Songwriting Career

Jess Cates (born July 27th, 1976 in Nashville, Tennessee) is an LA based songwriter who has co-written multi-platinum selling songs such as Nick Lachey’s top 5 smash “What’s Left Of Me”, and the Backstreet Boys top 10 comeback hit of 2006 “Incomplete”. Currently he has David Archuleta’s debut single called “Crush”.

Other artists who have recorded his songs include Jordan Sparks, The Jonas Brothers, LeAnn Rimes, Clay Aiken, Kimberley Locke, The Afters, Bo Bice, JC Chasez, Taylor Hicks, plus international artists including Australian Idols Shannon Noll and Dean Geyer, Canadian Idols Melissa O’Neil and Ryan Malcolm, Germany’s Stanfour and Tobias Regner, and Latin superstar David Bisbal.

While in Nashville, Jess earned recognition for cuts with platinum and gold artists Bebo, Norman, Plus One, Avalon, and Rebecca St. James. Three of those songs garnered a #1 slot on the CCM Radio chart.

Jess wrote five songs for Nick Lachey’s gold album “What’s Left Of Me,” including the first two singles, the title track and “I Can’t Hate You Anymore”. In April 2007, Jess received an ASCAP Award for “What’s Left Of Me” being among the most performed songs of 2006.

Songs

David Archuleta:
“Crush”

Nick Lachey:
“What’s Left Of Me”
“I Can’t Hate You Anymore”
“Resolution”
“Run To Me”
“Outside Looking In”

Jordan Sparks:
“Next To You”
“Worth The Wait”

Jonas Brothers:
“Take A Breath”

Backstreet Boys:
“Incomplete”
“Inconsolable”
“Any Other Way”
“Everything But Mine”
“One In A Million”
“You Can Let Go”
“Downpour”
“In Pieces”

Kimberly Locke:
“Change”

LeAnn Rimes:
“Strong”
“For The First Time”
“Break Me Down”

JC Chazez:
“You Ruined Me”

Ty Herdon:
“In The Arms Of The One Who Loves Me”
“Hide”

The Afters:
“Falling Into Place”

Bo Bice:
“Hold On To Me”

Clay Aiken:
“I Will Carry You”
“I Survived You”

Taylor Hicks:
“Just To Feel That Way”

Stanfour:
“I Will Be” “Lonely Life”