On this day (June 26) in 1973, Kyle Jacobs was born in Bloomington, Minnesota. He was a songwriter and producer who worked with a long list of country artists. Jacobs penned hit songs for Lee Brice, Tim McGraw, the Eli Young Band, Kimberly Locke, and Garth Brooks. He co-penned Brooks’ “More Than a Memory,” which made chart history when it debuted at No. 1. He also starred in the reality show I Love Kellie Pickler with his wife.
Jacobs graduated from Kennedy High School in Bloomington in 1991. Along with his diploma, he received an induction into the school’s Fine Arts Hall of Fame, according to KSTP, a Minneapolis, Minnesota-based ABC affiliate. Nine years after graduating, he relocated to Nashville to start his career as a songwriter and producer.
He didn’t find success overnight, though. Jacobs spent his first years in Music City painting houses and working other day jobs while sleeping in his car. In 2003, he had his first hit as a songwriter when Kimberly Locke took “8th World Wonder” to the top 10 of the Adult Contemporary chart…