Jimmy Ritchey is an American

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songwriter and record producer from

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. Ritchey got his start as a record producer after producing demos for Tommy Shane Steiner. Initially, Ritchey was not intended to produce Steiner's album, but he got to do so after producers

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and

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encouraged the label to allow him. Ritchey co-wrote several songs that have charted on

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: " I'm a Saint" by

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; " Startin' with Me", " Something About a Woman", " Don't Think I Can't Love You", "

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", and " The One That Got Away" by

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I Gotta Get to You "I Gotta Get to You" is a song written Blaine Larsen, Jim Lauderdale and Jimmy Ritchey, and recorded by American country music artist George Strait. It was released in February 2010 as the 90th single of his career, as well as the third single fro ...

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. He signed an exclusive agreement with BMG Chrysalis on December 3, 2012. Ritchey has had over 40 songs recorded by major-label artists. As a record producer, he has worked with Owen, Chesnutt, Greg Bates, and

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