Jonathan Singleton is an American country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 singer and songwriter. He is known for co-writing the songs "Don't

Don't (Billy Currington song)

"Don't" is the title of a song written by Jim Beavers and Jonathan Singleton, and recorded by American country music artist Billy Currington. It is the first single from his third studio album, 2008's Little Bit of Everything...

" by Billy Currington

Billy Currington

William Matthew "Billy" Currington is an American country music artist. Signed to Mercury Nashville Records in 2003, he has released four studio albums for the label: 2003's Billy Currington, 2005's Doin' Somethin' Right, 2008's Little Bit of Everything, and 2010's Enjoy Yourself...

, "Watching Airplanes

Watching Airplanes

"Watching Airplanes" is a single by American country music singer Gary Allan and written by Jonathan Singleton and Jim Beavers. It is the first single released from his 2007 album Living Hard. His twentieth chart single overall, the song reached a peak of #2 on the Billboard country charts in early...

" by Gary Allan

Gary Allan

Gary Allan Herzberg is an American country music artist, known professionally as Gary Allan.Signed to Decca Records in 1996, Allan made his debut on the United States country music scene with the release of his single "Her Man", the lead-off to his gold-certified debut album Used Heart for Sale,...

, "Red Light

Red Light (song)

"Red Light" is a song co-written by Jonathan Singleton, Melissa Peirce and Dennis Matkosky, and recorded by country music artist David Nail. It is the second single released from his album I'm About to Come Alive, and the third single of his career. It has become Nail's first Top 10 country hit on...

" and "Let It Rain

Let It Rain (David Nail song)

"Let It Rain" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer David Nail. He released it in February 2011 as the first single from his second album, The Sound of a Million Dreams, for MCA Nashville. The album was released on November 15, 2011...

" by David Nail

David Nail

David Brent Nail is an American country music artist. In 2002, he debuted the single "Memphis," a cut from an unreleased album for Mercury Records Nashville. Five years later, he signed to MCA Nashville , and released the album I'm About to Come Alive in August 2009...

 and "Why Don't We Just Dance

Why Don't We Just Dance

"Why Don't We Just Dance" is the title of a song written by Jim Beavers, Jonathan Singleton, and Darrell Brown, and recorded by American country artist Josh Turner. It was released in August 2009 as the lead-off single to his fourth studio album, Haywire, which was released on February 9, 2010...

" by Josh Turner

Josh Turner

Joshua Otis "Josh" Turner is a country music singer and actor signed to MCA Nashville Records in 2003, Turner has released four studio albums for the label. The first of these was 2003's Long Black Train, whose title track was his breakthrough single release...

. In 2009, the American Society of Composers, Publishers and Authors (ASCAP) awarded Singleton for "Don't," which was one of the most-played country music songs of that year.

In 2009, he founded a band called Jonathan Singleton & the Grove, in which he sings lead vocals. The band also consists of William Coats (drums

Drum kit

A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

, background vocals), Andy Dixon (bass guitar

Bass guitar

The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

, background vocals), Justin Dudley (keyboards

Keyboard instrument

A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

), Dustin Nunley (rhythm guitar

Rhythm guitar

Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...

, background vocals) and Josh Smith (rhythm guitar, background vocals). They signed to Universal South Records in March 2009 and released the single "Livin' in Paradise" that month. It debuted at #60 on the country charts for the week of April 4, 2009, and peaked at #48. A second single, "Look Who's Back in Love" debuted at #56 on the country charts for the week of December 26, 2009.

Studio albums

Title	Album details
Jonathan Singleton & the Grove	Release date: May 11, 2010 Label: Show Dog-Universal Music Show Dog-Universal Music Show Dog-Universal Music is an American independent record label specializing in country music artists. It was formed from the merger of Show Dog Nashville and Universal South Records in 2009...

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions	Album
		US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
2009	"Livin' in Paradise"	48	single only
	"Look Who's Back in Love"	47	Jonathan Singleton & the Grove

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
2010	"Look Who's Back in Love"	Peter Zavadil Peter Zavadil Peter Zavadil is a music video director who works primarily in the field of country music. He has directed many music videos since the late 1990s.-Music videos directed:109 music videos are currently listed here.-References:...