Pete Demetre Georgantonis (born 27 February 1940 in

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), known as Jimmy George or Jimmy Georgantonis, is an American composer, arranger, guitarist, singer, and producer who, since 1965, has been active in pop, jazz fusion, and rock — in live venues, recording studios, cinema, and TV production. As a sideman, he has toured with

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, and

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. As an artist, he has recorded with

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, 1960–1969 and

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(1969). Since the 1960s, George has been a studio musician on dozens of records, commercials, and a few films. From 1965 to 1970, George was a staff composer for

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. From 1970 to 1975, he was a staff composer for

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Selected compositions

* "I'd Rather Be a Has-Been (Than a Wanna Be)," words & music by George & Jimmy Stallings (born 1942) (© 1997) * "It's In Your Eyes," by George (© 1969) * "Magic man," words & music by Ray Dewey, George, Robert Winters, & Lloyd Chiate (© 1979) * "Stay With Me a While," words & music by Jack Goga & George (© 1976) * "Look What Your Money's Done," by George (© 1985) * "Girls' Night Out," by George (© 1985) * "Got Me Dancin'," by George (© 1985) * "I Just Love You," / music by George, words by James B. Auspitz (born 1940) (© 1985) * " I'll Always Love You" / music & lyrics by George (© 1988) * "Love of My Life," / music & lyrics George & James B. Auspitz (born 1940) (© 1988) * "Winning Streak," by George (© 1985) * "Yank My Chain," by George (© 1985) * "I Can't Stop Lovin' You," words & music by George & Gary John Chase (born 1952) (© 1996) * "It's a Jungle Out There" (© 1990) * "Lifetime Guarantee," words & music by George & Vic Carroll (© 1998) * "She Makes Me Feel So Good," words & music by George, Kris Kellow (born 1967), & Wayne Arnold (born 1950) (© 1990) * "Wastin' My Lovin' On You," words & music by George & Thomas Dawson (born 1958) (© 1996) * "Your Wish Is My Command," words & music by George & Thomas Dawson (born 1958) (© 1996) * "Ain't No Doubt About It," words by Stephanie Spruill, music by George (© 1991) * "All The More Reason," words & music by

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& Jimmy George (© 1991) * "Is This The Thanks I Get?" words by George, music by John Franklin Hammond (born 1941) (© 1998) * "Give It Up" * "Fine Young Girl" * "Tend to Business" ("That's the way to tend to business") (© 1965) * "Better Believe Me" Co-Composed with

* "In Hollywood" * "No Room To Cry" * "Mr. Engineer" * "Broken In Two" * "Monkey Jerk" * "Walk With Love" Co-composed with Louis Joseph Pardini * "Don't Stop the Music" (© 1986) * "Feel This Way" (© 1986) * "

Just to See Her "Just to See Her" is a 1987 song written by Jimmy George and Lou Pardini and recorded by American R&B recording artist Smokey Robinson from his studio album ''One Heartbeat'' (1987). "Just to See Her" peaked at No. 7 in ''Cash Box'' and No. 8 o ...

" (© 1987) * "Messin' With Fire" (© 1987) * "If I Had Another Chance" (© 1988) * "Be Gentle With Me" (© 1994) * "Night 2 Remember" (© 1994) * "Unconditional Love" (© 1994) * "Dance With Me" (© 1994) * "Live and Let Live" (© 1994) * "I Believe In You" (© 1995) * "My World Revolves Around You" (© 1995) * "Some Things Never Change" (© 1995) * "Better Late Than Never" (© 1996) * "All Talk and No Show" (© 2001) * "At The End Of The Day" ("I Will Still Be In Love With You") (© 2001) Co-composed with Mark McMillen (born 1952) * "Back In My Bed" (© 1997) * "Dreams Do Come True" (© 1997) * "Makin' Love to You" (© 1997)

Discography

With

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'' (Limelight, 1966) *''

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'' (Limelight, 1967)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:George, Jimmy American male songwriters Musicians from Amarillo, Texas Songwriters from Texas American male guitarists American session musicians 21st-century American composers 1940 births Living people 21st-century American male musicians