{{short description|American country music songwriter}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = J. T. Harding | image = | image_upright = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = John Thomas Harding<ref name="oakland">{{cite web|url=http://www.theoaklandpress.com/article/OP/20150629/ENTERTAINMENT/150629511|title=Grosse Pointe songwriter becoming Nashville's new go-to|last=Graff|first=Gary|date=June 29, 2015|work=The Oakland Press|accessdate=April 13, 2017}}</ref> | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} | birth_place = | origin = Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | genre = Country, pop, rock | occupation = Songwriter | instrument = | years_active = 2000s-present | associated_acts = | website = }} '''John Thomas Harding''' is an American country music songwriter. He has written songs for Uncle Kracker, Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, Blake Shelton, Dierks Bentley, and Darius Rucker.
==History== Harding is the biological son of actor and comedian Jay Thomas, who put him up for adoption at an early age (the two later met and reconciled). His adoptive parents, Larry and Kendra Harding, moved from Nashville to Grosse Pointe, Michigan when Harding was young.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hollywood-actor-hit-nashville-songwriter-916271|title=Hollywood Actor and Hit Nashville Songwriter Share a Surprising Bond|last=Stark|first=Phyllis|date=August 1, 2016|work=The Hollywood Reporter|accessdate=April 13, 2017}}</ref> Harding's adoptive father worked at a rock music radio station in Detroit. In the late 1990s, Harding moved to California, where he worked at Tower Records. He also competed on ''Rock & Roll Jeopardy!''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spinalcolumnonline.com/news/2016-11-02/One_Minute_Interview/One_minute_with_Michigan_native_hit_songwriter_JT_.html|title=One minute with Michigan native, hit songwriter J.T. Harding|last=Stowers|first=Mark|date=November 2, 2016|work=Spinal Column|accessdate=April 13, 2017}}</ref> He performed and released music under the stage name JTX.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.recordoftheday.com/on-the-move/record/jtx/i-m-gonna-party-like-a-rockstar|title=I'm Gonna Party Like A Rockstar|last=O'Loughlin|first=Eddie|date=February 25, 2010|work=Record of the Day|accessdate=August 1, 2020}}</ref>
Harding moved to Nashville at the suggestion of a song publisher while working as an assistant for the band Linkin Park. After that, Harding co-wrote Uncle Kracker's "Smile". He has also written number one songs for other country music artists including Darius Rucker, Keith Urban, Dierks Bentley, Blake Shelton, and Kenny Chesney.<ref name="oakland"/>
==Discography== (as JTX) ===Albums=== {| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center; |- !Year !Album !Record label |- | 2009 |align=left| ''From Detroit With Love'' |rowspan="1"| Next Plateau Entertainment |- | 2020 |align=left| ''Empire'' |rowspan="1"| ''self-published'' |- |}
===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center; |- !Year !Single !Record label |- | 2009 |align=left| "(I'm Gonna) Party Like a Rockstar" |rowspan="1"| Next Plateau Entertainment |- | 2010 |align=left| "Love In America" |rowspan="1"| Next Plateau Entertainment |- | 2012 |align=left| "Seven Day Weekend" |rowspan="1"| Next Plateau Entertainment |- | 2013 |align=left| "Summer Lover" |rowspan="1"| Next Plateau Entertainment |- |}
==References== {{reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Harding, J. T.}} Category:American country songwriters Category:American people of Italian descent Category:People from Grosse Pointe, Michigan Category:Songwriters from Michigan Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Songwriters from Tennessee Category:Musicians from Nashville, Tennessee Category:Country musicians from Michigan Category:Country musicians from Tennessee Category:American adoptees