Jessie Jo Dillon
Jessie Jo Dillon is an American songwriter with Big Machine Records. She is the daughter of country musician and songwriter Dean Dillon and his ex-wife Kenni Wehrman, a Warner Bros. Records executive. She has received five Grammy Award nominations and two Academy of Country Music Awards nominations.
Career
Dillon received a nomination for the Grammy Award for Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards for her work on songs by Brandy Clark, Megan Moroney, Jelly Roll, Catie Offerman, Dan + Shay, Old Dominion, Hardy, and Lori McKenna. She received a second at the following ceremony for her work on song by Moroney, Post Malone, Morgan Wallen, Keith Urban, and Kelsea Ballerini.Discography
, Dillon had written over 900 songs in the Broadcast Music, Inc. database. Most are collaborations, Her biggest hit is "10,000 Hours", which she cowrote for Dan + Shay unaware that Justin Bieber would guest on it. The song reached number 1 on the Billboard Country Airplay and Hot Country Songs charts, and the Canada Country chart.Notable songs
- "Crazy Women"
- * performed by LeAnn Rimes
- * co-written with Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally
- "The Breath You Take"
- * performed by George Strait
- * co-written with Casey Beathard and Dean Dillon
- "Break Up in the End"
- * performed by Cole Swindell
- * co-written with Chase McGill and Jon Nite
- "Rich"
- * performed by Maren Morris
- * co-written with Maren Morris and Laura Veltz
- "10,000 Hours"
- * performed by Dan + Shay featuring Justin Bieber
- * co-written with Justin Bieber, Jason Boyd, Shay Mooney, Jordan Reynolds, and Dan Smyers
- "To Hell & Back"
- * performed by Maren Morris
- * co-written with Maren Morris and Laura Veltz
- "Memory Lane"
- * performed by Old Dominion
- * co-written with Matthew Ramsey, Trevor Rosen, and Brad Tursi
- "Messed Up as Me"
- * performed by Keith Urban
- * co-written with Shane McAnally, Michael Lotten, and Rodney Clawson
- "Happen to Me"
- * performed by Russell Dickerson
- * co-written with Dickerson, Chris LaCorte, and Chase McGill, with an additional writing credit given to Robert Hazard