Jim Vallance has been active in the music industry for 50 years. He initially worked as a studio musician, producer and arranger before turning his full attention to songwriting. In addition to his 42-year partnership with Bryan Adams, he has collaborated with a variety of recording artists including Aerosmith, Heart, Rick Springfield, Joan Jett, Ozzy Osbourne and Michael Bublé, to name a few. He's been awarded numerous ASCAP, BMI and SOCAN awards for radio airplay and dozens of Gold and Platinum Album awards acknowledging more than 100-million international CD sales.