Jerry Gillespie
Jerry Wayne Gillespie is an American country songwriter. He co-wrote "Do You Love as [Good as You Look]", a #1 song in 1981 for The Bellamy Brothers, and wrote "Heaven's Just a Sin Away", a #1 country hit in 1977 for The Kendalls. He co-wrote "Somebody's Knockin'", a Grammy Award finalist in 1982 for Terri Gibbs, and "I Just Can't Stay Married to You", a #5 hit for Christy Lane in 1979.
He wrote or co-wrote a number of successful songs for Tommy Overstreet, including "Gwen ", co-written with Ricci Mareno, a #5 country hit in 1971, and "That's When My Woman Begins a #6 country hit in 1975. Gillespie also worked as a producer with Christy Lane, The Kendalls, and Micki Fuhrman.
Gillespie's first music venture was with his cousin Gary in a Nashville-area teenaged rock band named "The Valiants". The band put out two singles in 1965-1966 with songs written by Gillespie.
Other Gillespie songs that charted
- "Catch the Wind" Jack Barlow, #26 Country, 1971
- "A Seed Before the Rose" Tommy Overstreet, #16 Country, 1972
- "It'll Be Me" Tom Jones, #34 Country, 1983
- "You Really Go for the Heart" Dan Seals, #37 Country, 1983
- "We Just Gotta Dance" Karen Taylor-Good, #66 Country, 1984
- "I Love You By Heart", Sylvia and Michael [Johnson |Michael Johnson], #9 Country, 1985
- "She's Ready for Someone to Love Her" The Osmond Brothers, #67 Country, 1983. Also covered by Kenny Rogers and Jerry Reed
- "Baby Wants", The Osmond Brothers, #45 Country, 1986