Alan Jackson had a big hit in 1993 with "Chattahoochee", even though Waylon Jennings didn't understand the song.

Songwriter Jim McBride relaxes in a Music Row office Nov. 4, 1981, and talks about his song, "Bet Your Heart on Me," that has been taking into the Top Ten country music chart by singer Johnny Lee.

Jim McBride, who was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2017, died Tuesday after a fall. He was 78. (Rick Diamond / Getty Images) Jim McBride, the Grammy-nominated country ...

Jim McBride, a Nashville Hall of Fame songwriter who's widely known for penning Alan Jackson's "Chattahoochee," has died. McBride died on Tuesday, Jan. 6 at age 78, local Alabama news station WAFF ...

The songwriter who wrote such hits as “Chattahoochee” and “Chasing That Neon Rainbow” has died. Jim McBride was 78 years old. He wrote hit music for such iconic country stars as Johnny Cash, Reba ...

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