Jerry Vandiver is an American

United States

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 songwriter and musician. He has had two top ten singles and 5 charted singles on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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 Country charts. Vandiver's songs have been recorded by Tim McGraw

Tim McGraw

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, Gene Watson

Gene Watson

Gary Gene Watson is an American country singer. He is most famous for his 1975 hit "Love in the Hot Afternoon," his 1982 hit "Fourteen Carat Mind," and his signature song "Farewell Party." Watson's long career has notched six number ones, 23 top tens and over 75 charted singles.-Biography:Watson...

, Phil Vassar

Phil Vassar

Phil Vassar is an American country music artist. Vassar made his debut on the country music scene in the late 1990s, co-writing singles for several country artists, including Tim McGraw , Jo Dee Messina , Collin Raye , and Alan Jackson Phil Vassar (born May 28, 1964 in Lynchburg, Virginia) is an...

, Lonestar

Lonestar

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, The Oak Ridge Boys

The Oak Ridge Boys

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, Lee Greenwood

Lee Greenwood

Melvin Lee Greenwood is an American country music artist. Active since the early 1980s, he has released more than twenty major-label albums and has charted more than 35 singles on the Billboard country music charts....

, Barbara Mandrell

Barbara Mandrell

Barbara Ann Mandrell is an American country music singer best known for a 1970s–1980s series of Top 10 hits and TV shows that helped her become one of country's most successful female vocalists of the 1970s and 1980s...

, Dusty Drake

Dusty Drake

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 and many others. Vandiver has RIAA Certified

RIAA certification

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 song credits on more than 15 million records. Two of Vandiver's songs, "It Doesn't Get Any Countrier Than This

Not a Moment Too Soon

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" and "For a Little While

For a Little While

"For A Little While" is the title of a song written by Steve Mandile, Jerry Vandiver, and Phil Vassar. It was recorded by American country music artist Tim McGraw and was released in November 1998 as the sixth and final single from his 1997 album, Everywhere....

" (both recorded by Tim McGraw

Tim McGraw

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) are among the gold and platinum

Music recording sales certification

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 records on display at the Country Music Hall of Fame

Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

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 in Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville, Tennessee

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Chart Singles Written by Jerry Vandiver

The following is a list of Jerry Vandiver compositions that were chart hits.

Year	Single Title	Recording Artist	Chart Positions
			Billboard Country
1988	Don't Waste It on the Blues Don't Waste It on the Blues "Don't Waste It on the Blues" is a single by American country music artist Gene Watson. Released in 1988, it was the first single from the album Back in the Fire. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... co-written with Sandy Ramos	Gene Watson Gene Watson Gary Gene Watson is an American country singer. He is most famous for his 1975 hit "Love in the Hot Afternoon," his 1982 hit "Fourteen Carat Mind," and his signature song "Farewell Party." Watson's long career has notched six number ones, 23 top tens and over 75 charted singles.-Biography:Watson...	5
1989	Go Down Swingin co-written with Sandy Ramos	Wild Rose Wild Rose (band) Wild Rose was an American country music band founded in 1988 by five women: Pamela Gadd , Kathy Mac , Pam Perry , Nancy Given Prout , and Wanda Vick...	38
1992	Before I'm Ever Over You co-written with Sandy Ramos	Lee Greenwood Lee Greenwood Melvin Lee Greenwood is an American country music artist. Active since the early 1980s, he has released more than twenty major-label albums and has charted more than 35 singles on the Billboard country music charts....	73
1995	Salt and Water	Woody Lee Woody Lee Woody Lee is an American country music singer and songwriter. Signed to Atlantic Records in 1995, he released his debut album Get Over It that year...	75
1998	For a Little While For a Little While "For A Little While" is the title of a song written by Steve Mandile, Jerry Vandiver, and Phil Vassar. It was recorded by American country music artist Tim McGraw and was released in November 1998 as the sixth and final single from his 1997 album, Everywhere....   co-written with Steve Mandile, and Phil Vassar Phil Vassar Phil Vassar is an American country music artist. Vassar made his debut on the country music scene in the late 1990s, co-writing singles for several country artists, including Tim McGraw , Jo Dee Messina , Collin Raye , and Alan Jackson Phil Vassar (born May 28, 1964 in Lynchburg, Virginia) is an...	Tim McGraw Tim McGraw Samuel Timothy "Tim" McGraw is an American country singer and actor. Many of McGraw's albums and singles have topped the country music charts with total album sales in excess of 40 million units in the US, making him the eighth best-selling artist, and the third best-selling country singer, in the...	2