, Tom Rush, Al Kooper and Emmylou Harris.

Tempchin was voted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2019. In 2024, filmmaker and fellow-songwriter Gregory Page released a feature-length experimental documentary, Midnight Jack: The Movie, which features music, comedy and philosophy from Tempchin.

Other compositions include:

"Someone That You Used to Know" (George Jones)
"White Shoes" (Emmylou Harris, Randy Meisner)
"Rollin'" (Glen Campbell)
"To Feel That Way at All" (Patty Loveless)
"Somebody Trying to Tell You Something" (Tanya Tucker)
"You Can Go Home" (with Chris Hillman, recorded by The Desert Rose Band in 1991)
"Your Tattoo" (Sammy Kershaw)
"East of Eden" (Tom Rush)
"15 Days Under the Hood" (Jack Tempchin, The Paladins, New Riders of the Purple Sage)
"Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed" (Phantom Blues Band, Candye Kane)
"Swayin' to the Music (Slow Dancing)" (Funky Kings (as "Slow Dancing", Johnny Rivers, Olivia Newton-John, Ian Gomm and Johnny Duncan)

Discography

with The Funky Kings

1976 The Funky Kings

Solo albums

1978 Jack Tempchin
1994 After the Rain
1995 Lonely Midnight
1997 Best of Jack Tempchin (includes newly recorded versions of "Already Gone" and "Peaceful Easy Feeling" )
2000 Live on Hwy 101
2004 Staying Home
2007 Songs
2012 Live at Tales from the Tavern
2015 Learning to Dance
2016 One More Song
2017 Peaceful Easy Feeling – The Songs of Jack Tempchin
2019 One More Time with Feeling
2024 More Of Less

References

"Eagles Peaceful Easy Feeling Composed by Jack Tempchin". AllMusic. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
"Eagles Already Gone Composed by Jack Tempchin/Robb Strandlund". AllMusic. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
"Eagles The Girl from Yesterday Composed by Glenn Frey/Jack Tempchin". AllMusic. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
"Eagles Somebody Composed by Jack Tempchin/John Brannen". AllMusic. 2007. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
"Eagles It's Your World Now Composed by Glenn Frey/Jack Tempchin". AllMusic. 2007. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
"Glenn Frey". Songwriters Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 22, 2009.
"Swayin to the Music (Slow Dancin')". AllMusic. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
Eder, Bruce. "Johnny Rivers Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved March 28, 2015. 1977 Swayin' To The Music (Slow Dancin') The Billboard Hot 100#10
"Johnny Duncan Awards". AllMusic. 1979. Retrieved March 28, 2015. 1979 "Slow Dancing" Country Singles #6
Benjamin, Jack (September 16, 2024). "Midnight Jack: The Movie". Indy Film Library. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
"Jack Tempchin Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved March 28, 2015.

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