This is an unofficial webpage about the Vancouver based songwriter and producer Jim Vallance, who reached fame co-writing basically all of Bryan Adams early hits including classics like "Run To You", "Heaven", Summer Of '69 and "Cuts Like A Knife". Born in 1952, Vallance first wrote for the Vancouver-based group Prism. He was also the original drummer in the band. Seven of the nine songs on their self-titled debut album (1977) were penned by Vallance, using the pseudonym "Rodney Higgs". One of those songs was "Open Soul Surgery", the track responsible for securing a recording contract with the Canadian label "GRT Records" in 1975. Vallance, who didn't care for touring, quit Prism after the first album, but continued writing songs for the group. He met Bryan Adams by chance in a music store in January 1978, and they formed an eleven-year songwriting partnership. Since parting with Adams in 1989, Vallance has continued writing songs for other recording artists, just as he had done earlier (Vallance often collaborated with other artists while Bryan was off touring).