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Walt Aldridge

American singer-songwriter (1955–2025)

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American singer-songwriter (1955–2025)

Field	Value
name	Walt Aldridge
background	solo_singer
birth_name	James Walton Aldridge Jr.
birth_date
death_date
origin	Florence, Alabama, U.S.
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genre	Country
occupation
years_active	1980s–2025
past_member_of	The Shooters

James Walton Aldridge Jr. (November 12, 1955 – November 19, 2025) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, engineer and record producer.

Aldridge was known primarily as a Muscle Shoals songwriter, having had songs recorded by a diverse group of artists from Lou Reed to Reba McEntire over a period of six decades. His hit country songs include the Number One hits "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me" by Ronnie Milsap (1981), "Holding Her and Loving You" by Earl Thomas Conley (1983), "Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde" by Travis Tritt (2000), and "I Loved Her First" (2006) by Heartland. He has been inducted to both The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and The Alabama Music Hall of Fame.

In the late 1980s, Aldridge sang lead vocals in The Shooters, a country band which charted seven singles for Epic Records.

Aldridge worked for 17 years at Fame Recording Studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, as a producer, songwriter and back-up musician. He died on November 19, 2025, at the age of 70.

References

"Walt Aldridge". Alabama Music Hall of Fame.
"The Shooters biography".
Delinski, Bernie. (November 19, 2025). "Hit songwriter Walt Aldridge passes away".

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