Jerry Vandiver
Introduction


**Jerry Herbert Vandiver** is an American songwriter and musician. He has had two top ten singles and 5 charted singles on the [Billboard](/wiki/Billboard_%28magazine%29 "Billboard (magazine)") Country charts. Vandiver's songs have been recorded by [Tim McGraw](/wiki/Tim_McGraw "Tim McGraw"), [Gene Watson](/wiki/Gene_Watson "Gene Watson"), [Phil Vassar](/wiki/Phil_Vassar "Phil Vassar"), [Lonestar](/wiki/Lonestar "Lonestar"), [The Oak Ridge Boys](/wiki/The_Oak_Ridge_Boys "The Oak Ridge Boys"), [Lee Greenwood](/wiki/Lee_Greenwood "Lee Greenwood"), [Barbara Mandrell](/wiki/Barbara_Mandrell "Barbara Mandrell"), [Dusty Drake](/wiki/Dusty_Drake "Dusty Drake") and many others. Vandiver has [RIAA Certified](/wiki/RIAA_certification "RIAA certification") song credits on more than 15 million records. Two of Vandiver's songs, "[It Doesn't Get Any Countrier Than This](/wiki/Not_a_Moment_Too_Soon "Not a Moment Too Soon")" and "[For a Little While](/wiki/For_a_Little_While "For a Little While")" (both recorded by [Tim McGraw](/wiki/Tim_McGraw "Tim McGraw")) are among the [gold and platinum](/wiki/Music_recording_sales_certification "Music recording sales certification") records on display at the [Country Music Hall of Fame](/wiki/Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum "Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum") in [Nashville, Tennessee](/wiki/Nashville%2C_Tennessee "Nashville, Tennessee").


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