With his flowing mane of hair, tattooed muscles and hot guitar work, Jeffrey Steele is the kind of performer teenage girls shake it to while their moms throw underwear, yet he’s also an award-winning songwriter whose tunes have been recorded by some of Nashville’s finest. He got his first No. 1 with Tim McGraw’s version of “The Cowboy in Me.” Rascal Flatts’ first No. 1 was Steele’s “These Days”; in 2006, they topped both the Country Singles and the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts with his “What Hurts the Most.” Steele’s compositions have earned him multiple Songwriter of the Year accolades from BMI and other organizations. He’s been a judge on Nashville Star with Jewel and John Rich, and to top it all off, co-wrote the big number on the soundtrack to the Disney animated film, Bolt, with Miley Cyrus.

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