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<b>Donna Fargo</b> (born <b>Yvonne Vaughan</b>; November 10, 1945 in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Airy,_North_Carolina" title="Mount Airy, North Carolina">Mount Airy</a>, North Carolina) is an American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country</a> singer-songwriter, who is best known for a series of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_40" title="Top 40">Top 10</a> country <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hit_record" title="Hit record">hits</a> in the 1970s.<br />
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These include "<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Happiest_Girl_in_the_Whole_USA" title="The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA">The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA</a>" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funny_Face_%28Donna_Fargo_song%29" title="Funny Face (Donna Fargo song)">Funny Face</a>," both which became crossover pop hits in 1972.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Fargo#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup><br />
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Fargo has won major awards since her debut in the late 1960s, including one <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Award</a>, five awards from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music" title="Academy of Country Music">Academy of Country Music</a> and one award from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Association" title="Country Music Association">Country Music Association</a>.<br />
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<span class="fn">Donna Fargo</span>
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Fargo performing in 1978</div>
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<th colspan="2" style="background-color: khaki; text-align: center;">Background information</th>
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<th scope="row"><span class="nowrap">Birth name</span></th>
<td class="nickname">Yvonne Vaughn<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs_1-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Fargo#cite_note-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs-1">[1]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-The_Zenith_2-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Fargo#cite_note-The_Zenith-2">[2]</a></sup></td>
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<th scope="row">Born</th>
<td>November 10, 1945 <span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow">(age 70)</span></td>
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<th scope="row">Origin</th>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Airy,_North_Carolina" title="Mount Airy, North Carolina">Mount Airy</a>, North Carolina, United States<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs_1-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Fargo#cite_note-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs-1">[1]</a></sup></td>
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<th scope="row">Genres</th>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_pop" title="Country pop">Country pop</a></td>
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<th scope="row"><span class="nowrap">Occupation(s)</span></th>
<td class="role">Musician, songwriter, author</td>
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<th scope="row">Instruments</th>
<td class="note">Vocals, guitar</td>
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<th scope="row"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th>
<td>1967–present</td>
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<th scope="row">Labels</th>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenge_Records_%281950s%29" title="Challenge Records (1950s)">Challenge Records</a><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot_Records" title="Dot Records">Dot</a><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records" title="Warner Bros. Records">Warner Bros.</a><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SongBird" title="SongBird">SongBird</a><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA_Records" title="RCA Records">RCA</a><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Records" title="Mercury Records">Mercury Nashville</a><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_International_Records" title="Cleveland International Records">Cleveland</a><br />
Ramco Records</td>
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<th scope="row"><span class="nowrap">Associated acts</span></th>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Joe_Royal" title="Billy Joe Royal">Billy Joe Royal</a></td></tr>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Biography"> </span></h2>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Biography">Biography</span></h2>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Early_life">Early life</span></h3>
Fargo had been singing since her early years, but never thought about singing professionally.<br />
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Fargo attended <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Point_University" title="High Point University">High Point College</a>, then headed west to study at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Southern_California" title="University of Southern California">University of Southern California</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs_1-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Fargo#cite_note-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs-1">[1]</a></sup><br />
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After getting her degree, she became a teacher at <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northview_High_School_%28Covina,_California%29" title="Northview High School (Covina, California)">Northview High School</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covina,_California" title="Covina, California">Covina</a>, California, eventually progressing to head of the English Department.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Donna_Fargo_at_4-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Fargo#cite_note-Donna_Fargo_at-4">[4]</a></sup><br />
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While in California, she met Stan Silver, who became her manager when
Fargo was performing in California clubs and first seeking a career in
music. At this point, Fargo was still teaching.<br />
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Fargo and Silver married
in 1968.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs_1-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Fargo#cite_note-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs-1">[1]</a></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Career_discovery">Career discovery</span></h3>
She soon started to appear around Los Angeles, California while teaching.<br />
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She went to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona" title="Phoenix, Arizona">Phoenix</a> in 1966, adopted the name Donna Fargo, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_recording_and_reproduction" title="Sound recording and reproduction">recorded</a> her first single. Her first major concert was with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Price_%28musician%29" title="Ray Price (musician)">Ray Price</a>, and she began playing in Southern California.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Donna_Fargo_at_4-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Fargo#cite_note-Donna_Fargo_at-4">[4]</a></sup><br />
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Fargo recorded for a few small labels in the early 1960s, including Ramco and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenge_Records_%281950s%29" title="Challenge Records (1950s)">Challenge</a>, but songs like "Who's Been Sleeping on My Side of the Bed" did not catch fire.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Fargo#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup><br />
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Although her original singles were not successful, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music_Awards" title="Academy of Country Music Awards">Academy of Country Music Awards</a> named her the "Top New Female Vocalist" award in 1969.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-donnafargo.com_6-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Fargo#cite_note-donnafargo.com-6">[6]</a></sup><br />
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In 1972, Fargo recorded a single for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decca_Records" title="Decca Records">Decca</a> label before achieving her breakthrough later that year.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Music_career">Music career</span></h2>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="1972_.E2.80.93_1978:_breakthrough">1972 – 1978: breakthrough</span></h3>
In 1972, one of Fargo's self-penned songs, "<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Happiest_Girl_in_the_Whole_USA" title="The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA">The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA</a>" was picked up by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot_Records" title="Dot Records">Dot Records</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs_1-4"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Fargo#cite_note-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs-1">[1]</a></sup><br />
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Fargo was then signed to the label, and the single was released the
same year. She was one of the few female country singers to write her
own material at the time, and one of the few country singers to cross
over to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a> pop <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_chart" title="Record chart">chart</a> in a big way, which she did in 1972 with "The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A." (number 11).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_7-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Fargo#cite_note-autogenerated1-7">[7]</a></sup><br />
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The song peaked at No. 1 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Country_Songs" title="Hot Country Songs">country music</a> chart.<br />
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An album of the same name was released following the song's success. The album was certified <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_recording_sales_certification" title="Music recording sales certification">gold</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">RIAA</a> in early 1973, selling over 500,000 copies.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs_1-5"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Fargo#cite_note-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs-1">[1]</a></sup><br />
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The follow-up single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funny_Face_%28Donna_Fargo_song%29" title="Funny Face (Donna Fargo song)">Funny Face</a>," also peaked at No. 1 on the country chart, and became a bigger pop hit than her previous single, peaking at No. 5.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs_1-6"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Fargo#cite_note-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs-1">[1]</a></sup><br />
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Both singles were certified gold by the end of the year.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs_1-7"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Fargo#cite_note-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs-1">[1]</a></sup><br />
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Fargo never made the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_40" title="Top 40">Top 40</a> in pop music again, but she placed over a dozen more singles in the country Top Ten in the 1970s, most written by herself.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_7-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Fargo#cite_note-autogenerated1-7">[7]</a></sup><br />
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Fargo's second album, <i>My Second Album,</i> was released in 1973, peaking at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart, as well as spawning the No. 1 country singles, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_%28Donna_Fargo_song%29" title="Superman (Donna Fargo song)">Superman</a>" and "You Were Always There." The songs both charted on the pop chart.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2008)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><br />
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That same year, Fargo's <i>All About Feeling</i>,
her third album, was released.<br />
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The album spawned two Top 10 Country
hits, "Little Girl Gone" and "I'll Try a Little Bit Harder." The same
year, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Awards</a> gave Fargo the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Female_Country_Vocal_Performance" title="Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance">Best Female Country Vocal Performance</a> award for "The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-donnafargo.com_6-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Fargo#cite_note-donnafargo.com-6">[6]</a></sup><br />
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She was also named "Top Female Vocalist" by the Academy of Country Music Awards.<br />
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Fargo ultimately became the fifth most successful female country artist of the 1970s, according to <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Magazine" title="Billboard Magazine">Billboard Magazine</a>, behind <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loretta_Lynn" title="Loretta Lynn">Loretta Lynn</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_Parton" title="Dolly Parton">Dolly Parton</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammy_Wynette" title="Tammy Wynette">Tammy Wynette</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Anderson" title="Lynn Anderson">Lynn Anderson</a>.<br />
For a better part of the 70s, Fargo stayed high on the charts with songs like "It Do Feel Good," and "Mr. Doodles."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Wolff.2C_Kurt_2000_p._436_8-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Fargo#cite_note-Wolff.2C_Kurt_2000_p._436-8">[8]</a></sup><br />
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Fargo had another successful album with Dot in 1974, releasing <i>Miss Donna Fargo</i>, which spawned three Top 10 hits, including "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Can%27t_Be_a_Beacon_If_Your_Light_Don%27t_Shine" title="You Can't Be a Beacon If Your Light Don't Shine">You Can't Be a Beacon If Your Light Don't Shine</a>."<br />
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This song peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Chart.<br />
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Dot Records was acquired by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_Records" title="ABC Records">ABC</a> and there was a noticeable drop-off in chart placings for Fargo, and in 1976, she moved to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records" title="Warner Bros. Records">Warner Bros. Records</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Donna_Fargo_at_4-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Fargo#cite_note-Donna_Fargo_at-4">[4]</a></sup><br />
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Fargo came out with the <i>On the Move</i> album, which spawned two Top 20 hits. The next year her next album, <i>Fargo Country</i> was released.<br />
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The album spawned her first No. 1 Country hit since 1974, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_Was_Yesterday_%28Donna_Fargo_song%29" title="That Was Yesterday (Donna Fargo song)">That Was Yesterday</a>," followed by another Top 10 Country hit, "<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mockingbird_Hill" title="Mockingbird Hill">Mockingbird Hill</a>," which peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Country Chart in 1977.<br />
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Fargo's 1978 album, <i>Shame on Me</i> also yielded two Top 10 hits, the title track and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_I_Love_You_%28Yes_in_Every_Way%29" title="Do I Love You (Yes in Every Way)">Do I Love You (Yes in Every Way)</a>," which peaked at No. 2.<br />
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Recognized as one of the leading country songwriters of the era, Fargo's songs have been recorded by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammy_Wynette" title="Tammy Wynette">Tammy Wynette</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_James" title="Sonny James">Sonny James</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitty_Wells" title="Kitty Wells">Kitty Wells</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanya_Tucker" title="Tanya Tucker">Tanya Tucker</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jody_Miller" title="Jody Miller">Jody Miller</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Robbins" title="Marty Robbins">Marty Robbins</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dottie_West" title="Dottie West">Dottie West</a>
and other artists. <br />
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Additionally, almost everything Fargo recorded for
years was self-penned, although by the latter half of the 1970s she was
also recording covers of songs from writers as diverse as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_Jackson_%28musician%29" title="Stonewall Jackson (musician)">Stonewall Jackson</a>, Vaughn Horton, Bill Enis and Lawton Williams, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Anka" title="Paul Anka">Paul Anka</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Mann" title="Barry Mann">Barry Mann</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Weil" title="Cynthia Weil">Cynthia Weil</a>; those covers also became successful hits for Fargo.<br />
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Fargo had her own musical television show (produced by the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmond_Brothers" title="Osmond Brothers">Osmond Brothers</a>), which ran for a year, beginning in 1978.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Wolff.2C_Kurt_2000_p._436_8-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Fargo#cite_note-Wolff.2C_Kurt_2000_p._436-8">[8]</a></sup><br />
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Fargo is one of only five country female vocalists to have her own television series.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Fargo#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup> <br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitty_Wells" title="Kitty Wells">Kitty Wells</a> was the first, in 1968, and Dolly Parton followed with a show in 1976.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="1979:_multiple_sclerosis">1979: multiple sclerosis</span></h3>
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In 1978, Fargo was diagnosed with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_sclerosis" title="Multiple sclerosis">multiple sclerosis</a>.<br />
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She experienced a brief illness, but with medical treatment and her
husband's help, Fargo made it back to excellent health, returning to a
more limited schedule in 1979 and another Top 10 hit. For the next few
years the successes came at a lower level.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Donna_Fargo_at_4-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Fargo#cite_note-Donna_Fargo_at-4">[4]</a></sup><br />
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Although this serious <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurological_disease" title="Neurological disease">neurological illness</a>
caused a deep decline in her promotional work, Fargo vowed to not let
the disease ultimately get to her.<br />
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In 1979, she recorded a new album, <i>Just for You</i>,
from which the biggest hit was the No. 14 hit "Daddy," a new version of
a song that Fargo had recorded in 1969.<br />
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The follow-up, "Preacher
Berry," peaked outside the Country Top 40.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="1980_.E2.80.93_present:_current_music_career">1980 – present: current music career </span></h3>
Fargo
released one more album with Warner Bros. in 1980 before switching to
the smaller "Songbird" label in 1981.<br />
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She recorded a well-received
gospel album in 1981 for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MCA_Records" title="MCA Records">MCA</a>/Songbird, and in 1982, she moved to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA_Records" title="RCA Records">RCA</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Donna_Fargo_at_4-4"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Fargo#cite_note-Donna_Fargo_at-4">[4]</a></sup><br />
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Fargo singles charted off RCA in 1983 and 1984, and she recorded one album for the label in 1983.<br />
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She recorded a single for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia</a>
in 1983, and for Cleveland records in 1984.<br />
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By now, Fargo's career had
begun to decline in terms of album sales and chart placements.<br />
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After several other label changes, Fargo signed with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Records" title="Mercury Records">Mercury</a>, and began another upswing.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Donna_Fargo_at_4-5"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Fargo#cite_note-Donna_Fargo_at-4">[4]</a></sup><br />
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She recorded an album with the label, <i>Winners</i>, which resulted in three singles spawned from the album, including a Top 30 hit, "Me and You."<br />
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Fargo also dueted with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Joe_Royal" title="Billy Joe Royal">Billy Joe Royal</a>
for her next single, "Members Only." The song became a Top 25 country
hit in 1987, peaking at No. 23.<br />
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In 1991, she released the song "Soldier
Boy," a reference to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a> which was going on at the time. The song was Fargo's last charting single.<br />
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After several years without a full-length recording, in 1992, Fargo began work on her autobiography.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Donna_Fargo_at_4-6"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Fargo#cite_note-Donna_Fargo_at-4">[4]</a></sup><br />
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In 2008, Fargo released a new single CD, "We Can Do Better in America."<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Writing_career">Writing career</span></h2>
Since
having left recording albums and singles, Fargo has since pursued other
careers outside of the music business.<br />
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She has since established a
successful line of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greeting_cards" title="Greeting cards">greeting cards</a> in <i>The Donna Fargo Collection</i> through the <i>Blue Mountain Arts</i> Poets and Artists series.<br />
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She released her fourth book in March 2010, entitled <i>I Thanked God For You Today</i>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Fargo#cite_note-10">[10]</a></sup><br />
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Previously, Fargo had released another series of poem books, including <i>Trust in Yourself</i>, <i>To the Love of My Life</i>, and <i>Ten Golden Rules</i>.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03154186553103808848noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446236367473220387.post-28353721700337903112016-08-07T20:37:00.003-07:002016-10-01T23:13:34.639-07:00Alan Jackson~ "Just As I Am"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Alan Eugene Jackson</b> (born October 17, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter and musician, known for blending traditional <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honky_tonk" title="Honky tonk">honky tonk</a>
and mainstream country sounds and penning many of his own hits.<br />
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He has
recorded 15 studio albums, three Greatest Hits albums, two Christmas
albums, two Gospel albums and several compilations.<br />
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Jackson has sold over 80 million records worldwide, with more than 50 of his singles having appeared on <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_%28magazine%29" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard's</a></i> list of the "Top 30 Country Songs".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup><br />
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Of Jackson's entries, 35 were <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_number-one_country_hits_%28United_States%29" title="List of number-one country hits (United States)">number-one hits</a>,
with 50 in the Top 10. He is the recipient of 2 Grammys, 16 CMA Awards,
17 ACM Awards and nominee of multiple other awards.<br />
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He is a member of
the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Ole_Opry" title="Grand Ole Opry">Grand Ole Opry</a>, and was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2001.<br />
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In August 2014 the Country Music Hall of Fame opened an exhibit
celebrating Jackson’s 25 years in the music industry.<br />
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It was also
announced that he was an artist in residency as well, performing shows
on October 8 and 22.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup><br />
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The exhibit highlights the different milestones in his career with
memorabilia collected over the years. His 25th Anniversary "Keeping It
Country" Tour began January 8, 2015, in Estero, FL.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-alanjackson.com_3-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-alanjackson.com-3">[3]</a></sup><br />
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<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-alanjackson.com_3-0"><span class="fn">Alan Jackson</span>
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<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><a class="image" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AlanJacksonApr10.jpg"><img alt="AlanJacksonApr10.jpg" data-file-height="2271" data-file-width="1861" height="268" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/AlanJacksonApr10.jpg/220px-AlanJacksonApr10.jpg" width="220" /></a>
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Jackson in April 2010</div>
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<th scope="row"><span class="nowrap">Birth name</span></th>
<td class="nickname">Alan Eugene Jackson</td>
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<th scope="row">Born</th>
<td>October 17, 1958 <span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow">(age 57)</span></td>
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<th scope="row">Origin</th>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newnan,_Georgia" title="Newnan, Georgia">Newnan</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_%28U.S._state%29" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">USA</a></td>
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<th scope="row"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genres</a></th>
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<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">Country</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">bluegrass</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_music" title="Gospel music">gospel</a></li>
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<th scope="row"><span class="nowrap">Occupation(s)</span></th>
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<li>Singer</li>
<li>songwriter</li>
<li>musician</li>
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<li>Vocals</li>
<li>acoustic guitar</li>
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<td>1983–present</td>
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<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arista_Nashville" title="Arista Nashville">Arista Nashville</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Records_Nashville" title="Capitol Records Nashville">EMI Nashville</a></li>
<li>Alan's Country Records</li>
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<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Stegall" title="Keith Stegall">Keith Stegall</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Jones" title="George Jones">George Jones</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait">George Strait</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Buffett" title="Jimmy Buffett">Jimmy Buffett</a></li>
<li><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wrights_%28country_duo%29" title="The Wrights (country duo)">The Wrights</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zac_Brown_Band" title="Zac Brown Band">Zac Brown Band</a></li>
<li><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Williams,_Jr." title="Hank Williams, Jr.">Hank Williams, Jr.</a></li>
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<td><span class="url"><a class="external text" href="http://alanjackson.com/" rel="nofollow">alanjackson<wbr></wbr>.com</a></span></td></tr>
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Jackson was born to Joseph Eugene "Daddy Gene" Jackson (1927-2000) and Ruth Musick "Mama Ruth" Jackson in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newnan,_Georgia" title="Newnan, Georgia">Newnan, Georgia</a>,
and has four older sisters.<br />
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He, his father, mother, and sisters lived
in a small home built around his grandfather's old toolshed.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup> Alan Jackson is of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_American" title="English American">English descent</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup><br />
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At one point, his bed was in the hallway for lack of room. His mother
lives in the home to this day. Jackson sang in church as a child. His
first job, at 12, was in a shoe store. He wrote his first song in 1983.<br />
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As a youth, Jackson listened primarily to gospel music. Otherwise he
was not a major music fan. Then a friend introduced him to the music of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Watson" title="Gene Watson">Gene Watson</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Anderson_%28musician%29" title="John Anderson (musician)">John Anderson</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Williams_Jr." title="Hank Williams Jr.">Hank Williams Jr.</a><br />
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Jackson attended the local Elm Street Elementary and Newnan High
School. He started a band after high school.<br />
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At the age of 27, Jackson
and his wife of six years, Denise, moved from Newnan to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville</a>, where he hoped to pursue music full-time.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-seat_10-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-seat-10">[10]</a></sup><br />
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In Tennessee, Jackson got his first job in <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_TV" title="Spike TV">The Nashville Network</a>'s mailroom.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-seat_10-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-seat-10">[10]</a></sup> Denise Jackson connected him with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Campbell" title="Glen Campbell">Glen Campbell</a>, who helped jumpstart his career.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-sanz_11-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-sanz-11">[11]</a></sup> Jackson eventually signed with Arista.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-seat_10-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-seat-10">[10]</a></sup><br />
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By 1989, he became the first signee to the newly formed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arista_Nashville" title="Arista Nashville">Arista Nashville</a> branch of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arista_Records" title="Arista Records">Arista Records</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-allmusic_12-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-allmusic-12">[12]</a></sup><br />
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Arista released Jackson's debut single, "Blue Blooded Woman", in late 1989.<br />
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Although the song failed to reach top 40 on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Country_Songs" title="Hot Country Songs">Hot Country Songs</a>, he reached number three by early 1990 with "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_in_the_Real_World_%28song%29" title="Here in the Real World (song)">Here in the Real World</a>".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-whitburn_13-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-whitburn-13">[13]</a></sup><br />
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This song served as the title track to his debut album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_in_the_Real_World" title="Here in the Real World">Here in the Real World</a></i>, which also included two more top five hits ("<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanted_%28Alan_Jackson_song%29" title="Wanted (Alan Jackson song)">Wanted</a>" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chasin%27_That_Neon_Rainbow" title="Chasin' That Neon Rainbow">Chasin' That Neon Rainbow</a>") and his first number one, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27d_Love_You_All_Over_Again" title="I'd Love You All Over Again">I'd Love You All Over Again</a>".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-whitburn_13-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-whitburn-13">[13]</a></sup><br />
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<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Rock_the_Jukebox" title="Don't Rock the Jukebox">Don't Rock the Jukebox</a></i> was the title of Jackson's second album. Released in 1991, it included four number-one singles: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Rock_the_Jukebox_%28song%29" title="Don't Rock the Jukebox (song)">the title track</a>, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Someday_%28Alan_Jackson_song%29" title="Someday (Alan Jackson song)">Someday</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_%28Alan_Jackson_song%29" title="Dallas (Alan Jackson song)">Dallas</a>" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love%27s_Got_a_Hold_on_You" title="Love's Got a Hold on You">Love's Got a Hold on You</a>", and the number three "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_in_Montgomery" title="Midnight in Montgomery">Midnight in Montgomery</a>".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-whitburn_13-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-whitburn-13">[13]</a></sup><br />
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Jackson also co-wrote several songs on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Travis" title="Randy Travis">Randy Travis</a>' 1992 album <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Lonesome_%28Randy_Travis_album%29" title="High Lonesome (Randy Travis album)">High Lonesome</a></i>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-allmusic_12-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-allmusic-12">[12]</a></sup><br />
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<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Lot_About_Livin%27_%28And_a_Little_%27bout_Love%29" title="A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love)">A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love)</a></i>, his third album, accounted for the number one hits "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She%27s_Got_the_Rhythm_%28And_I_Got_the_Blues%29" title="She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues)">She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues)</a>" (which Travis co-wrote) and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chattahoochee_%28song%29" title="Chattahoochee (song)">Chattahoochee</a>", plus the top five hits "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonight_I_Climbed_the_Wall" title="Tonight I Climbed the Wall">Tonight I Climbed the Wall</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Blues" title="Mercury Blues">Mercury Blues</a>" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%28Who_Says%29_You_Can%27t_Have_It_All" title="(Who Says) You Can't Have It All">(Who Says) You Can't Have It All</a>".<br />
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"Chattahoochee" also won him the 1994 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Association" title="Country Music Association">Country Music Association</a> (CMA) awards for Single and Song of the Year.<br />
<br />
In 1994 Jackson left his management company, Ten Ten Management,
which had overseen his career up to that point, and switched to Gary
Overton.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-14">[14]</a></sup><br />
<br />
His fourth album was titled <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_I_Am_%28Alan_Jackson_album%29" title="Who I Am (Alan Jackson album)">Who I Am</a></i>, and it contained four number one hits: a cover of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Cochran" title="Eddie Cochran">Eddie Cochran</a> standard "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summertime_Blues" title="Summertime Blues">Summertime Blues</a>", followed by "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livin%27_on_Love" title="Livin' on Love">Livin' on Love</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_Country_%28song%29" title="Gone Country (song)">Gone Country</a>" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Don%27t_Even_Know_Your_Name" title="I Don't Even Know Your Name">I Don't Even Know Your Name</a>".<br />
<br />
An additional track from the album, a cover of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Crowell" title="Rodney Crowell">Rodney Crowell</a>'s "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_for_the_Life" title="Song for the Life">Song for the Life</a>", made number six. In late 1994, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_Walker" title="Clay Walker">Clay Walker</a> reached number one with "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_I_Could_Make_a_Living_%28song%29" title="If I Could Make a Living (song)">If I Could Make a Living</a>", which Jackson co-wrote.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-15">[15]</a></sup><br />
<br />
Alan also appeared in the 1996 "When Harry Kept Delores" episode of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Improvement_%28TV_series%29" title="Home Improvement (TV series)"><i>Home Improvement</i></a>, singing his hit song "Mercury Blues" about his 1950 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_%28automobile%29" title="Mercury (automobile)">Mercury</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Lakeland_Ledger_1996-02-20_16-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-Lakeland_Ledger_1996-02-20-16">[16]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-The_Spokesman-Review_1995-12-19_17-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-The_Spokesman-Review_1995-12-19-17">[17]</a></sup><br />
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<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Mid-late_1990s">Mid-late 1990s</span></h3>
<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Greatest_Hits_Collection_%28Alan_Jackson_album%29" title="The Greatest Hits Collection (Alan Jackson album)">The Greatest Hits Collection</a></i> was released on October 24, 1995.<br />
<br />
The disc contained 17 hits, two newly recorded songs ("<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ll_Try" title="I'll Try">I'll Try</a>" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall,_Tall_Trees" title="Tall, Tall Trees">Tall, Tall Trees</a>"), and the song "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_%28Alan_Jackson_song%29" title="Home (Alan Jackson song)">Home</a>" from <i>Here in the Real World</i> that had never been released as a single.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-18">[18]</a></sup><br />
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These first two songs both made number one.<br />
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<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_I_Love" title="Everything I Love">Everything I Love</a></i> followed in 1996. Its first single was a cover of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_T._Hall" title="Tom T. Hall">Tom T. Hall</a>'s "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Bitty" title="Little Bitty">Little Bitty</a>", which Jackson took to the top of the charts in late 1996.<br />
<br />
The album also included the number one hit "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_Goes" title="There Goes">There Goes</a>" and a number two cover of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charly_McClain" title="Charly McClain">Charly McClain</a>'s 1980 single "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who%27s_Cheatin%27_Who" title="Who's Cheatin' Who">Who's Cheatin' Who</a>".<br />
<br />
The album's fifth single was "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_House_with_No_Curtains" title="A House with No Curtains">A House with No Curtains</a>", which became his first release since 1989 to miss the top 10.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-whitburn_13-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-whitburn-13">[13]</a></sup><br />
<br />
<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Mileage" title="High Mileage">High Mileage</a></i> was led off by the number four "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ll_Go_On_Loving_You" title="I'll Go On Loving You">I'll Go On Loving You</a>".<br />
<br />
After it came the album's only number one hit, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_on_the_Money" title="Right on the Money">Right on the Money</a>", co-written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Vassar" title="Phil Vassar">Phil Vassar</a>.<br />
<br />
With Jackson's release of <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_the_Influence_%28Alan_Jackson_album%29" title="Under the Influence (Alan Jackson album)">Under the Influence</a></i>
in 1999, he took the double risk on an album of covers of country
classics while retaining a traditional sound when a rock- and pop-tinged
sound dominated country radio.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-19"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-19">[19]</a></sup><br />
<br />
When the Country Music Association (CMA) asked <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Jones" title="George Jones">George Jones</a>
to trim his act to 90 seconds for the 1999 CMA awards, Jones decided to
boycott the event.<br />
<br />
In solidarity, Jackson interrupted his own song and
launched into Jones's song "Choices" and then walked offstage.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-20"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-20">[20]</a></sup><br />
<br />
Alan was also known for wearing a <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_%28hairstyle%29" title="Mullet (hairstyle)">mullet</a> since 1989. Before then, he had short hair.<br />
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<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="2000s">2000s</span></h3>
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After country music changed toward pop music in the 2000s, he and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait">George Strait</a> criticized the state of country music in the song "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_on_Music_Row" title="Murder on Music Row">Murder on Music Row</a>".<br />
<br />
The song sparked debate in the country music community about whether "traditional" country music was actually dead or not.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-21"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-21">[21]</a></sup><br />
<br />
Despite the fact that the song was not officially released as a single,
it became the highest-charting nonseasonal album cut (not available in
any retail single configuration or released as a promotional single to
radio during a chart run) to appear on Hot Country Singles & Tracks
in the Broadcast Data Systems era, beating the record previously held by
Garth Brooks' "Belleau Wood."<br />
<br />
The duo were invited to open the 2000
Academy of Country Music Awards (ACMAs) with a performance of the tune.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-22"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-22">[22]</a></sup> <i> </i><br />
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<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i> commented on Jackson's style remarking, "If <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shania_Twain" title="Shania Twain">Shania</a> have raised the bar for country concerts with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_%28band%29" title="Kiss (band)">Kiss</a>-style production and endless costume changes, then Alan Jackson is doing his best to return the bar to a more human level."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-23"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-23">[23]</a></sup><br />
<br />
After the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11,_2001_attacks" title="September 11, 2001 attacks">September 11, 2001 attacks</a>, Jackson released "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_Were_You_%28When_the_World_Stopped_Turning%29" title="Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)">Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)</a>"
as a tribute to those killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The song
became a hit single and briefly propelled him into the mainstream
spotlight.<br />
<br />
At the 2001 CMA Awards, Jackson debuted the song "Where Were You When
the World Stopped Turning".<br />
<br />
The performance was generally considered
the highlight of the show, and Jackson's site crashed the next day from
server requests.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-24"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-24">[24]</a></sup><br />
<br />
The song came to Jackson suddenly, and had not been scheduled for any
official release, but the live performance began receiving radio airplay
and was soon released as a single.<br />
<br />
Jackson released a Christmas album, titled <i>Let It Be Christmas</i>, October 22, 2002.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-25"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-25">[25]</a></sup><br />
<br />
Jeannie Kendall contacted Jackson to do a duet, and he suggested the
song "Timeless and True Love". It appeared on her first solo album,
released in 2003.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-26"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-26">[26]</a></sup><br />
<br />
In early 2006, Jackson released his first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_music" title="Gospel music">gospel music</a> album entitled <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precious_Memories_%28Alan_Jackson_album%29" title="Precious Memories (Alan Jackson album)">Precious Memories</a></i>.
He put together the album by the request of his mother, who enjoys
religious music.<br />
<br />
Jackson considered this album a "side project" and
nothing too official, but it was treated as such. More than 1.8 million
albums were sold.<br />
<br />
Only mere months after the release of <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precious_Memories_%28Alan_Jackson_album%29" title="Precious Memories (Alan Jackson album)">Precious Memories</a></i> in 2006, Jackson released his next album <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Like_Red_on_a_Rose" title="Like Red on a Rose">Like Red on a Rose</a></i>, which featured a more adult contemporary/folk sound.<br />
<br />
Unlike most of Jackson's albums, this one earned only a <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Record" title="Gold Record">Gold Record</a>, and was criticized as out of character by some fans.<br />
<br />
Unlike his previous albums, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Like_Red_on_a_Rose" title="Like Red on a Rose">Like Red on a Rose</a></i> had a different producer and sound.<br />
<br />
Alan's main producer for his music, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Stegall" title="Keith Stegall">Keith Stegall</a>, was notably absent from this album. Instead, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison_Krauss" title="Alison Krauss">Alison Krauss</a> was hired to produce the album.<br />
<br />
She also chose the songs. Despite being labeled as "country music" or "bluegrass", <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Like_Red_on_a_Rose" title="Like Red on a Rose">Like Red on a Rose</a>
had a mainstream sound to it, upsetting some fans, even making some of
them believe that Jackson was abandoning his traditional past and aiming
toward a more mainstream jazz/blues sound.<br />
<br />
However, for his next album, he went back to his country roots. <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Time_%28album%29" title="Good Time (album)">Good Time</a></i> was released on March 4, 2008.<br />
<br />
The album's first single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Town_Southern_Man" title="Small Town Southern Man">Small Town Southern Man</a>", was released to radio on November 19.<br />
"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Boy_%28Alan_Jackson_song%29" title="Country Boy (Alan Jackson song)">Country Boy</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Time_%28Alan_Jackson_song%29" title="Good Time (Alan Jackson song)">Good Time</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sissy%27s_Song" title="Sissy's Song">Sissy's Song</a>" and the final single from the album, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Still_Like_Bologna" title="I Still Like Bologna">I Still Like Bologna</a>", were also released as singles.<br />
<br />
"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sissy%27s_Song" title="Sissy's Song">Sissy's Song</a>"
is dedicated to a longtime friend of the Jackson family (Leslie "Sissy"
Fitzgerald) who worked in their house every day. Fitzgerald was killed
in a motorcycle accident in mid-2007.<br />
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="2010s">2010s</span></h3>
His sixteenth studio album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freight_Train_%28album%29" title="Freight Train (album)">Freight Train</a></i>, was released on March 30, 2010. The first single was "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Just_That_Way" title="It's Just That Way">It's Just That Way</a>", which debuted at No. 50 in January 2010.<br />
<br />
"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_Hat_and_a_Hammer" title="Hard Hat and a Hammer">Hard Hat and a Hammer</a>" is the album's second single, released in May 2010.<br />
<br />
On November 23, 2010, Jackson released another greatest hits package, entitled <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/34_Number_Ones" title="34 Number Ones">34 Number Ones</a></i>, which features a cover of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a> hit "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Fire_%28song%29" title="Ring of Fire (song)">Ring of Fire</a>", as well as the duet with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zac_Brown_Band" title="Zac Brown Band">Zac Brown Band</a>, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_She%27s_Walking_Away" title="As She's Walking Away">As She's Walking Away</a>".<br />
<br />
On January 20, 2011, it was announced that Jackson and his record label, Sony, parted ways.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-27"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-27">[27]</a></sup><br />
<br />
On March 23, 2011, Jackson announced his new deal with Capitol's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Records_Nashville" title="Capitol Records Nashville">EMI Records Nashville</a>.
It is a joint venture between ACR (Alan's Country Records) and Capitol.<br />
<br />
All records will be released and marketed through Capitol's EMI Records
Nashville label.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-28"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-28">[28]</a></sup><br />
<br />
In 2012, Jackson released the album <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Miles_West" title="Thirty Miles West">Thirty Miles West</a></i>. Three singles have been released from the album, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Way_to_Go_%28Alan_Jackson_song%29" title="Long Way to Go (Alan Jackson song)">Long Way to Go</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_You_Don%27t_Have_to_Love_Me_Anymore" title="So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore">So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore</a>" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Go_Your_Way_%28Alan_Jackson_song%29" title="You Go Your Way (Alan Jackson song)">You Go Your Way</a>". None of the singles reached the top 20. A tour in 2013 supported the album.<br />
<br />
Jackson released his second gospel album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precious_Memories_Volume_II" title="Precious Memories Volume II">Precious Memories Volume II</a></i>, on March 26, 2013.<br />
<br />
In 2014, Jackson recorded the opening credits song, "A Million Ways to Die", for the film <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Million_Ways_to_Die_in_the_West" title="A Million Ways to Die in the West">A Million Ways to Die in the West</a></i>, co-writing the song with the film's star/writer/director <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_MacFarlane" title="Seth MacFarlane">Seth MacFarlane</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-29"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-29">[29]</a></sup><br />
<br />
In January 2015, Jackson began his 25th anniversary "Keepin' It
Country" tour, followed in April with the announcement of his twentieth
studio album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels_and_Alcohol" title="Angels and Alcohol">Angels and Alcohol</a></i>, which was released on July 17.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-30"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-30">[30]</a></sup><br />
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<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Awards.2C_nominations_and_induction_into_the_Georgia_Music_Hall_of_Fame">Awards, nominations and induction into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame</span></h2>
In 1989 he was nominated for a total of six <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Association" title="Country Music Association">Country Music Association</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Association_Awards" title="Country Music Association Awards">awards</a> (CMAs).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-sanz_11-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-sanz-11">[11]</a></sup><br />
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He was nominated for four 1994 CMAs, including Entertainer of the Year.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-RW_31-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-RW-31">[31]</a></sup><br />
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Jackson became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1991; he was inducted by Roy Acuff and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Travis" title="Randy Travis">Randy Travis</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-32"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-32">[32]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-33"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-33">[33]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-34"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-34">[34]</a></sup><br />
<br />
Jackson was the most nominated artist at the 29th annual TNN/Music
City News Country Awards that was broadcast June 5 from the Grand Ole
Opry House.<br />
<br />
His six nominations included best entertainer, male artist,
vocal collaboration, album, single, and video (two nominations in this
category).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-35"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-35">[35]</a></sup><br />
<br />
At the 2002 CMAs, Jackson set a record for having the most
nominations in a single year – ten – many rising from the song "Where
Were You".<br />
<br />
It also brought his career total up to the second number of
most nominations ever, after George Strait.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-36"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-36">[36]</a></sup> "Where Were You" also was nominated for a Grammy for Song of the Year.<br />
<br />
The song was also subsequently parodied in the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Park" title="South Park">South Park</a></i> episode "<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Ladder_To_Heaven" title="A Ladder To Heaven">A Ladder To Heaven</a>".<br />
<br />
At the 2003 Academy of Country Music Awards, Jackson won Album of the Year for <i>Drive</i> and Video of the Year for the video to "Drive (For Daddy Gene)."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-37"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-37">[37]</a></sup><br />
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In 2004, a five-mile (8 km) stretch of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_85_in_Georgia" title="Interstate 85 in Georgia">Interstate 85</a>
through Jackson's hometown of Newnan was renamed the "Alan Jackson
Highway" in the singer's honor.<br />
<br />
After learning of the honor, he stated
"[Newnan] was a great place to grow up. I'm not sure I'm quite qualified
for the main highway. Maybe they should've picked a dirt road or
something."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-38"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-38">[38]</a></sup><br />
<br />
Jackson was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame on October 22, 2001 in Atlanta.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-39"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-39">[39]</a></sup><br />
Alan Jackson was selected to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010.<br />
<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Alan_Jackson_Collection_at_Cracker_Barrel">Alan Jackson Collection at Cracker Barrel</span></h2>
In
2009, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. started to carry the "Alan
Jackson Collection" which included a special release CD available
exclusively at Cracker Barrel, cowboy style shirts and T-shirts,
baseball caps, home goods (candles, kitchen goods) including an
old-fashion wooden rocking chair that has a metal plate of Alan's
autograph on the headrest; toys, spices and BBQ sauces/rubs and a
replica of his own personal cowboy hat.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-40"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-40">[40]</a></sup><br />
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<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Ford_Trucks_Endorsement">Ford Trucks Endorsement</span></h2>
Ford's
agency J. Walter Thompson USA in Detroit, in 1992, worked out with
Jackson a multimillion-dollar, multi-year contract for his sole
endorsement of Ford Trucks.<br />
<br />
In his video for "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who%27s_Cheatin%27_Who" title="Who's Cheatin' Who">Who's Cheatin' Who</a>" he was behind the wheel of a "Big Foot" <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_F-Series" title="Ford F-Series">Ford F-150</a>
pickup truck, and Ford's five NASCAR vehicles (at the time) were
prominently featured.<br />
<br />
Additionally, he changed the lyrics "Crazy 'bout a
Mercury" of the song "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Blues" title="Mercury Blues">Mercury Blues</a>" to "Crazy 'bout a Ford truck" in a TV ad for the Ford F-series.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-41"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-41">[41]</a></sup><br />
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<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Touring">Touring</span></h2>
Jackson
headlined the 1995 Fruit Of The Loom Comfort Tour, a deal worth $40
million.<br />
<br />
It began January 20 in New Orleans and ran for a hundred dates.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-42"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-42">[42]</a></sup><br />
<br />
Alan Jackson's 2004 concert tour launched January 23 in Fort Myers,
Florida and was sponsored by NAPA Auto Parts in a deal that included
Jackson's endorsement in TV spots.<br />
<br />
The tour included more than 50 U.S.
dates. Martina McBride was the opening for some of the shows.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-43"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-43">[43]</a></sup><br />
<br />
In March 2011 he visited Australia to perform for the CMC Rocks The
Hunter music festival where he was the headline act for Saturday night.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-44"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-44">[44]</a></sup><br />
<br />
He came to Springfield, Illinois on November 10, 2012, and performed at the Prairie Capitol Convention Center.<br />
<br />
In 2015, Jackson kicked off his 25th Anniversary Keepin' It Country tour.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-alanjackson.com_3-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-alanjackson.com-3">[3]</a></sup>
The tour began with a concert in Estero, FL on January 8 at the Germane
Arena.<br />
<br />
Jon Pardi & Brandy Clark are special guests for most
concerts of the tour.<br />
<br />
The tour is currently set to wrap with a solo
concert in Highland Park, IL at the Ravinia Pavilion on August 31.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-45"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-45">[45]</a></sup><br />
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<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Band_members">Band members</span></h2>
Jackson records his studio albums, in most part, with the backing of some of the members of his live band, the Strayhorns.<br />
<ul>
<li>Monty Allen – acoustic guitar, harmony vocals</li>
<li>Scott Coney – acoustic guitar, tic tac bass, banjo</li>
<li>Robbie Flint – steel guitar</li>
<li>Danny Groah – lead guitar</li>
<li>Ryan Joseph – fiddle, mandolin, harmony vocals</li>
<li>Bruce Rutherford – drums</li>
<li>Joey Schmidt – keyboards</li>
<li>Roger Wills – bass guitar </li>
</ul>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Personal_life">Personal life</span></h2>
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Jackson with his family at a ceremony to receive a star on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a> in April 2010<br />
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Jackson married his high school sweetheart, Denise Jackson, on
December 15, 1979.<br />
<br />
They are the parents of three daughters: Mattie
Denise (born June 19, 1990), Alexandra Jane "Ali" (born August 23,
1993), and Dani Grace (born August 28, 1997).<br />
<br />
Although the couple
separated for several months in 1998 due to the strains of Jackson's
career as well as his infidelity,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-46"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-46">[46]</a></sup> they have since reconciled.<br />
<br />
Their story is referenced in several of Jackson's songs, including "She Likes It Too" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remember_When_%28Alan_Jackson_song%29" title="Remember When (Alan Jackson song)">Remember When</a>,"
based on his memories, and the fond views of an everlasting love
between his wife and him.<br />
<br />
Denise and their daughters appear in the
latter song's video.<br />
<br />
Denise Jackson wrote a book that topped <i>The New York Times</i>
Best Seller list that covered her life with Jackson, their relationship,
separation over his infidelity, and recommitment to each other, and her
commitment to Christianity.<br />
<br />
The book, titled <i>It's All About Him: Finding the Love of My Life</i>, was published in 2007.<br />
<br />
In May 2008 she released a Gift Book titled "The Road Home."<br />
<br />
Jackson's nephew, Adam Wright, is also a country music
singer-songwriter. Adam and his wife, Shannon, perform together as a duo
called <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wrights_%28country_duo%29" title="The Wrights (country duo)">The Wrights</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-47"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-47">[47]</a></sup><br />
<br />
The Wrights co-wrote two songs and sang harmony vocals on Jackson's <i>What I Do</i> album.<br />
<br />
Jackson is a cousin of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> player <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Moss" title="Brandon Moss">Brandon Moss</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-48"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-48">[48]</a></sup><br />
<br />
In June 2009 Jackson listed his 135-acre (0.55 km<sup>2</sup>) estate just outside <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin,_Tennessee" title="Franklin, Tennessee">Franklin, Tennessee</a>
for sale, asking $38 million.<br />
<br />
The property sold in late May 2010 for
$28 million, one of the highest prices ever for a home sale in the
Nashville area.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-49"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-49">[49]</a></sup><br />
<br />
In 2010, after Alan Jackson moved his estate just outside Franklin, the
singer then moved into a home in the same Nashville suburb.<br />
<br />
The singer
and his wife paid $3.675 million for the estate in June 2010, but less
than a year later they listed the home for $3.995 million.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-50"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-50">[50]</a></sup><br />
<br />
Jackson maintained a close friendship with fellow country singer, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Jones" title="George Jones">George Jones</a>.<br />
<br />
Jones has been mentioned in songs such as "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Rock_the_Jukebox_%28song%29" title="Don't Rock the Jukebox (song)">Don't Rock the Jukebox</a>"
(Jones also appeared in the video which accompanied it) and "Murder on
Music Row".<br />
<br />
The song "Just Playin' Possum" is dedicated to Jones and
talks of how Alan only wants to lie low and play possum, possum
referring to George Jones.<br />
<br />
Jones can also be seen in the video for "Good
Time". In 2008 Jones was a surprise guest at Jackson's "CMT Giants"
ceremony, where he thanked Jackson for his friendship.<br />
<br />
He's also close
friends with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait">George Strait</a>,
who sang "Murder On Music Row" with him. Besides his associations with
big stars, Alan also maintains his connections to his roots and old
friends.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Tyler_Moreland_2008_51-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-Tyler_Moreland_2008-51">[51]</a></sup><br />
<br />
From his early days of playing the guitar with his old high school
friend and fellow musician David "Bird" Burgess on the Burgess' family
front porch, it was evident Alan was going to be Newnan's rising star.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Tyler_Moreland_2008_51-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-Tyler_Moreland_2008-51">[51]</a></sup><br />
<br />
While "Bird" Burgess has left the country music scene to pursue other avenues, the two have remained friends.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Tyler_Moreland_2008_51-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-Tyler_Moreland_2008-51">[51]</a></sup><br />
<br />
At <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Jones" title="George Jones">George Jones</a>' funeral service, on May 2, 2013, Jackson performed one of Jones' classics, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_Stopped_Loving_Her_Today" title="He Stopped Loving Her Today">He Stopped Loving Her Today</a>", at the close of the service at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, TN.<br />
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Source: Wikipedia.org</h4>
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TTFN<br />
CYA Later Taters!<br />
Thanks for stopping by.<br />
<br />
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<b>Alan Eugene Jackson</b> (born October 17, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter and musician, known for blending traditional <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honky_tonk" title="Honky tonk">honky tonk</a>
and mainstream country sounds and penning many of his own hits.<br />
<br />
He has
recorded 15 studio albums, three Greatest Hits albums, two Christmas
albums, two Gospel albums and several compilations.<br />
<br />
Jackson has sold over 80 million records worldwide, with more than 50 of his singles having appeared on <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_%28magazine%29" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard's</a></i> list of the "Top 30 Country Songs".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup><br />
<br />
Of Jackson's entries, 35 were <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_number-one_country_hits_%28United_States%29" title="List of number-one country hits (United States)">number-one hits</a>,
with 50 in the Top 10. He is the recipient of 2 Grammys, 16 CMA Awards,
17 ACM Awards and nominee of multiple other awards.<br />
<br />
He is a member of
the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Ole_Opry" title="Grand Ole Opry">Grand Ole Opry</a>, and was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2001.<br />
<br />
In August 2014 the Country Music Hall of Fame opened an exhibit
celebrating Jackson’s 25 years in the music industry.<br />
<br />
It was also
announced that he was an artist in residency as well, performing shows
on October 8 and 22.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup><br />
<br />
The exhibit highlights the different milestones in his career with
memorabilia collected over the years. His 25th Anniversary "Keeping It
Country" Tour began January 8, 2015, in Estero, FL.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-alanjackson.com_3-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-alanjackson.com-3">[3]</a></sup><br />
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<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-alanjackson.com_3-0"><span class="fn">Alan Jackson</span>
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Jackson in April 2010</div>
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<th colspan="2" style="background-color: khaki; text-align: center;">Background information</th>
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<tr>
<th scope="row"><span class="nowrap">Birth name</span></th>
<td class="nickname">Alan Eugene Jackson</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row">Born</th>
<td>October 17, 1958 <span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow">(age 57)</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row">Origin</th>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newnan,_Georgia" title="Newnan, Georgia">Newnan</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_%28U.S._state%29" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">USA</a></td>
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<th scope="row"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genres</a></th>
<td><div class="hlist">
<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">Country</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">bluegrass</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_music" title="Gospel music">gospel</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row"><span class="nowrap">Occupation(s)</span></th>
<td class="role"><div class="hlist">
<ul>
<li>Singer</li>
<li>songwriter</li>
<li>musician</li>
</ul>
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<th scope="row">Instruments</th>
<td class="note"><div class="hlist">
<ul>
<li>Vocals</li>
<li>acoustic guitar</li>
</ul>
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</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th>
<td>1983–present</td>
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<tr>
<th scope="row"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Labels</a></th>
<td><div class="hlist">
<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arista_Nashville" title="Arista Nashville">Arista Nashville</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Records_Nashville" title="Capitol Records Nashville">EMI Nashville</a></li>
<li>Alan's Country Records</li>
</ul>
</div>
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</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row"><span class="nowrap">Associated acts</span></th>
<td><div class="hlist">
<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Stegall" title="Keith Stegall">Keith Stegall</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Jones" title="George Jones">George Jones</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait">George Strait</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Buffett" title="Jimmy Buffett">Jimmy Buffett</a></li>
<li><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wrights_%28country_duo%29" title="The Wrights (country duo)">The Wrights</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zac_Brown_Band" title="Zac Brown Band">Zac Brown Band</a></li>
<li><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Williams,_Jr." title="Hank Williams, Jr.">Hank Williams, Jr.</a></li>
</ul>
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<th scope="row">Website</th>
<td><span class="url"><a class="external text" href="http://alanjackson.com/" rel="nofollow">alanjackson<wbr></wbr>.com</a></span></td></tr>
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<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Early_life">Early life</span></h2>
Jackson was born to Joseph Eugene "Daddy Gene" Jackson (1927-2000) and Ruth Musick "Mama Ruth" Jackson in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newnan,_Georgia" title="Newnan, Georgia">Newnan, Georgia</a>,
and has four older sisters.<br />
<br />
He, his father, mother, and sisters lived
in a small home built around his grandfather's old toolshed.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup> Alan Jackson is of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_American" title="English American">English descent</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup><br />
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At one point, his bed was in the hallway for lack of room. His mother
lives in the home to this day. Jackson sang in church as a child. His
first job, at 12, was in a shoe store. He wrote his first song in 1983.<br />
<br />
As a youth, Jackson listened primarily to gospel music. Otherwise he
was not a major music fan. Then a friend introduced him to the music of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Watson" title="Gene Watson">Gene Watson</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Anderson_%28musician%29" title="John Anderson (musician)">John Anderson</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Williams_Jr." title="Hank Williams Jr.">Hank Williams Jr.</a><br />
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Jackson attended the local Elm Street Elementary and Newnan High
School. He started a band after high school.<br />
<br />
At the age of 27, Jackson
and his wife of six years, Denise, moved from Newnan to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville</a>, where he hoped to pursue music full-time.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-seat_10-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-seat-10">[10]</a></sup><br />
<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Career">Career</span></h2>
In Tennessee, Jackson got his first job in <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_TV" title="Spike TV">The Nashville Network</a>'s mailroom.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-seat_10-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-seat-10">[10]</a></sup> Denise Jackson connected him with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Campbell" title="Glen Campbell">Glen Campbell</a>, who helped jumpstart his career.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-sanz_11-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-sanz-11">[11]</a></sup> Jackson eventually signed with Arista.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-seat_10-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-seat-10">[10]</a></sup><br />
<br />
By 1989, he became the first signee to the newly formed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arista_Nashville" title="Arista Nashville">Arista Nashville</a> branch of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arista_Records" title="Arista Records">Arista Records</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-allmusic_12-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-allmusic-12">[12]</a></sup><br />
<br />
Arista released Jackson's debut single, "Blue Blooded Woman", in late 1989.<br />
<br />
Although the song failed to reach top 40 on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Country_Songs" title="Hot Country Songs">Hot Country Songs</a>, he reached number three by early 1990 with "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_in_the_Real_World_%28song%29" title="Here in the Real World (song)">Here in the Real World</a>".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-whitburn_13-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-whitburn-13">[13]</a></sup><br />
<br />
This song served as the title track to his debut album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_in_the_Real_World" title="Here in the Real World">Here in the Real World</a></i>, which also included two more top five hits ("<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanted_%28Alan_Jackson_song%29" title="Wanted (Alan Jackson song)">Wanted</a>" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chasin%27_That_Neon_Rainbow" title="Chasin' That Neon Rainbow">Chasin' That Neon Rainbow</a>") and his first number one, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27d_Love_You_All_Over_Again" title="I'd Love You All Over Again">I'd Love You All Over Again</a>".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-whitburn_13-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-whitburn-13">[13]</a></sup><br />
<br />
<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Rock_the_Jukebox" title="Don't Rock the Jukebox">Don't Rock the Jukebox</a></i> was the title of Jackson's second album. Released in 1991, it included four number-one singles: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Rock_the_Jukebox_%28song%29" title="Don't Rock the Jukebox (song)">the title track</a>, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Someday_%28Alan_Jackson_song%29" title="Someday (Alan Jackson song)">Someday</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_%28Alan_Jackson_song%29" title="Dallas (Alan Jackson song)">Dallas</a>" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love%27s_Got_a_Hold_on_You" title="Love's Got a Hold on You">Love's Got a Hold on You</a>", and the number three "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_in_Montgomery" title="Midnight in Montgomery">Midnight in Montgomery</a>".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-whitburn_13-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-whitburn-13">[13]</a></sup><br />
<br />
Jackson also co-wrote several songs on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Travis" title="Randy Travis">Randy Travis</a>' 1992 album <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Lonesome_%28Randy_Travis_album%29" title="High Lonesome (Randy Travis album)">High Lonesome</a></i>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-allmusic_12-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-allmusic-12">[12]</a></sup><br />
<br />
<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Lot_About_Livin%27_%28And_a_Little_%27bout_Love%29" title="A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love)">A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love)</a></i>, his third album, accounted for the number one hits "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She%27s_Got_the_Rhythm_%28And_I_Got_the_Blues%29" title="She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues)">She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues)</a>" (which Travis co-wrote) and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chattahoochee_%28song%29" title="Chattahoochee (song)">Chattahoochee</a>", plus the top five hits "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonight_I_Climbed_the_Wall" title="Tonight I Climbed the Wall">Tonight I Climbed the Wall</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Blues" title="Mercury Blues">Mercury Blues</a>" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%28Who_Says%29_You_Can%27t_Have_It_All" title="(Who Says) You Can't Have It All">(Who Says) You Can't Have It All</a>".<br />
<br />
"Chattahoochee" also won him the 1994 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Association" title="Country Music Association">Country Music Association</a> (CMA) awards for Single and Song of the Year.<br />
<br />
In 1994 Jackson left his management company, Ten Ten Management,
which had overseen his career up to that point, and switched to Gary
Overton.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-14">[14]</a></sup><br />
<br />
His fourth album was titled <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_I_Am_%28Alan_Jackson_album%29" title="Who I Am (Alan Jackson album)">Who I Am</a></i>, and it contained four number one hits: a cover of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Cochran" title="Eddie Cochran">Eddie Cochran</a> standard "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summertime_Blues" title="Summertime Blues">Summertime Blues</a>", followed by "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livin%27_on_Love" title="Livin' on Love">Livin' on Love</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_Country_%28song%29" title="Gone Country (song)">Gone Country</a>" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Don%27t_Even_Know_Your_Name" title="I Don't Even Know Your Name">I Don't Even Know Your Name</a>". An additional track from the album, a cover of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Crowell" title="Rodney Crowell">Rodney Crowell</a>'s "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_for_the_Life" title="Song for the Life">Song for the Life</a>", made number six. In late 1994, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_Walker" title="Clay Walker">Clay Walker</a> reached number one with "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_I_Could_Make_a_Living_%28song%29" title="If I Could Make a Living (song)">If I Could Make a Living</a>", which Jackson co-wrote.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-15">[15]</a></sup> Alan also appeared in the 1996 "When Harry Kept Delores" episode of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Improvement_%28TV_series%29" title="Home Improvement (TV series)"><i>Home Improvement</i></a>, singing his hit song "Mercury Blues" about his 1950 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_%28automobile%29" title="Mercury (automobile)">Mercury</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Lakeland_Ledger_1996-02-20_16-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-Lakeland_Ledger_1996-02-20-16">[16]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-The_Spokesman-Review_1995-12-19_17-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-The_Spokesman-Review_1995-12-19-17">[17]</a></sup><br />
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Mid-late_1990s">Mid-late 1990s</span></h3>
<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Greatest_Hits_Collection_%28Alan_Jackson_album%29" title="The Greatest Hits Collection (Alan Jackson album)">The Greatest Hits Collection</a></i> was released on October 24, 1995.<br />
<br />
The disc contained 17 hits, two newly recorded songs ("<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ll_Try" title="I'll Try">I'll Try</a>" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall,_Tall_Trees" title="Tall, Tall Trees">Tall, Tall Trees</a>"), and the song "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_%28Alan_Jackson_song%29" title="Home (Alan Jackson song)">Home</a>" from <i>Here in the Real World</i> that had never been released as a single.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-18">[18]</a></sup><br />
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These first two songs both made number one.<br />
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<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_I_Love" title="Everything I Love">Everything I Love</a></i> followed in 1996. Its first single was a cover of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_T._Hall" title="Tom T. Hall">Tom T. Hall</a>'s "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Bitty" title="Little Bitty">Little Bitty</a>", which Jackson took to the top of the charts in late 1996.<br />
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The album also included the number one hit "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_Goes" title="There Goes">There Goes</a>" and a number two cover of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charly_McClain" title="Charly McClain">Charly McClain</a>'s 1980 single "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who%27s_Cheatin%27_Who" title="Who's Cheatin' Who">Who's Cheatin' Who</a>".<br />
<br />
The album's fifth single was "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_House_with_No_Curtains" title="A House with No Curtains">A House with No Curtains</a>", which became his first release since 1989 to miss the top 10.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-whitburn_13-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-whitburn-13">[13]</a></sup><br />
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<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Mileage" title="High Mileage">High Mileage</a></i> was led off by the number four "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ll_Go_On_Loving_You" title="I'll Go On Loving You">I'll Go On Loving You</a>".<br />
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After it came the album's only number one hit, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_on_the_Money" title="Right on the Money">Right on the Money</a>", co-written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Vassar" title="Phil Vassar">Phil Vassar</a>.<br />
<br />
With Jackson's release of <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_the_Influence_%28Alan_Jackson_album%29" title="Under the Influence (Alan Jackson album)">Under the Influence</a></i>
in 1999, he took the double risk on an album of covers of country
classics while retaining a traditional sound when a rock- and pop-tinged
sound dominated country radio.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-19"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-19">[19]</a></sup><br />
When the Country Music Association (CMA) asked <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Jones" title="George Jones">George Jones</a>
to trim his act to 90 seconds for the 1999 CMA awards, Jones decided to
boycott the event.<br />
<br />
In solidarity, Jackson interrupted his own song and
launched into Jones's song "Choices" and then walked offstage.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-20"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-20">[20]</a></sup><br />
<br />
Alan was also known for wearing a <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet_%28hairstyle%29" title="Mullet (hairstyle)">mullet</a> since 1989. Before then, he had short hair.<br />
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<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="2000s">2000s</span></h3>
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After country music changed toward pop music in the 2000s, he and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait">George Strait</a> criticized the state of country music in the song "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_on_Music_Row" title="Murder on Music Row">Murder on Music Row</a>".<br />
<br />
The song sparked debate in the country music community about whether "traditional" country music was actually dead or not.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-21"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-21">[21]</a></sup><br />
<br />
Despite the fact that the song was not officially released as a single,
it became the highest-charting nonseasonal album cut (not available in
any retail single configuration or released as a promotional single to
radio during a chart run) to appear on Hot Country Singles & Tracks
in the Broadcast Data Systems era, beating the record previously held by
Garth Brooks' "Belleau Wood."<br />
<br />
The duo were invited to open the 2000
Academy of Country Music Awards (ACMAs) with a performance of the tune.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-22"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-22">[22]</a></sup> <i> </i><br />
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<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i> commented on Jackson's style remarking, "If <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shania_Twain" title="Shania Twain">Shania</a> have raised the bar for country concerts with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_%28band%29" title="Kiss (band)">Kiss</a>-style production and endless costume changes, then Alan Jackson is doing his best to return the bar to a more human level."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-23"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-23">[23]</a></sup><br />
<br />
After the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11,_2001_attacks" title="September 11, 2001 attacks">September 11, 2001 attacks</a>, Jackson released "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_Were_You_%28When_the_World_Stopped_Turning%29" title="Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)">Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)</a>"
as a tribute to those killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The song
became a hit single and briefly propelled him into the mainstream
spotlight.<br />
<br />
At the 2001 CMA Awards, Jackson debuted the song "Where Were You When
the World Stopped Turning".<br />
<br />
The performance was generally considered
the highlight of the show, and Jackson's site crashed the next day from
server requests.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-24"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-24">[24]</a></sup><br />
<br />
The song came to Jackson suddenly, and had not been scheduled for any
official release, but the live performance began receiving radio airplay
and was soon released as a single.<br />
<br />
Jackson released a Christmas album, titled <i>Let It Be Christmas</i>, October 22, 2002.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-25"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-25">[25]</a></sup><br />
<br />
Jeannie Kendall contacted Jackson to do a duet, and he suggested the
song "Timeless and True Love". It appeared on her first solo album,
released in 2003.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-26"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-26">[26]</a></sup><br />
<br />
In early 2006, Jackson released his first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_music" title="Gospel music">gospel music</a> album entitled <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precious_Memories_%28Alan_Jackson_album%29" title="Precious Memories (Alan Jackson album)">Precious Memories</a></i>.
He put together the album by the request of his mother, who enjoys
religious music.<br />
<br />
Jackson considered this album a "side project" and
nothing too official, but it was treated as such. More than 1.8 million
albums were sold.<br />
<br />
Only mere months after the release of <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precious_Memories_%28Alan_Jackson_album%29" title="Precious Memories (Alan Jackson album)">Precious Memories</a></i> in 2006, Jackson released his next album <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Like_Red_on_a_Rose" title="Like Red on a Rose">Like Red on a Rose</a></i>, which featured a more adult contemporary/folk sound.<br />
<br />
Unlike most of Jackson's albums, this one earned only a <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Record" title="Gold Record">Gold Record</a>, and was criticized as out of character by some fans.<br />
<br />
Unlike his previous albums, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Like_Red_on_a_Rose" title="Like Red on a Rose">Like Red on a Rose</a></i> had a different producer and sound.<br />
<br />
Alan's main producer for his music, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Stegall" title="Keith Stegall">Keith Stegall</a>, was notably absent from this album. Instead, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison_Krauss" title="Alison Krauss">Alison Krauss</a> was hired to produce the album.<br />
<br />
She also chose the songs. Despite being labeled as "country music" or "bluegrass", <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Like_Red_on_a_Rose" title="Like Red on a Rose">Like Red on a Rose</a>
had a mainstream sound to it, upsetting some fans, even making some of
them believe that Jackson was abandoning his traditional past and aiming
toward a more mainstream jazz/blues sound.<br />
<br />
However, for his next album, he went back to his country roots. <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Time_%28album%29" title="Good Time (album)">Good Time</a></i> was released on March 4, 2008.<br />
<br />
The album's first single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Town_Southern_Man" title="Small Town Southern Man">Small Town Southern Man</a>", was released to radio on November 19.<br />
"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Boy_%28Alan_Jackson_song%29" title="Country Boy (Alan Jackson song)">Country Boy</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Time_%28Alan_Jackson_song%29" title="Good Time (Alan Jackson song)">Good Time</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sissy%27s_Song" title="Sissy's Song">Sissy's Song</a>" and the final single from the album, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Still_Like_Bologna" title="I Still Like Bologna">I Still Like Bologna</a>", were also released as singles.<br />
<br />
"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sissy%27s_Song" title="Sissy's Song">Sissy's Song</a>"
is dedicated to a longtime friend of the Jackson family (Leslie "Sissy"
Fitzgerald) who worked in their house every day. Fitzgerald was killed
in a motorcycle accident in mid-2007.<br />
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="2010s">2010s</span></h3>
His sixteenth studio album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freight_Train_%28album%29" title="Freight Train (album)">Freight Train</a></i>, was released on March 30, 2010. The first single was "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Just_That_Way" title="It's Just That Way">It's Just That Way</a>", which debuted at No. 50 in January 2010. "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_Hat_and_a_Hammer" title="Hard Hat and a Hammer">Hard Hat and a Hammer</a>" is the album's second single, released in May 2010.<br />
<br />
On November 23, 2010, Jackson released another greatest hits package, entitled <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/34_Number_Ones" title="34 Number Ones">34 Number Ones</a></i>, which features a cover of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a> hit "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Fire_%28song%29" title="Ring of Fire (song)">Ring of Fire</a>", as well as the duet with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zac_Brown_Band" title="Zac Brown Band">Zac Brown Band</a>, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_She%27s_Walking_Away" title="As She's Walking Away">As She's Walking Away</a>".<br />
<br />
On January 20, 2011, it was announced that Jackson and his record label, Sony, parted ways.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-27"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-27">[27]</a></sup><br />
<br />
On March 23, 2011, Jackson announced his new deal with Capitol's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Records_Nashville" title="Capitol Records Nashville">EMI Records Nashville</a>.
It is a joint venture between ACR (Alan's Country Records) and Capitol.<br />
<br />
All records will be released and marketed through Capitol's EMI Records
Nashville label.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-28"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-28">[28]</a></sup><br />
<br />
In 2012, Jackson released the album <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Miles_West" title="Thirty Miles West">Thirty Miles West</a></i>. Three singles have been released from the album, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Way_to_Go_%28Alan_Jackson_song%29" title="Long Way to Go (Alan Jackson song)">Long Way to Go</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_You_Don%27t_Have_to_Love_Me_Anymore" title="So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore">So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore</a>" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Go_Your_Way_%28Alan_Jackson_song%29" title="You Go Your Way (Alan Jackson song)">You Go Your Way</a>". None of the singles reached the top 20. A tour in 2013 supported the album.<br />
<br />
Jackson released his second gospel album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precious_Memories_Volume_II" title="Precious Memories Volume II">Precious Memories Volume II</a></i>, on March 26, 2013.<br />
<br />
In 2014, Jackson recorded the opening credits song, "A Million Ways to Die", for the film <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Million_Ways_to_Die_in_the_West" title="A Million Ways to Die in the West">A Million Ways to Die in the West</a></i>, co-writing the song with the film's star/writer/director <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_MacFarlane" title="Seth MacFarlane">Seth MacFarlane</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-29"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-29">[29]</a></sup><br />
<br />
In January 2015, Jackson began his 25th anniversary "Keepin' It
Country" tour, followed in April with the announcement of his twentieth
studio album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels_and_Alcohol" title="Angels and Alcohol">Angels and Alcohol</a></i>, which was released on July 17.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-30"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-30">[30]</a></sup><br />
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<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Awards.2C_nominations_and_induction_into_the_Georgia_Music_Hall_of_Fame">Awards, nominations and induction into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame</span></h2>
In 1989 he was nominated for a total of six <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Association" title="Country Music Association">Country Music Association</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Association_Awards" title="Country Music Association Awards">awards</a> (CMAs).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-sanz_11-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-sanz-11">[11]</a></sup><br />
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He was nominated for four 1994 CMAs, including Entertainer of the Year.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-RW_31-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-RW-31">[31]</a></sup><br />
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Jackson became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1991; he was inducted by Roy Acuff and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Travis" title="Randy Travis">Randy Travis</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-32"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-32">[32]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-33"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-33">[33]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-34"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-34">[34]</a></sup><br />
<br />
Jackson was the most nominated artist at the 29th annual TNN/Music
City News Country Awards that was broadcast June 5 from the Grand Ole
Opry House.<br />
<br />
His six nominations included best entertainer, male artist,
vocal collaboration, album, single, and video (two nominations in this
category).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-35"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-35">[35]</a></sup><br />
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At the 2002 CMAs, Jackson set a record for having the most
nominations in a single year – ten – many rising from the song "Where
Were You".<br />
<br />
It also brought his career total up to the second number of
most nominations ever, after George Strait.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-36"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-36">[36]</a></sup> "Where Were You" also was nominated for a Grammy for Song of the Year.<br />
<br />
The song was also subsequently parodied in the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Park" title="South Park">South Park</a></i> episode "<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Ladder_To_Heaven" title="A Ladder To Heaven">A Ladder To Heaven</a>".<br />
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At the 2003 Academy of Country Music Awards, Jackson won Album of the Year for <i>Drive</i> and Video of the Year for the video to "Drive (For Daddy Gene)."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-37"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-37">[37]</a></sup><br />
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In 2004, a five-mile (8 km) stretch of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_85_in_Georgia" title="Interstate 85 in Georgia">Interstate 85</a>
through Jackson's hometown of Newnan was renamed the "Alan Jackson
Highway" in the singer's honor.<br />
<br />
After learning of the honor, he stated
"[Newnan] was a great place to grow up. I'm not sure I'm quite qualified
for the main highway. Maybe they should've picked a dirt road or
something."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-38"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-38">[38]</a></sup><br />
<br />
Jackson was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame on October 22, 2001 in Atlanta.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-39"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-39">[39]</a></sup><br />
Alan Jackson was selected to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010.<br />
<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Alan_Jackson_Collection_at_Cracker_Barrel">Alan Jackson Collection at Cracker Barrel</span></h2>
In
2009, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. started to carry the "Alan
Jackson Collection" which included a special release CD available
exclusively at Cracker Barrel, cowboy style shirts and T-shirts,
baseball caps, home goods (candles, kitchen goods) including an
old-fashion wooden rocking chair that has a metal plate of Alan's
autograph on the headrest; toys, spices and BBQ sauces/rubs and a
replica of his own personal cowboy hat.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-40"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-40">[40]</a></sup><br />
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<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Ford_Trucks_Endorsement">Ford Trucks Endorsement</span></h2>
Ford's
agency J. Walter Thompson USA in Detroit, in 1992, worked out with
Jackson a multimillion-dollar, multi-year contract for his sole
endorsement of Ford Trucks.<br />
<br />
In his video for "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who%27s_Cheatin%27_Who" title="Who's Cheatin' Who">Who's Cheatin' Who</a>" he was behind the wheel of a "Big Foot" <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_F-Series" title="Ford F-Series">Ford F-150</a>
pickup truck, and Ford's five NASCAR vehicles (at the time) were
prominently featured.<br />
<br />
Additionally, he changed the lyrics "Crazy 'bout a
Mercury" of the song "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Blues" title="Mercury Blues">Mercury Blues</a>" to "Crazy 'bout a Ford truck" in a TV ad for the Ford F-series.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-41"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-41">[41]</a></sup><br />
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<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Touring">Touring</span></h2>
Jackson
headlined the 1995 Fruit Of The Loom Comfort Tour, a deal worth $40
million.<br />
<br />
It began January 20 in New Orleans and ran for a hundred dates.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-42"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-42">[42]</a></sup><br />
<br />
Alan Jackson's 2004 concert tour launched January 23 in Fort Myers,
Florida and was sponsored by NAPA Auto Parts in a deal that included
Jackson's endorsement in TV spots.<br />
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The tour included more than 50 U.S.
dates. Martina McBride was the opening for some of the shows.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-43"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-43">[43]</a></sup><br />
<br />
In March 2011 he visited Australia to perform for the CMC Rocks The
Hunter music festival where he was the headline act for Saturday night.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-44"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-44">[44]</a></sup><br />
<br />
He came to Springfield, Illinois on November 10, 2012, and performed at the Prairie Capitol Convention Center.<br />
<br />
In 2015, Jackson kicked off his 25th Anniversary Keepin' It Country tour.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-alanjackson.com_3-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-alanjackson.com-3">[3]</a></sup>
The tour began with a concert in Estero, FL on January 8 at the Germane
Arena.<br />
<br />
Jon Pardi & Brandy Clark are special guests for most
concerts of the tour.<br />
<br />
The tour is currently set to wrap with a solo
concert in Highland Park, IL at the Ravinia Pavilion on August 31.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-45"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-45">[45]</a></sup><br />
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Jackson records his studio albums, in most part, with the backing of some of the members of his live band, the Strayhorns.<br />
<ul>
<li>Monty Allen – acoustic guitar, harmony vocals</li>
<li>Scott Coney – acoustic guitar, tic tac bass, banjo</li>
<li>Robbie Flint – steel guitar</li>
<li>Danny Groah – lead guitar</li>
<li>Ryan Joseph – fiddle, mandolin, harmony vocals</li>
<li>Bruce Rutherford – drums</li>
<li>Joey Schmidt – keyboards</li>
<li>Roger Wills – bass guitar </li>
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Jackson married his high school sweetheart, Denise Jackson, on
December 15, 1979.<br />
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They are the parents of three daughters: Mattie
Denise (born June 19, 1990), Alexandra Jane "Ali" (born August 23,
1993), and Dani Grace (born August 28, 1997).<br />
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Although the couple
separated for several months in 1998 due to the strains of Jackson's
career as well as his infidelity,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-46"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-46">[46]</a></sup> they have since reconciled.<br />
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Their story is referenced in several of Jackson's songs, including "She Likes It Too" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remember_When_%28Alan_Jackson_song%29" title="Remember When (Alan Jackson song)">Remember When</a>,"
based on his memories, and the fond views of an everlasting love
between his wife and him. Denise and their daughters appear in the
latter song's video.<br />
<br />
Denise Jackson wrote a book that topped <i>The New York Times</i>
Best Seller list that covered her life with Jackson, their relationship,
separation over his infidelity, and recommitment to each other, and her
commitment to Christianity.<br />
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The book, titled <i>It's All About Him: Finding the Love of My Life</i>, was published in 2007. In May 2008 she released a Gift Book titled "The Road Home."<br />
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Jackson's nephew, Adam Wright, is also a country music
singer-songwriter. Adam and his wife, Shannon, perform together as a duo
called <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wrights_%28country_duo%29" title="The Wrights (country duo)">The Wrights</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-47"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-47">[47]</a></sup><br />
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The Wrights co-wrote two songs and sang harmony vocals on Jackson's <i>What I Do</i> album.<br />
Jackson is a cousin of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> player <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Moss" title="Brandon Moss">Brandon Moss</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-48"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-48">[48]</a></sup><br />
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In June 2009 Jackson listed his 135-acre (0.55 km<sup>2</sup>) estate just outside <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin,_Tennessee" title="Franklin, Tennessee">Franklin, Tennessee</a>
for sale, asking $38 million.<br />
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The property sold in late May 2010 for
$28 million, one of the highest prices ever for a home sale in the
Nashville area.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-49"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-49">[49]</a></sup><br />
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In 2010, after Alan Jackson moved his estate just outside Franklin, the
singer then moved into a home in the same Nashville suburb.<br />
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The singer
and his wife paid $3.675 million for the estate in June 2010, but less
than a year later they listed the home for $3.995 million.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-50"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-50">[50]</a></sup><br />
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Jackson maintained a close friendship with fellow country singer, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Jones" title="George Jones">George Jones</a>.<br />
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Jones has been mentioned in songs such as "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Rock_the_Jukebox_%28song%29" title="Don't Rock the Jukebox (song)">Don't Rock the Jukebox</a>"
(Jones also appeared in the video which accompanied it) and "Murder on
Music Row".<br />
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The song "Just Playin' Possum" is dedicated to Jones and
talks of how Alan only wants to lie low and play possum, possum
referring to George Jones.<br />
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Jones can also be seen in the video for "Good
Time". In 2008 Jones was a surprise guest at Jackson's "CMT Giants"
ceremony, where he thanked Jackson for his friendship.<br />
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He's also close
friends with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait">George Strait</a>,
who sang "Murder On Music Row" with him. Besides his associations with
big stars, Alan also maintains his connections to his roots and old
friends.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Tyler_Moreland_2008_51-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-Tyler_Moreland_2008-51">[51]</a></sup><br />
<br />
From his early days of playing the guitar with his old high school
friend and fellow musician David "Bird" Burgess on the Burgess' family
front porch, it was evident Alan was going to be Newnan's rising star.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Tyler_Moreland_2008_51-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-Tyler_Moreland_2008-51">[51]</a></sup><br />
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While "Bird" Burgess has left the country music scene to pursue other avenues, the two have remained friends.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Tyler_Moreland_2008_51-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jackson#cite_note-Tyler_Moreland_2008-51">[51]</a></sup><br />
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At <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Jones" title="George Jones">George Jones</a>' funeral service, on May 2, 2013, Jackson performed one of Jones' classics, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_Stopped_Loving_Her_Today" title="He Stopped Loving Her Today">He Stopped Loving Her Today</a>", at the close of the service at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, TN.<br />
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<b>James Joseph "Jim" Croce</b> (<span class="nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English">/<span style="border-bottom: 1px dotted;"><span title="/ˈ/ primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/oʊ/ long 'o' in 'code'">oʊ</span><span title="/tʃ/ 'ch' in 'china'">tʃ</span><span title="/i/ 'y' in 'happy'">i</span></span>/</a></span></span>;
January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973) was an American folk and popular
rock singer of the late 1960s and early 1970s.<br />
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Between 1966 and 1973,
Croce released five studio albums and 11 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_%28music%29" title="Single (music)">singles</a>.<br />
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His singles "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad,_Bad_Leroy_Brown" title="Bad, Bad Leroy Brown">Bad, Bad Leroy Brown</a>" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_a_Bottle" title="Time in a Bottle">Time in a Bottle</a>" both reached No. 1 on the U.S. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a> chart.<br />
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<span class="fn"> Jim Croce</span>
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<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><a class="image" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jim-Croce-r01.jpg"><img alt="Jim-Croce-r01.jpg" data-file-height="2044" data-file-width="1458" height="308" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Jim-Croce-r01.jpg/220px-Jim-Croce-r01.jpg" width="220" /></a>
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Jim Croce in 1972, photographed by Ingrid Croce.</div>
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<th scope="row"><span class="nowrap">Birth name</span></th>
<td class="nickname">James Joseph Croce</td>
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<th scope="row">Born</th>
<td>January 10, 1943<br />
<span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" title="South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a>, U.S.</span></td>
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<th scope="row">Died</th>
<td>September 20, 1973 (aged 30)<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natchitoches,_Louisiana" title="Natchitoches, Louisiana">Natchitoches, Louisiana</a>, U.S.</td>
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<th scope="row"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genres</a></th>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">Folk</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">rock</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_rock" title="Folk rock">folk rock</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_rock" title="Soft rock">soft rock</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-allmusic_1-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-allmusic-1">[1]</a></sup></td>
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<td class="role"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singer-songwriter" title="Singer-songwriter">Singer-songwriter</a></td>
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<td class="note">Guitar, vocals<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-allmusic_1-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-allmusic-1">[1]</a></sup></td>
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<td>1966–1973</td>
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<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol</a>/<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMI" title="EMI">EMI Records</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_Records" title="ABC Records">ABC Records</a>, Saja/<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Records" title="Atlantic Records">Atlantic Records</a></td>
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<td><span class="url"><a class="external text" href="http://www.jimcroce.com/" rel="nofollow">www<wbr></wbr>.jimcroce<wbr></wbr>.com</a></span></td></tr>
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<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Early_life">Early life</span></h2>
Croce was born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Philadelphia" title="South Philadelphia">South Philadelphia</a>, to James Albert Croce and his wife Flora Mary (Babucci) Croce, both <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_American" title="Italian American">Italian Americans</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-KeningLimited1991_2-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-KeningLimited1991-2">[2]</a></sup><br />
<br />
Croce took a strong interest in music at a young age. At five, he learned to play his first song on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accordion" title="Accordion">accordion</a>, "<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_of_Spain_%28song%29" title="Lady of Spain (song)">Lady of Spain</a>."<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><br />
<br />
Croce attended <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Darby_High_School" title="Upper Darby High School">Upper Darby High School</a> in <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Darby_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania">Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania</a>.<br />
<br />
Graduating in 1960, he studied at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malvern_Preparatory_School" title="Malvern Preparatory School">Malvern Preparatory School</a> for a year before enrolling at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villanova_University" title="Villanova University">Villanova University</a>, where he majored in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology" title="Psychology">psychology</a> and minored in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_3-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-autogenerated1-3">[3]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup><br />
<br />
He graduated with a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor%27s_degree" title="Bachelor's degree">bachelor's degree</a> in 1965.<br />
<br />
Croce was a member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villanova_University#Music_activities" title="Villanova University">Villanova Singers</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villanova_University#Music_activities" title="Villanova University">Villanova Spires</a>. When the Spires performed off-campus or made recordings, they were known as The Coventry Lads.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup><br />
<br />
Croce was also a student disc jockey at WKVU (which has since become <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WXVU" title="WXVU">WXVU</a>).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup><br />
<br />
<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Career">Career </span></h2>
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Early_career">Early career</span></h3>
Croce did not take music seriously until he studied at Villanova, where he formed bands and performed at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraternities_and_sororities" title="Fraternities and sororities">fraternity</a> parties, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_house" title="Coffee house">coffee houses</a>, and universities around <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, playing "anything that the people wanted to hear: blues, rock, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_cappella" title="A cappella">a cappella</a>, railroad music ... anything."<br />
<br />
Croce's band was chosen for a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student_exchange_program" title="Student exchange program">foreign exchange</a> tour of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugoslavia" title="Yugoslavia">Yugoslavia</a>.<br />
<br />
He later said, "We just ate what the people ate, lived in the woods,
and played our songs.<br />
<br />
Of course they didn't speak English over there but
if you mean what you're singing, people understand."<br />
<br />
On November 29,
1963 Croce met his future wife <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrid_Croce" title="Ingrid Croce">Ingrid Jacobson</a> at the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Convention_Hall" title="Philadelphia Convention Hall">Philadelphia Convention Hall</a> during a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hootenanny" title="Hootenanny">hootenanny</a>, where he was judging a contest.<br />
<br />
Croce released his first album, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facets_%28album%29" title="Facets (album)"><i>Facets</i></a>,
in 1966, with 500 copies pressed. The album had been financed with a
$500 wedding gift from Croce's parents, who set a condition that the
money must be spent to make an album.<br />
<br />
They hoped that he would give up
music after the album failed, and use his college education to pursue a
"respectable" profession.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup><br />
<br />
However, the album proved a success, with every copy sold.<br />
<br />
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="1960s">1960s</span></h3>
From the
mid-1960s to early 1970s, Croce performed with his wife as a duo.<br />
<br />
At
first, their performances included songs by artists such as <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_and_Sylvia" title="Ian and Sylvia">Ian and Sylvia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Lightfoot" title="Gordon Lightfoot">Gordon Lightfoot</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Baez" title="Joan Baez">Joan Baez</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Guthrie" title="Woody Guthrie">Woody Guthrie</a>, but in time they began writing their own music.<br />
<br />
During this time, Croce got his first long-term gig at a suburban bar and <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steak_house" title="Steak house">steak house</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lima,_Pennsylvania" title="Lima, Pennsylvania">Lima, Pennsylvania</a>, called The Riddle Paddock. His set list covered several genres, including blues, country, rock and roll, and folk.<br />
<br />
Croce married his wife Ingrid in 1966, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_to_Judaism" title="Conversion to Judaism">converted to Judaism</a>, as his wife was Jewish.<br />
<br />
He and Ingrid were married in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_wedding" title="Jewish wedding">traditional Jewish ceremony</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-10">[10]</a></sup><br />
<br />
He enlisted in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_National_Guard" title="Army National Guard">Army National Guard</a> that same year to avoid being drafted and deployed to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a>, and served on active duty for four months, leaving for duty a week after his honeymoon.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup><br />
<br />
Croce, who was not good with authority, had to go through basic training twice.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup><br />
<br />
He said he would be prepared if "there's ever a war where we have to defend ourselves with mops".<br />
<br />
In 1968, the Croces were encouraged by record producer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_West_%28producer%29" title="Tommy West (producer)">Tommy West</a> to move to New York City.<br />
<br />
The couple spent time in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsbridge,_Bronx" title="Kingsbridge, Bronx">Kingsbridge</a> section of the Bronx and recorded their first album with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol Records</a>.<br />
<br />
During the next two years, they drove more than 300,000 miles,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup> playing small clubs and concerts on the college concert circuit promoting their album <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_%26_Ingrid_Croce" title="Jim & Ingrid Croce">Jim & Ingrid Croce</a></i>.<br />
<br />
Becoming disillusioned by the music business and New York City, they
sold all but one guitar to pay the rent and returned to the Pennsylvania
countryside, settling in an old farm in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndell,_Pennsylvania" title="Lyndell, Pennsylvania">Lyndell</a>, where Croce got a job <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truck_driver" title="Truck driver">driving trucks</a> and doing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction_worker" title="Construction worker">construction work</a> to pay the bills while continuing to write songs, often about the characters he would meet at the local bars and <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truck_stops" title="Truck stops">truck stops</a> and his experiences at work; these provided the material for such songs as "Big Wheels" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workin%27_at_the_Car_Wash_Blues" title="Workin' at the Car Wash Blues">Workin' at the Car Wash Blues</a>".<br />
<br />
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="1970s">1970s</span></h3>
They returned to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>
and Croce decided to be "serious" about becoming a productive member of
society. "I'd worked construction crews, and I'd been a welder while I
was in college. But I'd rather do other things than get burned."<br />
<br />
His
determination to be "serious" led to a job at a Philadelphia <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%26B" title="R&B">R&B</a>
AM radio station, WHAT, where he translated commercials into "soul".
"I'd sell airtime to Bronco's Poolroom and then write the spot: "You
wanna be cool, and you wanna shoot pool ... <i>dig it</i>."<br />
<br />
In 1970, Croce met classically trained pianist-guitarist and singer-songwriter <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maury_Muehleisen" title="Maury Muehleisen">Maury Muehleisen</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trenton,_New_Jersey" title="Trenton, New Jersey">Trenton, New Jersey</a>,
through producer Joe Salviuolo.<br />
<br />
Salviuolo and Croce had been friends
when they studied at Villanova University, and Salviuolo had met
Muehleisen when he was teaching at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowan_University" title="Rowan University">Glassboro State College</a> in New Jersey.<br />
<br />
Salviuolo brought Croce and Muehleisen together at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Production_office" title="Production office">production office</a> of Tommy West and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Cashman" title="Terry Cashman">Terry Cashman</a>
in New York City.<br />
<br />
Croce at first backed Muehleisen on guitar, but
gradually their roles reversed, with Muehleisen adding lead guitar to
Croce's music.<br />
<br />
In 1972, Croce signed a three-record contract with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_Records" title="ABC Records">ABC Records</a>, releasing two albums, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Don%27t_Mess_Around_with_Jim" title="You Don't Mess Around with Jim">You Don't Mess Around with Jim</a></i> and <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_and_Times_%28Jim_Croce_album%29" title="Life and Times (Jim Croce album)">Life and Times</a></i>.<br />
<br />
The singles "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Don%27t_Mess_Around_with_Jim_%28song%29" title="You Don't Mess Around with Jim (song)">You Don't Mess Around with Jim</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operator_%28That%27s_Not_the_Way_It_Feels%29" title="Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)">Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)</a>", and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_a_Bottle" title="Time in a Bottle">Time in a Bottle</a>" (written for his then-unborn son, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._J._Croce" title="A. J. Croce">A. J. Croce</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="The lyrics certainly don't support this (November 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>) all received airplay.<br />
<br />
Croce's biggest single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad,_Bad_Leroy_Brown" title="Bad, Bad Leroy Brown">Bad, Bad Leroy Brown</a>", reached Number 1 on the American charts in July 1973.<br />
<br />
Also that year, the Croces moved to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>.<br />
<br />
Croce began touring the United States with Muehleisen, performing in
large coffee houses, on college campuses, and at folk festivals.<br />
<br />
However, Croce's financial situation was still bad. The record company
had fronted him the money to record his album, and much of what it
earned went to pay back the advance.<br />
<br />
In February 1973, Croce and
Muehleisen traveled to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>, promoting the album in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam" title="Amsterdam">Amsterdam</a>, receiving positive reviews.<br />
<br />
Croce now began appearing on television, including his national debut on American Bandstand<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-14">[14]</a></sup> on August 12, 1972, The Tonight Show<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-15">[15]</a></sup>
on August 14, 1972, The Dick Cavett Show on September 20/21 1972, The
Helen Reddy Show airing July 19, 1973 and the newly launched <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Midnight_Special_%28TV_series%29" title="The Midnight Special (TV series)">The Midnight Special</a></i>,
which he co-hosted airing June 15.<br />
<br />
From July 16 through August 4, 1973,
Croce and Muehleisen returned to London and performed on <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Grey_Whistle_Test" title="The Old Grey Whistle Test">The Old Grey Whistle Test</a></i>.<br />
<br />
Croce finished recording the album <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Got_a_Name" title="I Got a Name">I Got a Name</a></i>
just one week before his death. While on his tours, Croce grew
increasingly homesick, and decided to take a break from music and settle
with his wife and infant son when his Life and Times tour ended.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-17"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-17">[17]</a></sup><br />
<br />
In a letter to his wife which arrived after his death, Croce told her
he had decided to quit music and stick to writing short stories and
movie scripts as a career, and withdraw from public life.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_3-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-autogenerated1-3">[3]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-18">[18]</a></sup><br />
<br />
<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Death">Death</span></h2>
On Thursday, September 20, 1973, during Croce's Life and Times tour and the day before his ABC single "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Got_a_Name_%28song%29" title="I Got a Name (song)">I Got a Name</a>" was released, Croce, Muehleisen, and five others died when their chartered <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beechcraft_Model_18" title="Beechcraft Model 18">Beechcraft E18S</a> crashed into a tree, while taking off from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natchitoches_Regional_Airport" title="Natchitoches Regional Airport">Natchitoches Regional Airport</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natchitoches,_Louisiana" title="Natchitoches, Louisiana">Natchitoches, Louisiana</a>.<br />
<br />
Others killed in the crash were pilot Robert N. Elliott, comedian
George Stevens, manager and booking agent Kenneth D. Cortose, and road
manager Dennis Rast.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AP_19-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-AP-19">[19]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-20"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-20">[20]</a></sup><br />
<br />
Croce had just completed a concert at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwestern_State_University" title="Northwestern State University">Northwestern State University</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prather_Coliseum" title="Prather Coliseum">Prather Coliseum</a> in Natchitoches and was flying to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman,_Texas" title="Sherman, Texas">Sherman, Texas</a>, for a concert at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_College" title="Austin College">Austin College</a>.<br />
<br />
The plane crashed an hour after the concert. Jim Croce was 30 years old.<br />
<br />
An investigation showed the plane crashed after clipping a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecan" title="Pecan">pecan</a>
tree at the end of the runway.<br />
The pilot had failed to gain sufficient
altitude to clear the tree and had not tried to avoid it, even though it
was the only tree in the area.<br />
<br />
It was dark, but there was a clear sky,
calm winds, and over five miles of visibility with haze. The report from
the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTSB" title="NTSB">NTSB</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ntsb_report_21-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-ntsb_report-21">[21]</a></sup>
named the probable cause as the pilot's failure to see the obstruction
because of his physical impairment and the fog reducing his vision.<br />
<br />
57-year-old Elliott suffered from severe <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronary_artery_disease" title="Coronary artery disease">coronary artery disease</a> and had run three miles to the airport from a motel.<br />
<br />
He had an <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airline_Transport_Pilot_Certificate" title="Airline Transport Pilot Certificate">ATP Certificate</a>, 14,290 hours total flight time and 2,190 hours in the Beech 18 type.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ntsb_report_21-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-ntsb_report-21">[21]</a></sup><br />
<br />
A later investigation placed the sole blame on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_error" title="Pilot error">pilot error</a> due to his downwind takeoff into a "black hole"—severe darkness limiting use of visual references.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-22"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-22">[22]</a></sup><br />
<br />
Jim Croce was buried at Haym Salomon Memorial Park in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frazer,_Pennsylvania" title="Frazer, Pennsylvania">Frazer, Pennsylvania</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-23"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-23">[23]</a></sup><br />
<br />
<br />
<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Legacy">Legacy</span></h2>
The album <i>I Got a Name</i> was released on December 1, 1973.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-24"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-24">[24]</a></sup><br />
<br />
The <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posthumous_publication" title="Posthumous publication">posthumous</a> release included three hits: "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workin%27_at_the_Car_Wash_Blues" title="Workin' at the Car Wash Blues">Workin' at the Car Wash Blues</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ll_Have_to_Say_I_Love_You_in_a_Song" title="I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song">I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song</a>", and the title song, which had been used as the theme to the film <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_American_Hero" title="The Last American Hero">The Last American Hero</a></i>
which was released two months prior to his death.<br />
<br />
The album reached No.
2 and "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" reached No. 9 on the
singles chart.<br />
<br />
The song "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_a_Bottle" title="Time in a Bottle">Time in a Bottle</a>" had been featured over the opening and closing credits and during a scene in which <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desi_Arnaz_Jr." title="Desi Arnaz Jr.">Desi Arnaz Jr.</a> is opening the <i>You Don't Mess Around With Jim</i> album in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Made-for-television_movie" title="Made-for-television movie">made-for-television movie</a> <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_Lives%21" title="She Lives!">She Lives!</a></i>, which aired on September 12, 1973.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-25"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-25">[25]</a></sup><br />
<br />
That appearance had generated significant interest in Croce and his
music in the week just prior to the plane crash. That, combined with the
news of the death of the singer, sparked a renewed interest in Croce's
previous albums.<br />
<br />
Consequently, three months later, "Time in a Bottle",
originally released on Croce's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Don%27t_Mess_Around_with_Jim" title="You Don't Mess Around with Jim">first album</a> the year before, hit <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chart-topper" title="Chart-topper">number one</a> on December 29, 1973, the third posthumous chart-topping song of the rock era following <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Redding" title="Otis Redding">Otis Redding</a>'s "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%28Sittin%27_On%29_The_Dock_of_the_Bay" title="(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay">(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay</a>" and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janis_Joplin" title="Janis Joplin">Janis Joplin</a>'s recording of "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_and_Bobby_McGee" title="Me and Bobby McGee">Me and Bobby McGee</a>".<br />
<br />
A <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatest_hits" title="Greatest hits">greatest hits</a> package entitled <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photographs_%26_Memories" title="Photographs & Memories">Photographs & Memories</a></i> was released in 1974.<br />
<br />
Later posthumous releases have included <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Recordings:_Americana" title="Home Recordings: Americana">Home Recordings: Americana</a></i>, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Faces_I%27ve_Been" title="The Faces I've Been">The Faces I've Been</a></i>, <i>Jim Croce: Classic Hits</i>, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_the_Highway" title="Down the Highway">Down the Highway</a></i>, and DVD and CD releases of Croce's television performances, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_You_Heard:_Jim_Croce_Live" title="Have You Heard: Jim Croce Live">Have You Heard: Jim Croce Live</a></i>.<br />
<br />
In 1990, Croce was inducted into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songwriters_Hall_of_Fame" title="Songwriters Hall of Fame">Songwriters Hall of Fame</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-26"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-26">[26]</a></sup><br />
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Croces' son <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._J._Croce" title="A. J. Croce">Adrian James</a>
(born September 28, 1971) is himself a singer-songwriter, musician, and
pianist. He owns and operates his own record label, Seedling Records.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-27"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-27">[27]</a></sup><br />
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On July 3, 2012, Ingrid Croce published a memoir about her husband entitled <i>I Got a Name: The Jim Croce Story.</i><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-28"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-28">[28]</a></sup><br />
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In 1985, Ingrid Croce opened Croce's Restaurant & Jazz Bar, a
project she and Jim had jokingly discussed a decade earlier, in the
historic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslamp_Quarter,_San_Diego" title="Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego">Gaslamp Quarter</a>
in downtown San Diego, which she owned and managed until it closed on
December 31, 2013.<br />
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In December 2013, she opened Croce's Park West on 5th
Avenue in the Bankers Hill neighborhood near Balboa Park. She closed
this restaurant in January 2016.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-29"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-29">[29]</a></sup><br />
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<b>James Joseph "Jim" Croce</b> (<span class="nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English">/<span style="border-bottom: 1px dotted;"><span title="/ˈ/ primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/oʊ/ long 'o' in 'code'">oʊ</span><span title="/tʃ/ 'ch' in 'china'">tʃ</span><span title="/i/ 'y' in 'happy'">i</span></span>/</a></span></span>;
January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973) was an American folk and popular
rock singer of the late 1960s and early 1970s.<br />
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Between 1966 and 1973,
Croce released five studio albums and 11 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_%28music%29" title="Single (music)">singles</a>.<br />
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His singles "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad,_Bad_Leroy_Brown" title="Bad, Bad Leroy Brown">Bad, Bad Leroy Brown</a>" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_a_Bottle" title="Time in a Bottle">Time in a Bottle</a>" both reached No. 1 on the U.S. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a> chart.<br />
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<span class="fn">Jim Croce</span>
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<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><a class="image" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jim-Croce-r01.jpg"><img alt="Jim-Croce-r01.jpg" data-file-height="2044" data-file-width="1458" height="308" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Jim-Croce-r01.jpg/220px-Jim-Croce-r01.jpg" width="220" /></a>
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Jim Croce in 1972, photographed by Ingrid Croce.</div>
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<th colspan="2" style="background-color: khaki; text-align: center;">Background information</th>
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<th scope="row"><span class="nowrap">Birth name</span></th>
<td class="nickname">James Joseph Croce</td>
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<th scope="row">Born</th>
<td>January 10, 1943<br />
<span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" title="South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a>, U.S.</span></td>
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<th scope="row">Died</th>
<td>September 20, 1973 (aged 30)<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natchitoches,_Louisiana" title="Natchitoches, Louisiana">Natchitoches, Louisiana</a>, U.S.</td>
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<th scope="row"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genres</a></th>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">Folk</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">rock</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_rock" title="Folk rock">folk rock</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_rock" title="Soft rock">soft rock</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-allmusic_1-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-allmusic-1">[1]</a></sup></td>
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<th scope="row"><span class="nowrap">Occupation(s)</span></th>
<td class="role"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singer-songwriter" title="Singer-songwriter">Singer-songwriter</a></td>
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<th scope="row">Instruments</th>
<td class="note">Guitar, vocals<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-allmusic_1-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-allmusic-1">[1]</a></sup></td>
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<th scope="row"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th>
<td>1966–1973</td>
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<th scope="row"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Labels</a></th>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol</a>/<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMI" title="EMI">EMI Records</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_Records" title="ABC Records">ABC Records</a>, Saja/<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Records" title="Atlantic Records">Atlantic Records</a></td>
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<th scope="row">Website</th>
<td><span class="url"><a class="external text" href="http://www.jimcroce.com/" rel="nofollow">www<wbr></wbr>.jimcroce<wbr></wbr>.com</a></span></td></tr>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Early_life">Early life</span></h2>
Croce was born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Philadelphia" title="South Philadelphia">South Philadelphia</a>, to James Albert Croce and his wife Flora Mary (Babucci) Croce, both <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_American" title="Italian American">Italian Americans</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-KeningLimited1991_2-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-KeningLimited1991-2">[2]</a></sup><br />
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Croce took a strong interest in music at a young age. At five, he learned to play his first song on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accordion" title="Accordion">accordion</a>, "<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_of_Spain_%28song%29" title="Lady of Spain (song)">Lady of Spain</a>."<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><br />
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Croce attended <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Darby_High_School" title="Upper Darby High School">Upper Darby High School</a> in <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Darby_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania">Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania</a>.<br />
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Graduating in 1960, he studied at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malvern_Preparatory_School" title="Malvern Preparatory School">Malvern Preparatory School</a> for a year before enrolling at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villanova_University" title="Villanova University">Villanova University</a>, where he majored in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology" title="Psychology">psychology</a> and minored in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_3-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-autogenerated1-3">[3]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup><br />
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He graduated with a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor%27s_degree" title="Bachelor's degree">bachelor's degree</a> in 1965.<br />
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Croce was a member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villanova_University#Music_activities" title="Villanova University">Villanova Singers</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villanova_University#Music_activities" title="Villanova University">Villanova Spires</a>. When the Spires performed off-campus or made recordings, they were known as The Coventry Lads.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup><br />
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Croce was also a student disc jockey at WKVU (which has since become <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WXVU" title="WXVU">WXVU</a>).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Early_career">Early career</span></h3>
Croce did not take music seriously until he studied at Villanova, where he formed bands and performed at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraternities_and_sororities" title="Fraternities and sororities">fraternity</a> parties, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_house" title="Coffee house">coffee houses</a>, and universities around <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, playing "anything that the people wanted to hear: blues, rock, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_cappella" title="A cappella">a cappella</a>, railroad music ... anything."<br />
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Croce's band was chosen for a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student_exchange_program" title="Student exchange program">foreign exchange</a> tour of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugoslavia" title="Yugoslavia">Yugoslavia</a>.<br />
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He later said, "We just ate what the people ate, lived in the woods,
and played our songs.<br />
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Of course they didn't speak English over there but
if you mean what you're singing, people understand."<br />
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On November 29,
1963 Croce met his future wife <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrid_Croce" title="Ingrid Croce">Ingrid Jacobson</a> at the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Convention_Hall" title="Philadelphia Convention Hall">Philadelphia Convention Hall</a> during a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hootenanny" title="Hootenanny">hootenanny</a>, where he was judging a contest.<br />
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Croce released his first album, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facets_%28album%29" title="Facets (album)"><i>Facets</i></a>,
in 1966, with 500 copies pressed. The album had been financed with a
$500 wedding gift from Croce's parents, who set a condition that the
money must be spent to make an album.<br />
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They hoped that he would give up
music after the album failed, and use his college education to pursue a
"respectable" profession.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup><br />
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However, the album proved a success, with every copy sold.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="1960s">1960s</span></h3>
From the
mid-1960s to early 1970s, Croce performed with his wife as a duo.<br />
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At
first, their performances included songs by artists such as <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_and_Sylvia" title="Ian and Sylvia">Ian and Sylvia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Lightfoot" title="Gordon Lightfoot">Gordon Lightfoot</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Baez" title="Joan Baez">Joan Baez</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Guthrie" title="Woody Guthrie">Woody Guthrie</a>, but in time they began writing their own music.<br />
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During this time, Croce got his first long-term gig at a suburban bar and <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steak_house" title="Steak house">steak house</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lima,_Pennsylvania" title="Lima, Pennsylvania">Lima, Pennsylvania</a>, called The Riddle Paddock. His set list covered several genres, including blues, country, rock and roll, and folk.<br />
<br />
Croce married his wife Ingrid in 1966, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_to_Judaism" title="Conversion to Judaism">converted to Judaism</a>, as his wife was Jewish.<br />
<br />
He and Ingrid were married in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_wedding" title="Jewish wedding">traditional Jewish ceremony</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-10">[10]</a></sup><br />
<br />
He enlisted in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_National_Guard" title="Army National Guard">Army National Guard</a> that same year to avoid being drafted and deployed to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a>, and served on active duty for four months, leaving for duty a week after his honeymoon.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup><br />
<br />
Croce, who was not good with authority, had to go through basic training twice.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup><br />
<br />
He said he would be prepared if "there's ever a war where we have to defend ourselves with mops".<br />
<br />
In 1968, the Croces were encouraged by record producer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_West_%28producer%29" title="Tommy West (producer)">Tommy West</a> to move to New York City.<br />
<br />
The couple spent time in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsbridge,_Bronx" title="Kingsbridge, Bronx">Kingsbridge</a> section of the Bronx and recorded their first album with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol Records</a>.<br />
<br />
During the next two years, they drove more than 300,000 miles,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup> playing small clubs and concerts on the college concert circuit promoting their album <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_%26_Ingrid_Croce" title="Jim & Ingrid Croce">Jim & Ingrid Croce</a></i>.<br />
<br />
Becoming disillusioned by the music business and New York City, they
sold all but one guitar to pay the rent and returned to the Pennsylvania
countryside, settling in an old farm in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndell,_Pennsylvania" title="Lyndell, Pennsylvania">Lyndell</a>, where Croce got a job <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truck_driver" title="Truck driver">driving trucks</a> and doing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction_worker" title="Construction worker">construction work</a> to pay the bills while continuing to write songs, often about the characters he would meet at the local bars and <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truck_stops" title="Truck stops">truck stops</a> and his experiences at work; these provided the material for such songs as "Big Wheels" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workin%27_at_the_Car_Wash_Blues" title="Workin' at the Car Wash Blues">Workin' at the Car Wash Blues</a>".<br />
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They returned to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>
and Croce decided to be "serious" about becoming a productive member of
society. "I'd worked construction crews, and I'd been a welder while I
was in college. But I'd rather do other things than get burned."<br />
<br />
His
determination to be "serious" led to a job at a Philadelphia <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%26B" title="R&B">R&B</a>
AM radio station, WHAT, where he translated commercials into "soul".
"I'd sell airtime to Bronco's Poolroom and then write the spot: "You
wanna be cool, and you wanna shoot pool ... <i>dig it</i>."<br />
<br />
In 1970, Croce met classically trained pianist-guitarist and singer-songwriter <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maury_Muehleisen" title="Maury Muehleisen">Maury Muehleisen</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trenton,_New_Jersey" title="Trenton, New Jersey">Trenton, New Jersey</a>,
through producer Joe Salviuolo. Salviuolo and Croce had been friends
when they studied at Villanova University, and Salviuolo had met
Muehleisen when he was teaching at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowan_University" title="Rowan University">Glassboro State College</a> in New Jersey.<br />
<br />
Salviuolo brought Croce and Muehleisen together at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Production_office" title="Production office">production office</a> of Tommy West and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Cashman" title="Terry Cashman">Terry Cashman</a>
in New York City.<br />
<br />
Croce at first backed Muehleisen on guitar, but
gradually their roles reversed, with Muehleisen adding lead guitar to
Croce's music.<br />
<br />
In 1972, Croce signed a three-record contract with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_Records" title="ABC Records">ABC Records</a>, releasing two albums, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Don%27t_Mess_Around_with_Jim" title="You Don't Mess Around with Jim">You Don't Mess Around with Jim</a></i> and <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_and_Times_%28Jim_Croce_album%29" title="Life and Times (Jim Croce album)">Life and Times</a></i>.<br />
<br />
The singles "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Don%27t_Mess_Around_with_Jim_%28song%29" title="You Don't Mess Around with Jim (song)">You Don't Mess Around with Jim</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operator_%28That%27s_Not_the_Way_It_Feels%29" title="Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)">Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)</a>", and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_a_Bottle" title="Time in a Bottle">Time in a Bottle</a>" (written for his then-unborn son, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._J._Croce" title="A. J. Croce">A. J. Croce</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="The lyrics certainly don't support this (November 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>) all received airplay.<br />
<br />
Croce's biggest single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad,_Bad_Leroy_Brown" title="Bad, Bad Leroy Brown">Bad, Bad Leroy Brown</a>", reached Number 1 on the American charts in July 1973.<br />
<br />
Also that year, the Croces moved to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>.<br />
<br />
Croce began touring the United States with Muehleisen, performing in
large coffee houses, on college campuses, and at folk festivals.<br />
<br />
However, Croce's financial situation was still bad. The record company
had fronted him the money to record his album, and much of what it
earned went to pay back the advance.<br />
<br />
In February 1973, Croce and
Muehleisen traveled to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>, promoting the album in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam" title="Amsterdam">Amsterdam</a>, receiving positive reviews. Croce now began appearing on television, including his national debut on American Bandstand<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-14">[14]</a></sup> on August 12, 1972, The Tonight Show<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-15">[15]</a></sup>
on August 14, 1972, The Dick Cavett Show on September 20/21 1972, The
Helen Reddy Show airing July 19, 1973 and the newly launched <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Midnight_Special_%28TV_series%29" title="The Midnight Special (TV series)">The Midnight Special</a></i>,
which he co-hosted airing June 15.<br />
<br />
From July 16 through August 4, 1973,
Croce and Muehleisen returned to London and performed on <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Grey_Whistle_Test" title="The Old Grey Whistle Test">The Old Grey Whistle Test</a></i>.<br />
<br />
Croce finished recording the album <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Got_a_Name" title="I Got a Name">I Got a Name</a></i>
just one week before his death. While on his tours, Croce grew
increasingly homesick, and decided to take a break from music and settle
with his wife and infant son when his Life and Times tour ended.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-17"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-17">[17]</a></sup><br />
<br />
In a letter to his wife which arrived after his death, Croce told her
he had decided to quit music and stick to writing short stories and
movie scripts as a career, and withdraw from public life.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_3-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-autogenerated1-3">[3]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-18">[18]</a></sup><br />
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<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Death">Death</span></h2>
On Thursday, September 20, 1973, during Croce's Life and Times tour and the day before his ABC single "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Got_a_Name_%28song%29" title="I Got a Name (song)">I Got a Name</a>" was released, Croce, Muehleisen, and five others died when their chartered <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beechcraft_Model_18" title="Beechcraft Model 18">Beechcraft E18S</a> crashed into a tree, while taking off from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natchitoches_Regional_Airport" title="Natchitoches Regional Airport">Natchitoches Regional Airport</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natchitoches,_Louisiana" title="Natchitoches, Louisiana">Natchitoches, Louisiana</a>.<br />
<br />
Others killed in the crash were pilot Robert N. Elliott, comedian
George Stevens, manager and booking agent Kenneth D. Cortose, and road
manager Dennis Rast.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AP_19-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-AP-19">[19]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-20"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-20">[20]</a></sup><br />
<br />
Croce had just completed a concert at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwestern_State_University" title="Northwestern State University">Northwestern State University</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prather_Coliseum" title="Prather Coliseum">Prather Coliseum</a> in Natchitoches and was flying to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman,_Texas" title="Sherman, Texas">Sherman, Texas</a>, for a concert at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_College" title="Austin College">Austin College</a>.<br />
<br />
The plane crashed an hour after the concert. Jim Croce was 30 years old.<br />
<br />
An investigation showed the plane crashed after clipping a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecan" title="Pecan">pecan</a>
tree at the end of the runway.<br />
The pilot had failed to gain sufficient
altitude to clear the tree and had not tried to avoid it, even though it
was the only tree in the area.<br />
<br />
It was dark, but there was a clear sky,
calm winds, and over five miles of visibility with haze. The report from
the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTSB" title="NTSB">NTSB</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ntsb_report_21-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-ntsb_report-21">[21]</a></sup>
named the probable cause as the pilot's failure to see the obstruction
because of his physical impairment and the fog reducing his vision.<br />
<br />
57-year-old Elliott suffered from severe <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronary_artery_disease" title="Coronary artery disease">coronary artery disease</a> and had run three miles to the airport from a motel.<br />
<br />
He had an <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airline_Transport_Pilot_Certificate" title="Airline Transport Pilot Certificate">ATP Certificate</a>, 14,290 hours total flight time and 2,190 hours in the Beech 18 type.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ntsb_report_21-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-ntsb_report-21">[21]</a></sup><br />
<br />
A later investigation placed the sole blame on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_error" title="Pilot error">pilot error</a> due to his downwind takeoff into a "black hole"—severe darkness limiting use of visual references.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-22"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-22">[22]</a></sup><br />
<br />
Jim Croce was buried at Haym Salomon Memorial Park in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frazer,_Pennsylvania" title="Frazer, Pennsylvania">Frazer, Pennsylvania</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-23"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-23">[23]</a></sup><br />
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<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Legacy">Legacy</span></h2>
The album <i>I Got a Name</i> was released on December 1, 1973.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-24"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-24">[24]</a></sup><br />
<br />
The <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posthumous_publication" title="Posthumous publication">posthumous</a> release included three hits: "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workin%27_at_the_Car_Wash_Blues" title="Workin' at the Car Wash Blues">Workin' at the Car Wash Blues</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ll_Have_to_Say_I_Love_You_in_a_Song" title="I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song">I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song</a>", and the title song, which had been used as the theme to the film <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_American_Hero" title="The Last American Hero">The Last American Hero</a></i>
which was released two months prior to his death.<br />
<br />
The album reached No.
2 and "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" reached No. 9 on the
singles chart.<br />
<br />
The song "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_a_Bottle" title="Time in a Bottle">Time in a Bottle</a>" had been featured over the opening and closing credits and during a scene in which <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desi_Arnaz_Jr." title="Desi Arnaz Jr.">Desi Arnaz Jr.</a> is opening the <i>You Don't Mess Around With Jim</i> album in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Made-for-television_movie" title="Made-for-television movie">made-for-television movie</a> <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_Lives%21" title="She Lives!">She Lives!</a></i>, which aired on September 12, 1973.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-25"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-25">[25]</a></sup><br />
<br />
That appearance had generated significant interest in Croce and his
music in the week just prior to the plane crash. That, combined with the
news of the death of the singer, sparked a renewed interest in Croce's
previous albums.<br />
<br />
Consequently, three months later, "Time in a Bottle",
originally released on Croce's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Don%27t_Mess_Around_with_Jim" title="You Don't Mess Around with Jim">first album</a> the year before, hit <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chart-topper" title="Chart-topper">number one</a> on December 29, 1973, the third posthumous chart-topping song of the rock era following <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Redding" title="Otis Redding">Otis Redding</a>'s "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%28Sittin%27_On%29_The_Dock_of_the_Bay" title="(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay">(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay</a>" and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janis_Joplin" title="Janis Joplin">Janis Joplin</a>'s recording of "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_and_Bobby_McGee" title="Me and Bobby McGee">Me and Bobby McGee</a>".<br />
<br />
A <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatest_hits" title="Greatest hits">greatest hits</a> package entitled <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photographs_%26_Memories" title="Photographs & Memories">Photographs & Memories</a></i> was released in 1974.<br />
<br />
Later posthumous releases have included <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Recordings:_Americana" title="Home Recordings: Americana">Home Recordings: Americana</a></i>, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Faces_I%27ve_Been" title="The Faces I've Been">The Faces I've Been</a></i>, <i>Jim Croce: Classic Hits</i>, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_the_Highway" title="Down the Highway">Down the Highway</a></i>, and DVD and CD releases of Croce's television performances, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_You_Heard:_Jim_Croce_Live" title="Have You Heard: Jim Croce Live">Have You Heard: Jim Croce Live</a></i>.<br />
<br />
In 1990, Croce was inducted into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songwriters_Hall_of_Fame" title="Songwriters Hall of Fame">Songwriters Hall of Fame</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-26"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-26">[26]</a></sup><br />
<br />
Croces' son <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._J._Croce" title="A. J. Croce">Adrian James</a>
(born September 28, 1971) is himself a singer-songwriter, musician, and
pianist. He owns and operates his own record label, Seedling Records.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-27"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-27">[27]</a></sup><br />
<br />
On July 3, 2012, Ingrid Croce published a memoir about her husband entitled <i>I Got a Name: The Jim Croce Story.</i><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-28"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-28">[28]</a></sup><br />
<br />
In 1985, Ingrid Croce opened Croce's Restaurant & Jazz Bar, a
project she and Jim had jokingly discussed a decade earlier, in the
historic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslamp_Quarter,_San_Diego" title="Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego">Gaslamp Quarter</a>
in downtown San Diego, which she owned and managed until it closed on
December 31, 2013.<br />
<br />
In December 2013, she opened Croce's Park West on 5th
Avenue in the Bankers Hill neighborhood near Balboa Park. She closed
this restaurant in January 2016.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-29"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce#cite_note-29">[29]</a></sup><br />
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<b>Johnny Tillotson</b> (born April 20, 1939 in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacksonville,_Florida" title="Jacksonville, Florida">Jacksonville</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>) is an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singing" title="Singing">singer</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">songwriter</a>.<br />
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He enjoyed his greatest success in the early 1960s, when he scored nine <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_40" title="Top 40">top-ten</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hit_record" title="Hit record">hits</a> on the pop, country and adult contemporary Billboard charts including "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry_in_Motion_%28song%29" title="Poetry in Motion (song)">Poetry in Motion</a>" and the self-penned "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Keeps_Right_On_a-Hurtin%27" title="It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'">It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'</a>".<br />
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He also sang "<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Bird_%28song%29" title="Yellow Bird (song)">Yellow Bird</a>", an adaptation of the Haitian song.<br />
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<span class="fn">Johnny Tillotson</span>
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Johnny Tillotson, 1965.</div>
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<th colspan="2" style="background-color: khaki; text-align: center;">Background information</th>
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<th scope="row">Born</th>
<td>April 20, 1939 <span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow">(age 77)</span><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacksonville,_Florida" title="Jacksonville, Florida">Jacksonville, Florida</a>, United States</td>
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<th scope="row"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genres</a></th>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">pop</a></td>
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<th scope="row"><span class="nowrap">Occupation(s)</span></th>
<td class="role"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singing" title="Singing">singer</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">songwriter</a></td>
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<td>1957 - Present</td>
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<th scope="row"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Labels</a></th>
<td>Cadence Records<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM_Records" title="MGM Records">MGM Records</a></td>
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<th scope="row">Website</th>
<td><a class="external autonumber" href="http://www.johnnytillotson.com/" rel="nofollow">[4]</a>, <a class="external autonumber" href="https://www.facebook.com/johnny.tillotson.9/" rel="nofollow">[5]</a></td></tr>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Biography">Biography</span></h2>
Johnny
is the son of Doris and Jack Tillotson, who owned a small service
station on the corner of 6th and Pearl in Jacksonville, and acted as the
station's mechanic.<br />
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At the age of nine, Johnny was sent to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palatka,_Florida" title="Palatka, Florida">Palatka, Florida</a>,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AMG_1-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Tillotson#cite_note-AMG-1">[1]</a></sup>
to take care of his grandmother.<br />
<br />
He returned to Jacksonville each
summer to be with his parents when his brother Dan would go to his
grandmother.<br />
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Johnny began to perform at local functions as a child, and
by the time he was at Palatka Senior High School he had developed a
reputation as a talented singer.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-classicbands_2-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Tillotson#cite_note-classicbands-2">[2]</a></sup><br />
<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-classicbands_2-0"> </sup> <br />
Tillotson became a semi-regular on TV-4's <i>McDuff Hayride</i>, hosted by Toby Dowdy, and soon landed his own show on TV-12 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTLV" title="WTLV">WFGA-TV</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-tv_3-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Tillotson#cite_note-tv-3">[3]</a></sup><br />
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In 1957, while Tillotson was studying at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Florida" title="University of Florida">University of Florida</a>, local disc jockey <a class="new" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob_Norris_%28disk_jockey%29&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Bob Norris (disk jockey) (page does not exist)">Bob Norris</a>
sent a tape of Johnny's singing to the Pet Milk talent contest, and was
chosen as one of six National finalists.<br />
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This gave Johnny the
opportunity to perform in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a>, on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WSM_%28AM%29" title="WSM (AM)">WSM the Grand Ole Opry</a>, which led <a class="new" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lee_Rosenberg&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Lee Rosenberg (page does not exist)">Lee Rosenberg</a>, a Nashville publisher, to take a tape to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_Bleyer" title="Archie Bleyer">Archie Bleyer</a>, owner of the independent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadence_Records" title="Cadence Records">Cadence Records</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-interview_4-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Tillotson#cite_note-interview-4">[4]</a></sup><br />
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Bleyer signed Tillotson to a three-year contract, and issued his first
single, "Dreamy Eyes" / "Well I'm Your Man" in September 1958.<br />
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Both
songs were written by Tillotson, and both made the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a>, "Dreamy Eyes" peaking at # 63. After graduating in 1959 with a <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor%27s_Degree" title="Bachelor's Degree">Bachelor's Degree</a> in Journalism and Communications, Tillotson moved to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> to pursue his music career.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AMG_1-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Tillotson#cite_note-AMG-1">[1]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-classicbands_2-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Tillotson#cite_note-classicbands-2">[2]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-bio_5-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Tillotson#cite_note-bio-5">[5]</a></sup><br />
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From late 1959, a succession of singles - "True True Happiness," "Why Do I Love You So," and a double-sided single <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cover_version" title="Cover version">covering</a> the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%26B_chart" title="R&B chart">R&B hits</a> "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Angel" title="Earth Angel">Earth Angel</a>" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Ace" title="Johnny Ace">Pledging My Love</a>" - all reached the bottom half of the Hot 100.<br />
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His biggest success came with his sixth single, the up-tempo "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry_in_Motion_%28song%29" title="Poetry in Motion (song)">Poetry in Motion</a>", written by Paul Kaufman and Mike Anthony, and recorded in Nashville with session musicians including saxophonist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boots_Randolph" title="Boots Randolph">Boots Randolph</a> and pianist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Cramer" title="Floyd Cramer">Floyd Cramer</a>, Released in September 1960, it went to # 2 on the Hot 100 in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">US</a>, and # 1 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles Chart</a> in January 1961.<br />
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It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_recording_sales_certification" title="Music recording sales certification">gold disc</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">RIAA</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs_6-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Tillotson#cite_note-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs-6">[6]</a></sup><br />
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On Bleyer's advice, Tillotson focused on his recording career, also appearing on television and was featured as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teen_idol" title="Teen idol">teen idol</a>
in magazines.<br />
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His follow-up record, "Jimmy's Girl," reached # 25 in the
US charts and # 43 in the UK; after that, "Without You" returned him to
the US Top Ten but failed to make the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles Chart</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AMG_1-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Tillotson#cite_note-AMG-1">[1]</a></sup><br />
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He toured widely with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Clark" title="Dick Clark">Dick Clark</a>'s Cavalcade Of Stars.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-interview_4-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Tillotson#cite_note-interview-4">[4]</a></sup><br />
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Early in 1962, Tillotson recorded a song he wrote, "It Keeps Right On
A-Hurtin'," inspired by the terminal illness of his father.<br />
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It became
one of his biggest hits, reaching #3 in the US pop chart, and was the
first of his records to make the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country music</a> chart where it peaked at #4.<br />
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It earned him his first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award" title="Grammy Award">Grammy</a> nomination, for Best Country & Western Recording, and was covered by over 100 performers including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Joe_Royal" title="Billy Joe Royal">Billy Joe Royal</a>, whose version was a country hit in 1988.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-classicbands_2-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Tillotson#cite_note-classicbands-2">[2]</a></sup><br />
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Tillotson then recorded an album, <i>It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin'</i>, on which he covered country standards including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Locklin" title="Hank Locklin">Hank Locklin</a>'s "Send Me the Pillow You Dream On" and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Williams" title="Hank Williams">Hank Williams</a>'
"I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)," which also became
hit singles.<br />
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He continued to record country-flavored and pop songs in
1963, and "You Can Never Stop Me Loving You" and the follow-up, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a> song "Funny How Time Slips Away," both made the Hot 100. He also appeared in the 1963 movie <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_for_Fun_%28film%29" title="Just for Fun (film)">Just for Fun</a></i>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AMG_1-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Tillotson#cite_note-AMG-1">[1]</a></sup><br />
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With the demise of the Cadence label, he formed a production company and moved to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM_Records" title="MGM Records">MGM Records</a>, starting with his version of the recent country charted No. 1 song by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Ashworth" title="Ernest Ashworth">Ernest Ashworth</a>,
"Talk Back Trembling Lips," reached # 7 in January 1964 on Billboard's
Hot 100.<br />
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He earned his second Grammy nomination for "Heartaches by the
Number," nominated for Best Vocal Performance of 1965, which reached
No. 4 on the Adult Contemporary Chart.<br />
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He also sang the theme song for
the 1965 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Field" title="Sally Field">Sally Field</a> television comedy <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gidget" title="Gidget">Gidget</a></i>.<br />
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While his fortunes waned with changing musical tastes in the late
1960s, he continued to record before moving to California in 1968.
Besides concert and recording he appeared in several films.<br />
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He appeared
in the 1966 camp <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy" title="Comedy">comedy</a> <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fat_Spy" title="The Fat Spy">The Fat Spy</a></i> starring <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayne_Mansfield" title="Jayne Mansfield">Jayne Mansfield</a>, which was featured in the 2004 documentary <i>The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made</i> (#46).<br />
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He also appeared in <i>Just for Fun</i>, a British music film; the Japanese movie <i>Namida Kun Sayonara</i>, after his number 1 Japanese hit of the same name; and the made-for-TV <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Call_of_the_Wild_%281976_film%29" title="The Call of the Wild (1976 film)">The Call of the Wild</a></i>.<br />
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In the 1970s, he recorded for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_Records" title="Amos Records">Amos</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddah_Records" title="Buddah Records">Buddah</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Artists_Records" title="United Artists Records">United Artists</a> labels.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-classicbands_2-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Tillotson#cite_note-classicbands-2">[2]</a></sup><br />
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He appeared in concert, appearing in theaters, at State Fairs and Festivals, and in major hotels in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas_Valley" title="Las Vegas Valley">Las Vegas</a> and elsewhere.<br />
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In the early 1980s he charted briefly with "Lay Back In The Arms Of
Someone" on Reward Records and it was during the 80s that his hits in
South East Asia had him appear in Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia,
Australia and New Zealand on a regular basis with tours in Japan and
Hong Kong.<br />
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In 1990 he signed with Atlantic records and again charted
briefly with "Bim Bam Boom."<br />
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In May 1991 his 22-year-old daughter Kelli was killed in a car
accident which devastated Johnny as well as his surviving son and
family.<br />
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Johnny recorded for Charity in 1990s several Christmas songs with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddy_Cannon" title="Freddy Cannon">Freddy Cannon</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Hyland" title="Brian Hyland">Brian Hyland</a> for the Children's Miracle network, produced by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Lloyd_%28music_producer%29" title="Michael Lloyd (music producer)">Michael Lloyd</a>. "Come On A Sleigh Ride With Me" written by Michael is a new Christmas favorite.<br />
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He also recorded with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Roe" title="Tommy Roe">Tommy Roe</a> and Brian Hyland, again for Michael Lloyd for <i>Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer The Movie</i> (1998), "We Can Make It."<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Recent_times">Recent times</span></h2>
After
a decade long absence in 2010, Tillotson released a single "Not Enough"
which was a tribute to the Military, Police, Fire and all uniformed
personnel of the United States.<br />
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It reached #1 on the indie country chart
and the top 25 on the New Music weekly chart, and was a breakout single
on the Music Row chart in Nashville.<br />
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He continues to write and perform
in concert.<br />
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On March 23, 2011, Tillotson was inducted into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Artists_Hall_of_Fame" title="Florida Artists Hall of Fame">Florida Artists Hall of Fame</a> alongside painter <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_F._Hutchinson" title="James F. Hutchinson">James F. Hutchinson</a>.<br />
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This is the highest honor that the State of Florida bestows on an
individual citizen. Only 48 others have been so honored to date. Their
plaques are on permanent display in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_State_Capitol" title="Florida State Capitol">Florida State Capitol</a>.<br />
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<b>Marmalade</b> is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scottish</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_rock" title="Pop rock">pop rock</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_ensemble" title="Musical ensemble">group</a> from the east end of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a>,
originally formed in 1961 as the Gaylords, and then later billed as
Dean Ford and the Gaylords. In 1966 they changed the group name to The
Marmalade.<br />
<br />
The most successful period for the band, in terms of UK chart
success, was between 1968 and 1972.<br />
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From the early 1970s, after the
original players began to drift away, the band evolved with many further
changes and still exists to this day touring the nostalgia circuit.<br />
<br />
With the departure of Graham Knight in September 2010, there are now no
original Marmalade members remaining in the band.<br />
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<span class="fn org">Marmalade</span>
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<table class="infobox vcard plainlist"><tbody>
<tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color: lightsteelblue; font-size: 125%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></th></tr>
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<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><a class="image" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Marmalade_1968.jpg"><img alt="Marmalade 1968.jpg" data-file-height="551" data-file-width="716" height="169" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Marmalade_1968.jpg/220px-Marmalade_1968.jpg" width="220" /></a>
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<b>Original band – 1968</b><br />
l/r: Dean Ford, Alan Whitehead, Graham Knight, Junior Campbell and Pat Fairley</div>
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<th colspan="2" style="background-color: lightsteelblue; text-align: center;">Background information</th>
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<tr>
<th scope="row">Origin</th>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td>
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<th scope="row"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genres</a></th>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beat_music" title="Beat music">Beat music</a><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">Pop music</a><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_pop" title="Psychedelic pop">Psychedelic pop</a></td>
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<th scope="row"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th>
<td>1966–present</td>
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<th scope="row"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Labels</a></th>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">CBS</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decca_Records" title="Decca Records">Decca</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Records" title="London Records">London</a>, Target Records, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Communications" title="Castle Communications">Castle</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctuary_Records" title="Sanctuary Records">Sanctuary</a>, <b>Union Square Music</b></td>
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<th colspan="2" style="background-color: lightsteelblue; text-align: center;"><br /></th>
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<th scope="row"><span class="nowrap">Past members</span></th>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#Members">See "Members"</a></td></tr>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="History">History</span></h2>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="The_Gaylords">The Gaylords</span></h3>
The Gaylords (named after the notorious post war <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Gaylords" title="Chicago Gaylords">Chicago Gaylords</a> street gang) were originally formed by Pat Fairley and Billy Johnston in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baillieston" title="Baillieston">Baillieston</a>,
a suburb east of Glasgow, in 1961.<br />
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Their initial line-up included Tommy
Frew on drums and lead guitarist Pat McGovern, fronted by vocalist
Wattie Rodgers.<br />
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William <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_Campbell" title="Junior Campbell">Junior Campbell</a>
joined on his fourteenth birthday on 31 May 1961 replacing McGovern,
and Rodgers was then himself replaced, initially by two new lead
vocalists, Billy Reid and Tommy Scott, although Reid soon departed
leaving Scott as the sole <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontman" title="Frontman">frontman</a>.<br />
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Bill Irving, from local Baillieston group The Cadillacs, then took over from Johnston on bass.<br />
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The group began gathering notice and in 1963 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Ford" title="Dean Ford">Thomas McAleese</a> (who adopted the stage moniker <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Ford" title="Dean Ford">Dean Ford</a>)
replaced Scott as lead singer.<br />
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They then became known as Dean Ford and
The Gaylords. Raymond Duffy, from Glasgow group<br />
<br />
The Escorts, then came
in on drums after Frew departed.<br />
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For a few months, they had an organist,
Davey Hunter.<br />
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By early 1965, Graham Knight, from the local group The
Vampires, had displaced Irving on bass.<br />
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<a class="image" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dean_Ford_%26_The_Gaylords_1964.jpg"><img alt="Dean Ford & The Gaylords 1964.jpg" data-file-height="1532" data-file-width="1056" height="290" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Dean_Ford_%26_The_Gaylords_1964.jpg/200px-Dean_Ford_%26_The_Gaylords_1964.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
<i>(Pictured; left to right: Bill Irving, Junior Campbell, Dean Ford, Ray Duffy and Pat Fairley (1964))</i><br />
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Becoming popular in Scotland, and under the management of Billy
Grainger, in early 1964 they were championed by Scottish music
journalist Gordon Reid, which led to them being signed to <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_%28EMI%29" title="Columbia (EMI)">Columbia (EMI)</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norrie_Paramor" title="Norrie Paramor">Norrie Paramor</a> after auditions at Glasgow's Locarno Ballroom.<br />
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They went on to record four <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_%28music%29" title="Single (music)">singles</a>, including a cover of the 1963 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chubby_Checker" title="Chubby Checker">Chubby Checker</a> US hit "Twenty Miles", which was a big seller locally but failed to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_chart" title="Record chart">chart</a> nationally.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AMG_1-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-AMG-1">[1]</a></sup><br />
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The Columbia releases, although uncredited, were all produced by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Barratt" title="Bob Barratt">Bob Barratt</a>, EMI staff producer, with Norrie Paramor as executive. Paramor played the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celesta" title="Celesta">celesta</a> on "What's The Matter With Me"; the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-side_and_B-side" title="A-side and B-side">b-side</a> of "Twenty Miles".<br />
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Although the group was well regarded in Scotland and despite being
crowned 'Scotland's Top Group', they decided to try for success in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">UK</a> as a whole.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AMG_1-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-AMG-1">[1]</a></sup><br />
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In 1965, they played a long stint in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> at the Storyville in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne" title="Cologne">Cologne</a> and also in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duisburg" title="Duisburg">Duisburg</a>, before moving to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> where they changed management and agency representation, as Billy Grainger had decided to remain in Scotland.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Name_change_and_the_CBS_era">Name change and the CBS era</span></h3>
On the recommendation of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tremeloes" title="The Tremeloes">The Tremeloes</a>,
who had seen them in Scotland, The Gaylords were invited to join the
London-based agency Starlite Artistes, owned and managed by Peter Walsh.<br />
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They then began to build up a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightclub" title="Nightclub">club</a> reputation as a tight, close harmony band and in 1966, finding themselves in the middle of the 1960s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swinging_London" title="Swinging London">swinging London</a>
scene, they decided to update their image and instrumentation.<br />
<br />
On the
advice of their new manager, they changed the band name to The
Marmalade, eventually dropping "The".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AMG_1-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-AMG-1">[1]</a></sup><br />
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Unusually, they now had two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_guitar" title="Bass guitar">bass</a> players, Graham Knight on 4 string and Pat Fairley on 6 string (Fairley having dropped the standard <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_guitar" title="Rhythm guitar">rhythm guitar</a> normally associated with rock groups of the early 1960s).<br />
<br />
With their EMI Columbia contract at an end, Walsh, with the help of
John Salter, Walsh's booking agent, was successful in signing the band
to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">CBS Records</a>
with producer Mike Smith, who was having great success with The
Tremeloes, now their agency stablemates.<br />
<br />
But their first few CBS singles
also failed to chart in the UK.<br />
<br />
Drummer Ray Duffy (who later played
with <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthews_Southern_Comfort" title="Matthews Southern Comfort">Matthews Southern Comfort</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallagher_and_Lyle" title="Gallagher and Lyle">Gallagher and Lyle</a>)
left in 1966 to return to Scotland to get married just after their
first CBS release, "Its All Leading up to Saturday Night".<br />
<br />
Former
postman <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Whitehead_%28drummer%29" title="Alan Whitehead (drummer)">Alan Whitehead</a>
became their new drummer, debuting on their next single, "Can't Stop
Now", which failed to sell despite the group's performing it on a TV
play, <i>The Fantasist</i>,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup> written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alun_Owen" title="Alun Owen">Alun Owen</a>, for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC Two</a> <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_625" title="Theatre 625">Theatre 625</a></i> series.<br />
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Their third CBS single, the self penned "<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_See_The_Rain" title="I See The Rain">I See The Rain</a>", written by Junior Campbell and Dean Ford, was praised by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix" title="Jimi Hendrix">Jimi Hendrix</a> as the 'best cut of 1967'.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AMG_1-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-AMG-1">[1]</a></sup><br />
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It became a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_chart" title="Record chart">chart-topper</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> the same year. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Nash" title="Graham Nash">Graham Nash</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollies" title="The Hollies">The Hollies</a>
contributed to the session, but it too flopped in the UK, although the
track, with its distinct 1960s feel, has since attained a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_following" title="Cult following">cult following</a> and been resurrected recently by artists such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susanna_Hoffs" title="Susanna Hoffs">Susanna Hoffs</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bangles" title="The Bangles">The Bangles</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Sweet" title="Matthew Sweet">Matthew Sweet</a>. (see <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_the_Covers,_Vol._1" title="Under the Covers, Vol. 1">Under the Covers, Vol. 1</a></i>)<br />
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19 January 1967 proved to be a major turning point in the band's progress when they made their debut at London's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquee_Club" title="Marquee Club">Marquee Club</a> where they supported <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd" title="Pink Floyd">Pink Floyd</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup><br />
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Two weeks later, on 3 February, they supported <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Action" title="The Action">The Action</a>.
After that, they never supported anyone again at the Marquee and on 16
March 1967 they began a long residency which carried through to the
autumn of the following year, building a reputation and following,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AMG_1-4"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-AMG-1">[1]</a></sup> including touring with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Who" title="The Who">The Who</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Cocker" title="Joe Cocker">Joe Cocker</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_%28band%29" title="Traffic (band)">Traffic</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Pitney" title="Gene Pitney">Gene Pitney</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tremeloes" title="The Tremeloes">The Tremeloes</a>.<br />
<br />
This culminated in a summer appearance at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Jazz_and_Blues_Festival" title="National Jazz and Blues Festival">Windsor Jazz and Rock Festival</a> in 1967, directly preceding <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lee_Lewis" title="Jerry Lee Lewis">Jerry Lee Lewis</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs_4-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs-4">[4]</a></sup><br />
<br />
CBS, concerned at Marmalade's lack of commercial success, threatened
to drop them if they did not have a hit. So after the failure of another
self-penned single later that year, "Man in a Shop", they were urged to
record more chart-oriented material.<br />
<br />
They rejected "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everlasting_Love" title="Everlasting Love">Everlasting Love</a>", which became a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_chart" title="Record chart">#1</a> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Affair_%28band%29" title="Love Affair (band)">Love Affair</a>, but later gave in to pressure and recorded "Lovin' Things" written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artie_Schroeck" title="Artie Schroeck">Artie Schroeck</a> and Jet Loring in 1967 and arranged by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Mansfield" title="Keith Mansfield">Keith Mansfield</a> for Marmalade.<br />
<br />
It reached No. 6 in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles Chart</a> in the summer of 1968.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-British_Hit_Singles_.26_Albums_5-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-British_Hit_Singles_.26_Albums-5">[5]</a></sup> This was covered by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grass_Roots" title="The Grass Roots">The Grass Roots</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">US</a> in 1969, using virtually the same arrangement.<br />
<br />
Marmalade's debut album, <i>There's A Lot Of It About</i>, featured a mix of some of their singles and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cover_version" title="Cover version">cover versions</a> of current popular tunes, and was released in 1968. Marmalade also made a cameo appearance on the big screen in the film <i>Subterfuge</i> <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup> that same year.<br />
<br />
After a lesser hit with their follow-up single "Wait For Me Mary-Anne" (written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Blaikley" title="Alan Blaikley">Alan Blaikley</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Howard_%28composer%29" title="Ken Howard (composer)">Ken Howard</a>), which made No. 30, they enjoyed their biggest UK success with their cover of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a>' "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ob-La-Di,_Ob-La-Da" title="Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da">Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da</a>", which topped the UK chart in January 1969.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AMG_1-5"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-AMG-1">[1]</a></sup><br />
<br />
As the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_people" title="Scottish people">Scottish</a> group to ever top that chart,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-British_Hit_Singles_7-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-British_Hit_Singles-7">[7]</a></sup> in the week it went to the chart summit, they celebrated by appearing on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a>'s music programme <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_of_the_Pops" title="Top of the Pops">Top of the Pops</a></i> dressed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilt" title="Kilt">kilts</a>.<br />
<br />
Their version of "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" sold around half a million in the UK, and a million copies globally by April 1969.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs_4-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs-4">[4]</a></sup><br />
<br />
This was followed by further success with "Baby Make It Soon" (written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Macaulay" title="Tony Macaulay">Tony Macaulay</a>), which reached No. 9 in the summer of 1969.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-British_Hit_Singles_.26_Albums_5-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-British_Hit_Singles_.26_Albums-5">[5]</a></sup><br />
<br />
In February 1969 the band appeared on the BBC's flagship program <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colour_Me_Pop" title="Colour Me Pop">Colour Me Pop</a></i>, (precursor to <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Grey_Whistle_Test" title="The Old Grey Whistle Test">The Old Grey Whistle Test</a></i>) performing a halfhour slot.<br />
<br />
They also appeared on the BBC's review of the 1960s music scene, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_Go_The_Sixties" title="Pop Go The Sixties">Pop Go The Sixties</a></i>, performing "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" live on the broadcast on <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_1" title="BBC 1">BBC 1</a> on New Year's Eve 1969.<br />
<br />
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Decca_era">Decca era</span></h3>
In November 1969 the band was signed to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decca_Records" title="Decca Records">Decca Records</a> by Decca head of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26R" title="A&R">A&R</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Rowe" title="Dick Rowe">Dick Rowe</a>.<br />
<br />
Under an advance deal allowing them to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">write</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">produce</a> their own songs, in their very first Decca recording session, they recorded what would become their biggest worldwide hit.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AMG_1-6"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-AMG-1">[1]</a></sup><br />
<br />
Topping the charts in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a> (also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_40" title="Top 40">Top 10</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> and No. 1 in most of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South America</a>), "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflections_of_My_Life" title="Reflections of My Life">Reflections of My Life</a>", written by Campbell and Ford,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup> featured a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backmasking" title="Backmasking">backwards</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_solo" title="Guitar solo">guitar solo</a> by Campbell.<br />
<br />
"Reflections of My Life" has recorded over two million sales, and the
writers were awarded a Special Citation of Achievement in 1998 by <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast_Music_Incorporated" title="Broadcast Music Incorporated">BMI</a> in attaining radio broadcast performances in excess of one million in the US alone.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup><br />
<br />
Other UK hits for Decca included "Rainbow" (UK No. 3 and US No. 51) and "My Little One" (UK No. 15).,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AMG_1-7"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-AMG-1">[1]</a></sup> "Cousin Norman" and "Radancer" (both reaching UK No. 6).<br />
<br />
Their manager, Peter Walsh, was a 1960s and 1970s pop entrepreneur whose portfolio also included <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tremeloes" title="The Tremeloes">The Tremeloes</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_City_Rollers" title="Bay City Rollers">Bay City Rollers</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Ocean" title="Billy Ocean">Billy Ocean</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troggs" title="The Troggs">The Troggs</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Mink" title="Blue Mink">Blue Mink</a>.<br />
<br />
Their first Decca album, <i>Reflections Of The Marmalade</i> was released in the US as <i>Reflections Of My Life</i> on Decca's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Records" title="London Records">London Records</a>
subsidiary. Their US singles during this era likewise came out on
London.<br />
<br />
But their manager, Walsh, turned down an offer to tour the US
opening for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Dog_Night" title="Three Dog Night">Three Dog Night</a>, thus blowing an opportunity for further exposure there.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><br />
<br />
To be fair to Walsh, he did not much care for the fact that Marmalade
would have had to pay a substantial dollar premium to do so – a practice
common in the US but totally alien to Walsh's traditional UK management
and agency style.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><br />
<br />
After Junior Campbell, who co-wrote most of the group's original
material with Ford, left the band in March 1971 for a solo career, and
to study orchestration and composition at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_College_of_Music" title="Royal College of Music">Royal College of Music</a>,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-NME_Rock_.27N.27_Roll_Years_10-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-NME_Rock_.27N.27_Roll_Years-10">[10]</a></sup> they began a series of line-up changes, including the loss of drummer Alan Whitehead.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AMG_1-8"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-AMG-1">[1]</a></sup><br />
<br />
Marmalade recruited guitarist Hugh Nicholson, an ex-member of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Poets" title="The Poets">The Poets</a>,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AMG_1-9"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-AMG-1">[1]</a></sup>
to replace Campbell, and after the first post Campbell release, "Cousin
Norman", it was Nicholson who insisted on them sacking Whitehead and
recruiting his friend and colleague from The Poets, Dougie Henderson.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><br />
<br />
This caused Marmalade to suffer adverse publicity from the UK's <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_of_the_World" title="News of the World">News of the World</a></i> after an embittered Whitehead gave them stories of the band's experiences with groupies.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AMG_1-10"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-AMG-1">[1]</a></sup><br />
<br />
Marmalade released <i>Songs</i> in November 1971, with Nicholson
taking over most song compositions, which met with limited success.<br />
<br />
However, Nicholson penned two of their last hits, "Cousin Norman" (brass
arranged by Junior Campbell) and "Radancer", as well as the lesser hit
"Back on the Road", on which he sang lead vocal.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AMG_1-11"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-AMG-1">[1]</a></sup><br />
<br />
Pat Fairley quit the band circa 1972 to run the group's music
publishing company, then Nicholson, who was discouraged over the failure
of their <i>Songs</i> album, also left in 1973 to form <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_%28Scottish_band%29" title="Blue (Scottish band)">Blue</a> (not to be confused with a later <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_band" title="Boy band">boy band</a> of the same name – <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_%28boy_band%29" title="Blue (boy band)">Blue</a>).<br />
<br />
Ford, Knight and Henderson carried on with Marmalade. Nicholson was eventually replaced by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikel_Japp" title="Mikel Japp">Mike Japp</a>, a rock guitarist from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Welsh</a> band, Thank You.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AMG_1-12"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-AMG-1">[1]</a></sup><br />
<br />
The group returned to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMI" title="EMI">EMI</a> and released a new single, "Wishing Well". But Knight left during the recording of their next album, <i>Our House Is Rocking</i>
(which was delayed until the autumn of 1974), and the group was briefly
a trio before Joe Breen (ex-Dream Police) came in on bass.<br />
<br />
Refusing to
play most of the band's old hit records on stage, the group slowly came
to a standstill.<br />
<br />
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="1975.E2.80.931978">1975–1978</span></h3>
In
1975, Knight linked up with former drummer Alan Whitehead to form
'Vintage Marmalade' with Sandy Newman (vocals, guitar, keyboards) and
Charlie Smith (guitar).<br />
<br />
They were reunited with their old manager, Peter
Walsh, to play all the hits on stage and had a full date sheet.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AMG_1-13"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-AMG-1">[1]</a></sup><br />
<br />
Later in 1975, after Ford and the remaining members called it quits,
Knight and Whitehead took over the name Marmalade with the new line-up,
fronted by Newman.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AMG_1-14"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-AMG-1">[1]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup><br />
<br />
They signed a deal with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Macaulay" title="Tony Macaulay">Tony Macaulay</a>'s
Target Records and in 1976, had what turned out to be their final Top
10 hit with the ominously entitled, Macaulay penned song, "Falling Apart
at The Seams".<br />
<br />
The song also reached the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easy_listening" title="Easy listening">easy listening</a> charts in the U.S. and made the Top 50 of the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">Billboard Hot 100</a></i>, becoming the group's last charting single on the U.S charts.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-500_Number_One_Hits_12-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-500_Number_One_Hits-12">[12]</a></sup> Subsequent singles failed to chart.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AMG_1-15"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-AMG-1">[1]</a></sup><br />
<br />
One of these was "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_in_Your_Sleep_%28Crystal_Gayle_song%29" title="Talking in Your Sleep (Crystal Gayle song)">Talking In Your Sleep</a>", produced by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Greenaway" title="Roger Greenaway">Roger Greenaway</a> and released in January 1978, six months ahead of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Gayle" title="Crystal Gayle">Crystal Gayle</a> version of the same song, which became well known worldwide.<br />
<br />
Sandy Newman (ex-The Chris McClure Section, 1968–1970) has continued
to front Marmalade since 1975, releasing a further eleven singles in the
UK (excluding re-releases), seven of which were via Target Records,
none of which have charted in the UK or US, and today they continue to
tour the nostalgia circuit performing the band's full hit repertoire.<br />
<br />
Charlie Smith departed in 1977 to join Nicholson in Blue, and Garth Watt-Roy came in briefly for Marmalade's <i>Only Light On My Horizon Now</i>
album, before leaving for the Q-Tips in 1978.<br />
<br />
He was replaced by
guitarist Ian Withington, who appeared alongside Knight, Newman and new
drummer Stu Williamson for the next album <i>Doing It All For You</i> (1979).<br />
<br />
Alan Whitehead left the band in 1978 to manage other pop groups and
singers, which he does to this day.<br />
<br />
He also appeared in the 2010 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_program" title="Television program">TV series</a> <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_Me_Out_%28UK_game_show%29" title="Take Me Out (UK game show)">Take Me Out</a></i> and ran a <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lap_dancing" title="Lap dancing">lap dancing</a> club.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><br />
<br />
<br />
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Subsequent_years">Subsequent years</span></h3>
Charlie
Smith returned in 1980, as the band's drummer this time. Alan Holmes
(vocals, guitars, keyboards), a former member of the Bristol-based band
Federation, succeeded Withington.<br />
<br />
A 1980 US only album, <i>Marmalade</i>,
on G&P Records, featured a re-recorded mix of their Decca, EMI and
Target material, alongside some Junior Campbell penned tracks.<br />
<br />
Another unsuccessful album, <i>Heartbreaker</i>, came out in the UK
in 1982 on the Spectra label. Graham Knight remained with the band
touring the nostalgia circuit with Newman, Smith and Alan Holmes.<br />
<br />
Also
in 1982, Glenn Taylor replaced Smith on drums, though Smith returned
from 1989 to around 1998, before Taylor took over permanently.<br />
<br />
Knight
remained as sole original member until September 2010.<br />
<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Dee" title="Dave Dee">Dave Dee</a>
began appearing as guest singer for Marmalade in 1987 and recorded a
single with the band, "Scirocco", in 1989. He continued to make live
guest appearances with them until his death in 2009.<br />
<br />
In April 2010, drummer Taylor left to join <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fortunes" title="The Fortunes">The Fortunes</a>
and Knight left in September the same year.<br />
<br />
The new players were Damon
Sawyer and bassist Mike Steed. In 2011, guitarist and vocalist John
James Newman joined, making the band a quintet once again.<br />
<br />
2011 also saw the release of <i>Fine Cuts – The Best Of Marmalade</i>
on the Salvo label (SALVOMDCD26), a double album containing all of the
Marmalade original studio recordings between 1966 and 1972, including
their chart hits.<br />
<br />
2013 saw the current Marmalade line-up release their first new studio album since 1979.<br />
<br />
Entitled <i>Penultimate</i>
and released in CD and vinyl formats, it featured six new compositions,
together with re-recordings of many Marmalade songs.<br />
<br />
The album was
launched on 4 October 2013 to coincide with the start of a 52-date UK
tour.<br />
<br />
Dean Ford was one of many lead vocalists contributing to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Alan_Parsons_Project" title="The Alan Parsons Project">The Alan Parsons Project</a>. His last known work in music was in 1991, by which time he was living in the US.<br />
<br />
Having retired from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_industry" title="Music industry">music industry</a>, he settled in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a> (after a brief spell in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a>)
and worked as a limo driver.<br />
<br />
He has recently become active in music
again and released a single called "Glasgow Road" with Joe Tansin (ex-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badfinger" title="Badfinger">Badfinger</a>) in 2012.<br />
<br />
Pat Fairley now has his own <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_%28establishment%29" title="Bar (establishment)">bar</a> called Scotland Yard, also situated in Los Angeles.<br />
<br />
Junior Campbell became a successful solo <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording_artist" title="Recording artist">recording artist</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">songwriter</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television" title="Television">television</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film" title="Film">film</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composer" title="Composer">composer</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">record producer</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_arranger" title="Music arranger">music arranger</a>, and lives in Sussex.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03154186553103808848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446236367473220387.post-83086053261577412282016-08-07T19:33:00.000-07:002016-09-25T13:11:30.696-07:00The Marmalade - Reflections Of My Life<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Marmalade</b> is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scottish</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_rock" title="Pop rock">pop rock</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_ensemble" title="Musical ensemble">group</a> from the east end of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a>,
originally formed in 1961 as the Gaylords, and then later billed as
Dean Ford and the Gaylords. In 1966 they changed the group name to The
Marmalade.<br />
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The most successful period for the band, in terms of UK chart
success, was between 1968 and 1972. From the early 1970s, after the
original players began to drift away, the band evolved with many further
changes and still exists to this day touring the nostalgia circuit.<br />
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With the departure of Graham Knight in September 2010, there are now no
original Marmalade members remaining in the band.<br />
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<span class="fn org">Marmalade</span>
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<table class="infobox vcard plainlist"><tbody>
<tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color: lightsteelblue; font-size: 125%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></th></tr>
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<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><a class="image" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Marmalade_1968.jpg"><img alt="Marmalade 1968.jpg" data-file-height="551" data-file-width="716" height="169" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Marmalade_1968.jpg/220px-Marmalade_1968.jpg" width="220" /></a>
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<b>Original band – 1968</b><br />
l/r: Dean Ford, Alan Whitehead, Graham Knight, Junior Campbell and Pat Fairley</div>
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<th colspan="2" style="background-color: lightsteelblue; text-align: center;">Background information</th>
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<th scope="row">Origin</th>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td>
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<th scope="row"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genres</a></th>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beat_music" title="Beat music">Beat music</a><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">Pop music</a><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_pop" title="Psychedelic pop">Psychedelic pop</a></td>
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<th scope="row"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th>
<td>1966–present</td>
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<th scope="row"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Labels</a></th>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">CBS</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decca_Records" title="Decca Records">Decca</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Records" title="London Records">London</a>, Target Records, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Communications" title="Castle Communications">Castle</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctuary_Records" title="Sanctuary Records">Sanctuary</a>, <b>Union Square Music</b></td>
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<th colspan="2" style="background-color: lightsteelblue; text-align: center;"><br /></th>
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<th scope="row"><span class="nowrap">Past members</span></th>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#Members">See "Members"</a></td></tr>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="History">History</span></h2>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="The_Gaylords">The Gaylords</span></h3>
The Gaylords (named after the notorious post war <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Gaylords" title="Chicago Gaylords">Chicago Gaylords</a> street gang) were originally formed by Pat Fairley and Billy Johnston in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baillieston" title="Baillieston">Baillieston</a>,
a suburb east of Glasgow, in 1961.<br />
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Their initial line-up included Tommy
Frew on drums and lead guitarist Pat McGovern, fronted by vocalist
Wattie Rodgers.<br />
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William <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_Campbell" title="Junior Campbell">Junior Campbell</a>
joined on his fourteenth birthday on 31 May 1961 replacing McGovern,
and Rodgers was then himself replaced, initially by two new lead
vocalists, Billy Reid and Tommy Scott, although Reid soon departed
leaving Scott as the sole <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontman" title="Frontman">frontman</a>.<br />
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Bill Irving, from local Baillieston group The Cadillacs, then took over from Johnston on bass.<br />
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The group began gathering notice and in 1963 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Ford" title="Dean Ford">Thomas McAleese</a> (who adopted the stage moniker <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Ford" title="Dean Ford">Dean Ford</a>)
replaced Scott as lead singer.<br />
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They then became known as Dean Ford and
The Gaylords. Raymond Duffy, from Glasgow group<br />
<br />
The Escorts, then came
in on drums after Frew departed.<br />
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For a few months, they had an organist,
Davey Hunter.<br />
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By early 1965, Graham Knight, from the local group The
Vampires, had displaced Irving on bass.<br />
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<a class="image" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dean_Ford_%26_The_Gaylords_1964.jpg"><img alt="Dean Ford & The Gaylords 1964.jpg" data-file-height="1532" data-file-width="1056" height="290" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Dean_Ford_%26_The_Gaylords_1964.jpg/200px-Dean_Ford_%26_The_Gaylords_1964.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
<i>(Pictured; left to right: Bill Irving, Junior Campbell, Dean Ford, Ray Duffy and Pat Fairley (1964))</i><br />
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Becoming popular in Scotland, and under the management of Billy
Grainger, in early 1964 they were championed by Scottish music
journalist Gordon Reid, which led to them being signed to <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_%28EMI%29" title="Columbia (EMI)">Columbia (EMI)</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norrie_Paramor" title="Norrie Paramor">Norrie Paramor</a> after auditions at Glasgow's Locarno Ballroom.<br />
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They went on to record four <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_%28music%29" title="Single (music)">singles</a>, including a cover of the 1963 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chubby_Checker" title="Chubby Checker">Chubby Checker</a> US hit "Twenty Miles", which was a big seller locally but failed to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_chart" title="Record chart">chart</a> nationally.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AMG_1-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-AMG-1">[1]</a></sup><br />
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The Columbia releases, although uncredited, were all produced by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Barratt" title="Bob Barratt">Bob Barratt</a>, EMI staff producer, with Norrie Paramor as executive. Paramor played the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celesta" title="Celesta">celesta</a> on "What's The Matter With Me"; the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-side_and_B-side" title="A-side and B-side">b-side</a> of "Twenty Miles".<br />
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Although the group was well regarded in Scotland and despite being
crowned 'Scotland's Top Group', they decided to try for success in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">UK</a> as a whole.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AMG_1-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-AMG-1">[1]</a></sup><br />
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In 1965, they played a long stint in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> at the Storyville in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne" title="Cologne">Cologne</a> and also in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duisburg" title="Duisburg">Duisburg</a>, before moving to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> where they changed management and agency representation, as Billy Grainger had decided to remain in Scotland.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Name_change_and_the_CBS_era">Name change and the CBS era</span></h3>
On the recommendation of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tremeloes" title="The Tremeloes">The Tremeloes</a>,
who had seen them in Scotland, The Gaylords were invited to join the
London-based agency Starlite Artistes, owned and managed by Peter Walsh.<br />
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They then began to build up a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightclub" title="Nightclub">club</a> reputation as a tight, close harmony band and in 1966, finding themselves in the middle of the 1960s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swinging_London" title="Swinging London">swinging London</a>
scene, they decided to update their image and instrumentation.<br />
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On the
advice of their new manager, they changed the band name to The
Marmalade, eventually dropping "The".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AMG_1-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-AMG-1">[1]</a></sup><br />
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Unusually, they now had two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_guitar" title="Bass guitar">bass</a> players, Graham Knight on 4 string and Pat Fairley on 6 string (Fairley having dropped the standard <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_guitar" title="Rhythm guitar">rhythm guitar</a> normally associated with rock groups of the early 1960s).<br />
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With their EMI Columbia contract at an end, Walsh, with the help of
John Salter, Walsh's booking agent, was successful in signing the band
to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">CBS Records</a>
with producer Mike Smith, who was having great success with The
Tremeloes, now their agency stablemates.<br />
<br />
But their first few CBS singles
also failed to chart in the UK. Drummer Ray Duffy (who later played
with <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthews_Southern_Comfort" title="Matthews Southern Comfort">Matthews Southern Comfort</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallagher_and_Lyle" title="Gallagher and Lyle">Gallagher and Lyle</a>)
left in 1966 to return to Scotland to get married just after their
first CBS release, "Its All Leading up to Saturday Night".<br />
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Former
postman <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Whitehead_%28drummer%29" title="Alan Whitehead (drummer)">Alan Whitehead</a>
became their new drummer, debuting on their next single, "Can't Stop
Now", which failed to sell despite the group's performing it on a TV
play, <i>The Fantasist</i>,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup> written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alun_Owen" title="Alun Owen">Alun Owen</a>, for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC Two</a> <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_625" title="Theatre 625">Theatre 625</a></i> series.<br />
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Their third CBS single, the self penned "<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_See_The_Rain" title="I See The Rain">I See The Rain</a>", written by Junior Campbell and Dean Ford, was praised by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix" title="Jimi Hendrix">Jimi Hendrix</a> as the 'best cut of 1967'.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AMG_1-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-AMG-1">[1]</a></sup><br />
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It became a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_chart" title="Record chart">chart-topper</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> the same year. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Nash" title="Graham Nash">Graham Nash</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollies" title="The Hollies">The Hollies</a>
contributed to the session, but it too flopped in the UK, although the
track, with its distinct 1960s feel, has since attained a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_following" title="Cult following">cult following</a> and been resurrected recently by artists such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susanna_Hoffs" title="Susanna Hoffs">Susanna Hoffs</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bangles" title="The Bangles">The Bangles</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Sweet" title="Matthew Sweet">Matthew Sweet</a>. (see <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_the_Covers,_Vol._1" title="Under the Covers, Vol. 1">Under the Covers, Vol. 1</a></i>)<br />
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19 January 1967 proved to be a major turning point in the band's progress when they made their debut at London's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquee_Club" title="Marquee Club">Marquee Club</a> where they supported <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd" title="Pink Floyd">Pink Floyd</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup><br />
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Two weeks later, on 3 February, they supported <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Action" title="The Action">The Action</a>.
After that, they never supported anyone again at the Marquee and on 16
March 1967 they began a long residency which carried through to the
autumn of the following year, building a reputation and following,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AMG_1-4"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-AMG-1">[1]</a></sup> including touring with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Who" title="The Who">The Who</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Cocker" title="Joe Cocker">Joe Cocker</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_%28band%29" title="Traffic (band)">Traffic</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Pitney" title="Gene Pitney">Gene Pitney</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tremeloes" title="The Tremeloes">The Tremeloes</a>.<br />
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This culminated in a summer appearance at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Jazz_and_Blues_Festival" title="National Jazz and Blues Festival">Windsor Jazz and Rock Festival</a> in 1967, directly preceding <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lee_Lewis" title="Jerry Lee Lewis">Jerry Lee Lewis</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs_4-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs-4">[4]</a></sup><br />
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CBS, concerned at Marmalade's lack of commercial success, threatened
to drop them if they did not have a hit. So after the failure of another
self-penned single later that year, "Man in a Shop", they were urged to
record more chart-oriented material. They rejected "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everlasting_Love" title="Everlasting Love">Everlasting Love</a>", which became a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_chart" title="Record chart">#1</a> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Affair_%28band%29" title="Love Affair (band)">Love Affair</a>, but later gave in to pressure and recorded "Lovin' Things" written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artie_Schroeck" title="Artie Schroeck">Artie Schroeck</a> and Jet Loring in 1967 and arranged by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Mansfield" title="Keith Mansfield">Keith Mansfield</a> for Marmalade.<br />
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It reached No. 6 in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles Chart</a> in the summer of 1968.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-British_Hit_Singles_.26_Albums_5-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-British_Hit_Singles_.26_Albums-5">[5]</a></sup> This was covered by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grass_Roots" title="The Grass Roots">The Grass Roots</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">US</a> in 1969, using virtually the same arrangement.<br />
<br />
Marmalade's debut album, <i>There's A Lot Of It About</i>, featured a mix of some of their singles and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cover_version" title="Cover version">cover versions</a> of current popular tunes, and was released in 1968. Marmalade also made a cameo appearance on the big screen in the film <i>Subterfuge</i> <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup> that same year.<br />
<br />
After a lesser hit with their follow-up single "Wait For Me Mary-Anne" (written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Blaikley" title="Alan Blaikley">Alan Blaikley</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Howard_%28composer%29" title="Ken Howard (composer)">Ken Howard</a>), which made No. 30, they enjoyed their biggest UK success with their cover of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a>' "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ob-La-Di,_Ob-La-Da" title="Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da">Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da</a>", which topped the UK chart in January 1969.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AMG_1-5"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-AMG-1">[1]</a></sup><br />
<br />
As the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_people" title="Scottish people">Scottish</a> group to ever top that chart,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-British_Hit_Singles_7-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-British_Hit_Singles-7">[7]</a></sup> in the week it went to the chart summit, they celebrated by appearing on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a>'s music programme <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_of_the_Pops" title="Top of the Pops">Top of the Pops</a></i> dressed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilt" title="Kilt">kilts</a>.<br />
<br />
Their version of "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" sold around half a million in the UK, and a million copies globally by April 1969.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs_4-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs-4">[4]</a></sup><br />
<br />
This was followed by further success with "Baby Make It Soon" (written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Macaulay" title="Tony Macaulay">Tony Macaulay</a>), which reached No. 9 in the summer of 1969.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-British_Hit_Singles_.26_Albums_5-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-British_Hit_Singles_.26_Albums-5">[5]</a></sup><br />
<br />
In February 1969 the band appeared on the BBC's flagship program <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colour_Me_Pop" title="Colour Me Pop">Colour Me Pop</a></i>, (precursor to <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Grey_Whistle_Test" title="The Old Grey Whistle Test">The Old Grey Whistle Test</a></i>) performing a halfhour slot.<br />
<br />
They also appeared on the BBC's review of the 1960s music scene, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_Go_The_Sixties" title="Pop Go The Sixties">Pop Go The Sixties</a></i>, performing "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" live on the broadcast on <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_1" title="BBC 1">BBC 1</a> on New Year's Eve 1969.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Decca_era">Decca era</span></h3>
In November 1969 the band was signed to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decca_Records" title="Decca Records">Decca Records</a> by Decca head of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26R" title="A&R">A&R</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Rowe" title="Dick Rowe">Dick Rowe</a>.<br />
<br />
Under an advance deal allowing them to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">write</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">produce</a> their own songs, in their very first Decca recording session, they recorded what would become their biggest worldwide hit.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AMG_1-6"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-AMG-1">[1]</a></sup><br />
<br />
Topping the charts in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a> (also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_40" title="Top 40">Top 10</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> and No. 1 in most of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South America</a>), "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflections_of_My_Life" title="Reflections of My Life">Reflections of My Life</a>", written by Campbell and Ford,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup> featured a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backmasking" title="Backmasking">backwards</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_solo" title="Guitar solo">guitar solo</a> by Campbell.<br />
<br />
"Reflections of My Life" has recorded over two million sales, and the
writers were awarded a Special Citation of Achievement in 1998 by <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast_Music_Incorporated" title="Broadcast Music Incorporated">BMI</a> in attaining radio broadcast performances in excess of one million in the US alone.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup><br />
<br />
Other UK hits for Decca included "Rainbow" (UK No. 3 and US No. 51) and "My Little One" (UK No. 15).,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AMG_1-7"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-AMG-1">[1]</a></sup> "Cousin Norman" and "Radancer" (both reaching UK No. 6).<br />
<br />
Their manager, Peter Walsh, was a 1960s and 1970s pop entrepreneur whose portfolio also included <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tremeloes" title="The Tremeloes">The Tremeloes</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_City_Rollers" title="Bay City Rollers">Bay City Rollers</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Ocean" title="Billy Ocean">Billy Ocean</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troggs" title="The Troggs">The Troggs</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Mink" title="Blue Mink">Blue Mink</a>.<br />
<br />
Their first Decca album, <i>Reflections Of The Marmalade</i> was released in the US as <i>Reflections Of My Life</i> on Decca's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Records" title="London Records">London Records</a>
subsidiary. Their US singles during this era likewise came out on
London.<br />
<br />
But their manager, Walsh, turned down an offer to tour the US
opening for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Dog_Night" title="Three Dog Night">Three Dog Night</a>, thus blowing an opportunity for further exposure there.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><br />
<br />
To be fair to Walsh, he did not much care for the fact that Marmalade
would have had to pay a substantial dollar premium to do so – a practice
common in the US but totally alien to Walsh's traditional UK management
and agency style.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><br />
<br />
After Junior Campbell, who co-wrote most of the group's original
material with Ford, left the band in March 1971 for a solo career, and
to study orchestration and composition at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_College_of_Music" title="Royal College of Music">Royal College of Music</a>,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-NME_Rock_.27N.27_Roll_Years_10-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-NME_Rock_.27N.27_Roll_Years-10">[10]</a></sup> they began a series of line-up changes, including the loss of drummer Alan Whitehead.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AMG_1-8"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-AMG-1">[1]</a></sup><br />
<br />
Marmalade recruited guitarist Hugh Nicholson, an ex-member of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Poets" title="The Poets">The Poets</a>,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AMG_1-9"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-AMG-1">[1]</a></sup>
to replace Campbell, and after the first post Campbell release, "Cousin
Norman", it was Nicholson who insisted on them sacking Whitehead and
recruiting his friend and colleague from The Poets, Dougie Henderson.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><br />
<br />
This caused Marmalade to suffer adverse publicity from the UK's <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_of_the_World" title="News of the World">News of the World</a></i> after an embittered Whitehead gave them stories of the band's experiences with groupies.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AMG_1-10"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-AMG-1">[1]</a></sup><br />
<br />
Marmalade released <i>Songs</i> in November 1971, with Nicholson
taking over most song compositions, which met with limited success.<br />
<br />
However, Nicholson penned two of their last hits, "Cousin Norman" (brass
arranged by Junior Campbell) and "Radancer", as well as the lesser hit
"Back on the Road", on which he sang lead vocal.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AMG_1-11"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-AMG-1">[1]</a></sup><br />
<br />
Pat Fairley quit the band circa 1972 to run the group's music
publishing company, then Nicholson, who was discouraged over the failure
of their <i>Songs</i> album, also left in 1973 to form <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_%28Scottish_band%29" title="Blue (Scottish band)">Blue</a> (not to be confused with a later <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_band" title="Boy band">boy band</a> of the same name – <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_%28boy_band%29" title="Blue (boy band)">Blue</a>).<br />
<br />
Ford, Knight and Henderson carried on with Marmalade. Nicholson was eventually replaced by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikel_Japp" title="Mikel Japp">Mike Japp</a>, a rock guitarist from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Welsh</a> band, Thank You.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AMG_1-12"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-AMG-1">[1]</a></sup><br />
<br />
The group returned to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMI" title="EMI">EMI</a> and released a new single, "Wishing Well". But Knight left during the recording of their next album, <i>Our House Is Rocking</i>
(which was delayed until the autumn of 1974), and the group was briefly
a trio before Joe Breen (ex-Dream Police) came in on bass.<br />
<br />
Refusing to
play most of the band's old hit records on stage, the group slowly came
to a standstill.<br />
<br />
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="1975.E2.80.931978">1975–1978</span></h3>
In
1975, Knight linked up with former drummer Alan Whitehead to form
'Vintage Marmalade' with Sandy Newman (vocals, guitar, keyboards) and
Charlie Smith (guitar).<br />
<br />
They were reunited with their old manager, Peter
Walsh, to play all the hits on stage and had a full date sheet.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AMG_1-13"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-AMG-1">[1]</a></sup><br />
<br />
Later in 1975, after Ford and the remaining members called it quits,
Knight and Whitehead took over the name Marmalade with the new line-up,
fronted by Newman.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AMG_1-14"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-AMG-1">[1]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup><br />
<br />
They signed a deal with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Macaulay" title="Tony Macaulay">Tony Macaulay</a>'s
Target Records and in 1976, had what turned out to be their final Top
10 hit with the ominously entitled, Macaulay penned song, "Falling Apart
at The Seams".<br />
<br />
The song also reached the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easy_listening" title="Easy listening">easy listening</a> charts in the U.S. and made the Top 50 of the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">Billboard Hot 100</a></i>, becoming the group's last charting single on the U.S charts.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-500_Number_One_Hits_12-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-500_Number_One_Hits-12">[12]</a></sup> Subsequent singles failed to chart.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AMG_1-15"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_%28band%29#cite_note-AMG-1">[1]</a></sup><br />
<br />
One of these was "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_in_Your_Sleep_%28Crystal_Gayle_song%29" title="Talking in Your Sleep (Crystal Gayle song)">Talking In Your Sleep</a>", produced by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Greenaway" title="Roger Greenaway">Roger Greenaway</a> and released in January 1978, six months ahead of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Gayle" title="Crystal Gayle">Crystal Gayle</a> version of the same song, which became well known worldwide.<br />
<br />
Sandy Newman (ex-The Chris McClure Section, 1968–1970) has continued
to front Marmalade since 1975, releasing a further eleven singles in the
UK (excluding re-releases), seven of which were via Target Records,
none of which have charted in the UK or US, and today they continue to
tour the nostalgia circuit performing the band's full hit repertoire.<br />
<br />
Charlie Smith departed in 1977 to join Nicholson in Blue, and Garth Watt-Roy came in briefly for Marmalade's <i>Only Light On My Horizon Now</i>
album, before leaving for the Q-Tips in 1978.<br />
<br />
He was replaced by
guitarist Ian Withington, who appeared alongside Knight, Newman and new
drummer Stu Williamson for the next album <i>Doing It All For You</i> (1979).<br />
<br />
Alan Whitehead left the band in 1978 to manage other pop groups and
singers, which he does to this day.<br />
<br />
He also appeared in the 2010 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_program" title="Television program">TV series</a> <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_Me_Out_%28UK_game_show%29" title="Take Me Out (UK game show)">Take Me Out</a></i> and ran a <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lap_dancing" title="Lap dancing">lap dancing</a> club.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><br />
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Subsequent_years">Subsequent years</span></h3>
Charlie
Smith returned in 1980, as the band's drummer this time. Alan Holmes
(vocals, guitars, keyboards), a former member of the Bristol-based band
Federation, succeeded Withington.<br />
<br />
A 1980 US only album, <i>Marmalade</i>,
on G&P Records, featured a re-recorded mix of their Decca, EMI and
Target material, alongside some Junior Campbell penned tracks.<br />
<br />
Another unsuccessful album, <i>Heartbreaker</i>, came out in the UK
in 1982 on the Spectra label. Graham Knight remained with the band
touring the nostalgia circuit with Newman, Smith and Alan Holmes.<br />
<br />
Also
in 1982, Glenn Taylor replaced Smith on drums, though Smith returned
from 1989 to around 1998, before Taylor took over permanently. Knight
remained as sole original member until September 2010.<br />
<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Dee" title="Dave Dee">Dave Dee</a>
began appearing as guest singer for Marmalade in 1987 and recorded a
single with the band, "Scirocco", in 1989. He continued to make live
guest appearances with them until his death in 2009.<br />
<br />
In April 2010, drummer Taylor left to join <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fortunes" title="The Fortunes">The Fortunes</a>
and Knight left in September the same year.<br />
<br />
The new players were Damon
Sawyer and bassist Mike Steed. In 2011, guitarist and vocalist John
James Newman joined, making the band a quintet once again.<br />
<br />
2011 also saw the release of <i>Fine Cuts – The Best Of Marmalade</i>
on the Salvo label (SALVOMDCD26), a double album containing all of the
Marmalade original studio recordings between 1966 and 1972, including
their chart hits.<br />
<br />
2013 saw the current Marmalade line-up release their first new studio album since 1979.<br />
<br />
Entitled <i>Penultimate</i>
and released in CD and vinyl formats, it featured six new compositions,
together with re-recordings of many Marmalade songs. The album was
launched on 4 October 2013 to coincide with the start of a 52-date UK
tour.<br />
<br />
Dean Ford was one of many lead vocalists contributing to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Alan_Parsons_Project" title="The Alan Parsons Project">The Alan Parsons Project</a>. His last known work in music was in 1991, by which time he was living in the US.<br />
<br />
Having retired from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_industry" title="Music industry">music industry</a>, he settled in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a> (after a brief spell in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a>)
and worked as a limo driver. He has recently become active in music
again and released a single called "Glasgow Road" with Joe Tansin (ex-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badfinger" title="Badfinger">Badfinger</a>) in 2012.<br />
<br />
Pat Fairley now has his own <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_%28establishment%29" title="Bar (establishment)">bar</a> called Scotland Yard, also situated in Los Angeles.<br />
<br />
Junior Campbell became a successful solo <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording_artist" title="Recording artist">recording artist</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">songwriter</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television" title="Television">television</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film" title="Film">film</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composer" title="Composer">composer</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">record producer</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_arranger" title="Music arranger">music arranger</a>, and lives in Sussex.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03154186553103808848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446236367473220387.post-14208710295776392272016-04-06T09:29:00.000-07:002016-09-25T13:12:35.689-07:00Ray Stevens~ "Everything is Beautiful"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Harry Ray Ragsdale</b>, known by his stage name Ray Stevens is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country music</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">pop</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singer-songwriter" title="Singer-songwriter">singer-songwriter</a> who has become equally well known for his serious material as he has for his <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novelty_song" title="Novelty song">novelty songs</a>.</div>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Early_life">Early life</span></h2>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Early_life">Stevens was born Harry Ray Ragsdale on January 24, 1939, in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarkdale,_Georgia" title="Clarkdale, Georgia">Clarkdale, Georgia</a>. </span></div>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Early_life">While attending high school, Stevens formed his first band, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues">rhythm and blues</a> group he named the Barons. </span></div>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Early_life">Following his graduation from high school, Stevens enrolled in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_State_University" title="Georgia State University">Georgia State College</a> as a music major.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AMC_2-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Stevens#cite_note-AMC-2">[2]</a></sup></span></div>
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<tr><th class="fn" colspan="2" style="font-size: 125%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: orange;">Ray Stevens</span></th>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">Birth name</th>
<td class="nickname">Harry Ray Ragsdale</td>
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<td class="">January 24, 1939 <span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow">(age 73)</span><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarkdale,_Georgia" title="Clarkdale, Georgia">Clarkdale, Georgia</a>, United States<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Stevens#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup></td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genres</a></th>
<td class=""><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">Country</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">pop</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novelty_song" title="Novelty song">novelty</a></td>
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<td class="role"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singer-songwriter" title="Singer-songwriter">Singer-songwriter</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrangement" title="Arrangement">arranger</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano" title="Piano">pianist</a></td>
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<td class="note"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_voice" title="Human voice">Vocals</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano" title="Piano">piano</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_keyboard" title="Musical keyboard">keyboards</a></td>
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<td class="">1958–present</td>
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<td class=""><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Recording_Corporation" title="National Recording Corporation">NRC</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Records" title="Mercury Records">Mercury</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_Records" title="Monument Records">Monument</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnaby_Records" title="Barnaby Records">Barnaby</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records" title="Warner Bros. Records">Warner Bros.</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA_Records" title="RCA Records">RCA</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MCA_Nashville_Records" title="MCA Nashville Records">MCA</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curb_Records" title="Curb Records">Curb</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">CBS</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus_Records" title="Janus Records">Janus</a></td>
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<td class=""><a class="external text" href="http://www.raystevens.com/" rel="nofollow">RayStevens.com</a></td>
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<td class="note" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano" title="Piano">Piano</a><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Early_career">Early career</span></h3>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol Records</a> signed Stevens to their <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prep_Records&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Prep Records (page does not exist)">Prep Records</a> division in 1957,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AMC_2-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Stevens#cite_note-AMC-2">[2]</a></sup> and produced the singles "Silver Bracelet," that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_%28magazine%29" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a>
predicted to be a teen favorite, and "Rang Tang Ding Dong," about a
Japanese sandman, for which Billboard credited the 16-year-old Stevens'
vocals as "strong, attractive."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Stevens#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup><br />
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The latter song was a cover of a song recorded by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a> doo-wop group <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Cellos&action=edit&redlink=1" title="The Cellos (page does not exist)">The Cellos</a> in 1957, and written by Cellos bass singer <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alvin_Williams_%28singer%29&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Alvin Williams (singer) (page does not exist)">Alvin Williams</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Stevens#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup><br />
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In 1958, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Lowery_%28record_producer%29" title="Bill Lowery (record producer)">Bill Lowery</a> created the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Recording_Corporation" title="National Recording Corporation">National Recording Corporation</a>
(NRC), and brought Stevens on board playing numerous instruments,
arranging music, and performing background vocals for its band.<br />
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that time, he had adopted the professional name of "Ray Stevens," which
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Lowery was
unable to collect debts from his own accounts and was forced into
bankruptcy.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Stevens#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup><br />
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Stevens then signed with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Records" title="Mercury Records">Mercury Records</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Stevens#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup> with whom Stevens recorded a series of hit records in the 1960s that included songs such as "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahab_the_Arab" title="Ahab the Arab">Ahab the Arab</a>," "<a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harry_the_Hairy_Ape&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Harry the Hairy Ape (page does not exist)">Harry the Hairy Ape</a>," "Funny Man," the original recording of "<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus_Is_Watching_You" title="Santa Claus Is Watching You">Santa Claus Is Watching You</a>," and "<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah_Peabody%27s_Polyunsaturated_Quick-Dissolving,_Fast-Acting_Pleasant-Tasting_Green_and_Purple_Pills" title="Jeremiah Peabody's Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving, Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills">Jeremiah Peabody's Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving, Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills</a>."<br />
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The song that introduced Stevens to most of his fan base is "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahab_the_Arab" title="Ahab the Arab">Ahab the Arab</a>," which reached number five on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">Hot 100</a> in the summer of 1962.<br />
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In 1966, Stevens signed with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_Records" title="Monument Records">Monument Records</a>
and started to release serious material such as "Mr. Businessman" in
1968, a Top 30 pop hit; "Have a Little Talk With Myself" and the
original version of "<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_Morning_Coming_Down" title="Sunday Morning Coming Down">Sunday Morning Coming Down</a>" in 1969, which became Stevens' first two singles to reach the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country music</a> charts. <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O.C._Smith" title="O.C. Smith">O.C. Smith</a> covered the Stevens-penned <i>Isn't It Lonely Together</i> while <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Davis,_Jr." title="Sammy Davis, Jr.">Sammy Davis, Jr.</a> covered <i>Have a Little Talk With Myself</i>.<br />
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Stevens continued releasing novelty songs, and in 1969 he had a Top 10 pop hit with "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gitarzan" title="Gitarzan">Gitarzan</a>." Stevens also became a regular on <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Andy_Williams_Show" title="The Andy Williams Show">The Andy Williams Show</a></i> during the 1969–1970 season, and he hosted his own summer show, <i>The Ray Stevens Show,</i> in 1970.<br />
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In Australia, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_D._Wylie" title="Ross D. Wylie">Ross D. Wylie</a> reached the top 20 with his cover of the Stevens-penned, <i>Funny Man</i>. Stevens' collection of Hot 100 hits is evenly divided between serious and novelty.<br />
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As an <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26R" title="A&R">A&R</a> man, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_producer" title="Music producer">music producer</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">songwriter</a>, and <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_arranger" title="Music arranger">music arranger</a>
he assisted countless artists in the recording studio during his years
at Mercury Records and Monument Records, 1961 through early 1970.<br />
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of the acts he was associated with during that time period were <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Lee" title="Brenda Lee">Brenda Lee</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brook_Benton" title="Brook Benton">Brook Benton</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patti_Page" title="Patti Page">Patti Page</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Dowell" title="Joe Dowell">Joe Dowell</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusty_Springfield" title="Dusty Springfield">Dusty Springfield</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_Parton" title="Dolly Parton">Dolly Parton</a>.<br />
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Stevens was a writer or co-writer of several songs those particular acts recorded. <i><a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=My_True_Confession&action=edit&redlink=1" title="My True Confession (page does not exist)">My True Confession</a></i> , a Top-10 on the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%26B" title="R&B">R&B</a> chart in 1963 for Brook Benton, was written by Stevens and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margie_Singleton" title="Margie Singleton">Margie Singleton</a>.<br />
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Stevens was the arranger for an obscure <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doyle_Holly" title="Doyle Holly">Doyle Holly</a> recording titled "<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Heart_Cries_For_You" title="My Heart Cries For You">My Heart Cries For You</a>" which had been recorded previously by Stevens during the late 1950s.<br />
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Starting in the 1970s, Stevens became a producer and well-known studio musician on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville</a> scene. He recorded songs for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnaby_Records" title="Barnaby Records">Barnaby Records</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Brothers" title="Warner Brothers">Warner Brothers</a> during 1970–1979. Stevens' biggest hit in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> was his gospel-inflected single "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_Is_Beautiful" title="Everything Is Beautiful">Everything Is Beautiful</a>" (1970).<br />
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The single won a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Award</a>,
was the theme song for his summer 1970 TV show, hit number one on both
the pop and Adult-Contemporary charts, and marked his first time in the
Top 40 on the country charts, peaking at number 39. It sold over one
million copies, and was awarded a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_recording_sales_certification" title="Music recording sales certification">gold disc</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs_7-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Stevens#cite_note-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs-7">[7]</a></sup><br />
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His other 1970 singles were "America, Communicate With Me" and "Sunset
Strip," both of which reached the Top 20 on the Adult-Contemporary
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His novelty song "Bridget the Midget (The Queen of The Blues)"
made number two on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> chart in 1971 and in the US it reached number 50.<br />
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Stevens had a gospel/country hit single in early 1972 with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_E._Brumley" title="Albert E. Brumley">Albert E. Brumley</a>'s "<a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Turn_Your_Radio_On&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Turn Your Radio On (page does not exist)">Turn Your Radio On</a>,"
reaching the country Top 20. Two more of Stevens' songs in 1971 were
also minor pop hits, "A Mama and a Papa" and "All My Trials," but both
crossed over to the Top 10 Adult-Contemporary lists.<br />
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Stevens frequently
toured Canada and went overseas to the UK. A rock-infected gospel
arrangement accompanied his version of "Love Lifted Me" and it became a
hit single in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangkok" title="Bangkok">Bangkok</a> in the fall of 1972, finding its way into the Top Five for the week ending September 30.<br />
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In 1973, Stevens had a top 40 country hit with the title track of his
album, "Nashville," and increased his exposure on television by
performing on a variety of prime-time programs of the era. In 1974,
Stevens recorded perhaps his most famous hit, "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Streak" title="The Streak">The Streak</a>," which poked fun at the early-1970s fad of running nude in public, known as "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streaking" title="Streaking">streaking</a>."<br />
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It made number one in both the UK and the US and No. 3 on the country chart. In 1975, he released the Grammy-winning "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misty_%28song%29" title="Misty (song)">Misty</a>,"
which became his biggest country hit (reaching number three on the
country charts and number 14 on the pop charts); he also entered the
country Top 40 with a doo-wop version of "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Love_Call" title="Indian Love Call">Indian Love Call</a>," "<a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Everybody_Needs_a_Rainbow&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Everybody Needs a Rainbow (page does not exist)">Everybody Needs a Rainbow</a>," and a ballad version of "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Love_%281956_song%29" title="Young Love (1956 song)">Young Love</a>" in early 1976.<br />
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Stevens' tenure with Barnaby came to an end in early 1976.<br />
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Stevens joined Warner Brothers in 1976, where his debut was a strong
showing with three hit singles in a row. The first was the up-tempo
version of "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Are_So_Beautiful" title="You Are So Beautiful">You Are So Beautiful</a>," which reached the country Top 20, then "<a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Honky_Tonk_Waltz&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Honky Tonk Waltz (page does not exist)">Honky Tonk Waltz</a>,"
which reached the Top 30.<br />
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He then released a novelty single: under the
pseudonym "Henhouse Five Plus Too," Stevens recorded a version of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Miller" title="Glenn Miller">Glenn Miller</a>'s "<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_The_Mood" title="In The Mood">In The Mood</a>" in the style of a clucking chicken; it became a Top 40 hit in the US and UK in early 1977.<br />
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In 1978 he had a hit with "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be_Your_Own_Best_Friend" title="Be Your Own Best Friend">Be Your Own Best Friend</a>" on the country charts, and in 1979 he had his last Hot 100 hit (to date) with the novelty "<a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I_Need_Your_Help,_Barry_Manilow&action=edit&redlink=1" title="I Need Your Help, Barry Manilow (page does not exist)">I Need Your Help, Barry Manilow</a>," which he released from the album <i>The Feeling's Not Right Again.</i><br />
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In the US, Stevens' singles would reach only the country chart nationally thereafter. He joined <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA_Records" title="RCA Records">RCA</a> in late 1979, releasing new material in 1980.<br />
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<b>Joey + Rory</b> is an American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">bluegrass</a> duo composed of singer-songwriters <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Lee_Feek" title="Rory Lee Feek">Rory Lee Feek</a>
and Joey Martin Feek, who are husband and wife.<br />
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Joey is the duo's lead
vocalist, while Rory sings background vocals and plays guitar. The duo
was the third-place finalist on <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Television" title="Country Music Television">CMT</a>'s competition <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_You_Duet" title="Can You Duet">Can You Duet</a></i> in 2008.<br />
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That same year, Joey + Rory signed to <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Hill_Records_%28bluegrass%29" title="Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass)">Sugar Hill</a>/<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_Records" title="Vanguard Records">Vanguard Records</a>, releasing their debut album <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_of_a_Song" title="The Life of a Song">The Life of a Song</a></i> in late October.<br />
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This album's lead-off single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheater,_Cheater" title="Cheater, Cheater">Cheater, Cheater</a>", was a Top 40 hit on the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_%28magazine%29" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>
country charts. Although none of their other singles have made top 40
on that chart, the duo has released six studio albums in total.<br />
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Joey Martin Feek (left) and Rory Lee Feek (center) being interviewed by Allison DeMarcus.</div>
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<th scope="row">Origin</th>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia,_Tennessee" title="Columbia, Tennessee">Columbia, Tennessee</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA" title="USA">USA</a></td>
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<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">Country</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">bluegrass</a></td>
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<td>2008–present</td>
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<td>Farmhouse Recordings <small>(2013-present)</small><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_Records" title="Vanguard Records">Vanguard</a>/<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Hill_Records_%28bluegrass%29" title="Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass)">Sugar Hill</a> <small>(2008-2012)</small></td>
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<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zac_Brown_Band" title="Zac Brown Band">Zac Brown Band</a><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jackson" title="Carl Jackson">Carl Jackson</a></td>
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<td><a class="external text" href="http://www.joeyandrory.com/" rel="nofollow">Official Site</a></td>
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<td>Joey Martin Feek<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Lee_Feek" title="Rory Lee Feek">Rory Lee Feek</a></td></tr>
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Before the duo's foundation, Rory Lee Feek worked as a songwriter in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a>, and he has continued to work as a songwriter even as a member of Joey + Rory.<br />
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Songs that he wrote for other artists include <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_Walker" title="Clay Walker">Clay Walker</a>'s Top Five hit "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chain_of_Love" title="The Chain of Love">The Chain of Love</a>", <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Shelton" title="Blake Shelton">Blake Shelton</a>'s Number One hit "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some_Beach" title="Some Beach">Some Beach</a>", and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wayne" title="Jimmy Wayne">Jimmy Wayne</a>'s 2008 single "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Will_%28Jimmy_Wayne_song%29" title="I Will (Jimmy Wayne song)">I Will</a>".<br />
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Rory also founded the independent label <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giantslayer_Records" title="Giantslayer Records">Giantslayer Records</a> in 2004, on which Joey had recorded a solo album entitled <i>Strong Enough to Cry</i> in 2005.<br />
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This album was released in CD format in 2008, as well as a digital download.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> Rory also recorded a solo album on Giantslayer Records, titled <i>My Ol' Man</i>, which he also made available only as a download.<br />
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Joey + Rory performed on the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Television" title="Country Music Television">CMT</a> competition <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_You_Duet" title="Can You Duet">Can You Duet</a></i>
in 2008, in which they were the third-place finalists. Shortly after
the competition, they were signed to the independent label <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Hill_Records_%28bluegrass%29" title="Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass)">Sugar Hill Records</a>.<br />
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They returned to the <i>Can You Duet</i> stage to perform "Cheater, Cheater" on "Original Song Night" for the series' second season, which aired on July 25, 2009.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup><br />
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The duo's debut album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_of_a_Song" title="The Life of a Song">The Life of a Song</a></i>, was released on October 28, 2008 on Sugar Hill Records.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup><br />
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The album debuted at No. 10 on the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_%28magazine%29" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Country_Albums" title="Top Country Albums">Top Country Albums</a> chart, and No. 61 on the all-genre <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a>.<br />
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Its lead-off single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheater,_Cheater" title="Cheater, Cheater">Cheater, Cheater</a>", was originally recorded by the duo <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomshel" title="Bomshel">Bomshel</a>.
Kristy Osmonson, one-half of that duo, co-wrote the song with the Feeks
and Wynn Varble. <br />
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Bomshel's version was released as a single in early
2008, although it did not chart. Joey + Rory's version was released in
September 2008, featuring a music video that has a cameo from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Judd" title="Naomi Judd">Naomi Judd</a>, who had been a judge on <i>Can You Duet</i>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup><br />
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Joey + Rory's version peaked at No. 30 on the country music charts in
early 2009. The duo has also appeared in television commercials for the
online retailer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overstock.com" title="Overstock.com">Overstock.com</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup><br />
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In February 2009, the duo were nominated for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music_Awards" title="Academy of Country Music Awards">Academy of Country Music Awards</a> Top Vocal Duo.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup><br />
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Although a cover of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynyrd_Skynyrd" title="Lynyrd Skynyrd">Lynyrd Skynyrd</a>'s "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Bird" title="Free Bird">Free Bird</a>"
was originally to have been released as the second single, it was
withdrawn after two weeks, and replaced in March 2009 with "Play the
Song", which failed to chart.<br />
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The album's third single, "To Say
Goodbye", was released to radio on July 27, 2009, and also failed to
chart.<br />
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Joey + Rory released their first holiday single, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jackson" title="Carl Jackson">Carl Jackson</a> produced "It's Christmas Time," on November 16, 2009 to country radio and November 24, 2009 to digital retailers.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-rodeo_7-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-rodeo-7">[7]</a></sup><br />
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It was done in partnership with <i>CMT One Country</i>,
who will donate a portion of proceeds from the single to various
charities (including The Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-rodeo_7-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-rodeo-7">[7]</a></sup><br />
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Additionally, Rory Feek along with Tim Johnson, created the Song Trust;
under this an album of holiday songs performed by children, titled <i>Merry Kidsmas</i>, was released.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup><br />
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Joey + Rory announced on October 15, 2009, that they were in the studio working on the follow-up album to <i>The Life of a Song</i>.<br />
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The album, titled <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Album_Number_Two" title="Album Number Two">Album Number Two</a></i>, was announced in January 2010 and released on September 14, 2010. The lead-off single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Song%27s_for_You" title="This Song's for You">This Song's for You</a>",
was released to radio in July 2010; originally "That's Important to Me"
had been chosen, but the single choice was changed.<br />
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The music video for
"This Song's for You" was directed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Doane" title="Darren Doane">Darren Doane</a>
and was released in August 2010.<br />
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"That's Important to Me" was released
as the album's second single in October 2010. It debuted at number 58 on
the Hot Country Songs chart for the week ending February 12, 2011.<br />
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On March 16, 2010, it was announced that the duo were the winners of the 2010 <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music_Award" title="Academy of Country Music Award">Academy of Country Music Award</a> for Top New Vocal Duo, and would compete alongside <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Bryan" title="Luke Bryan">Luke Bryan</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloriana_%28band%29" title="Gloriana (band)">Gloriana</a> for the Top New Artist award.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ACM_award_9-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-ACM_award-9">[9]</a></sup><br />
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Joey + Rory performed new songs from their upcoming album, were interviewed, and received their award on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_Country" title="Great American Country">GAC</a> special "ACM Top New Artists" on April 1, 2010.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ACM_award_9-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-ACM_award-9">[9]</a></sup><br />
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On August 29, 2011, Joey + Rory released a new single, titled
"Headache," to country radio, though it failed to chart and was not
included on an album. Joey + Rory released their first Christmas album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Farmhouse_Christmas" title="A Farmhouse Christmas">A Farmhouse Christmas</a></i>, on October 11, 2011.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-farmhouse_christmas_10-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-farmhouse_christmas-10">[10]</a></sup><br />
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Joey + Rory's third studio album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_and_Hers_%28album%29" title="His and Hers (album)">His and Hers</a></i>,
was released on July 31, 2012.<br />
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"When I'm Gone" and "Josephine" served
as the album's first two singles and were simultaneously released to
radio before the album,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup> though neither charted.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="2013.E2.80.93present:_Inspired:_Songs_of_Faith_.26_Family.2C_Made_to_Last.2C_and_Country_Classics:_A_Tapestry_of_Our_Musical_Heritage">2013–present: <i>Inspired: Songs of Faith & Family</i>, <i>Made to Last</i>, and <i>Country Classics: A Tapestry of Our Musical Heritage</i></span></h3>
Joey + Rory announced on the red carpet of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACM_Awards" title="ACM Awards">ACM Awards</a> that the duo had recorded their first album of gospel music.<br />
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Joey Martin told <i>Billboard</i>
that "It's kind of an inspirational album, of old gospel songs that I
grew up singing and listening to my mum sing. It’s an album I’ve wanted
to do for a long time."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup><br />
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The album, <i>Inspired: Songs of Faith & Family</i>,
was released on July 16, 2013 via Gaither Music Group. It debuted at
number 166 on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 3,000, while
also peaking at number 31 on the Top Country Albums chart and at number 6
on the Top Christian Albums chart.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup><br />
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After the release of their Gospel album, Joey + Rory announced that they would be releasing their fifth studio album, <i>Made to Last</i>, in late 2013 via their own Farmhouse Recordings record label (their first self-released project). <i> </i><br />
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<i>Made to Last</i> was released on October 8, 2013 and debuted at No. 44 on the Top Country Albums chart.<br />
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Their sixth studio album, <i>Country Classics: A Tapestry of Our Musical Heritage</i>, was released exclusively to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracker_Barrel" title="Cracker Barrel">Cracker Barrel</a>
in May 2014, with a wide release following on October 14, 2014.<br />
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Their
second project on Gaither Music Group, the record consists of cover
versions of classic country songs.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-14">[14]</a></sup><br />
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In June 2014, Joey was diagnosed with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cervical_cancer" title="Cervical cancer">cervical cancer</a> not long after the birth of the couple's daughter, Indiana, who was born with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_syndrome" title="Down syndrome">Down syndrome</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-15">[15]</a></sup><br />
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In 2015, Joey was diagnosed with stage IV <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorectal_cancer" title="Colorectal cancer">colorectal cancer</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup><br />
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<b>Joey + Rory</b> is an American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">bluegrass</a> duo composed of singer-songwriters <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Lee_Feek" title="Rory Lee Feek">Rory Lee Feek</a>
and Joey Martin Feek, who are husband and wife.<br />
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Joey is the duo's lead
vocalist, while Rory sings background vocals and plays guitar. The duo
was the third-place finalist on <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Television" title="Country Music Television">CMT</a>'s competition <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_You_Duet" title="Can You Duet">Can You Duet</a></i> in 2008.<br />
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That same year, Joey + Rory signed to <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Hill_Records_%28bluegrass%29" title="Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass)">Sugar Hill</a>/<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_Records" title="Vanguard Records">Vanguard Records</a>, releasing their debut album <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_of_a_Song" title="The Life of a Song">The Life of a Song</a></i> in late October.<br />
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This album's lead-off single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheater,_Cheater" title="Cheater, Cheater">Cheater, Cheater</a>", was a Top 40 hit on the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_%28magazine%29" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>
country charts. Although none of their other singles have made top 40
on that chart, the duo has released six studio albums in total.<br />
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<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia,_Tennessee" title="Columbia, Tennessee">Columbia, Tennessee</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA" title="USA">USA</a></td>
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<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">Country</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">bluegrass</a></td>
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<td>2008–present</td>
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<td>Farmhouse Recordings <small>(2013-present)</small><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_Records" title="Vanguard Records">Vanguard</a>/<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Hill_Records_%28bluegrass%29" title="Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass)">Sugar Hill</a> <small>(2008-2012)</small></td>
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<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zac_Brown_Band" title="Zac Brown Band">Zac Brown Band</a><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jackson" title="Carl Jackson">Carl Jackson</a></td>
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<td><a class="external text" href="http://www.joeyandrory.com/" rel="nofollow">Official Site</a></td>
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<td>Joey Martin Feek<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Lee_Feek" title="Rory Lee Feek">Rory Lee Feek</a></td></tr>
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Before the duo's foundation, Rory Lee Feek worked as a songwriter in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a>, and he has continued to work as a songwriter even as a member of Joey + Rory.<br />
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Songs that he wrote for other artists include <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_Walker" title="Clay Walker">Clay Walker</a>'s Top Five hit "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chain_of_Love" title="The Chain of Love">The Chain of Love</a>", <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Shelton" title="Blake Shelton">Blake Shelton</a>'s Number One hit "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some_Beach" title="Some Beach">Some Beach</a>", and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wayne" title="Jimmy Wayne">Jimmy Wayne</a>'s 2008 single "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Will_%28Jimmy_Wayne_song%29" title="I Will (Jimmy Wayne song)">I Will</a>".<br />
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Rory also founded the independent label <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giantslayer_Records" title="Giantslayer Records">Giantslayer Records</a> in 2004, on which Joey had recorded a solo album entitled <i>Strong Enough to Cry</i> in 2005.<br />
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This album was released in CD format in 2008, as well as a digital download.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> Rory also recorded a solo album on Giantslayer Records, titled <i>My Ol' Man</i>, which he also made available only as a download.<br />
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Joey + Rory performed on the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Television" title="Country Music Television">CMT</a> competition <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_You_Duet" title="Can You Duet">Can You Duet</a></i>
in 2008, in which they were the third-place finalists. Shortly after
the competition, they were signed to the independent label <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Hill_Records_%28bluegrass%29" title="Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass)">Sugar Hill Records</a>.<br />
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They returned to the <i>Can You Duet</i> stage to perform "Cheater, Cheater" on "Original Song Night" for the series' second season, which aired on July 25, 2009.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup><br />
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The duo's debut album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_of_a_Song" title="The Life of a Song">The Life of a Song</a></i>, was released on October 28, 2008 on Sugar Hill Records.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup><br />
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The album debuted at No. 10 on the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_%28magazine%29" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Country_Albums" title="Top Country Albums">Top Country Albums</a> chart, and No. 61 on the all-genre <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a>.<br />
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Its lead-off single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheater,_Cheater" title="Cheater, Cheater">Cheater, Cheater</a>", was originally recorded by the duo <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomshel" title="Bomshel">Bomshel</a>.
Kristy Osmonson, one-half of that duo, co-wrote the song with the Feeks
and Wynn Varble. <br />
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Bomshel's version was released as a single in early
2008, although it did not chart. Joey + Rory's version was released in
September 2008, featuring a music video that has a cameo from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Judd" title="Naomi Judd">Naomi Judd</a>, who had been a judge on <i>Can You Duet</i>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup><br />
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Joey + Rory's version peaked at No. 30 on the country music charts in
early 2009. The duo has also appeared in television commercials for the
online retailer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overstock.com" title="Overstock.com">Overstock.com</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup><br />
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In February 2009, the duo were nominated for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music_Awards" title="Academy of Country Music Awards">Academy of Country Music Awards</a> Top Vocal Duo.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup><br />
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Although a cover of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynyrd_Skynyrd" title="Lynyrd Skynyrd">Lynyrd Skynyrd</a>'s "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Bird" title="Free Bird">Free Bird</a>"
was originally to have been released as the second single, it was
withdrawn after two weeks, and replaced in March 2009 with "Play the
Song", which failed to chart.<br />
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The album's third single, "To Say
Goodbye", was released to radio on July 27, 2009, and also failed to
chart.<br />
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Joey + Rory released their first holiday single, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jackson" title="Carl Jackson">Carl Jackson</a> produced "It's Christmas Time," on November 16, 2009 to country radio and November 24, 2009 to digital retailers.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-rodeo_7-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-rodeo-7">[7]</a></sup><br />
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It was done in partnership with <i>CMT One Country</i>,
who will donate a portion of proceeds from the single to various
charities (including The Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-rodeo_7-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-rodeo-7">[7]</a></sup><br />
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Additionally, Rory Feek along with Tim Johnson, created the Song Trust;
under this an album of holiday songs performed by children, titled <i>Merry Kidsmas</i>, was released.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup><br />
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Joey + Rory announced on October 15, 2009, that they were in the studio working on the follow-up album to <i>The Life of a Song</i>.<br />
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The album, titled <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Album_Number_Two" title="Album Number Two">Album Number Two</a></i>, was announced in January 2010 and released on September 14, 2010. The lead-off single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Song%27s_for_You" title="This Song's for You">This Song's for You</a>",
was released to radio in July 2010; originally "That's Important to Me"
had been chosen, but the single choice was changed.<br />
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The music video for
"This Song's for You" was directed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Doane" title="Darren Doane">Darren Doane</a>
and was released in August 2010.<br />
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"That's Important to Me" was released
as the album's second single in October 2010. It debuted at number 58 on
the Hot Country Songs chart for the week ending February 12, 2011.<br />
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On March 16, 2010, it was announced that the duo were the winners of the 2010 <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music_Award" title="Academy of Country Music Award">Academy of Country Music Award</a> for Top New Vocal Duo, and would compete alongside <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Bryan" title="Luke Bryan">Luke Bryan</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloriana_%28band%29" title="Gloriana (band)">Gloriana</a> for the Top New Artist award.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ACM_award_9-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-ACM_award-9">[9]</a></sup><br />
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Joey + Rory performed new songs from their upcoming album, were interviewed, and received their award on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_Country" title="Great American Country">GAC</a> special "ACM Top New Artists" on April 1, 2010.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ACM_award_9-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-ACM_award-9">[9]</a></sup><br />
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On August 29, 2011, Joey + Rory released a new single, titled
"Headache," to country radio, though it failed to chart and was not
included on an album. Joey + Rory released their first Christmas album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Farmhouse_Christmas" title="A Farmhouse Christmas">A Farmhouse Christmas</a></i>, on October 11, 2011.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-farmhouse_christmas_10-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-farmhouse_christmas-10">[10]</a></sup><br />
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Joey + Rory's third studio album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_and_Hers_%28album%29" title="His and Hers (album)">His and Hers</a></i>,
was released on July 31, 2012.<br />
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"When I'm Gone" and "Josephine" served
as the album's first two singles and were simultaneously released to
radio before the album,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup> though neither charted.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="2013.E2.80.93present:_Inspired:_Songs_of_Faith_.26_Family.2C_Made_to_Last.2C_and_Country_Classics:_A_Tapestry_of_Our_Musical_Heritage">2013–present: <i>Inspired: Songs of Faith & Family</i>, <i>Made to Last</i>, and <i>Country Classics: A Tapestry of Our Musical Heritage</i></span></h3>
Joey + Rory announced on the red carpet of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACM_Awards" title="ACM Awards">ACM Awards</a> that the duo had recorded their first album of gospel music.<br />
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Joey Martin told <i>Billboard</i>
that "It's kind of an inspirational album, of old gospel songs that I
grew up singing and listening to my mum sing. It’s an album I’ve wanted
to do for a long time."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup><br />
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The album, <i>Inspired: Songs of Faith & Family</i>,
was released on July 16, 2013 via Gaither Music Group. It debuted at
number 166 on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 3,000, while
also peaking at number 31 on the Top Country Albums chart and at number 6
on the Top Christian Albums chart.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup><br />
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After the release of their Gospel album, Joey + Rory announced that they would be releasing their fifth studio album, <i>Made to Last</i>, in late 2013 via their own Farmhouse Recordings record label (their first self-released project). <i> </i><br />
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<i>Made to Last</i> was released on October 8, 2013 and debuted at No. 44 on the Top Country Albums chart.<br />
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Their sixth studio album, <i>Country Classics: A Tapestry of Our Musical Heritage</i>, was released exclusively to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracker_Barrel" title="Cracker Barrel">Cracker Barrel</a>
in May 2014, with a wide release following on October 14, 2014.<br />
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Their
second project on Gaither Music Group, the record consists of cover
versions of classic country songs.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-14">[14]</a></sup><br />
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In June 2014, Joey was diagnosed with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cervical_cancer" title="Cervical cancer">cervical cancer</a> not long after the birth of the couple's daughter, Indiana, who was born with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_syndrome" title="Down syndrome">Down syndrome</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-15">[15]</a></sup><br />
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In 2015, Joey was diagnosed with stage IV <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorectal_cancer" title="Colorectal cancer">colorectal cancer</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup><br />
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<b>Joey + Rory</b> is an American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">bluegrass</a> duo composed of singer-songwriters <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Lee_Feek" title="Rory Lee Feek">Rory Lee Feek</a>
and Joey Martin Feek, who are husband and wife.<br />
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Joey is the duo's lead
vocalist, while Rory sings background vocals and plays guitar. The duo
was the third-place finalist on <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Television" title="Country Music Television">CMT</a>'s competition <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_You_Duet" title="Can You Duet">Can You Duet</a></i> in 2008.<br />
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That same year, Joey + Rory signed to <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Hill_Records_%28bluegrass%29" title="Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass)">Sugar Hill</a>/<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_Records" title="Vanguard Records">Vanguard Records</a>, releasing their debut album <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_of_a_Song" title="The Life of a Song">The Life of a Song</a></i> in late October.<br />
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This album's lead-off single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheater,_Cheater" title="Cheater, Cheater">Cheater, Cheater</a>", was a Top 40 hit on the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_%28magazine%29" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>
country charts. Although none of their other singles have made top 40
on that chart, the duo has released six studio albums in total.<br />
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<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia,_Tennessee" title="Columbia, Tennessee">Columbia, Tennessee</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA" title="USA">USA</a></td>
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<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">Country</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">bluegrass</a></td>
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<td>2008–present</td>
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<th scope="row"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Labels</a></th>
<td>Farmhouse Recordings <small>(2013-present)</small><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_Records" title="Vanguard Records">Vanguard</a>/<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Hill_Records_%28bluegrass%29" title="Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass)">Sugar Hill</a> <small>(2008-2012)</small></td>
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<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zac_Brown_Band" title="Zac Brown Band">Zac Brown Band</a><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jackson" title="Carl Jackson">Carl Jackson</a></td>
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<td><a class="external text" href="http://www.joeyandrory.com/" rel="nofollow">Official Site</a></td>
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<td>Joey Martin Feek<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Lee_Feek" title="Rory Lee Feek">Rory Lee Feek</a></td></tr>
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Before the duo's foundation, Rory Lee Feek worked as a songwriter in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a>, and he has continued to work as a songwriter even as a member of Joey + Rory.<br />
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Songs that he wrote for other artists include <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_Walker" title="Clay Walker">Clay Walker</a>'s Top Five hit "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chain_of_Love" title="The Chain of Love">The Chain of Love</a>", <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Shelton" title="Blake Shelton">Blake Shelton</a>'s Number One hit "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some_Beach" title="Some Beach">Some Beach</a>", and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wayne" title="Jimmy Wayne">Jimmy Wayne</a>'s 2008 single "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Will_%28Jimmy_Wayne_song%29" title="I Will (Jimmy Wayne song)">I Will</a>".<br />
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Rory also founded the independent label <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giantslayer_Records" title="Giantslayer Records">Giantslayer Records</a> in 2004, on which Joey had recorded a solo album entitled <i>Strong Enough to Cry</i> in 2005.<br />
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This album was released in CD format in 2008, as well as a digital download.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> Rory also recorded a solo album on Giantslayer Records, titled <i>My Ol' Man</i>, which he also made available only as a download.<br />
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Joey + Rory performed on the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Television" title="Country Music Television">CMT</a> competition <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_You_Duet" title="Can You Duet">Can You Duet</a></i>
in 2008, in which they were the third-place finalists. Shortly after
the competition, they were signed to the independent label <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Hill_Records_%28bluegrass%29" title="Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass)">Sugar Hill Records</a>.<br />
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They returned to the <i>Can You Duet</i> stage to perform "Cheater, Cheater" on "Original Song Night" for the series' second season, which aired on July 25, 2009.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup><br />
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The duo's debut album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_of_a_Song" title="The Life of a Song">The Life of a Song</a></i>, was released on October 28, 2008 on Sugar Hill Records.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup><br />
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The album debuted at No. 10 on the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_%28magazine%29" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Country_Albums" title="Top Country Albums">Top Country Albums</a> chart, and No. 61 on the all-genre <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a>.<br />
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Its lead-off single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheater,_Cheater" title="Cheater, Cheater">Cheater, Cheater</a>", was originally recorded by the duo <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomshel" title="Bomshel">Bomshel</a>.
Kristy Osmonson, one-half of that duo, co-wrote the song with the Feeks
and Wynn Varble. <br />
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Bomshel's version was released as a single in early
2008, although it did not chart. Joey + Rory's version was released in
September 2008, featuring a music video that has a cameo from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Judd" title="Naomi Judd">Naomi Judd</a>, who had been a judge on <i>Can You Duet</i>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup><br />
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Joey + Rory's version peaked at No. 30 on the country music charts in
early 2009. The duo has also appeared in television commercials for the
online retailer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overstock.com" title="Overstock.com">Overstock.com</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup><br />
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In February 2009, the duo were nominated for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music_Awards" title="Academy of Country Music Awards">Academy of Country Music Awards</a> Top Vocal Duo.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup><br />
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Although a cover of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynyrd_Skynyrd" title="Lynyrd Skynyrd">Lynyrd Skynyrd</a>'s "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Bird" title="Free Bird">Free Bird</a>"
was originally to have been released as the second single, it was
withdrawn after two weeks, and replaced in March 2009 with "Play the
Song", which failed to chart.<br />
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The album's third single, "To Say
Goodbye", was released to radio on July 27, 2009, and also failed to
chart.<br />
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Joey + Rory released their first holiday single, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jackson" title="Carl Jackson">Carl Jackson</a> produced "It's Christmas Time," on November 16, 2009 to country radio and November 24, 2009 to digital retailers.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-rodeo_7-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-rodeo-7">[7]</a></sup><br />
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It was done in partnership with <i>CMT One Country</i>,
who will donate a portion of proceeds from the single to various
charities (including The Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-rodeo_7-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-rodeo-7">[7]</a></sup><br />
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Additionally, Rory Feek along with Tim Johnson, created the Song Trust;
under this an album of holiday songs performed by children, titled <i>Merry Kidsmas</i>, was released.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup><br />
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Joey + Rory announced on October 15, 2009, that they were in the studio working on the follow-up album to <i>The Life of a Song</i>.<br />
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The album, titled <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Album_Number_Two" title="Album Number Two">Album Number Two</a></i>, was announced in January 2010 and released on September 14, 2010. The lead-off single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Song%27s_for_You" title="This Song's for You">This Song's for You</a>",
was released to radio in July 2010; originally "That's Important to Me"
had been chosen, but the single choice was changed.<br />
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The music video for
"This Song's for You" was directed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Doane" title="Darren Doane">Darren Doane</a>
and was released in August 2010.<br />
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"That's Important to Me" was released
as the album's second single in October 2010. It debuted at number 58 on
the Hot Country Songs chart for the week ending February 12, 2011.<br />
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On March 16, 2010, it was announced that the duo were the winners of the 2010 <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music_Award" title="Academy of Country Music Award">Academy of Country Music Award</a> for Top New Vocal Duo, and would compete alongside <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Bryan" title="Luke Bryan">Luke Bryan</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloriana_%28band%29" title="Gloriana (band)">Gloriana</a> for the Top New Artist award.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ACM_award_9-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-ACM_award-9">[9]</a></sup><br />
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Joey + Rory performed new songs from their upcoming album, were interviewed, and received their award on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_Country" title="Great American Country">GAC</a> special "ACM Top New Artists" on April 1, 2010.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ACM_award_9-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-ACM_award-9">[9]</a></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="2011.E2.80.932012:_A_Farmhouse_Christmas_and_His_and_Hers">2011–2012: <i>A Farmhouse Christmas</i> and <i>His and Hers</i></span></h3>
On August 29, 2011, Joey + Rory released a new single, titled
"Headache," to country radio, though it failed to chart and was not
included on an album. Joey + Rory released their first Christmas album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Farmhouse_Christmas" title="A Farmhouse Christmas">A Farmhouse Christmas</a></i>, on October 11, 2011.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-farmhouse_christmas_10-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-farmhouse_christmas-10">[10]</a></sup><br />
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Joey + Rory's third studio album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_and_Hers_%28album%29" title="His and Hers (album)">His and Hers</a></i>,
was released on July 31, 2012.<br />
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"When I'm Gone" and "Josephine" served
as the album's first two singles and were simultaneously released to
radio before the album,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup> though neither charted.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="2013.E2.80.93present:_Inspired:_Songs_of_Faith_.26_Family.2C_Made_to_Last.2C_and_Country_Classics:_A_Tapestry_of_Our_Musical_Heritage">2013–present: <i>Inspired: Songs of Faith & Family</i>, <i>Made to Last</i>, and <i>Country Classics: A Tapestry of Our Musical Heritage</i></span></h3>
Joey + Rory announced on the red carpet of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACM_Awards" title="ACM Awards">ACM Awards</a> that the duo had recorded their first album of gospel music.<br />
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Joey Martin told <i>Billboard</i>
that "It's kind of an inspirational album, of old gospel songs that I
grew up singing and listening to my mum sing. It’s an album I’ve wanted
to do for a long time."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup><br />
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The album, <i>Inspired: Songs of Faith & Family</i>,
was released on July 16, 2013 via Gaither Music Group. It debuted at
number 166 on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 3,000, while
also peaking at number 31 on the Top Country Albums chart and at number 6
on the Top Christian Albums chart.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup><br />
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After the release of their Gospel album, Joey + Rory announced that they would be releasing their fifth studio album, <i>Made to Last</i>, in late 2013 via their own Farmhouse Recordings record label (their first self-released project). <i> </i><br />
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<i>Made to Last</i> was released on October 8, 2013 and debuted at No. 44 on the Top Country Albums chart.<br />
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Their sixth studio album, <i>Country Classics: A Tapestry of Our Musical Heritage</i>, was released exclusively to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracker_Barrel" title="Cracker Barrel">Cracker Barrel</a>
in May 2014, with a wide release following on October 14, 2014.<br />
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Their
second project on Gaither Music Group, the record consists of cover
versions of classic country songs.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-14">[14]</a></sup><br />
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In June 2014, Joey was diagnosed with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cervical_cancer" title="Cervical cancer">cervical cancer</a> not long after the birth of the couple's daughter, Indiana, who was born with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_syndrome" title="Down syndrome">Down syndrome</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-15">[15]</a></sup><br />
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In 2015, Joey was diagnosed with stage IV <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorectal_cancer" title="Colorectal cancer">colorectal cancer</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup><br />
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<b>Joey + Rory</b> is an American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">bluegrass</a> duo composed of singer-songwriters <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Lee_Feek" title="Rory Lee Feek">Rory Lee Feek</a>
and Joey Martin Feek, who are husband and wife.<br />
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Joey is the duo's lead
vocalist, while Rory sings background vocals and plays guitar. The duo
was the third-place finalist on <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Television" title="Country Music Television">CMT</a>'s competition <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_You_Duet" title="Can You Duet">Can You Duet</a></i> in 2008.<br />
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That same year, Joey + Rory signed to <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Hill_Records_%28bluegrass%29" title="Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass)">Sugar Hill</a>/<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_Records" title="Vanguard Records">Vanguard Records</a>, releasing their debut album <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_of_a_Song" title="The Life of a Song">The Life of a Song</a></i> in late October.<br />
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This album's lead-off single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheater,_Cheater" title="Cheater, Cheater">Cheater, Cheater</a>", was a Top 40 hit on the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_%28magazine%29" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>
country charts. Although none of their other singles have made top 40
on that chart, the duo has released six studio albums in total.<br />
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Joey Martin Feek (left) and Rory Lee Feek (center) being interviewed by Allison DeMarcus.</div>
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<th scope="row">Origin</th>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia,_Tennessee" title="Columbia, Tennessee">Columbia, Tennessee</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA" title="USA">USA</a></td>
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<th scope="row"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genres</a></th>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">Country</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">bluegrass</a></td>
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<td>2008–present</td>
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<th scope="row"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Labels</a></th>
<td>Farmhouse Recordings <small>(2013-present)</small><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_Records" title="Vanguard Records">Vanguard</a>/<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Hill_Records_%28bluegrass%29" title="Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass)">Sugar Hill</a> <small>(2008-2012)</small></td>
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<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zac_Brown_Band" title="Zac Brown Band">Zac Brown Band</a><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jackson" title="Carl Jackson">Carl Jackson</a></td>
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<th scope="row">Website</th>
<td><a class="external text" href="http://www.joeyandrory.com/" rel="nofollow">Official Site</a></td>
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<td>Joey Martin Feek<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Lee_Feek" title="Rory Lee Feek">Rory Lee Feek</a></td></tr>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="History">History</span></h2>
Before the duo's foundation, Rory Lee Feek worked as a songwriter in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a>, and he has continued to work as a songwriter even as a member of Joey + Rory.<br />
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Songs that he wrote for other artists include <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_Walker" title="Clay Walker">Clay Walker</a>'s Top Five hit "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chain_of_Love" title="The Chain of Love">The Chain of Love</a>", <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Shelton" title="Blake Shelton">Blake Shelton</a>'s Number One hit "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some_Beach" title="Some Beach">Some Beach</a>", and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wayne" title="Jimmy Wayne">Jimmy Wayne</a>'s 2008 single "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Will_%28Jimmy_Wayne_song%29" title="I Will (Jimmy Wayne song)">I Will</a>".<br />
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Rory also founded the independent label <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giantslayer_Records" title="Giantslayer Records">Giantslayer Records</a> in 2004, on which Joey had recorded a solo album entitled <i>Strong Enough to Cry</i> in 2005.<br />
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This album was released in CD format in 2008, as well as a digital download.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> Rory also recorded a solo album on Giantslayer Records, titled <i>My Ol' Man</i>, which he also made available only as a download.<br />
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Joey + Rory performed on the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Television" title="Country Music Television">CMT</a> competition <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_You_Duet" title="Can You Duet">Can You Duet</a></i>
in 2008, in which they were the third-place finalists. Shortly after
the competition, they were signed to the independent label <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Hill_Records_%28bluegrass%29" title="Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass)">Sugar Hill Records</a>.<br />
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They returned to the <i>Can You Duet</i> stage to perform "Cheater, Cheater" on "Original Song Night" for the series' second season, which aired on July 25, 2009.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="2008.E2.80.932009:_The_Life_of_a_Song">2008–2009: <i>The Life of a Song</i></span></h3>
The duo's debut album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_of_a_Song" title="The Life of a Song">The Life of a Song</a></i>, was released on October 28, 2008 on Sugar Hill Records.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup><br />
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The album debuted at No. 10 on the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_%28magazine%29" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Country_Albums" title="Top Country Albums">Top Country Albums</a> chart, and No. 61 on the all-genre <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a>.<br />
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Its lead-off single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheater,_Cheater" title="Cheater, Cheater">Cheater, Cheater</a>", was originally recorded by the duo <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomshel" title="Bomshel">Bomshel</a>.
Kristy Osmonson, one-half of that duo, co-wrote the song with the Feeks
and Wynn Varble. <br />
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Bomshel's version was released as a single in early
2008, although it did not chart. Joey + Rory's version was released in
September 2008, featuring a music video that has a cameo from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Judd" title="Naomi Judd">Naomi Judd</a>, who had been a judge on <i>Can You Duet</i>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup><br />
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Joey + Rory's version peaked at No. 30 on the country music charts in
early 2009. The duo has also appeared in television commercials for the
online retailer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overstock.com" title="Overstock.com">Overstock.com</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup><br />
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In February 2009, the duo were nominated for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music_Awards" title="Academy of Country Music Awards">Academy of Country Music Awards</a> Top Vocal Duo.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup><br />
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Although a cover of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynyrd_Skynyrd" title="Lynyrd Skynyrd">Lynyrd Skynyrd</a>'s "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Bird" title="Free Bird">Free Bird</a>"
was originally to have been released as the second single, it was
withdrawn after two weeks, and replaced in March 2009 with "Play the
Song", which failed to chart.<br />
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The album's third single, "To Say
Goodbye", was released to radio on July 27, 2009, and also failed to
chart.<br />
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Joey + Rory released their first holiday single, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jackson" title="Carl Jackson">Carl Jackson</a> produced "It's Christmas Time," on November 16, 2009 to country radio and November 24, 2009 to digital retailers.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-rodeo_7-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-rodeo-7">[7]</a></sup><br />
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It was done in partnership with <i>CMT One Country</i>,
who will donate a portion of proceeds from the single to various
charities (including The Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-rodeo_7-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-rodeo-7">[7]</a></sup><br />
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Additionally, Rory Feek along with Tim Johnson, created the Song Trust;
under this an album of holiday songs performed by children, titled <i>Merry Kidsmas</i>, was released.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="2010.E2.80.932011:_Album_Number_Two">2010–2011: <i>Album Number Two</i></span></h3>
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Joey + Rory announced on October 15, 2009, that they were in the studio working on the follow-up album to <i>The Life of a Song</i>.<br />
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The album, titled <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Album_Number_Two" title="Album Number Two">Album Number Two</a></i>, was announced in January 2010 and released on September 14, 2010. The lead-off single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Song%27s_for_You" title="This Song's for You">This Song's for You</a>",
was released to radio in July 2010; originally "That's Important to Me"
had been chosen, but the single choice was changed.<br />
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The music video for
"This Song's for You" was directed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Doane" title="Darren Doane">Darren Doane</a>
and was released in August 2010.<br />
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"That's Important to Me" was released
as the album's second single in October 2010. It debuted at number 58 on
the Hot Country Songs chart for the week ending February 12, 2011.<br />
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On March 16, 2010, it was announced that the duo were the winners of the 2010 <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music_Award" title="Academy of Country Music Award">Academy of Country Music Award</a> for Top New Vocal Duo, and would compete alongside <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Bryan" title="Luke Bryan">Luke Bryan</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloriana_%28band%29" title="Gloriana (band)">Gloriana</a> for the Top New Artist award.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ACM_award_9-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-ACM_award-9">[9]</a></sup><br />
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Joey + Rory performed new songs from their upcoming album, were interviewed, and received their award on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_Country" title="Great American Country">GAC</a> special "ACM Top New Artists" on April 1, 2010.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ACM_award_9-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-ACM_award-9">[9]</a></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="2011.E2.80.932012:_A_Farmhouse_Christmas_and_His_and_Hers">2011–2012: <i>A Farmhouse Christmas</i> and <i>His and Hers</i></span></h3>
On August 29, 2011, Joey + Rory released a new single, titled
"Headache," to country radio, though it failed to chart and was not
included on an album. Joey + Rory released their first Christmas album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Farmhouse_Christmas" title="A Farmhouse Christmas">A Farmhouse Christmas</a></i>, on October 11, 2011.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-farmhouse_christmas_10-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-farmhouse_christmas-10">[10]</a></sup><br />
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Joey + Rory's third studio album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_and_Hers_%28album%29" title="His and Hers (album)">His and Hers</a></i>,
was released on July 31, 2012.<br />
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"When I'm Gone" and "Josephine" served
as the album's first two singles and were simultaneously released to
radio before the album,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup> though neither charted.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="2013.E2.80.93present:_Inspired:_Songs_of_Faith_.26_Family.2C_Made_to_Last.2C_and_Country_Classics:_A_Tapestry_of_Our_Musical_Heritage">2013–present: <i>Inspired: Songs of Faith & Family</i>, <i>Made to Last</i>, and <i>Country Classics: A Tapestry of Our Musical Heritage</i></span></h3>
Joey + Rory announced on the red carpet of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACM_Awards" title="ACM Awards">ACM Awards</a> that the duo had recorded their first album of gospel music.<br />
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Joey Martin told <i>Billboard</i>
that "It's kind of an inspirational album, of old gospel songs that I
grew up singing and listening to my mum sing. It’s an album I’ve wanted
to do for a long time."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup><br />
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The album, <i>Inspired: Songs of Faith & Family</i>,
was released on July 16, 2013 via Gaither Music Group. It debuted at
number 166 on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 3,000, while
also peaking at number 31 on the Top Country Albums chart and at number 6
on the Top Christian Albums chart.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup><br />
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After the release of their Gospel album, Joey + Rory announced that they would be releasing their fifth studio album, <i>Made to Last</i>, in late 2013 via their own Farmhouse Recordings record label (their first self-released project). <i> </i><br />
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<i>Made to Last</i> was released on October 8, 2013 and debuted at No. 44 on the Top Country Albums chart.<br />
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Their sixth studio album, <i>Country Classics: A Tapestry of Our Musical Heritage</i>, was released exclusively to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracker_Barrel" title="Cracker Barrel">Cracker Barrel</a>
in May 2014, with a wide release following on October 14, 2014.<br />
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Their
second project on Gaither Music Group, the record consists of cover
versions of classic country songs.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-14">[14]</a></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Personal_lives">Personal lives</span></h2>
In June 2014, Joey was diagnosed with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cervical_cancer" title="Cervical cancer">cervical cancer</a> not long after the birth of the couple's daughter, Indiana, who was born with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_syndrome" title="Down syndrome">Down syndrome</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-15">[15]</a></sup><br />
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In 2015, Joey was diagnosed with stage IV <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorectal_cancer" title="Colorectal cancer">colorectal cancer</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup><br />
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As with everything, there is always a story behind the formation of a
group, and yes, the Singing Cookes have their own story.<br />
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It all started
back in 1962 with two guitars, a dream, and a lot of faith. Hubert, who
had been a Virginia coal miner for 16 years, decided to leave his job
and start working for the Lord.<br />
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Hubert had been reared around music all
his life--namely bluegrass. He was once even in a bluegrass group called
The Ramblin Mountain Boys.<br />
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His wife Jeanette had always been in church.
She was the daughter of Rev. Gordon Freeman, so she would often attend
revivals with her father to help him out by playing the guitar and
singing.<br />
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With the ending of Hubert's coal mining, a couple of guitars,
and the start of something new, The Singing Cookes were formed;
although, at that time they called themselves the Cooke Duet.<br />
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The Cooke Duet traveled from place to place singing and
becoming more and more popular.<br />
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Then James, the oldest son, decided that
he wanted to join the group, so he began to play the bass guitar. It
wasn't until the group recorded the 9th album that James started
singing.<br />
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Ronny, the keyboardist, and Donny, the drummer, joined the
group, respectively, around the age of fourteen.<br />
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Now, since the whole
family had joined in, Hubert and Jeanette decided that they needed to
change the name to The Singing Cookes.<br />
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The Cookes became very successful with their first national
release, "He Rows Me over the Tide."<br />
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They continued to be successful
with hits such as "Moses," climbing to #3 in the Southern Gospel Charts,
"Earth's Loss is Heaven's Gain," which went to #10, and "I Hope We Walk
the Last Mile Together," which reached #14.<br />
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The project that included
both "Earth's Loss is Heaven's Gain," and "I Hope We Walk the Last Mile
Together," reached #1 in the Gospel Voice Distributors Top Sales Chart,
in the early spring of 1994.<br />
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Most of all, though, the Cookes were
ministering to souls, and seeing people give their lives to Jesus
Christ.<br />
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playing for mom and dad for many years, James, Ronny, and Donny found
that the Lord was calling them to sing.<br />
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The boys formed their own group
called, The Cooke Brothers.<br />
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They are a dynamic trio with that great
harmony that can only be found with brothers.<br />
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They, too, have been
successful with fan-favorites like "Chiseled in Stone" and "Go Rest High
on that Mountain."<br />
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The Cooke Brothers still travel with mom and dad,
and they wouldn't have it any other way.<br />
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The Singing Cookes and The Cooke Brothers now travel all
over the nation ministering to souls and have even performed concerts in
Canada and the British Virgin Islands.<br />
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They have met thousands of
people, seen thousands of souls accept the Lord into their lives, and
have enjoyed every moment of it.<br />
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They truly are a family group and are
very dedicated to their purpose--the spreading of the Gospel.<br />
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<b>Joey + Rory</b> is an American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">bluegrass</a> duo composed of singer-songwriters <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Lee_Feek" title="Rory Lee Feek">Rory Lee Feek</a>
and Joey Martin Feek, who are husband and wife.<br />
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Joey is the duo's lead
vocalist, while Rory sings background vocals and plays guitar. The duo
was the third-place finalist on <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Television" title="Country Music Television">CMT</a>'s competition <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_You_Duet" title="Can You Duet">Can You Duet</a></i> in 2008.<br />
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That same year, Joey + Rory signed to <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Hill_Records_%28bluegrass%29" title="Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass)">Sugar Hill</a>/<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_Records" title="Vanguard Records">Vanguard Records</a>, releasing their debut album <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_of_a_Song" title="The Life of a Song">The Life of a Song</a></i> in late October.<br />
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This album's lead-off single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheater,_Cheater" title="Cheater, Cheater">Cheater, Cheater</a>", was a Top 40 hit on the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_%28magazine%29" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>
country charts. Although none of their other singles have made top 40
on that chart, the duo has released six studio albums in total.<br />
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<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia,_Tennessee" title="Columbia, Tennessee">Columbia, Tennessee</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA" title="USA">USA</a></td>
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<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">Country</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">bluegrass</a></td>
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<td>2008–present</td>
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<td>Farmhouse Recordings <small>(2013-present)</small><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_Records" title="Vanguard Records">Vanguard</a>/<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Hill_Records_%28bluegrass%29" title="Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass)">Sugar Hill</a> <small>(2008-2012)</small></td>
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<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zac_Brown_Band" title="Zac Brown Band">Zac Brown Band</a><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jackson" title="Carl Jackson">Carl Jackson</a></td>
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<td><a class="external text" href="http://www.joeyandrory.com/" rel="nofollow">Official Site</a></td>
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Before the duo's foundation, Rory Lee Feek worked as a songwriter in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a>, and he has continued to work as a songwriter even as a member of Joey + Rory.<br />
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Songs that he wrote for other artists include <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_Walker" title="Clay Walker">Clay Walker</a>'s Top Five hit "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chain_of_Love" title="The Chain of Love">The Chain of Love</a>", <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Shelton" title="Blake Shelton">Blake Shelton</a>'s Number One hit "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some_Beach" title="Some Beach">Some Beach</a>", and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wayne" title="Jimmy Wayne">Jimmy Wayne</a>'s 2008 single "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Will_%28Jimmy_Wayne_song%29" title="I Will (Jimmy Wayne song)">I Will</a>".<br />
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Rory also founded the independent label <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giantslayer_Records" title="Giantslayer Records">Giantslayer Records</a> in 2004, on which Joey had recorded a solo album entitled <i>Strong Enough to Cry</i> in 2005.<br />
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This album was released in CD format in 2008, as well as a digital download.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> Rory also recorded a solo album on Giantslayer Records, titled <i>My Ol' Man</i>, which he also made available only as a download.<br />
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Joey + Rory performed on the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Television" title="Country Music Television">CMT</a> competition <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_You_Duet" title="Can You Duet">Can You Duet</a></i>
in 2008, in which they were the third-place finalists. Shortly after
the competition, they were signed to the independent label <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Hill_Records_%28bluegrass%29" title="Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass)">Sugar Hill Records</a>.<br />
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They returned to the <i>Can You Duet</i> stage to perform "Cheater, Cheater" on "Original Song Night" for the series' second season, which aired on July 25, 2009.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="2008.E2.80.932009:_The_Life_of_a_Song">2008–2009: <i>The Life of a Song</i></span></h3>
The duo's debut album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_of_a_Song" title="The Life of a Song">The Life of a Song</a></i>, was released on October 28, 2008 on Sugar Hill Records.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup><br />
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The album debuted at No. 10 on the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_%28magazine%29" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Country_Albums" title="Top Country Albums">Top Country Albums</a> chart, and No. 61 on the all-genre <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a>.<br />
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Its lead-off single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheater,_Cheater" title="Cheater, Cheater">Cheater, Cheater</a>", was originally recorded by the duo <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomshel" title="Bomshel">Bomshel</a>.
Kristy Osmonson, one-half of that duo, co-wrote the song with the Feeks
and Wynn Varble. <br />
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Bomshel's version was released as a single in early
2008, although it did not chart. Joey + Rory's version was released in
September 2008, featuring a music video that has a cameo from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Judd" title="Naomi Judd">Naomi Judd</a>, who had been a judge on <i>Can You Duet</i>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup><br />
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Joey + Rory's version peaked at No. 30 on the country music charts in
early 2009. The duo has also appeared in television commercials for the
online retailer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overstock.com" title="Overstock.com">Overstock.com</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup><br />
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In February 2009, the duo were nominated for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music_Awards" title="Academy of Country Music Awards">Academy of Country Music Awards</a> Top Vocal Duo.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup><br />
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Although a cover of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynyrd_Skynyrd" title="Lynyrd Skynyrd">Lynyrd Skynyrd</a>'s "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Bird" title="Free Bird">Free Bird</a>"
was originally to have been released as the second single, it was
withdrawn after two weeks, and replaced in March 2009 with "Play the
Song", which failed to chart.<br />
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The album's third single, "To Say
Goodbye", was released to radio on July 27, 2009, and also failed to
chart.<br />
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Joey + Rory released their first holiday single, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jackson" title="Carl Jackson">Carl Jackson</a> produced "It's Christmas Time," on November 16, 2009 to country radio and November 24, 2009 to digital retailers.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-rodeo_7-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-rodeo-7">[7]</a></sup><br />
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It was done in partnership with <i>CMT One Country</i>,
who will donate a portion of proceeds from the single to various
charities (including The Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-rodeo_7-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-rodeo-7">[7]</a></sup><br />
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Additionally, Rory Feek along with Tim Johnson, created the Song Trust;
under this an album of holiday songs performed by children, titled <i>Merry Kidsmas</i>, was released.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="2010.E2.80.932011:_Album_Number_Two">2010–2011: <i>Album Number Two</i></span></h3>
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Joey + Rory announced on October 15, 2009, that they were in the studio working on the follow-up album to <i>The Life of a Song</i>.<br />
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The album, titled <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Album_Number_Two" title="Album Number Two">Album Number Two</a></i>, was announced in January 2010 and released on September 14, 2010. The lead-off single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Song%27s_for_You" title="This Song's for You">This Song's for You</a>",
was released to radio in July 2010; originally "That's Important to Me"
had been chosen, but the single choice was changed.<br />
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The music video for
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and was released in August 2010.<br />
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"That's Important to Me" was released
as the album's second single in October 2010. It debuted at number 58 on
the Hot Country Songs chart for the week ending February 12, 2011.<br />
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On March 16, 2010, it was announced that the duo were the winners of the 2010 <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music_Award" title="Academy of Country Music Award">Academy of Country Music Award</a> for Top New Vocal Duo, and would compete alongside <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Bryan" title="Luke Bryan">Luke Bryan</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloriana_%28band%29" title="Gloriana (band)">Gloriana</a> for the Top New Artist award.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ACM_award_9-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-ACM_award-9">[9]</a></sup><br />
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Joey + Rory performed new songs from their upcoming album, were interviewed, and received their award on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_Country" title="Great American Country">GAC</a> special "ACM Top New Artists" on April 1, 2010.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ACM_award_9-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-ACM_award-9">[9]</a></sup><br />
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On August 29, 2011, Joey + Rory released a new single, titled
"Headache," to country radio, though it failed to chart and was not
included on an album. Joey + Rory released their first Christmas album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Farmhouse_Christmas" title="A Farmhouse Christmas">A Farmhouse Christmas</a></i>, on October 11, 2011.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-farmhouse_christmas_10-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-farmhouse_christmas-10">[10]</a></sup><br />
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Joey + Rory's third studio album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_and_Hers_%28album%29" title="His and Hers (album)">His and Hers</a></i>,
was released on July 31, 2012.<br />
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"When I'm Gone" and "Josephine" served
as the album's first two singles and were simultaneously released to
radio before the album,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup> though neither charted.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="2013.E2.80.93present:_Inspired:_Songs_of_Faith_.26_Family.2C_Made_to_Last.2C_and_Country_Classics:_A_Tapestry_of_Our_Musical_Heritage">2013–present: <i>Inspired: Songs of Faith & Family</i>, <i>Made to Last</i>, and <i>Country Classics: A Tapestry of Our Musical Heritage</i></span></h3>
Joey + Rory announced on the red carpet of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACM_Awards" title="ACM Awards">ACM Awards</a> that the duo had recorded their first album of gospel music.<br />
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Joey Martin told <i>Billboard</i>
that "It's kind of an inspirational album, of old gospel songs that I
grew up singing and listening to my mum sing. It’s an album I’ve wanted
to do for a long time."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup><br />
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The album, <i>Inspired: Songs of Faith & Family</i>,
was released on July 16, 2013 via Gaither Music Group. It debuted at
number 166 on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 3,000, while
also peaking at number 31 on the Top Country Albums chart and at number 6
on the Top Christian Albums chart.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup><br />
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After the release of their Gospel album, Joey + Rory announced that they would be releasing their fifth studio album, <i>Made to Last</i>, in late 2013 via their own Farmhouse Recordings record label (their first self-released project). <i> </i><br />
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<i>Made to Last</i> was released on October 8, 2013 and debuted at No. 44 on the Top Country Albums chart.<br />
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Their sixth studio album, <i>Country Classics: A Tapestry of Our Musical Heritage</i>, was released exclusively to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracker_Barrel" title="Cracker Barrel">Cracker Barrel</a>
in May 2014, with a wide release following on October 14, 2014.<br />
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Their
second project on Gaither Music Group, the record consists of cover
versions of classic country songs.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-14">[14]</a></sup><br />
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In June 2014, Joey was diagnosed with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cervical_cancer" title="Cervical cancer">cervical cancer</a> not long after the birth of the couple's daughter, Indiana, who was born with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_syndrome" title="Down syndrome">Down syndrome</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-15">[15]</a></sup><br />
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In 2015, Joey was diagnosed with stage IV <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorectal_cancer" title="Colorectal cancer">colorectal cancer</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup><br />
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<b>Joey + Rory</b> is an American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">bluegrass</a> duo composed of singer-songwriters <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Lee_Feek" title="Rory Lee Feek">Rory Lee Feek</a>
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Joey is the duo's lead
vocalist, while Rory sings background vocals and plays guitar. The duo
was the third-place finalist on <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Television" title="Country Music Television">CMT</a>'s competition <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_You_Duet" title="Can You Duet">Can You Duet</a></i> in 2008.<br />
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That same year, Joey + Rory signed to <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Hill_Records_%28bluegrass%29" title="Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass)">Sugar Hill</a>/<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_Records" title="Vanguard Records">Vanguard Records</a>, releasing their debut album <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_of_a_Song" title="The Life of a Song">The Life of a Song</a></i> in late October.<br />
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This album's lead-off single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheater,_Cheater" title="Cheater, Cheater">Cheater, Cheater</a>", was a Top 40 hit on the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_%28magazine%29" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>
country charts. Although none of their other singles have made top 40
on that chart, the duo has released six studio albums in total.<br />
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Joey Martin Feek (left) and Rory Lee Feek (center) being interviewed by Allison DeMarcus.</div>
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<th scope="row">Origin</th>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia,_Tennessee" title="Columbia, Tennessee">Columbia, Tennessee</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA" title="USA">USA</a></td>
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<th scope="row"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genres</a></th>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">Country</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">bluegrass</a></td>
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<th scope="row">Years active</th>
<td>2008–present</td>
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<th scope="row"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Labels</a></th>
<td>Farmhouse Recordings <small>(2013-present)</small><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_Records" title="Vanguard Records">Vanguard</a>/<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Hill_Records_%28bluegrass%29" title="Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass)">Sugar Hill</a> <small>(2008-2012)</small></td>
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<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zac_Brown_Band" title="Zac Brown Band">Zac Brown Band</a><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jackson" title="Carl Jackson">Carl Jackson</a></td>
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<th scope="row">Website</th>
<td><a class="external text" href="http://www.joeyandrory.com/" rel="nofollow">Official Site</a></td>
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<th scope="row">Members</th>
<td>Joey Martin Feek<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Lee_Feek" title="Rory Lee Feek">Rory Lee Feek</a></td></tr>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="History">History</span></h2>
Before the duo's foundation, Rory Lee Feek worked as a songwriter in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a>, and he has continued to work as a songwriter even as a member of Joey + Rory.<br />
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Songs that he wrote for other artists include <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_Walker" title="Clay Walker">Clay Walker</a>'s Top Five hit "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chain_of_Love" title="The Chain of Love">The Chain of Love</a>", <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Shelton" title="Blake Shelton">Blake Shelton</a>'s Number One hit "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some_Beach" title="Some Beach">Some Beach</a>", and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wayne" title="Jimmy Wayne">Jimmy Wayne</a>'s 2008 single "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Will_%28Jimmy_Wayne_song%29" title="I Will (Jimmy Wayne song)">I Will</a>".<br />
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Rory also founded the independent label <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giantslayer_Records" title="Giantslayer Records">Giantslayer Records</a> in 2004, on which Joey had recorded a solo album entitled <i>Strong Enough to Cry</i> in 2005.<br />
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This album was released in CD format in 2008, as well as a digital download.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> Rory also recorded a solo album on Giantslayer Records, titled <i>My Ol' Man</i>, which he also made available only as a download.<br />
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Joey + Rory performed on the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Television" title="Country Music Television">CMT</a> competition <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_You_Duet" title="Can You Duet">Can You Duet</a></i>
in 2008, in which they were the third-place finalists. Shortly after
the competition, they were signed to the independent label <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Hill_Records_%28bluegrass%29" title="Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass)">Sugar Hill Records</a>.<br />
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They returned to the <i>Can You Duet</i> stage to perform "Cheater, Cheater" on "Original Song Night" for the series' second season, which aired on July 25, 2009.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="2008.E2.80.932009:_The_Life_of_a_Song">2008–2009: <i>The Life of a Song</i></span></h3>
The duo's debut album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_of_a_Song" title="The Life of a Song">The Life of a Song</a></i>, was released on October 28, 2008 on Sugar Hill Records.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup><br />
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The album debuted at No. 10 on the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_%28magazine%29" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Country_Albums" title="Top Country Albums">Top Country Albums</a> chart, and No. 61 on the all-genre <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a>.<br />
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Its lead-off single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheater,_Cheater" title="Cheater, Cheater">Cheater, Cheater</a>", was originally recorded by the duo <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomshel" title="Bomshel">Bomshel</a>.
Kristy Osmonson, one-half of that duo, co-wrote the song with the Feeks
and Wynn Varble. <br />
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Bomshel's version was released as a single in early
2008, although it did not chart. Joey + Rory's version was released in
September 2008, featuring a music video that has a cameo from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Judd" title="Naomi Judd">Naomi Judd</a>, who had been a judge on <i>Can You Duet</i>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup><br />
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Joey + Rory's version peaked at No. 30 on the country music charts in
early 2009. The duo has also appeared in television commercials for the
online retailer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overstock.com" title="Overstock.com">Overstock.com</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup><br />
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In February 2009, the duo were nominated for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music_Awards" title="Academy of Country Music Awards">Academy of Country Music Awards</a> Top Vocal Duo.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup><br />
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Although a cover of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynyrd_Skynyrd" title="Lynyrd Skynyrd">Lynyrd Skynyrd</a>'s "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Bird" title="Free Bird">Free Bird</a>"
was originally to have been released as the second single, it was
withdrawn after two weeks, and replaced in March 2009 with "Play the
Song", which failed to chart.<br />
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The album's third single, "To Say
Goodbye", was released to radio on July 27, 2009, and also failed to
chart.<br />
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Joey + Rory released their first holiday single, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jackson" title="Carl Jackson">Carl Jackson</a> produced "It's Christmas Time," on November 16, 2009 to country radio and November 24, 2009 to digital retailers.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-rodeo_7-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-rodeo-7">[7]</a></sup><br />
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It was done in partnership with <i>CMT One Country</i>,
who will donate a portion of proceeds from the single to various
charities (including The Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-rodeo_7-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-rodeo-7">[7]</a></sup><br />
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Additionally, Rory Feek along with Tim Johnson, created the Song Trust;
under this an album of holiday songs performed by children, titled <i>Merry Kidsmas</i>, was released.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="2010.E2.80.932011:_Album_Number_Two">2010–2011: <i>Album Number Two</i></span></h3>
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Joey + Rory announced on October 15, 2009, that they were in the studio working on the follow-up album to <i>The Life of a Song</i>.<br />
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The album, titled <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Album_Number_Two" title="Album Number Two">Album Number Two</a></i>, was announced in January 2010 and released on September 14, 2010. The lead-off single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Song%27s_for_You" title="This Song's for You">This Song's for You</a>",
was released to radio in July 2010; originally "That's Important to Me"
had been chosen, but the single choice was changed.<br />
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The music video for
"This Song's for You" was directed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Doane" title="Darren Doane">Darren Doane</a>
and was released in August 2010.<br />
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"That's Important to Me" was released
as the album's second single in October 2010. It debuted at number 58 on
the Hot Country Songs chart for the week ending February 12, 2011.<br />
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On March 16, 2010, it was announced that the duo were the winners of the 2010 <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music_Award" title="Academy of Country Music Award">Academy of Country Music Award</a> for Top New Vocal Duo, and would compete alongside <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Bryan" title="Luke Bryan">Luke Bryan</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloriana_%28band%29" title="Gloriana (band)">Gloriana</a> for the Top New Artist award.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ACM_award_9-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-ACM_award-9">[9]</a></sup><br />
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Joey + Rory performed new songs from their upcoming album, were interviewed, and received their award on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_Country" title="Great American Country">GAC</a> special "ACM Top New Artists" on April 1, 2010.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ACM_award_9-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-ACM_award-9">[9]</a></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="2011.E2.80.932012:_A_Farmhouse_Christmas_and_His_and_Hers">2011–2012: <i>A Farmhouse Christmas</i> and <i>His and Hers</i></span></h3>
On August 29, 2011, Joey + Rory released a new single, titled
"Headache," to country radio, though it failed to chart and was not
included on an album. Joey + Rory released their first Christmas album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Farmhouse_Christmas" title="A Farmhouse Christmas">A Farmhouse Christmas</a></i>, on October 11, 2011.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-farmhouse_christmas_10-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-farmhouse_christmas-10">[10]</a></sup><br />
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Joey + Rory's third studio album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_and_Hers_%28album%29" title="His and Hers (album)">His and Hers</a></i>,
was released on July 31, 2012.<br />
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"When I'm Gone" and "Josephine" served
as the album's first two singles and were simultaneously released to
radio before the album,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup> though neither charted.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="2013.E2.80.93present:_Inspired:_Songs_of_Faith_.26_Family.2C_Made_to_Last.2C_and_Country_Classics:_A_Tapestry_of_Our_Musical_Heritage">2013–present: <i>Inspired: Songs of Faith & Family</i>, <i>Made to Last</i>, and <i>Country Classics: A Tapestry of Our Musical Heritage</i></span></h3>
Joey + Rory announced on the red carpet of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACM_Awards" title="ACM Awards">ACM Awards</a> that the duo had recorded their first album of gospel music.<br />
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Joey Martin told <i>Billboard</i>
that "It's kind of an inspirational album, of old gospel songs that I
grew up singing and listening to my mum sing. It’s an album I’ve wanted
to do for a long time."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup><br />
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The album, <i>Inspired: Songs of Faith & Family</i>,
was released on July 16, 2013 via Gaither Music Group. It debuted at
number 166 on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 3,000, while
also peaking at number 31 on the Top Country Albums chart and at number 6
on the Top Christian Albums chart.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup><br />
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After the release of their Gospel album, Joey + Rory announced that they would be releasing their fifth studio album, <i>Made to Last</i>, in late 2013 via their own Farmhouse Recordings record label (their first self-released project). <i> </i><br />
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<i>Made to Last</i> was released on October 8, 2013 and debuted at No. 44 on the Top Country Albums chart.<br />
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Their sixth studio album, <i>Country Classics: A Tapestry of Our Musical Heritage</i>, was released exclusively to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracker_Barrel" title="Cracker Barrel">Cracker Barrel</a>
in May 2014, with a wide release following on October 14, 2014.<br />
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Their
second project on Gaither Music Group, the record consists of cover
versions of classic country songs.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-14">[14]</a></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Personal_lives">Personal lives</span></h2>
In June 2014, Joey was diagnosed with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cervical_cancer" title="Cervical cancer">cervical cancer</a> not long after the birth of the couple's daughter, Indiana, who was born with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_syndrome" title="Down syndrome">Down syndrome</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-15">[15]</a></sup><br />
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In 2015, Joey was diagnosed with stage IV <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorectal_cancer" title="Colorectal cancer">colorectal cancer</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup><br />
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<b>Joey + Rory</b> is an American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">bluegrass</a> duo composed of singer-songwriters <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Lee_Feek" title="Rory Lee Feek">Rory Lee Feek</a>
and Joey Martin Feek, who are husband and wife.<br />
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Joey is the duo's lead
vocalist, while Rory sings background vocals and plays guitar. The duo
was the third-place finalist on <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Television" title="Country Music Television">CMT</a>'s competition <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_You_Duet" title="Can You Duet">Can You Duet</a></i> in 2008.<br />
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That same year, Joey + Rory signed to <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Hill_Records_%28bluegrass%29" title="Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass)">Sugar Hill</a>/<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_Records" title="Vanguard Records">Vanguard Records</a>, releasing their debut album <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_of_a_Song" title="The Life of a Song">The Life of a Song</a></i> in late October.<br />
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This album's lead-off single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheater,_Cheater" title="Cheater, Cheater">Cheater, Cheater</a>", was a Top 40 hit on the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_%28magazine%29" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>
country charts. Although none of their other singles have made top 40
on that chart, the duo has released six studio albums in total.<br />
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Joey Martin Feek (left) and Rory Lee Feek (center) being interviewed by Allison DeMarcus.</div>
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<th scope="row">Origin</th>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia,_Tennessee" title="Columbia, Tennessee">Columbia, Tennessee</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA" title="USA">USA</a></td>
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<th scope="row"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genres</a></th>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">Country</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">bluegrass</a></td>
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<th scope="row">Years active</th>
<td>2008–present</td>
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<th scope="row"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Labels</a></th>
<td>Farmhouse Recordings <small>(2013-present)</small><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_Records" title="Vanguard Records">Vanguard</a>/<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Hill_Records_%28bluegrass%29" title="Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass)">Sugar Hill</a> <small>(2008-2012)</small></td>
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<th scope="row">Associated acts</th>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zac_Brown_Band" title="Zac Brown Band">Zac Brown Band</a><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jackson" title="Carl Jackson">Carl Jackson</a></td>
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<th scope="row">Website</th>
<td><a class="external text" href="http://www.joeyandrory.com/" rel="nofollow">Official Site</a></td>
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<th scope="row">Members</th>
<td>Joey Martin Feek<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Lee_Feek" title="Rory Lee Feek">Rory Lee Feek</a></td></tr>
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Before the duo's foundation, Rory Lee Feek worked as a songwriter in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a>, and he has continued to work as a songwriter even as a member of Joey + Rory.<br />
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Songs that he wrote for other artists include <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_Walker" title="Clay Walker">Clay Walker</a>'s Top Five hit "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chain_of_Love" title="The Chain of Love">The Chain of Love</a>", <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Shelton" title="Blake Shelton">Blake Shelton</a>'s Number One hit "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some_Beach" title="Some Beach">Some Beach</a>", and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wayne" title="Jimmy Wayne">Jimmy Wayne</a>'s 2008 single "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Will_%28Jimmy_Wayne_song%29" title="I Will (Jimmy Wayne song)">I Will</a>".<br />
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Rory also founded the independent label <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giantslayer_Records" title="Giantslayer Records">Giantslayer Records</a> in 2004, on which Joey had recorded a solo album entitled <i>Strong Enough to Cry</i> in 2005.<br />
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This album was released in CD format in 2008, as well as a digital download.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> Rory also recorded a solo album on Giantslayer Records, titled <i>My Ol' Man</i>, which he also made available only as a download.<br />
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Joey + Rory performed on the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Television" title="Country Music Television">CMT</a> competition <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_You_Duet" title="Can You Duet">Can You Duet</a></i>
in 2008, in which they were the third-place finalists. Shortly after
the competition, they were signed to the independent label <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Hill_Records_%28bluegrass%29" title="Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass)">Sugar Hill Records</a>.<br />
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They returned to the <i>Can You Duet</i> stage to perform "Cheater, Cheater" on "Original Song Night" for the series' second season, which aired on July 25, 2009.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="2008.E2.80.932009:_The_Life_of_a_Song">2008–2009: <i>The Life of a Song</i></span></h3>
The duo's debut album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_of_a_Song" title="The Life of a Song">The Life of a Song</a></i>, was released on October 28, 2008 on Sugar Hill Records.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup><br />
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The album debuted at No. 10 on the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_%28magazine%29" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Country_Albums" title="Top Country Albums">Top Country Albums</a> chart, and No. 61 on the all-genre <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a>.<br />
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Its lead-off single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheater,_Cheater" title="Cheater, Cheater">Cheater, Cheater</a>", was originally recorded by the duo <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomshel" title="Bomshel">Bomshel</a>.
Kristy Osmonson, one-half of that duo, co-wrote the song with the Feeks
and Wynn Varble. <br />
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Bomshel's version was released as a single in early
2008, although it did not chart. Joey + Rory's version was released in
September 2008, featuring a music video that has a cameo from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Judd" title="Naomi Judd">Naomi Judd</a>, who had been a judge on <i>Can You Duet</i>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup><br />
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Joey + Rory's version peaked at No. 30 on the country music charts in
early 2009. The duo has also appeared in television commercials for the
online retailer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overstock.com" title="Overstock.com">Overstock.com</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup><br />
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In February 2009, the duo were nominated for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music_Awards" title="Academy of Country Music Awards">Academy of Country Music Awards</a> Top Vocal Duo.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup><br />
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Although a cover of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynyrd_Skynyrd" title="Lynyrd Skynyrd">Lynyrd Skynyrd</a>'s "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Bird" title="Free Bird">Free Bird</a>"
was originally to have been released as the second single, it was
withdrawn after two weeks, and replaced in March 2009 with "Play the
Song", which failed to chart.<br />
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The album's third single, "To Say
Goodbye", was released to radio on July 27, 2009, and also failed to
chart.<br />
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Joey + Rory released their first holiday single, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jackson" title="Carl Jackson">Carl Jackson</a> produced "It's Christmas Time," on November 16, 2009 to country radio and November 24, 2009 to digital retailers.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-rodeo_7-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-rodeo-7">[7]</a></sup><br />
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It was done in partnership with <i>CMT One Country</i>,
who will donate a portion of proceeds from the single to various
charities (including The Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-rodeo_7-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-rodeo-7">[7]</a></sup><br />
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Additionally, Rory Feek along with Tim Johnson, created the Song Trust;
under this an album of holiday songs performed by children, titled <i>Merry Kidsmas</i>, was released.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup><br />
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Joey + Rory announced on October 15, 2009, that they were in the studio working on the follow-up album to <i>The Life of a Song</i>.<br />
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The album, titled <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Album_Number_Two" title="Album Number Two">Album Number Two</a></i>, was announced in January 2010 and released on September 14, 2010. The lead-off single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Song%27s_for_You" title="This Song's for You">This Song's for You</a>",
was released to radio in July 2010; originally "That's Important to Me"
had been chosen, but the single choice was changed.<br />
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The music video for
"This Song's for You" was directed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Doane" title="Darren Doane">Darren Doane</a>
and was released in August 2010.<br />
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"That's Important to Me" was released
as the album's second single in October 2010. It debuted at number 58 on
the Hot Country Songs chart for the week ending February 12, 2011.<br />
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On March 16, 2010, it was announced that the duo were the winners of the 2010 <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music_Award" title="Academy of Country Music Award">Academy of Country Music Award</a> for Top New Vocal Duo, and would compete alongside <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Bryan" title="Luke Bryan">Luke Bryan</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloriana_%28band%29" title="Gloriana (band)">Gloriana</a> for the Top New Artist award.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ACM_award_9-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-ACM_award-9">[9]</a></sup><br />
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Joey + Rory performed new songs from their upcoming album, were interviewed, and received their award on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_Country" title="Great American Country">GAC</a> special "ACM Top New Artists" on April 1, 2010.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ACM_award_9-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-ACM_award-9">[9]</a></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="2011.E2.80.932012:_A_Farmhouse_Christmas_and_His_and_Hers">2011–2012: <i>A Farmhouse Christmas</i> and <i>His and Hers</i></span></h3>
On August 29, 2011, Joey + Rory released a new single, titled
"Headache," to country radio, though it failed to chart and was not
included on an album. Joey + Rory released their first Christmas album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Farmhouse_Christmas" title="A Farmhouse Christmas">A Farmhouse Christmas</a></i>, on October 11, 2011.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-farmhouse_christmas_10-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-farmhouse_christmas-10">[10]</a></sup><br />
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Joey + Rory's third studio album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_and_Hers_%28album%29" title="His and Hers (album)">His and Hers</a></i>,
was released on July 31, 2012.<br />
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"When I'm Gone" and "Josephine" served
as the album's first two singles and were simultaneously released to
radio before the album,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup> though neither charted.<br />
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Joey + Rory announced on the red carpet of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACM_Awards" title="ACM Awards">ACM Awards</a> that the duo had recorded their first album of gospel music.<br />
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Joey Martin told <i>Billboard</i>
that "It's kind of an inspirational album, of old gospel songs that I
grew up singing and listening to my mum sing. It’s an album I’ve wanted
to do for a long time."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup><br />
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The album, <i>Inspired: Songs of Faith & Family</i>,
was released on July 16, 2013 via Gaither Music Group. It debuted at
number 166 on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 3,000, while
also peaking at number 31 on the Top Country Albums chart and at number 6
on the Top Christian Albums chart.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup><br />
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After the release of their Gospel album, Joey + Rory announced that they would be releasing their fifth studio album, <i>Made to Last</i>, in late 2013 via their own Farmhouse Recordings record label (their first self-released project). <i> </i><br />
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<i>Made to Last</i> was released on October 8, 2013 and debuted at No. 44 on the Top Country Albums chart.<br />
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Their sixth studio album, <i>Country Classics: A Tapestry of Our Musical Heritage</i>, was released exclusively to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracker_Barrel" title="Cracker Barrel">Cracker Barrel</a>
in May 2014, with a wide release following on October 14, 2014.<br />
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Their
second project on Gaither Music Group, the record consists of cover
versions of classic country songs.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-14">[14]</a></sup><br />
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In June 2014, Joey was diagnosed with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cervical_cancer" title="Cervical cancer">cervical cancer</a> not long after the birth of the couple's daughter, Indiana, who was born with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_syndrome" title="Down syndrome">Down syndrome</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-15">[15]</a></sup><br />
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In 2015, Joey was diagnosed with stage IV <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorectal_cancer" title="Colorectal cancer">colorectal cancer</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup><br />
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<b>Joey + Rory</b> is an American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">bluegrass</a> duo composed of singer-songwriters <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Lee_Feek" title="Rory Lee Feek">Rory Lee Feek</a>
and Joey Martin Feek, who are husband and wife.<br />
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Joey is the duo's lead
vocalist, while Rory sings background vocals and plays guitar. The duo
was the third-place finalist on <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Television" title="Country Music Television">CMT</a>'s competition <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_You_Duet" title="Can You Duet">Can You Duet</a></i> in 2008.<br />
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That same year, Joey + Rory signed to <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Hill_Records_%28bluegrass%29" title="Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass)">Sugar Hill</a>/<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_Records" title="Vanguard Records">Vanguard Records</a>, releasing their debut album <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_of_a_Song" title="The Life of a Song">The Life of a Song</a></i> in late October.<br />
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This album's lead-off single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheater,_Cheater" title="Cheater, Cheater">Cheater, Cheater</a>", was a Top 40 hit on the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_%28magazine%29" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>
country charts. Although none of their other singles have made top 40
on that chart, the duo has released six studio albums in total.<br />
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<th scope="row">Origin</th>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia,_Tennessee" title="Columbia, Tennessee">Columbia, Tennessee</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA" title="USA">USA</a></td>
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<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">Country</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">bluegrass</a></td>
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<td>2008–present</td>
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<td>Farmhouse Recordings <small>(2013-present)</small><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_Records" title="Vanguard Records">Vanguard</a>/<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Hill_Records_%28bluegrass%29" title="Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass)">Sugar Hill</a> <small>(2008-2012)</small></td>
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<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zac_Brown_Band" title="Zac Brown Band">Zac Brown Band</a><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jackson" title="Carl Jackson">Carl Jackson</a></td>
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<td><a class="external text" href="http://www.joeyandrory.com/" rel="nofollow">Official Site</a></td>
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<td>Joey Martin Feek<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Lee_Feek" title="Rory Lee Feek">Rory Lee Feek</a></td></tr>
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Before the duo's foundation, Rory Lee Feek worked as a songwriter in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a>, and he has continued to work as a songwriter even as a member of Joey + Rory.<br />
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Songs that he wrote for other artists include <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_Walker" title="Clay Walker">Clay Walker</a>'s Top Five hit "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chain_of_Love" title="The Chain of Love">The Chain of Love</a>", <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Shelton" title="Blake Shelton">Blake Shelton</a>'s Number One hit "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some_Beach" title="Some Beach">Some Beach</a>", and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wayne" title="Jimmy Wayne">Jimmy Wayne</a>'s 2008 single "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Will_%28Jimmy_Wayne_song%29" title="I Will (Jimmy Wayne song)">I Will</a>".<br />
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Rory also founded the independent label <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giantslayer_Records" title="Giantslayer Records">Giantslayer Records</a> in 2004, on which Joey had recorded a solo album entitled <i>Strong Enough to Cry</i> in 2005.<br />
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This album was released in CD format in 2008, as well as a digital download.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> Rory also recorded a solo album on Giantslayer Records, titled <i>My Ol' Man</i>, which he also made available only as a download.<br />
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Joey + Rory performed on the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Television" title="Country Music Television">CMT</a> competition <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_You_Duet" title="Can You Duet">Can You Duet</a></i>
in 2008, in which they were the third-place finalists. Shortly after
the competition, they were signed to the independent label <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Hill_Records_%28bluegrass%29" title="Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass)">Sugar Hill Records</a>.<br />
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They returned to the <i>Can You Duet</i> stage to perform "Cheater, Cheater" on "Original Song Night" for the series' second season, which aired on July 25, 2009.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup><br />
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The duo's debut album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_of_a_Song" title="The Life of a Song">The Life of a Song</a></i>, was released on October 28, 2008 on Sugar Hill Records.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup><br />
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The album debuted at No. 10 on the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_%28magazine%29" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Country_Albums" title="Top Country Albums">Top Country Albums</a> chart, and No. 61 on the all-genre <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a>.<br />
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Its lead-off single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheater,_Cheater" title="Cheater, Cheater">Cheater, Cheater</a>", was originally recorded by the duo <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomshel" title="Bomshel">Bomshel</a>.
Kristy Osmonson, one-half of that duo, co-wrote the song with the Feeks
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Bomshel's version was released as a single in early
2008, although it did not chart. Joey + Rory's version was released in
September 2008, featuring a music video that has a cameo from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Judd" title="Naomi Judd">Naomi Judd</a>, who had been a judge on <i>Can You Duet</i>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup><br />
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Joey + Rory's version peaked at No. 30 on the country music charts in
early 2009. The duo has also appeared in television commercials for the
online retailer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overstock.com" title="Overstock.com">Overstock.com</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup><br />
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In February 2009, the duo were nominated for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music_Awards" title="Academy of Country Music Awards">Academy of Country Music Awards</a> Top Vocal Duo.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup><br />
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Although a cover of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynyrd_Skynyrd" title="Lynyrd Skynyrd">Lynyrd Skynyrd</a>'s "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Bird" title="Free Bird">Free Bird</a>"
was originally to have been released as the second single, it was
withdrawn after two weeks, and replaced in March 2009 with "Play the
Song", which failed to chart.<br />
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The album's third single, "To Say
Goodbye", was released to radio on July 27, 2009, and also failed to
chart.<br />
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Joey + Rory released their first holiday single, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jackson" title="Carl Jackson">Carl Jackson</a> produced "It's Christmas Time," on November 16, 2009 to country radio and November 24, 2009 to digital retailers.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-rodeo_7-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-rodeo-7">[7]</a></sup><br />
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It was done in partnership with <i>CMT One Country</i>,
who will donate a portion of proceeds from the single to various
charities (including The Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-rodeo_7-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-rodeo-7">[7]</a></sup><br />
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Additionally, Rory Feek along with Tim Johnson, created the Song Trust;
under this an album of holiday songs performed by children, titled <i>Merry Kidsmas</i>, was released.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup><br />
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Joey + Rory announced on October 15, 2009, that they were in the studio working on the follow-up album to <i>The Life of a Song</i>.<br />
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The album, titled <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Album_Number_Two" title="Album Number Two">Album Number Two</a></i>, was announced in January 2010 and released on September 14, 2010. The lead-off single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Song%27s_for_You" title="This Song's for You">This Song's for You</a>",
was released to radio in July 2010; originally "That's Important to Me"
had been chosen, but the single choice was changed.<br />
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The music video for
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and was released in August 2010.<br />
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"That's Important to Me" was released
as the album's second single in October 2010. It debuted at number 58 on
the Hot Country Songs chart for the week ending February 12, 2011.<br />
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On March 16, 2010, it was announced that the duo were the winners of the 2010 <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music_Award" title="Academy of Country Music Award">Academy of Country Music Award</a> for Top New Vocal Duo, and would compete alongside <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Bryan" title="Luke Bryan">Luke Bryan</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloriana_%28band%29" title="Gloriana (band)">Gloriana</a> for the Top New Artist award.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ACM_award_9-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-ACM_award-9">[9]</a></sup><br />
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Joey + Rory performed new songs from their upcoming album, were interviewed, and received their award on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_Country" title="Great American Country">GAC</a> special "ACM Top New Artists" on April 1, 2010.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ACM_award_9-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-ACM_award-9">[9]</a></sup><br />
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On August 29, 2011, Joey + Rory released a new single, titled
"Headache," to country radio, though it failed to chart and was not
included on an album. Joey + Rory released their first Christmas album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Farmhouse_Christmas" title="A Farmhouse Christmas">A Farmhouse Christmas</a></i>, on October 11, 2011.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-farmhouse_christmas_10-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-farmhouse_christmas-10">[10]</a></sup><br />
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Joey + Rory's third studio album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_and_Hers_%28album%29" title="His and Hers (album)">His and Hers</a></i>,
was released on July 31, 2012.<br />
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"When I'm Gone" and "Josephine" served
as the album's first two singles and were simultaneously released to
radio before the album,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup> though neither charted.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="2013.E2.80.93present:_Inspired:_Songs_of_Faith_.26_Family.2C_Made_to_Last.2C_and_Country_Classics:_A_Tapestry_of_Our_Musical_Heritage">2013–present: <i>Inspired: Songs of Faith & Family</i>, <i>Made to Last</i>, and <i>Country Classics: A Tapestry of Our Musical Heritage</i></span></h3>
Joey + Rory announced on the red carpet of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACM_Awards" title="ACM Awards">ACM Awards</a> that the duo had recorded their first album of gospel music.<br />
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Joey Martin told <i>Billboard</i>
that "It's kind of an inspirational album, of old gospel songs that I
grew up singing and listening to my mum sing. It’s an album I’ve wanted
to do for a long time."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup><br />
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The album, <i>Inspired: Songs of Faith & Family</i>,
was released on July 16, 2013 via Gaither Music Group. It debuted at
number 166 on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 3,000, while
also peaking at number 31 on the Top Country Albums chart and at number 6
on the Top Christian Albums chart.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup><br />
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After the release of their Gospel album, Joey + Rory announced that they would be releasing their fifth studio album, <i>Made to Last</i>, in late 2013 via their own Farmhouse Recordings record label (their first self-released project). <i> </i><br />
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<i>Made to Last</i> was released on October 8, 2013 and debuted at No. 44 on the Top Country Albums chart.<br />
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Their sixth studio album, <i>Country Classics: A Tapestry of Our Musical Heritage</i>, was released exclusively to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracker_Barrel" title="Cracker Barrel">Cracker Barrel</a>
in May 2014, with a wide release following on October 14, 2014.<br />
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Their
second project on Gaither Music Group, the record consists of cover
versions of classic country songs.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-14">[14]</a></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Personal_lives">Personal lives</span></h2>
In June 2014, Joey was diagnosed with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cervical_cancer" title="Cervical cancer">cervical cancer</a> not long after the birth of the couple's daughter, Indiana, who was born with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_syndrome" title="Down syndrome">Down syndrome</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-15">[15]</a></sup><br />
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In 2015, Joey was diagnosed with stage IV <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorectal_cancer" title="Colorectal cancer">colorectal cancer</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup><br />
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<b>Joey + Rory</b> is an American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">bluegrass</a> duo composed of singer-songwriters <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Lee_Feek" title="Rory Lee Feek">Rory Lee Feek</a>
and Joey Martin Feek, who are husband and wife.<br />
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Joey is the duo's lead
vocalist, while Rory sings background vocals and plays guitar. The duo
was the third-place finalist on <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Television" title="Country Music Television">CMT</a>'s competition <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_You_Duet" title="Can You Duet">Can You Duet</a></i> in 2008.<br />
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That same year, Joey + Rory signed to <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Hill_Records_%28bluegrass%29" title="Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass)">Sugar Hill</a>/<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_Records" title="Vanguard Records">Vanguard Records</a>, releasing their debut album <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_of_a_Song" title="The Life of a Song">The Life of a Song</a></i> in late October.<br />
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This album's lead-off single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheater,_Cheater" title="Cheater, Cheater">Cheater, Cheater</a>", was a Top 40 hit on the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_%28magazine%29" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>
country charts. Although none of their other singles have made top 40
on that chart, the duo has released six studio albums in total.<br />
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<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><a class="image" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Joeyandrory.jpg"><img alt="Joeyandrory.jpg" data-file-height="2304" data-file-width="3072" height="200" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Joeyandrory.jpg/267px-Joeyandrory.jpg" width="267" /></a>
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Joey Martin Feek (left) and Rory Lee Feek (center) being interviewed by Allison DeMarcus.</div>
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<th scope="row">Origin</th>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia,_Tennessee" title="Columbia, Tennessee">Columbia, Tennessee</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA" title="USA">USA</a></td>
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<th scope="row"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genres</a></th>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">Country</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">bluegrass</a></td>
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<th scope="row">Years active</th>
<td>2008–present</td>
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<th scope="row"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Labels</a></th>
<td>Farmhouse Recordings <small>(2013-present)</small><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_Records" title="Vanguard Records">Vanguard</a>/<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Hill_Records_%28bluegrass%29" title="Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass)">Sugar Hill</a> <small>(2008-2012)</small></td>
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<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zac_Brown_Band" title="Zac Brown Band">Zac Brown Band</a><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jackson" title="Carl Jackson">Carl Jackson</a></td>
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<td><a class="external text" href="http://www.joeyandrory.com/" rel="nofollow">Official Site</a></td>
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<td>Joey Martin Feek<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Lee_Feek" title="Rory Lee Feek">Rory Lee Feek</a></td></tr>
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Before the duo's foundation, Rory Lee Feek worked as a songwriter in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a>, and he has continued to work as a songwriter even as a member of Joey + Rory.<br />
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Songs that he wrote for other artists include <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_Walker" title="Clay Walker">Clay Walker</a>'s Top Five hit "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chain_of_Love" title="The Chain of Love">The Chain of Love</a>", <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Shelton" title="Blake Shelton">Blake Shelton</a>'s Number One hit "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some_Beach" title="Some Beach">Some Beach</a>", and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wayne" title="Jimmy Wayne">Jimmy Wayne</a>'s 2008 single "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Will_%28Jimmy_Wayne_song%29" title="I Will (Jimmy Wayne song)">I Will</a>".<br />
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Rory also founded the independent label <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giantslayer_Records" title="Giantslayer Records">Giantslayer Records</a> in 2004, on which Joey had recorded a solo album entitled <i>Strong Enough to Cry</i> in 2005.<br />
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This album was released in CD format in 2008, as well as a digital download.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> Rory also recorded a solo album on Giantslayer Records, titled <i>My Ol' Man</i>, which he also made available only as a download.<br />
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Joey + Rory performed on the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Television" title="Country Music Television">CMT</a> competition <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_You_Duet" title="Can You Duet">Can You Duet</a></i>
in 2008, in which they were the third-place finalists. Shortly after
the competition, they were signed to the independent label <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Hill_Records_%28bluegrass%29" title="Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass)">Sugar Hill Records</a>.<br />
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They returned to the <i>Can You Duet</i> stage to perform "Cheater, Cheater" on "Original Song Night" for the series' second season, which aired on July 25, 2009.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup><br />
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The duo's debut album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_of_a_Song" title="The Life of a Song">The Life of a Song</a></i>, was released on October 28, 2008 on Sugar Hill Records.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup><br />
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The album debuted at No. 10 on the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_%28magazine%29" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Country_Albums" title="Top Country Albums">Top Country Albums</a> chart, and No. 61 on the all-genre <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a>.<br />
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Its lead-off single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheater,_Cheater" title="Cheater, Cheater">Cheater, Cheater</a>", was originally recorded by the duo <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomshel" title="Bomshel">Bomshel</a>.
Kristy Osmonson, one-half of that duo, co-wrote the song with the Feeks
and Wynn Varble. <br />
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Bomshel's version was released as a single in early
2008, although it did not chart. Joey + Rory's version was released in
September 2008, featuring a music video that has a cameo from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Judd" title="Naomi Judd">Naomi Judd</a>, who had been a judge on <i>Can You Duet</i>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup><br />
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Joey + Rory's version peaked at No. 30 on the country music charts in
early 2009. The duo has also appeared in television commercials for the
online retailer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overstock.com" title="Overstock.com">Overstock.com</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup><br />
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In February 2009, the duo were nominated for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music_Awards" title="Academy of Country Music Awards">Academy of Country Music Awards</a> Top Vocal Duo.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup><br />
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Although a cover of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynyrd_Skynyrd" title="Lynyrd Skynyrd">Lynyrd Skynyrd</a>'s "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Bird" title="Free Bird">Free Bird</a>"
was originally to have been released as the second single, it was
withdrawn after two weeks, and replaced in March 2009 with "Play the
Song", which failed to chart.<br />
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The album's third single, "To Say
Goodbye", was released to radio on July 27, 2009, and also failed to
chart.<br />
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Joey + Rory released their first holiday single, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jackson" title="Carl Jackson">Carl Jackson</a> produced "It's Christmas Time," on November 16, 2009 to country radio and November 24, 2009 to digital retailers.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-rodeo_7-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-rodeo-7">[7]</a></sup><br />
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It was done in partnership with <i>CMT One Country</i>,
who will donate a portion of proceeds from the single to various
charities (including The Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-rodeo_7-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-rodeo-7">[7]</a></sup><br />
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Additionally, Rory Feek along with Tim Johnson, created the Song Trust;
under this an album of holiday songs performed by children, titled <i>Merry Kidsmas</i>, was released.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup><br />
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Joey + Rory announced on October 15, 2009, that they were in the studio working on the follow-up album to <i>The Life of a Song</i>.<br />
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The album, titled <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Album_Number_Two" title="Album Number Two">Album Number Two</a></i>, was announced in January 2010 and released on September 14, 2010. The lead-off single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Song%27s_for_You" title="This Song's for You">This Song's for You</a>",
was released to radio in July 2010; originally "That's Important to Me"
had been chosen, but the single choice was changed.<br />
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"This Song's for You" was directed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Doane" title="Darren Doane">Darren Doane</a>
and was released in August 2010.<br />
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"That's Important to Me" was released
as the album's second single in October 2010. It debuted at number 58 on
the Hot Country Songs chart for the week ending February 12, 2011.<br />
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On March 16, 2010, it was announced that the duo were the winners of the 2010 <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music_Award" title="Academy of Country Music Award">Academy of Country Music Award</a> for Top New Vocal Duo, and would compete alongside <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Bryan" title="Luke Bryan">Luke Bryan</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloriana_%28band%29" title="Gloriana (band)">Gloriana</a> for the Top New Artist award.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ACM_award_9-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-ACM_award-9">[9]</a></sup><br />
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Joey + Rory performed new songs from their upcoming album, were interviewed, and received their award on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_Country" title="Great American Country">GAC</a> special "ACM Top New Artists" on April 1, 2010.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ACM_award_9-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-ACM_award-9">[9]</a></sup><br />
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On August 29, 2011, Joey + Rory released a new single, titled
"Headache," to country radio, though it failed to chart and was not
included on an album. Joey + Rory released their first Christmas album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Farmhouse_Christmas" title="A Farmhouse Christmas">A Farmhouse Christmas</a></i>, on October 11, 2011.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-farmhouse_christmas_10-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-farmhouse_christmas-10">[10]</a></sup><br />
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Joey + Rory's third studio album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_and_Hers_%28album%29" title="His and Hers (album)">His and Hers</a></i>,
was released on July 31, 2012.<br />
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"When I'm Gone" and "Josephine" served
as the album's first two singles and were simultaneously released to
radio before the album,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup> though neither charted.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="2013.E2.80.93present:_Inspired:_Songs_of_Faith_.26_Family.2C_Made_to_Last.2C_and_Country_Classics:_A_Tapestry_of_Our_Musical_Heritage">2013–present: <i>Inspired: Songs of Faith & Family</i>, <i>Made to Last</i>, and <i>Country Classics: A Tapestry of Our Musical Heritage</i></span></h3>
Joey + Rory announced on the red carpet of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACM_Awards" title="ACM Awards">ACM Awards</a> that the duo had recorded their first album of gospel music.<br />
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Joey Martin told <i>Billboard</i>
that "It's kind of an inspirational album, of old gospel songs that I
grew up singing and listening to my mum sing. It’s an album I’ve wanted
to do for a long time."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup><br />
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The album, <i>Inspired: Songs of Faith & Family</i>,
was released on July 16, 2013 via Gaither Music Group. It debuted at
number 166 on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 3,000, while
also peaking at number 31 on the Top Country Albums chart and at number 6
on the Top Christian Albums chart.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup><br />
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After the release of their Gospel album, Joey + Rory announced that they would be releasing their fifth studio album, <i>Made to Last</i>, in late 2013 via their own Farmhouse Recordings record label (their first self-released project). <i> </i><br />
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<i>Made to Last</i> was released on October 8, 2013 and debuted at No. 44 on the Top Country Albums chart.<br />
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Their sixth studio album, <i>Country Classics: A Tapestry of Our Musical Heritage</i>, was released exclusively to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracker_Barrel" title="Cracker Barrel">Cracker Barrel</a>
in May 2014, with a wide release following on October 14, 2014.<br />
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Their
second project on Gaither Music Group, the record consists of cover
versions of classic country songs.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-14">[14]</a></sup><br />
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In June 2014, Joey was diagnosed with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cervical_cancer" title="Cervical cancer">cervical cancer</a> not long after the birth of the couple's daughter, Indiana, who was born with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_syndrome" title="Down syndrome">Down syndrome</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-15">[15]</a></sup><br />
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In 2015, Joey was diagnosed with stage IV <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorectal_cancer" title="Colorectal cancer">colorectal cancer</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup><br />
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<b>Joey + Rory</b> is an American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">bluegrass</a> duo composed of singer-songwriters <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Lee_Feek" title="Rory Lee Feek">Rory Lee Feek</a>
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Joey is the duo's lead
vocalist, while Rory sings background vocals and plays guitar. The duo
was the third-place finalist on <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Television" title="Country Music Television">CMT</a>'s competition <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_You_Duet" title="Can You Duet">Can You Duet</a></i> in 2008.<br />
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That same year, Joey + Rory signed to <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Hill_Records_%28bluegrass%29" title="Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass)">Sugar Hill</a>/<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_Records" title="Vanguard Records">Vanguard Records</a>, releasing their debut album <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_of_a_Song" title="The Life of a Song">The Life of a Song</a></i> in late October.<br />
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This album's lead-off single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheater,_Cheater" title="Cheater, Cheater">Cheater, Cheater</a>", was a Top 40 hit on the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_%28magazine%29" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>
country charts. Although none of their other singles have made top 40
on that chart, the duo has released six studio albums in total.<br />
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<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia,_Tennessee" title="Columbia, Tennessee">Columbia, Tennessee</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA" title="USA">USA</a></td>
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<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">Country</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">bluegrass</a></td>
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<td>2008–present</td>
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<td>Farmhouse Recordings <small>(2013-present)</small><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_Records" title="Vanguard Records">Vanguard</a>/<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Hill_Records_%28bluegrass%29" title="Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass)">Sugar Hill</a> <small>(2008-2012)</small></td>
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<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zac_Brown_Band" title="Zac Brown Band">Zac Brown Band</a><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jackson" title="Carl Jackson">Carl Jackson</a></td>
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<td><a class="external text" href="http://www.joeyandrory.com/" rel="nofollow">Official Site</a></td>
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<td>Joey Martin Feek<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Lee_Feek" title="Rory Lee Feek">Rory Lee Feek</a></td></tr>
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Before the duo's foundation, Rory Lee Feek worked as a songwriter in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a>, and he has continued to work as a songwriter even as a member of Joey + Rory.<br />
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Songs that he wrote for other artists include <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_Walker" title="Clay Walker">Clay Walker</a>'s Top Five hit "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chain_of_Love" title="The Chain of Love">The Chain of Love</a>", <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Shelton" title="Blake Shelton">Blake Shelton</a>'s Number One hit "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some_Beach" title="Some Beach">Some Beach</a>", and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wayne" title="Jimmy Wayne">Jimmy Wayne</a>'s 2008 single "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Will_%28Jimmy_Wayne_song%29" title="I Will (Jimmy Wayne song)">I Will</a>".<br />
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Rory also founded the independent label <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giantslayer_Records" title="Giantslayer Records">Giantslayer Records</a> in 2004, on which Joey had recorded a solo album entitled <i>Strong Enough to Cry</i> in 2005.<br />
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This album was released in CD format in 2008, as well as a digital download.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> Rory also recorded a solo album on Giantslayer Records, titled <i>My Ol' Man</i>, which he also made available only as a download.<br />
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Joey + Rory performed on the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Television" title="Country Music Television">CMT</a> competition <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_You_Duet" title="Can You Duet">Can You Duet</a></i>
in 2008, in which they were the third-place finalists. Shortly after
the competition, they were signed to the independent label <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Hill_Records_%28bluegrass%29" title="Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass)">Sugar Hill Records</a>.<br />
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They returned to the <i>Can You Duet</i> stage to perform "Cheater, Cheater" on "Original Song Night" for the series' second season, which aired on July 25, 2009.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup><br />
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The duo's debut album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_of_a_Song" title="The Life of a Song">The Life of a Song</a></i>, was released on October 28, 2008 on Sugar Hill Records.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup><br />
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The album debuted at No. 10 on the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_%28magazine%29" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Country_Albums" title="Top Country Albums">Top Country Albums</a> chart, and No. 61 on the all-genre <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a>.<br />
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Its lead-off single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheater,_Cheater" title="Cheater, Cheater">Cheater, Cheater</a>", was originally recorded by the duo <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomshel" title="Bomshel">Bomshel</a>.
Kristy Osmonson, one-half of that duo, co-wrote the song with the Feeks
and Wynn Varble. <br />
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Bomshel's version was released as a single in early
2008, although it did not chart. Joey + Rory's version was released in
September 2008, featuring a music video that has a cameo from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Judd" title="Naomi Judd">Naomi Judd</a>, who had been a judge on <i>Can You Duet</i>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup><br />
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Joey + Rory's version peaked at No. 30 on the country music charts in
early 2009. The duo has also appeared in television commercials for the
online retailer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overstock.com" title="Overstock.com">Overstock.com</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup><br />
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In February 2009, the duo were nominated for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music_Awards" title="Academy of Country Music Awards">Academy of Country Music Awards</a> Top Vocal Duo.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup><br />
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Although a cover of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynyrd_Skynyrd" title="Lynyrd Skynyrd">Lynyrd Skynyrd</a>'s "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Bird" title="Free Bird">Free Bird</a>"
was originally to have been released as the second single, it was
withdrawn after two weeks, and replaced in March 2009 with "Play the
Song", which failed to chart.<br />
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The album's third single, "To Say
Goodbye", was released to radio on July 27, 2009, and also failed to
chart.<br />
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Joey + Rory released their first holiday single, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jackson" title="Carl Jackson">Carl Jackson</a> produced "It's Christmas Time," on November 16, 2009 to country radio and November 24, 2009 to digital retailers.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-rodeo_7-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-rodeo-7">[7]</a></sup><br />
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It was done in partnership with <i>CMT One Country</i>,
who will donate a portion of proceeds from the single to various
charities (including The Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-rodeo_7-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-rodeo-7">[7]</a></sup><br />
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Additionally, Rory Feek along with Tim Johnson, created the Song Trust;
under this an album of holiday songs performed by children, titled <i>Merry Kidsmas</i>, was released.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="2010.E2.80.932011:_Album_Number_Two">2010–2011: <i>Album Number Two</i></span></h3>
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Joey + Rory announced on October 15, 2009, that they were in the studio working on the follow-up album to <i>The Life of a Song</i>.<br />
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The album, titled <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Album_Number_Two" title="Album Number Two">Album Number Two</a></i>, was announced in January 2010 and released on September 14, 2010. The lead-off single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Song%27s_for_You" title="This Song's for You">This Song's for You</a>",
was released to radio in July 2010; originally "That's Important to Me"
had been chosen, but the single choice was changed.<br />
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The music video for
"This Song's for You" was directed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Doane" title="Darren Doane">Darren Doane</a>
and was released in August 2010.<br />
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"That's Important to Me" was released
as the album's second single in October 2010. It debuted at number 58 on
the Hot Country Songs chart for the week ending February 12, 2011.<br />
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On March 16, 2010, it was announced that the duo were the winners of the 2010 <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music_Award" title="Academy of Country Music Award">Academy of Country Music Award</a> for Top New Vocal Duo, and would compete alongside <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Bryan" title="Luke Bryan">Luke Bryan</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloriana_%28band%29" title="Gloriana (band)">Gloriana</a> for the Top New Artist award.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ACM_award_9-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-ACM_award-9">[9]</a></sup><br />
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Joey + Rory performed new songs from their upcoming album, were interviewed, and received their award on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_Country" title="Great American Country">GAC</a> special "ACM Top New Artists" on April 1, 2010.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ACM_award_9-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-ACM_award-9">[9]</a></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="2011.E2.80.932012:_A_Farmhouse_Christmas_and_His_and_Hers">2011–2012: <i>A Farmhouse Christmas</i> and <i>His and Hers</i></span></h3>
On August 29, 2011, Joey + Rory released a new single, titled
"Headache," to country radio, though it failed to chart and was not
included on an album. Joey + Rory released their first Christmas album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Farmhouse_Christmas" title="A Farmhouse Christmas">A Farmhouse Christmas</a></i>, on October 11, 2011.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-farmhouse_christmas_10-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-farmhouse_christmas-10">[10]</a></sup><br />
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Joey + Rory's third studio album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_and_Hers_%28album%29" title="His and Hers (album)">His and Hers</a></i>,
was released on July 31, 2012.<br />
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"When I'm Gone" and "Josephine" served
as the album's first two singles and were simultaneously released to
radio before the album,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup> though neither charted.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="2013.E2.80.93present:_Inspired:_Songs_of_Faith_.26_Family.2C_Made_to_Last.2C_and_Country_Classics:_A_Tapestry_of_Our_Musical_Heritage">2013–present: <i>Inspired: Songs of Faith & Family</i>, <i>Made to Last</i>, and <i>Country Classics: A Tapestry of Our Musical Heritage</i></span></h3>
Joey + Rory announced on the red carpet of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACM_Awards" title="ACM Awards">ACM Awards</a> that the duo had recorded their first album of gospel music.<br />
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Joey Martin told <i>Billboard</i>
that "It's kind of an inspirational album, of old gospel songs that I
grew up singing and listening to my mum sing. It’s an album I’ve wanted
to do for a long time."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup><br />
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The album, <i>Inspired: Songs of Faith & Family</i>,
was released on July 16, 2013 via Gaither Music Group. It debuted at
number 166 on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 3,000, while
also peaking at number 31 on the Top Country Albums chart and at number 6
on the Top Christian Albums chart.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup><br />
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After the release of their Gospel album, Joey + Rory announced that they would be releasing their fifth studio album, <i>Made to Last</i>, in late 2013 via their own Farmhouse Recordings record label (their first self-released project). <i> </i><br />
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<i>Made to Last</i> was released on October 8, 2013 and debuted at No. 44 on the Top Country Albums chart.<br />
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Their sixth studio album, <i>Country Classics: A Tapestry of Our Musical Heritage</i>, was released exclusively to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracker_Barrel" title="Cracker Barrel">Cracker Barrel</a>
in May 2014, with a wide release following on October 14, 2014.<br />
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Their
second project on Gaither Music Group, the record consists of cover
versions of classic country songs.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-14">[14]</a></sup><br />
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In June 2014, Joey was diagnosed with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cervical_cancer" title="Cervical cancer">cervical cancer</a> not long after the birth of the couple's daughter, Indiana, who was born with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_syndrome" title="Down syndrome">Down syndrome</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-15">[15]</a></sup><br />
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In 2015, Joey was diagnosed with stage IV <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorectal_cancer" title="Colorectal cancer">colorectal cancer</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup><br />
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<b>Joey + Rory</b> is an American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">bluegrass</a> duo composed of singer-songwriters <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Lee_Feek" title="Rory Lee Feek">Rory Lee Feek</a>
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Joey is the duo's lead
vocalist, while Rory sings background vocals and plays guitar. The duo
was the third-place finalist on <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Television" title="Country Music Television">CMT</a>'s competition <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_You_Duet" title="Can You Duet">Can You Duet</a></i> in 2008.<br />
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That same year, Joey + Rory signed to <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Hill_Records_%28bluegrass%29" title="Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass)">Sugar Hill</a>/<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_Records" title="Vanguard Records">Vanguard Records</a>, releasing their debut album <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_of_a_Song" title="The Life of a Song">The Life of a Song</a></i> in late October.<br />
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This album's lead-off single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheater,_Cheater" title="Cheater, Cheater">Cheater, Cheater</a>", was a Top 40 hit on the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_%28magazine%29" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>
country charts. Although none of their other singles have made top 40
on that chart, the duo has released six studio albums in total.<br />
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<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia,_Tennessee" title="Columbia, Tennessee">Columbia, Tennessee</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA" title="USA">USA</a></td>
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<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">Country</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">bluegrass</a></td>
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<td>2008–present</td>
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<td>Farmhouse Recordings <small>(2013-present)</small><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard_Records" title="Vanguard Records">Vanguard</a>/<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Hill_Records_%28bluegrass%29" title="Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass)">Sugar Hill</a> <small>(2008-2012)</small></td>
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<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zac_Brown_Band" title="Zac Brown Band">Zac Brown Band</a><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jackson" title="Carl Jackson">Carl Jackson</a></td>
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<td><a class="external text" href="http://www.joeyandrory.com/" rel="nofollow">Official Site</a></td>
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<td>Joey Martin Feek<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Lee_Feek" title="Rory Lee Feek">Rory Lee Feek</a></td></tr>
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Before the duo's foundation, Rory Lee Feek worked as a songwriter in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a>, and he has continued to work as a songwriter even as a member of Joey + Rory.<br />
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Songs that he wrote for other artists include <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_Walker" title="Clay Walker">Clay Walker</a>'s Top Five hit "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chain_of_Love" title="The Chain of Love">The Chain of Love</a>", <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Shelton" title="Blake Shelton">Blake Shelton</a>'s Number One hit "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some_Beach" title="Some Beach">Some Beach</a>", and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wayne" title="Jimmy Wayne">Jimmy Wayne</a>'s 2008 single "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Will_%28Jimmy_Wayne_song%29" title="I Will (Jimmy Wayne song)">I Will</a>".<br />
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Rory also founded the independent label <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giantslayer_Records" title="Giantslayer Records">Giantslayer Records</a> in 2004, on which Joey had recorded a solo album entitled <i>Strong Enough to Cry</i> in 2005.<br />
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This album was released in CD format in 2008, as well as a digital download.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> Rory also recorded a solo album on Giantslayer Records, titled <i>My Ol' Man</i>, which he also made available only as a download.<br />
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Joey + Rory performed on the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Television" title="Country Music Television">CMT</a> competition <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_You_Duet" title="Can You Duet">Can You Duet</a></i>
in 2008, in which they were the third-place finalists. Shortly after
the competition, they were signed to the independent label <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Hill_Records_%28bluegrass%29" title="Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass)">Sugar Hill Records</a>.<br />
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They returned to the <i>Can You Duet</i> stage to perform "Cheater, Cheater" on "Original Song Night" for the series' second season, which aired on July 25, 2009.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="2008.E2.80.932009:_The_Life_of_a_Song">2008–2009: <i>The Life of a Song</i></span></h3>
The duo's debut album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_of_a_Song" title="The Life of a Song">The Life of a Song</a></i>, was released on October 28, 2008 on Sugar Hill Records.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup><br />
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The album debuted at No. 10 on the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_%28magazine%29" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Country_Albums" title="Top Country Albums">Top Country Albums</a> chart, and No. 61 on the all-genre <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a>.<br />
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Its lead-off single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheater,_Cheater" title="Cheater, Cheater">Cheater, Cheater</a>", was originally recorded by the duo <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomshel" title="Bomshel">Bomshel</a>.
Kristy Osmonson, one-half of that duo, co-wrote the song with the Feeks
and Wynn Varble. <br />
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Bomshel's version was released as a single in early
2008, although it did not chart. Joey + Rory's version was released in
September 2008, featuring a music video that has a cameo from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Judd" title="Naomi Judd">Naomi Judd</a>, who had been a judge on <i>Can You Duet</i>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup><br />
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Joey + Rory's version peaked at No. 30 on the country music charts in
early 2009. The duo has also appeared in television commercials for the
online retailer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overstock.com" title="Overstock.com">Overstock.com</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup><br />
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In February 2009, the duo were nominated for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music_Awards" title="Academy of Country Music Awards">Academy of Country Music Awards</a> Top Vocal Duo.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup><br />
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Although a cover of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynyrd_Skynyrd" title="Lynyrd Skynyrd">Lynyrd Skynyrd</a>'s "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Bird" title="Free Bird">Free Bird</a>"
was originally to have been released as the second single, it was
withdrawn after two weeks, and replaced in March 2009 with "Play the
Song", which failed to chart.<br />
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The album's third single, "To Say
Goodbye", was released to radio on July 27, 2009, and also failed to
chart.<br />
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Joey + Rory released their first holiday single, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jackson" title="Carl Jackson">Carl Jackson</a> produced "It's Christmas Time," on November 16, 2009 to country radio and November 24, 2009 to digital retailers.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-rodeo_7-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-rodeo-7">[7]</a></sup><br />
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It was done in partnership with <i>CMT One Country</i>,
who will donate a portion of proceeds from the single to various
charities (including The Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-rodeo_7-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-rodeo-7">[7]</a></sup><br />
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Additionally, Rory Feek along with Tim Johnson, created the Song Trust;
under this an album of holiday songs performed by children, titled <i>Merry Kidsmas</i>, was released.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="2010.E2.80.932011:_Album_Number_Two">2010–2011: <i>Album Number Two</i></span></h3>
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Joey + Rory announced on October 15, 2009, that they were in the studio working on the follow-up album to <i>The Life of a Song</i>.<br />
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The album, titled <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Album_Number_Two" title="Album Number Two">Album Number Two</a></i>, was announced in January 2010 and released on September 14, 2010. The lead-off single, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Song%27s_for_You" title="This Song's for You">This Song's for You</a>",
was released to radio in July 2010; originally "That's Important to Me"
had been chosen, but the single choice was changed.<br />
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The music video for
"This Song's for You" was directed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Doane" title="Darren Doane">Darren Doane</a>
and was released in August 2010.<br />
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"That's Important to Me" was released
as the album's second single in October 2010. It debuted at number 58 on
the Hot Country Songs chart for the week ending February 12, 2011.<br />
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On March 16, 2010, it was announced that the duo were the winners of the 2010 <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music_Award" title="Academy of Country Music Award">Academy of Country Music Award</a> for Top New Vocal Duo, and would compete alongside <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Bryan" title="Luke Bryan">Luke Bryan</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloriana_%28band%29" title="Gloriana (band)">Gloriana</a> for the Top New Artist award.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ACM_award_9-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-ACM_award-9">[9]</a></sup><br />
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Joey + Rory performed new songs from their upcoming album, were interviewed, and received their award on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_Country" title="Great American Country">GAC</a> special "ACM Top New Artists" on April 1, 2010.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ACM_award_9-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-ACM_award-9">[9]</a></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="2011.E2.80.932012:_A_Farmhouse_Christmas_and_His_and_Hers">2011–2012: <i>A Farmhouse Christmas</i> and <i>His and Hers</i></span></h3>
On August 29, 2011, Joey + Rory released a new single, titled
"Headache," to country radio, though it failed to chart and was not
included on an album. Joey + Rory released their first Christmas album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Farmhouse_Christmas" title="A Farmhouse Christmas">A Farmhouse Christmas</a></i>, on October 11, 2011.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-farmhouse_christmas_10-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-farmhouse_christmas-10">[10]</a></sup><br />
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Joey + Rory's third studio album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_and_Hers_%28album%29" title="His and Hers (album)">His and Hers</a></i>,
was released on July 31, 2012.<br />
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"When I'm Gone" and "Josephine" served
as the album's first two singles and were simultaneously released to
radio before the album,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup> though neither charted.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="2013.E2.80.93present:_Inspired:_Songs_of_Faith_.26_Family.2C_Made_to_Last.2C_and_Country_Classics:_A_Tapestry_of_Our_Musical_Heritage">2013–present: <i>Inspired: Songs of Faith & Family</i>, <i>Made to Last</i>, and <i>Country Classics: A Tapestry of Our Musical Heritage</i></span></h3>
Joey + Rory announced on the red carpet of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACM_Awards" title="ACM Awards">ACM Awards</a> that the duo had recorded their first album of gospel music.<br />
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Joey Martin told <i>Billboard</i>
that "It's kind of an inspirational album, of old gospel songs that I
grew up singing and listening to my mum sing. It’s an album I’ve wanted
to do for a long time."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup><br />
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The album, <i>Inspired: Songs of Faith & Family</i>,
was released on July 16, 2013 via Gaither Music Group. It debuted at
number 166 on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 3,000, while
also peaking at number 31 on the Top Country Albums chart and at number 6
on the Top Christian Albums chart.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup><br />
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After the release of their Gospel album, Joey + Rory announced that they would be releasing their fifth studio album, <i>Made to Last</i>, in late 2013 via their own Farmhouse Recordings record label (their first self-released project). <i> </i><br />
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<i>Made to Last</i> was released on October 8, 2013 and debuted at No. 44 on the Top Country Albums chart.<br />
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Their sixth studio album, <i>Country Classics: A Tapestry of Our Musical Heritage</i>, was released exclusively to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracker_Barrel" title="Cracker Barrel">Cracker Barrel</a>
in May 2014, with a wide release following on October 14, 2014.<br />
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Their
second project on Gaither Music Group, the record consists of cover
versions of classic country songs.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-14">[14]</a></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Personal_lives">Personal lives</span></h2>
In June 2014, Joey was diagnosed with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cervical_cancer" title="Cervical cancer">cervical cancer</a> not long after the birth of the couple's daughter, Indiana, who was born with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_syndrome" title="Down syndrome">Down syndrome</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-15">[15]</a></sup><br />
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In 2015, Joey was diagnosed with stage IV <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorectal_cancer" title="Colorectal cancer">colorectal cancer</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_%2B_Rory#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03154186553103808848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6446236367473220387.post-35127074679319210522016-02-16T10:42:00.000-08:002016-03-26T10:09:16.126-07:00Peter O'Toole~ "The Impossible Dream" - Man of La Mancha<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i><b>Man of La Mancha</b></i> is a 1964 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_theatre" title="Musical theatre">musical</a> with a book by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Wasserman" title="Dale Wasserman">Dale Wasserman</a>, lyrics by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Darion" title="Joe Darion">Joe Darion</a>, and music by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Leigh" title="Mitch Leigh">Mitch Leigh</a>.<br />
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It is adapted from Wasserman's non-musical 1959 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleplay" title="Teleplay">teleplay</a> <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Don_Quixote" title="I, Don Quixote">I, Don Quixote</a></i>, which was in turn inspired by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_de_Cervantes" title="Miguel de Cervantes">Miguel de Cervantes</a> and his seventeenth-century masterpiece <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Quixote" title="Don Quixote">Don Quixote</a></i>.<br />
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It tells the story of the "mad" knight, Don Quixote, as a play within a
play, performed by Cervantes and his fellow prisoners as he awaits a
hearing with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Inquisition" title="Spanish Inquisition">Spanish Inquisition</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_La_Mancha#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup><br />
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The work is not, and does not pretend to be, a faithful rendition of either Cervantes' life or of <i>Don Quixote</i>.<br />
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Wasserman complained repeatedly about taking the work as a musical version of <i>Don Quixote</i>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_La_Mancha#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_La_Mancha#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup><br />
The original 1965 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a> production ran for 2,328 performances and won five <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Award" title="Tony Award">Tony Awards</a>,
including Best Musical.<br />
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The musical has been revived four times on
Broadway, becoming one of the most enduring works of musical theatre.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ibdb_4-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_La_Mancha#cite_note-ibdb-4">[4]</a></sup><br />
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The principal song, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Impossible_Dream_%28The_Quest%29" title="The Impossible Dream (The Quest)">The Impossible Dream</a>",
became a standard. The musical has played in many other countries
around the world, with productions in Dutch, French (translation by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Brel" title="Jacques Brel">Jacques Brel</a>),
German, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Icelandic, Gujarati, Uzbek,
Hungarian, Serbian, Slovenian, Swahili, Finnish, Ukrainian and nine
distinctly different dialects of the Spanish language.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_La_Mancha#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup><br />
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<i>Man of La Mancha</i> was first performed at the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodspeed_Opera_House" title="Goodspeed Opera House">Goodspeed Opera House</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Haddam,_Connecticut" title="East Haddam, Connecticut">East Haddam, Connecticut</a> in 1964, and had its New York premiere on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrust_stage" title="Thrust stage">thrust stage</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANTA_Washington_Square_Theatre" title="ANTA Washington Square Theatre">ANTA Washington Square Theatre</a> in 1965.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_La_Mancha#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup><br />
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<tr><th colspan="2" style="font-size: 125%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><i><span class="summary">Man of La Mancha</span></i></th>
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Original <i>Playbill</i></div>
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<th scope="row">Music</th>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Leigh" title="Mitch Leigh">Mitch Leigh</a></td>
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<th scope="row">Lyrics</th>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Darion" title="Joe Darion">Joe Darion</a></td>
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<th scope="row">Book</th>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Wasserman" title="Dale Wasserman">Dale Wasserman</a></td>
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<th scope="row">Basis</th>
<td><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Don_Quixote" title="I, Don Quixote">I, Don Quixote</a></i> (teleplay) by Dale Wasserman and <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Quixote_%28ballet%29" title="Don Quixote (ballet)">Don Quixote</a></i> (novel) by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_de_Cervantes" title="Miguel de Cervantes">Miguel de Cervantes</a></td>
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<th scope="row">Productions</th>
<td>1964 <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodspeed_Opera_House" title="Goodspeed Opera House">Goodspeed Opera House</a><br />
1965 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a><br />
1972 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revival_%28theatre%29" title="Revival (theatre)">revival</a><br />
1972 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_La_Mancha_%28film%29" title="Man of La Mancha (film)">Film</a><br />
1977 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revival_%28theatre%29" title="Revival (theatre)">revival</a><br />
1992 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revival_%28theatre%29" title="Revival (theatre)">revival</a><br />
1997 Madrid<br />
2002 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revival_%28theatre%29" title="Revival (theatre)">revival</a><br />
2014 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a> revival<br />
2015 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buenos_Aires" title="Buenos Aires">Buenos Aires</a> revival</td>
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<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Musical" title="Tony Award for Best Musical">Tony Award for Best Musical</a><br />
<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Score" title="Tony Award for Best Score">Tony Award for Best Score</a></td></tr>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="History">History</span></h2>
<i>Man of La Mancha</i> started as a non-musical teleplay written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Wasserman" title="Dale Wasserman">Dale Wasserman</a> for CBS's <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuPont_Show_of_the_Month" title="DuPont Show of the Month">DuPont Show of the Month</a></i> program.<br />
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This original telecast starred <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_J._Cobb" title="Lee J. Cobb">Lee J. Cobb</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen_Dewhurst" title="Colleen Dewhurst">Colleen Dewhurst</a> (who replaced <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viveca_Lindfors" title="Viveca Lindfors">Viveca Lindfors</a>), and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Wallach" title="Eli Wallach">Eli Wallach</a>, and was not performed on a thrust stage, but on a television sound stage.<br />
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The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuPont" title="DuPont">DuPont Corporation</a> disliked the title <i>Man of La Mancha</i>, thinking that its viewing audience would not know what <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Mancha" title="La Mancha">La Mancha</a> actually meant, so a new title, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Don_Quixote" title="I, Don Quixote">I, Don Quixote</a></i>, was chosen.<br />
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The play was broadcast live on November 9, 1959, with an estimated audience of 20 million.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_La_Mancha#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup><br />
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Unfortunately, due to the production being staged in the early days of
videotape, and due to the inferiority of kinescopes, no footage of this
production survives.<br />
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Years after this television broadcast, and after the original
teleplay had been unsuccessfully optioned as a non-musical Broadway
play, director <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Marre" title="Albert Marre">Albert Marre</a>
called Wasserman and suggested that he turn his play into a musical.<br />
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Mitch Leigh was selected as composer, with orchestrations by Carlyle W.
Hall.<br />
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Unusually for the time, the show was scored for an orchestra with
no violins or other traditional orchestral stringed instruments apart
from a double bass, instead making heavier use of brass, woodwinds,
percussion and utilizing flamenco guitars as the only stringed
instruments of any sort.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_La_Mancha#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup><br />
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The original lyricist of the musical was poet <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._H._Auden" title="W. H. Auden">W. H. Auden</a>,
but his lyrics were discarded, some of them considered too overtly
satiric and biting, attacking the bourgeois audience at times.<br />
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Auden's
lyrics were replaced by those of Joe Darion.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_La_Mancha#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Productions">Productions</span></h2>
The musical first played at the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodspeed_Opera_House" title="Goodspeed Opera House">Goodspeed Opera House</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a> in 1965. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_Harrison" title="Rex Harrison">Rex Harrison</a>
was to be the original star of this production, but although Harrison
had starred in a musical role in the stage and film versions of <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Fair_Lady" title="My Fair Lady">My Fair Lady</a></i>,
the musical demands of the role of Don Quixote were too heavy for him.<br />
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After 21 previews, the musical opened at the experimental thrust-stage <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANTA_Washington_Square_Theatre" title="ANTA Washington Square Theatre">ANTA Washington Square Theatre</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_Village" title="Greenwich Village">Greenwich Village</a> on November 22, 1965.<br />
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The show moved uptown to the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Beck_Theatre" title="Martin Beck Theatre">Martin Beck Theatre</a> on March 20, 1968, then to the Eden Theatre on March 3, 1971, and finally to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Hellinger_Theatre" title="Mark Hellinger Theatre">Mark Hellinger Theatre</a>
on May 26, 1971 for its last month, a total original New York run of
2,329 performances.<br />
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Musical staging and direction were by Albert Marre,
choreography was by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Cole_%28choreographer%29" title="Jack Cole (choreographer)">Jack Cole</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Bay_%28designer%29" title="Howard Bay (designer)">Howard Bay</a> was the scenic and lighting designer, with costumes by Bay and Patton Campbell.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ibdb_4-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_La_Mancha#cite_note-ibdb-4">[4]</a></sup><br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Kiley" title="Richard Kiley">Richard Kiley</a> won a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Award" title="Tony Award">Tony Award</a> for his performance as Cervantes/Quixote in the original production, and it made Kiley a bona fide Broadway star.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_La_Mancha#cite_note-10">[10]</a></sup><br />
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Kiley was replaced in the original Broadway run by, first, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Ferrer" title="Jose Ferrer">Jose Ferrer</a> on Broadway and in the 1966 National Tour, and then, operatic baritone <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Atkinson_%28baritone%29" title="David Atkinson (baritone)">David Atkinson</a>.<br />
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Atkinson also performed Cervantes/Quixote in the 1968 National Tour and
for all of the matinee performances in the 1972 Broadway revival which
also starred Kiley.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_La_Mancha#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup><br />
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The original cast also included <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Jacobson" title="Irving Jacobson">Irving Jacobson</a> (Sancho), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Middleton" title="Ray Middleton">Ray Middleton</a> (Innkeeper), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rounseville" title="Robert Rounseville">Robert Rounseville</a> (The Padre), and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Diener" title="Joan Diener">Joan Diener</a> (Aldonza). <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cullum" title="John Cullum">John Cullum</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Holbrook" title="Hal Holbrook">Hal Holbrook</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_Bridges" title="Lloyd Bridges">Lloyd Bridges</a> also played Cervantes and Don Quixote during the run of the production.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ibdb_4-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_La_Mancha#cite_note-ibdb-4">[4]</a></sup><br />
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Keith Andes also played the role.<br />
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The musical was performed on a single set that suggested a dungeon.<br />
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All changes in location were created by alterations in the lighting, by
the use of props supposedly lying around the floor of the dungeon, and
by reliance on the audience's imagination. More recent productions,
however, have added more scenery.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_La_Mancha#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_La_Mancha#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup><br />
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The original <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_End_theatre" title="West End theatre">West End</a> London production was at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piccadilly_Theatre" title="Piccadilly Theatre">Piccadilly Theatre</a>, opening on April 24, 1968 and running for 253 performances. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Michell" title="Keith Michell">Keith Michell</a> starred, with Joan Diener reprising her original role and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Spear" title="Bernard Spear">Bernard Spear</a> as Sancho.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_La_Mancha#cite_note-14">[14]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_La_Mancha#cite_note-15">[15]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ethan_16-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_La_Mancha#cite_note-ethan-16">[16]</a></sup><br />
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The play has been revived on Broadway four times:<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ibdb_4-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_La_Mancha#cite_note-ibdb-4">[4]</a></sup><br />
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<li>1972 – with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Kiley" title="Richard Kiley">Richard Kiley</a> as Cervantes/Quixote, running for 140 performances</li>
<li>1977 – with Richard Kiley as Cervantes/Quixote, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Martinez_%28actor%29" title="Tony Martinez (actor)">Tony Martinez</a> as Sancho Panza and Emily Yancy as Aldonza/Dulcinea, running for 124 performances</li>
<li>1992 – with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Juli%C3%A1" title="Raúl Juliá">Raúl Juliá</a> as Cervantes/Quixote and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheena_Easton" title="Sheena Easton">Sheena Easton</a> as Aldonza/Dulcinea, running for 108 performances. Easton was replaced, late in the run, by Joan Diener.</li>
<li>2002 – with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Stokes_Mitchell" title="Brian Stokes Mitchell">Brian Stokes Mitchell</a> as Cervantes/Quixote, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Elizabeth_Mastrantonio" title="Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio">Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio</a> as Aldonza/Dulcinea, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Sabella" title="Ernie Sabella">Ernie Sabella</a> as Sancho Panza, running for 304 performances; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marin_Mazzie" title="Marin Mazzie">Marin Mazzie</a> took over as Aldonza (Dulcinea) on July 1, 2003. This production featured Scenic and Costume Design by <a class="new" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paul_Brown_%28costume_designer%29&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Paul Brown (costume designer) (page does not exist)">Paul Brown</a>, Lighting Design by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Gallo" title="Paul Gallo">Paul Gallo</a>, Sound design by Tony Meola and Projection design by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_J._McCarthy" title="Elaine J. McCarthy">Elaine J. McCarthy</a>.</li>
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In the film <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_La_Mancha_%28film%29" title="Man of La Mancha (film)">Man of La Mancha</a></i> (1972), the title role went to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_O%27Toole" title="Peter O'Toole">Peter O'Toole</a> (singing voice dubbed by Simon Gilbert), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Coco" title="James Coco">James Coco</a> was Sancho, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_Loren" title="Sophia Loren">Sophia Loren</a> was Aldonza.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-17"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_La_Mancha#cite_note-17">[17]</a></sup><br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Linden" title="Hal Linden">Hal Linden</a> played Quixote in the show's 1988 U.S. National tour,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_La_Mancha#cite_note-18">[18]</a></sup> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Goulet" title="Robert Goulet">Robert Goulet</a> played Quixote in the 1997–98 U.S. National tour.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-19"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_La_Mancha#cite_note-19">[19]</a></sup><br />
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A studio-made recording of the score was released in 1996, conducted by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Gemignani" title="Paul Gemignani">Paul Gemignani</a> and starring <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pl%C3%A1cido_Domingo" title="Plácido Domingo">Plácido Domingo</a> as Quixote, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandy_Patinkin" title="Mandy Patinkin">Mandy Patinkin</a> as Sancho, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Migenes" title="Julia Migenes">Julia Migenes</a> as Aldonza, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Hadley" title="Jerry Hadley">Jerry Hadley</a> as the Priest and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Ramey" title="Samuel Ramey">Samuel Ramey</a> as the Innkeeper.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-20"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_La_Mancha#cite_note-20">[20]</a></sup><br />
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In 2014, <i>Man of La Mancha</i> featured as part of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratford_Festival" title="Stratford Festival">Stratford Festival</a>, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratford,_Ontario" title="Stratford, Ontario">Stratford</a>, Ontario, Canada.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-21"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_La_Mancha#cite_note-21">[21]</a></sup><br />
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The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare_Theatre_Company" title="Shakespeare Theatre Company">Shakespeare Theatre Company</a> produced <i>Man of La Mancha</i> as part of their 2014-2015 season. The production starred Anthony Warlow as Quixote.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-22"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_La_Mancha#cite_note-22">[22]</a></sup><br />
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<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Synopsis">Synopsis</span></h2>
It is the late sixteenth century, failed author-soldier-actor and tax collector <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_de_Cervantes" title="Miguel de Cervantes">Miguel de Cervantes</a> has been thrown into a dungeon by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Inquisition" title="Spanish Inquisition">Spanish Inquisition</a>,
along with his manservant.<br />
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They have been charged with foreclosing on a
monastery. The two have brought all their possessions with them into
the dungeon. There, they are attacked by their fellow prisoners, who
instantly set up a mock trial.<br />
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If Cervantes is found guilty, he will
have to hand over all his possessions.<br />
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Cervantes agrees to do so, except
for a precious manuscript which the prisoners are all too eager to
burn. He asks to be allowed to offer a defense, and the defense will be a
play, acted out by him and all the prisoners. The "judge", a
sympathetic criminal called "the Governor", agrees.<br />
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Cervantes takes out a makeup kit from his trunk, and the manservant
helps him get into a costume.<br />
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In a few short moments, Cervantes has
transformed himself into Alonso Quijana, an old gentleman who has read
so many books of chivalry and thought so much about injustice that he
has lost his mind and now believes that he should go forth as a
knight-errant.<br />
<br />
Quijana renames himself Don Quixote de La Mancha, and
sets out to find adventures with his "squire", Sancho Panza. (<i>Man of La Mancha (I, Don Quixote)</i>)<br />
<br />
Don Quixote warns Sancho that the pair are always in danger of being
attacked by Quixote's mortal enemy, an evil magician known as the
Enchanter. Suddenly he spots a windmill. Seeing its sails whirling, he
mistakes it for a four-armed giant, attacks it, and receives a beating
from the encounter.<br />
<br />
He thinks he knows why he has been defeated: It is
because he has not been properly dubbed a knight.<br />
<br />
Looking off, he
imagines he sees a castle (it is really a rundown roadside inn). He
orders Sancho to announce their arrival by blowing his bugle, and the
two proceed to the inn.<br />
<br />
Cervantes talks some prisoners into assuming the roles of the inn's
serving wench and part-time prostitute Aldonza and a group of muleteers,
who are propositioning her. Fending them off sarcastically (<i>It's All The Same</i>), she eventually deigns to accept their leader, Pedro, who pays in advance.<br />
<br />
Don Quixote enters with Sancho, upset at not having been "announced"
by a "dwarf". The Innkeeper (played by The Governor) treats them
sympathetically and humors Don Quixote, but when Quixote catches sight
of Aldonza, he believes her to be the lady Dulcinea, to whom he has
sworn eternal loyalty (<i>Dulcinea</i>).<br />
<br />
Aldonza, used to being roughly
handled, is flabbergasted, then annoyed, at Quixote's strange and kind
treatment of her, and is further aggravated when the Muleteers turn
Quixote's tender ballad into a mocking serenade.<br />
<br />
Meanwhile, Antonia, Don Quixote's niece, has gone with Quixote's
housekeeper to seek advice from the local priest, who realizes that the
two women are more concerned with the embarrassment the knight's madness
may bring than with his welfare (<i>I'm Only Thinking of Him</i>).<br />
<br />
The mock-trial's prosecutor, a cynic called "The Duke", is chosen by
Cervantes to play Dr. Sanson Carrasco, Antonia's fiancé, a man just as
cynical and self-centered as the prisoner who is playing him.<br />
<br />
Carrasco
is upset at the idea of having a madman in his prospective new family
but the padre cleverly convinces him that it would be a challenge worthy
of his abilities to cure his prospective uncle-in-law, so he and the
priest set out to bring Don Quixote back home (<i>I'm Only Thinking of Him [Reprise]</i>).<br />
<br />
Back at the inn, Sancho delivers a <a class="extiw" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/missive" title="wikt:missive">missive</a>
from Don Quixote to Aldonza courting her favor and asking for a token.
Instead, Aldonza tosses an old dishrag at Sancho, but to Don Quixote the
dishrag is a silken scarf.<br />
<br />
When Aldonza asks Sancho why he follows
Quixote, he can come up with no explanation other than <i>I Really Like Him</i>. Alone, Aldonza ponders the Knight's behavior and her inability to laugh at him (<i>What Do You Want of Me?</i>)<br />
<br />
In the courtyard, the muleteers once again taunt her with a suggestive song (<i>Little Bird, Little Bird</i>). Pedro makes arrangements with Aldonza for an assignation later.<br />
<br />
The priest and Dr. Carrasco arrive, but cannot reason with Don
Quixote, who suddenly spots a barber wearing his shaving basin on his
head to ward off the sun's heat (<i>The Barber's Song</i>).<br />
<br />
Quixote immediately snatches the basin from the barber at sword's point, believing it to be the miraculous <i>Golden Helmet of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mambrino" title="Mambrino">Mambrino</a></i>,
which will make him invulnerable. Dr. Carrasco and the priest leave,
with the priest impressed by Don Quixote's view of life and wondering if
curing him is really worthwhile (<i>To Each His Dulcinea</i>).<br />
<br />
Meanwhile, Quixote asks the Innkeeper to dub him knight. The
innkeeper agrees, but first Quixote must stand vigil all night over his
armor.<br />
<br />
Quixote asks to be guided to the "chapel" for his vigil, and the
Innkeeper hastily concocts an excuse: the "chapel" is "being repaired".
Quixote decides to keep his vigil in the courtyard. As he does so,
Aldonza, on her way to her rendezvous with Pedro, finally confronts him,
but Quixote gently explains why he behaves the way he does (<i>The Impossible Dream</i>).<br />
<br />
Pedro enters, furious at being kept waiting, and slaps Aldonza.
Enraged, Don Quixote takes him and all the other muleteers on in a huge
fight, (<i>The Combat</i>).<br />
<br />
Don Quixote has no martial skill, but by
luck and determination – and with the help of Aldonza and Sancho – he
prevails, and the muleteers are all knocked unconscious.<br />
<br />
But the noise
has awakened the Innkeeper, who enters and kindly tells Quixote that he
must leave. Quixote apologizes for the trouble, but reminds the
Innkeeper of his promise to dub him knight.<br />
<br />
The Innkeeper does so (<i>Knight of the Woeful Countenance</i>).<br />
<br />
Quixote then announces he must try to help the muleteers.<br />
<br />
Aldonza,
whom Quixote still calls Dulcinea, is shocked, but after the knight
explains that the laws of chivalry demand that he succor a fallen enemy,
Aldonza agrees to help them. For her efforts, she is beaten, raped, and
carried off by the muleteers, who leave the inn (<i>The Abduction</i>).<br />
<br />
Quixote, in his small room, is blissfully ruminating over his recent
victory and the new title that the innkeeper has given him – and
completely unaware of what has just happened to Aldonza (<i>The Impossible Dream</i> – first reprise).<br />
<br />
At this point, the Don Quixote play is brutally interrupted when the
Inquisition enters the dungeon and drags off an unwilling prisoner to be
tried.<br />
<br />
The Duke taunts Cervantes for his look of fear, and accuses him
of not facing reality. This prompts a passionate defense of idealism by
Cervantes.<br />
<br />
The Don Quixote play resumes (<i>Man of La Mancha</i> – first
reprise). Quixote and Sancho have left the inn and encounter a band of
Gypsies ("Moorish Dance") who take advantage of Quixote's naivete and
proceed to steal everything they own, including Quixote's horse
Rocinante and Sancho's donkey Dapple.<br />
<br />
The two are forced to return to
the inn. The Innkeeper tries to keep them out, but finally cannot resist
letting them back in out of pity.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-23"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_La_Mancha#cite_note-23">[23]</a></sup><br />
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Aldonza shows up with several bruises. Quixote swears to avenge her,
but she angrily tells him off, begging him to leave her alone and
flinging her real, pitiful history in his face and blaming him for
allowing her a glimpse of a life she can never have.<br />
<br />
She begs him to see
her as she really is but Quixote can only see her as his Dulcinea (<i>Aldonza</i>).<br />
<br />
Suddenly, another knight enters. He announces himself as Don
Quixote's mortal enemy, the Enchanter, this time appearing as the
"Knight of the Mirrors".<br />
<br />
He insults Aldonza, and is promptly challenged
to combat by Don Quixote. The Knight of the Mirrors and his attendants
bear huge shields with mirrors on them, and as they swing them at
Quixote (<i>Knight of the Mirrors</i>), the glare from the sunlight
blinds him.<br />
<br />
The attacking Knight taunts him, forcing him to see himself
as the world sees him – as a fool and a madman.<br />
<br />
Don Quixote collapses,
weeping. The Knight of the Mirrors removes his own helmet – he is really
Dr. Carrasco, returned with his latest plan to cure Quixote.<br />
<br />
Cervantes announces that the story is finished at least as far as he
has written it, but the prisoners are dissatisfied with the ending. They
prepare to burn his manuscript, when he asks for the chance to present
one last scene.<br />
<br />
The Governor agrees, and we are now in Alonso Quijana's bedroom,
where he has fallen into a coma. Antonia, Sancho, the Housekeeper, the
priest, and Carrasco are all there. Sancho tries to cheer up Quijana (<i>A Little Gossip</i>).<br />
<br />
Alonso Quijana eventually awakens, and when questioned, reveals that he
is now sane, remembering his knightly career as only a vague dream. He
realizes that he is now dying, and asks the priest to help him make out
his will.<br />
<br />
As Quijana begins to dictate, Aldonza forces her way in. She
has come to visit Quixote because she has found that she can no longer
bear to be anyone but Dulcinea. When he does not recognize her, she
sings a reprise of <i>Dulcinea</i> to him and tries to help him remember
the words of "The Impossible Dream".<br />
<br />
Suddenly, he remembers everything
and rises from his bed, calling for his armor and sword so that he may
set out again. (<i>Man of La Mancha</i> – second reprise) But it is too late – in mid-song, he suddenly cries out and falls dead. The priest sings <i>The Psalm</i> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psalm_130" title="Psalm 130">Psalm 130</a>
in Latin) for the dead.<br />
<br />
However, Aldonza now believes in him so much
that, to her, Don Quixote will always live: "A man died. He seemed a
good man, but I did not know him ... Don Quixote is not dead.<br />
<br />
Believe,
Sancho ... believe." When Sancho calls her by name, she replies, "My
name is Dulcinea."<br />
<br />
The Inquisition enters to take Cervantes to his trial, and the
prisoners, finding him not guilty, return his manuscript.<br />
<br />
It is his (as
yet) unfinished novel, <i><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Quixote_de_la_Mancha" title="Don Quixote de la Mancha">Don Quixote de la Mancha</a></i>.<br />
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As Cervantes and his servant mount the staircase to go to their
impending trial, the prisoners, led by the girl who played Dulcinea,
sing <i>The Impossible Dream</i> in chorus.<br />
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<b>Hallelujah</b> (<span class="nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English">/<span style="border-bottom: 1px dotted;"><span title="/ˌ/ secondary stress follows">ˌ</span><span title="'h' in 'hi'">h</span><span title="/æ/ short 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/ɪ/ or /ə/ 'e' in 'roses'">ᵻ</span><span title="/ˈ/ primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/uː/ long 'oo' in 'food'">uː</span><span title="/j/ 'y' in 'yes'">j</span><span title="/ə/ 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></span>/</a></span></span> <span title="English pronunciation respelling"><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Wikipedia:Pronunciation respelling key"><i><b><span class="smallcaps"><span style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS; text-transform: LOWERCASE;">HAL</span></span></b>-ə-<b><span class="smallcaps"><span style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS; text-transform: LOWERCASE;">LOO</span></span></b>-yə</i></a></span>) is a transliteration of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a> word <span lang="he">הַלְּלוּיָהּ</span> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Hebrew" title="Modern Hebrew">Modern</a> <i>halleluya</i>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberian_Hebrew" title="Tiberian Hebrew">Tiberian</a> <i>halləlûyāh</i>), which is composed of two elements: <span lang="he">הַלְּלוּ</span> (second-person imperative masculine plural form of the Hebrew verb <i>hallal</i>: an exhortation to "praise" addressed to several people<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Kelley169_1-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah#cite_note-Kelley169-1">[1]</a></sup>) and <span lang="he">יָהּ</span> (the names of God <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jah" title="Jah">Jah</a> or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_God_in_Judaism#Yah" title="Names of God in Judaism">Yah</a>).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EBHallelujah_2-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah#cite_note-EBHallelujah-2">[2]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup><br />
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Most well-known English versions of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_Bible" title="Hebrew Bible">Hebrew Bible</a> translate the Hebrew "Hallelujah" (as at <a class="external text" href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/bibleversefinder/?book=Psalm&verse=150:1&src=HE">Psalm 150:1</a>) as two Hebrew words, generally rendered as "Praise (ye)" and "the L<span class="smallcaps" style="font-size: 83%;">ORD</span>", but the second word is given as "Yah" in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexham_English_Bible" title="Lexham English Bible">Lexham English Bible</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young%27s_Literal_Translation" title="Young's Literal Translation">Young's Literal Translation</a>, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jah" title="Jah">Jah</a>" in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World_Translation_of_the_Holy_Scriptures" title="New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures">New World Translation</a>, "Jehovah" in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Standard_Version" title="American Standard Version">American Standard Version</a>, and "Hashem" in the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodox_Jewish_Bible" title="Orthodox Jewish Bible">Orthodox Jewish Bible</a>.<br />
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Instead of a translation, the transliteration "Hallelujah" is used by <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPS_Tanakh" title="JPS Tanakh">JPS Tanakh</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Version" title="International Standard Version">International Standard Version</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darby_Translation" title="Darby Translation">Darby Translation</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God%27s_Word_Translation" title="God's Word Translation">God's Word Translation</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holman_Christian_Standard_Bible" title="Holman Christian Standard Bible">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Message_%28Bible%29" title="The Message (Bible)">The Message</a>, with the spelling "Halleluyah" appearing in the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complete_Jewish_Bible" title="Complete Jewish Bible">Complete Jewish Bible</a>.<br />
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The Greek-influenced form "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alleluia" title="Alleluia">Alleluia</a>" appears in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wycliffe%27s_Bible" title="Wycliffe's Bible">Wycliffe's Bible</a>, the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knox_Version" title="Knox Version">Knox Version</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jerusalem_Bible" title="New Jerusalem Bible">New Jerusalem Bible</a>.<br />
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In the great song of praise to God for his triumph over the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whore_of_Babylon" title="Whore of Babylon">Whore of Babylon</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Woods_5-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah#cite_note-Woods-5">[5]</a></sup> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revelation_19" title="Revelation 19">chapter 19</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Revelation" title="Book of Revelation">Book of Revelation</a>, the Greek word ἀλληλούϊα (<i>allēluia</i>),
a transliteration of the same Hebrew word, appears four times, as an
expression of praise rather than an exhortation to praise.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Mercer_6-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah#cite_note-Mercer-6">[6]</a></sup><br />
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In English translations this is mostly rendered as "Hallelujah",<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup> but as "Alleluia" in several translations,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup> while a few have "Praise the Lord",<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup> "Praise God",<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah#cite_note-10">[10]</a></sup> "Praise our God",<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup> or "Thanks to our God".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup><br />
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הַלְּלוּיָהּ is found 24 times in the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Psalms" title="Book of Psalms">Book of Psalms</a>, and the Greek transliteration ἀλληλούϊα appears in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septuagint" title="Septuagint">Septuagint</a> version of these Psalms, in <a class="external text" href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/bibleversefinder/?book=Tobit&verse=13:17&src=NRSV">Tobit 13:17</a> and <a class="external text" href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/bibleversefinder/?book=3%20Maccabees&verse=7:13&src=NRSV">3 Maccabees 7:13</a> and four times in <a class="external text" href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/bibleversefinder/?book=Revelation&verse=19&src=%21">Revelation 19</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Mercer_6-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah#cite_note-Mercer-6">[6]</a></sup><br />
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The word is used in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Judaism</a> as part of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallel" title="Hallel">Hallel</a> prayers, and in Christian prayer,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Woods_5-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah#cite_note-Woods-5">[5]</a></sup> where since the earliest times<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Mercer_6-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah#cite_note-Mercer-6">[6]</a></sup> it is used in various ways in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liturgy" title="Liturgy">liturgies</a>,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-alter_13-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah#cite_note-alter-13">[13]</a></sup> especially those of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodox Church</a>,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah#cite_note-14">[14]</a></sup> both of which use the form "alleluia".<br />
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The term is used 24 times in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_Bible" title="Hebrew Bible">Hebrew Bible</a> (mainly in the book of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psalms" title="Psalms">Psalms</a>, e.g. <a class="external text" href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/bibleversefinder/?book=Psalms&verse=111%E2%80%93117&src=HE">111–117</a>, <a class="external text" href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/bibleversefinder/?book=Psalms&verse=145%E2%80%93150&src=HE">145–150</a>, where it starts and concludes a number of Psalms) and four times in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a> transliteration in the Christian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Revelation" title="Book of Revelation">Book of Revelation</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Woods_5-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah#cite_note-Woods-5">[5]</a></sup><br />
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In the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_Bible" title="Hebrew Bible">Hebrew Bible</a> <i>hallelujah</i> is actually a two-word phrase, not one word. The first part, <i>hallelu</i>, is the second-person imperative masculine plural form of the Hebrew verb <i>hallal</i>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Kelley169_1-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah#cite_note-Kelley169-1">[1]</a></sup><br />
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However, "hallelujah" means more than simply "praise Jah" or "praise Yah", as the word <i>hallel</i> in Hebrew means a joyous praise in song, to boast in God.<br />
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<i>Hallel</i> could also refer to someone who acts madly or foolishly.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah#cite_note-15">[15]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup><br />
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The second part, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_God_in_Judaism#Yah" title="Names of God in Judaism">Yah</a>, is a shortened form of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YHWH" title="YHWH">YHWH</a>, the name for the Creator.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Woods_5-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah#cite_note-Woods-5">[5]</a></sup><br />
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The name ceased to be pronounced in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Temple_Judaism" title="Second Temple Judaism">Second Temple Judaism</a>, by the 3rd century BC due to religious beliefs.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-17"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah#cite_note-17">[17]</a></sup><br />
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The correct pronunciation is not known, however, it is sometimes rendered by Christians as "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahweh" title="Yahweh">Yahweh</a>" or "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehovah" title="Jehovah">Jehovah</a>".<br />
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The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septuagint" title="Septuagint">Septuagint</a> translates Yah as Kyrios (the L<span class="smallcaps" style="font-size: 83%;">ORD</span>), because of the Jewish custom of replacing the sacred name with "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_God_in_Judaism#Adonai" title="Names of God in Judaism">Adonai</a>", meaning "the Lord".<br />
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In <a class="external text" href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/bibleversefinder/?book=Psalm&verse=150:6&src=HE">Psalm 150:6</a> the Hebrew reads <i>kol han'shamah t'hallel yah;</i><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah#cite_note-18">[18]</a></sup> It appears in the Hebrew Bible as הללו-יה and הללו יה. In <a class="external text" href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/bibleversefinder/?book=Psalm&verse=148:1&src=HE">Psalm 148:1</a> the Hebrew says "הללו יה <i>hallelu yah"</i>.<br />
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It then says <i>"hallelu eth-YHWH"</i> as if using <i>"yah"</i> and "YHWH" interchangeably. The word <i>"Yah"</i> appears by itself as a divine name in poetry about 49 times in the Hebrew Bible (including <i>hallelu yah</i>), such as in <a class="external text" href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/bibleversefinder/?book=Psalm&verse=68:4%E2%80%935&src=HE">Psalm 68:4–5</a> "who rides upon the deserts by his name <i>Yah"</i> and <a class="external text" href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/bibleversefinder/?book=Exodus&verse=15:2&src=HE">Exodus 15:2</a> <i>"Yah</i> is my strength and song".<br />
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It also often appears at the end of Israelite <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophoric_name" title="Theophoric name">theophoric names</a> such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah" title="Isaiah">Isaiah</a> <i>"yeshayah(u)</i>, Yahweh is salvation" and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah" title="Jeremiah">Jeremiah</a> <i>"yirmeyah(u)</i>, Yahweh is exalted".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Woods_5-4"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah#cite_note-Woods-5">[5]</a></sup><br />
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The word <i>hallelujah</i> occurring in the Psalms is therefore a
request for a congregation to join in praise toward God. It can be
translated as "Praise Yah" or "Praise <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jah" title="Jah">Jah</a>, you people",<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EBHallelujah_2-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah#cite_note-EBHallelujah-2">[2]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-alter_13-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah#cite_note-alter-13">[13]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-wt_hallelujah_19-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah#cite_note-wt_hallelujah-19">[19]</a></sup><br />
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The Greek <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transliteration" title="Transliteration">transliteration</a>, ἀλληλούϊα (<i>allēlouia</i>) appears in <a class="external text" href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/bibleversefinder/?book=Revelation&verse=19:1%E2%80%936&src=%21">Revelation 19:1–6</a>, the great song of praise to God for his triumph over the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whore_of_Babylon" title="Whore of Babylon">Whore of Babylon</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Woods_5-5"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah#cite_note-Woods-5">[5]</a></sup><br />
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It is this usage that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Jennens" title="Charles Jennens">Charles Jennens</a> extracted for the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_Chorus" title="Hallelujah Chorus">Hallelujah Chorus</a> in <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handel" title="Handel">Handel</a>'s <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messiah" title="Messiah">Messiah</a></i>.<br />
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The word "hallelujah" is sung as part of the Hallel Psalms (interspersed between Psalms 113–150).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-20"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah#cite_note-20">[20]</a></sup><br />
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For most <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christians" title="Christians">Christians</a>, "Hallelujah" is considered a joyful word of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praise" title="Praise">praise</a> to God, rather than an injunction to praise him.<br />
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"<b>The <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alleluia_%28chant%29" title="Alleluia (chant)">Alleluia</a></b>" refers to a traditional chant, combining the word with verses from the Psalms or other scripture.<br />
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In the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_Rite" title="Latin Rite">Latin Rite</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a>, and in many older <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestantism" title="Protestantism">Protestant</a> denominations, the Alleluia, along with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_in_excelsis_Deo" title="Gloria in excelsis Deo">Gloria in excelsis Deo</a>, is not spoken or sung in liturgy during the season of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lent" title="Lent">Lent</a>, instead being replaced by a <a class="new" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lenten_acclamation&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Lenten acclamation (page does not exist)">Lenten acclamation</a>, while in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Christianity" title="Eastern Christianity">Eastern Churches</a>, Alleluia is chanted throughout Lent at the beginning of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matins" title="Matins">Matins</a> service, replacing the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theos_Kyrios" title="Theos Kyrios">Theos Kyrios</a>, which is considered more joyful.<br />
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At the Easter service and throughout the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecostarion" title="Pentecostarion">Pentecostarion</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paschal_greeting" title="Paschal greeting">Christos anesti</a> is used in the place where Hallelujah is chanted in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_liturgical_rites" title="Latin liturgical rites">western rite</a>.<br />
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In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_worship" title="Contemporary worship">contemporary worship</a>
among many Protestants, expressions of "Hallelujah" and "Praise the
Lord" are acceptable spontaneous expressions of joy, thanksgiving and
praise towards God, requiring no specific prompting or call or direction
from those leading times of praise and singing.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-21"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah#cite_note-21">[21]</a></sup><br />
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"<b>Hallelujah</b>" is a song written by Canadian recording artist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Cohen" title="Leonard Cohen">Leonard Cohen</a>, originally released on his album <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Various_Positions" title="Various Positions">Various Positions</a></i> (1984).<br />
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Achieving little initial success, the song found greater popular acclaim through a cover by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cale" title="John Cale">John Cale</a>, which inspired a cover by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Buckley" title="Jeff Buckley">Jeff Buckley</a>.<br />
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Buckley's version is the most enduringly popular and critically
acclaimed cover of the song to date.<br />
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It is the subject of the book <i>The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley & the Unlikely Ascent of "Hallelujah"</i> (2012) by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Light" title="Alan Light">Alan Light</a>.<br />
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In a <i>New York Times</i> review of the book, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Maslin" title="Janet Maslin">Janet Maslin</a>
praises the book and the song, noting that "Cohen spent years
struggling with his song 'Hallelujah.' He wrote perhaps as many as 80
verses before paring the song down."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_%28Leonard_Cohen_song%29#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup><br />
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Following its increased popularity after being featured in the film <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrek" title="Shrek">Shrek</a></i> (2001),<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_%28Leonard_Cohen_song%29#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_%28Leonard_Cohen_song%29#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup> many <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cover_version" title="Cover version">cover versions</a> have been performed by many and various singers, both in recordings and in concert, with over 300 versions known.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-covers_4-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_%28Leonard_Cohen_song%29#cite_note-covers-4">[4]</a></sup><br />
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The song has been used in film and television soundtracks and televised talent contests.<br />
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<tr><th class="summary" colspan="2" style="background-color: khaki; font-size: 125%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">"Hallelujah"</th>
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<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><a class="image" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Leonard_Cohen_Hallelujah.jpg"><img alt="" data-file-height="225" data-file-width="225" height="220" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/44/Leonard_Cohen_Hallelujah.jpg/220px-Leonard_Cohen_Hallelujah.jpg" width="220" /></a></td>
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<th class="description" colspan="2" style="background-color: khaki; text-align: center;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_%28music%29" title="Single (music)">Single</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Cohen" title="Leonard Cohen">Leonard Cohen</a></th>
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<th class="description" colspan="2" style="background-color: khaki; text-align: center;">from the album <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Various_Positions" title="Various Positions">Various Positions</a></i></th>
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<th scope="row">Released</th>
<td>December 1984</td>
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<th scope="row">Recorded</th>
<td>June 1984</td>
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<th scope="row"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th>
<td><div class="hlist">
<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_rock" title="Folk rock">Folk rock</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_music" title="Gospel music">gospel</a></li>
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<th scope="row">Length</th>
<td>4:36</td>
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<th scope="row"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia</a></td>
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<th scope="row"><span class="nowrap"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">Writer(s)</a></span></th>
<td>Leonard Cohen</td>
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<th scope="row"><span class="nowrap"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer(s)</a></span></th>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lissauer" title="John Lissauer">John Lissauer</a></td>
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<th colspan="3" scope="col" style="background: khaki; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Various_Positions" title="Various Positions">Various Positions</a></i> track listing</th>
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<td style="padding: 0.2em 0.1em 0.2em 0; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; width: 33%;">"Night Comes On"<br />
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<td style="padding: 0.2em 0.1em 0.2em 0.1em; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; width: 33%;">"<b>Hallelujah</b>"<br />
(5)</td>
<td style="padding: 0.2em 0 0.2em 0.1em; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; width: 33%;">"The Captain"<br />
(6)</td></tr>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Musical_composition_and_lyrical_interpretation">"Hallelujah", in its original version, is in 12/8 time, which evokes both <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltz" title="Waltz">waltz</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_music" title="Gospel music">gospel music</a>. Written in the key of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_major" title="C major">C major</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chord_progression" title="Chord progression">chord progression</a> matches lyrics from the song: "goes like this, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subdominant" title="Subdominant">fourth</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominant_%28music%29" title="Dominant (music)">fifth</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submediant" title="Submediant">minor fall</a>, and the major lift": C, F, G, A minor, F.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-bbc.co.uk_5-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_%28Leonard_Cohen_song%29#cite_note-bbc.co.uk-5">[5]</a></sup></span></div>
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Cohen wrote around 80 draft verses for "Hallelujah", with one writing
session at the Royalton Hotel in New York where he was reduced to
sitting on the floor in his underwear, banging his head on the floor.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_%28Leonard_Cohen_song%29#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup> </span></div>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Musical_composition_and_lyrical_interpretation">His original version, as recorded on his <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Various_Positions" title="Various Positions">Various Positions</a></i> album, contains several biblical references, most notably evoking the stories of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson" title="Samson">Samson</a> and traitorous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delilah" title="Delilah">Delilah</a> from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Judges" title="Book of Judges">Book of Judges</a> ("she cut your hair") as well as the adulterous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David" title="David">King David</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathsheba" title="Bathsheba">Bathsheba</a> ("you saw her bathing on the roof, her beauty in the moonlight overthrew you").<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-bbc.co.uk_5-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_%28Leonard_Cohen_song%29#cite_note-bbc.co.uk-5">[5]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_%28Leonard_Cohen_song%29#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup></span></div>
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Following his original 1984 studio-album version, Cohen performed the
original song on his world tour in 1985, but live performances during
his 1988 and 1993 tours almost invariably contained a quite different
set of lyrics with only the last <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verse_%28popular_music%29" title="Verse (popular music)">verse</a>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Musical_composition_and_lyrical_interpretation">Numerous singers mix lyrics from both
versions, and occasionally make direct lyric changes, such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufus_Wainwright" title="Rufus Wainwright">Rufus Wainwright</a>, a Canadian-American singer, substituting "holy dark" and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison_Crowe" title="Allison Crowe">Allison Crowe</a>, a Canadian singer-songwriter, substituting "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Spirit" title="Holy Spirit">Holy Ghost</a>" for Cohen's "holy dove".</span></div>
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Cohen's lyrical poetry and his view that "many different <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah" title="Hallelujah">hallelujahs</a>
exist" is reflected in wide-ranging covers with very different intents
or tones, allowing the song to be "melancholic, fragile, uplifting [or]
joyous" depending on the performer:<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-bbc.co.uk_5-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_%28Leonard_Cohen_song%29#cite_note-bbc.co.uk-5">[5]</a></sup> </span></div>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Musical_composition_and_lyrical_interpretation">The Welsh singer-songwriter <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cale" title="John Cale">John Cale</a>,
the first person to record a cover version of the song (in 1991),
promoted a message of "soberness and sincerity" in contrast to Cohen's
dispassionate tone;<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-bbc.co.uk_5-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_%28Leonard_Cohen_song%29#cite_note-bbc.co.uk-5">[5]</a></sup></span></div>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Musical_composition_and_lyrical_interpretation"> The cover by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Buckley" title="Jeff Buckley">Jeff Buckley</a>, an American singer-songwriter, is more sorrowful and was described by Buckley as "a hallelujah to the orgasm";<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-bbc.co.uk_5-4"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_%28Leonard_Cohen_song%29#cite_note-bbc.co.uk-5">[5]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-rolling_stone_8-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_%28Leonard_Cohen_song%29#cite_note-rolling_stone-8">[8]</a></sup></span></div>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Musical_composition_and_lyrical_interpretation">Crowe interpreted the song as a "very sexual" composition that discussed relationships;<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-bbc.co.uk_5-5"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_%28Leonard_Cohen_song%29#cite_note-bbc.co.uk-5">[5]</a></sup> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufus_Wainwright" title="Rufus Wainwright">Wainwright</a> offered a "purifying and almost liturgical" interpretation;<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-bbc.co.uk_5-6"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_%28Leonard_Cohen_song%29#cite_note-bbc.co.uk-5">[5]</a></sup> </span></div>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Musical_composition_and_lyrical_interpretation">and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Garvey" title="Guy Garvey">Guy Garvey</a> of the British band <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbow_%28band%29" title="Elbow (band)">Elbow</a> made the hallelujah a "stately creature" and incorporated his religious interpretation of the song into his band's recordings.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-bbc.co.uk_5-7"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_%28Leonard_Cohen_song%29#cite_note-bbc.co.uk-5">[5]</a></sup></span></div>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Cover_versions">Cover versions</span></h2>
Since 1991, "Hallelujah" has been performed by a wide variety of singers: over 300, and in various languages.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-covers_4-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_%28Leonard_Cohen_song%29#cite_note-covers-4">[4]</a></sup><br />
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Statistics from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">Recording Industry Association of America</a> (RIAA); the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Recording_Industry_Association" title="Canadian Recording Industry Association">Canadian Recording Industry Association</a>; the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Recording_Industry_Association" title="Australian Recording Industry Association">Australian Recording Industry Association</a>; and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Federation_of_the_Phonographic_Industry" title="International Federation of the Phonographic Industry">International Federation of the Phonographic Industry</a> show that, by late 2008, more than five million copies of the song sold in <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Disc" title="Compact Disc">CD</a> format.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><br />
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It has been the subject of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio" title="BBC Radio">BBC Radio</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_documentary" title="Radio documentary">documentary</a> and been in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundtrack" title="Soundtrack">soundtracks</a> of numerous films and television programs.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-times_14-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_%28Leonard_Cohen_song%29#cite_note-times-14">[14]</a></sup><br />
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Different interpretations of the song may include different verses, out of the over 80 verses Cohen originally wrote.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-telegraph2_15-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_%28Leonard_Cohen_song%29#cite_note-telegraph2-15">[15]</a></sup><br />
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In an April 2009 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBC_Radio" title="CBC Radio">CBC Radio</a>
interview, Cohen said that he finds the number of covers of his song
"ironic and amusing" given that when he first wrote it, his record
company wouldn't put it out.<br />
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However, he now thinks the song could
benefit from a break in exposure: "I was just reading a review of a
movie called <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmen_%28film%29" title="Watchmen (film)">Watchmen</a></i>
that uses it and the reviewer said – 'Can we please have a moratorium
on "Hallelujah" in movies and television shows?'<br />
<br />
And I kind of feel the
same way...I think it's a good song, but I think too many people sing
it."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_%28Leonard_Cohen_song%29#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-guardian_july2009_17-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_%28Leonard_Cohen_song%29#cite_note-guardian_july2009-17">[17]</a></sup><br />
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In early 2012, during interviews advancing his latest album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Ideas" title="Old Ideas">Old Ideas</a></i>,
and more touring, Cohen says that he's not tired of the song being
covered: "There's been a couple of times when other people have said can
we have a moratorium please on 'Hallelujah'?<br />
<br />
Must we have it at the end
of every single drama and every single Idol?<br />
<br />
And once or twice I've
felt maybe I should lend my voice to silencing it but on second thought
no, I'm very happy that it's being sung."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_%28Leonard_Cohen_song%29#cite_note-18">[18]</a></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="John_Cale">John Cale</span></h3>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cale" title="John Cale">John Cale's</a> cover first appeared on <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_Your_Fan" title="I'm Your Fan">I'm Your Fan</a></i> (1991), a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Cohen" title="Leonard Cohen">Leonard Cohen</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribute_album" title="Tribute album">tribute album</a>, and later on his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_album" title="Live album">live album</a> <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragments_of_a_Rainy_Season" title="Fragments of a Rainy Season">Fragments of a Rainy Season</a></i>
(1992).<br />
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Cale's version has vocals, piano, and lyrics that Cohen had
only performed live. Cale had watched Cohen perform the song and asked
Cohen to send him the lyrics.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-amazon_19-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_%28Leonard_Cohen_song%29#cite_note-amazon-19">[19]</a></sup><br />
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Cohen then faxed Cale fifteen pages of lyrics. Cale claims that he "went through and just picked out the cheeky verses."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-telegraph2_15-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_%28Leonard_Cohen_song%29#cite_note-telegraph2-15">[15]</a></sup><br />
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Cale's version forms the basis of most subsequent performances,
including Cohen's performances during his 2008–2009 world tour.<br />
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It was
the version used in the film <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrek" title="Shrek">Shrek</a></i> (2001) (although it is Rufus Wainwright's version that appears on <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrek:_Music_from_the_Original_Motion_Picture" title="Shrek: Music from the Original Motion Picture">the soundtrack album</a>).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-bbc.co.uk_5-8"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_%28Leonard_Cohen_song%29#cite_note-bbc.co.uk-5">[5]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-amazon_19-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_%28Leonard_Cohen_song%29#cite_note-amazon-19">[19]</a></sup><br />
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It also appears on the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrubs_%28soundtrack%29#Music_from_Scrubs" title="Scrubs (soundtrack)">first soundtrack album</a> for the TV series <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrubs_%28TV_series%29" title="Scrubs (TV series)">Scrubs</a></i>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-20"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_%28Leonard_Cohen_song%29#cite_note-20">[20]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-21"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_%28Leonard_Cohen_song%29#cite_note-21">[21]</a></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Jeff_Buckley">Jeff Buckley</span></h3>
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<th class="summary" colspan="2" style="background-color: khaki; font-size: 125%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">"Hallelujah"</th>
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<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><a class="image" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jeff-Buckley-Hallelujah-400186.jpg"><img alt="" data-file-height="325" data-file-width="325" height="220" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f5/Jeff-Buckley-Hallelujah-400186.jpg/220px-Jeff-Buckley-Hallelujah-400186.jpg" width="220" /></a></td>
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<th class="description" colspan="2" style="background-color: khaki; text-align: center;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_%28music%29" title="Single (music)">Single</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Buckley" title="Jeff Buckley">Jeff Buckley</a></th>
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<tr class="description">
<th class="description" colspan="2" style="background-color: khaki; text-align: center;">from the album <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_%28Jeff_Buckley_album%29" title="Grace (Jeff Buckley album)">Grace</a></i></th>
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<th scope="row">Released</th>
<td>2007</td>
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<th scope="row">Recorded</th>
<td>Late 1993–94, at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bearsville_Studios" title="Bearsville Studios">Bearsville Studios</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bearsville,_New_York" title="Bearsville, New York">Bearsville, New York</a></td>
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<th scope="row"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th>
<td><div class="hlist">
<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">Folk</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_rock" title="Alternative rock">alternative rock</a></li>
</ul>
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</td>
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<th scope="row">Length</th>
<td>6:53</td>
</tr>
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<th scope="row"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia</a></td>
</tr>
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<th scope="row"><span class="nowrap"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">Writer(s)</a></span></th>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Cohen" title="Leonard Cohen">Leonard Cohen</a></td>
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<th scope="row"><span class="nowrap"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer(s)</a></span></th>
<td><div class="hlist">
<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Buckley" title="Jeff Buckley">Jeff Buckley</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Wallace_%28producer%29" title="Andy Wallace (producer)">Andy Wallace</a></li>
</ul>
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</tr>
<tr>
<th class="description" colspan="2" style="background-color: khaki; text-align: center;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Buckley" title="Jeff Buckley">Jeff Buckley</a> singles chronology</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><table style="line-height: 1.4em; width: 100%;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding: .2em .1em .2em 0; text-align: center; width: 33%;">"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forget_Her" title="Forget Her">Forget Her</a>"<br />
(2004)</td>
<td style="padding: .2em .1em; text-align: center; width: 33%;">"<b>Hallelujah</b>"<br />
(2007)</td>
<td style="padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em; text-align: center; width: 33%;"><br /></td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
</td>
</tr>
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<tbody>
<tr>
<th colspan="3" scope="col" style="background: khaki; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_%28Jeff_Buckley_album%29" title="Grace (Jeff Buckley album)">Grace</a></i> track listing</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 100%px;">
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<td style="padding: 0.2em 0.1em 0.2em 0; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; width: 33%;">"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_Real_%28Jeff_Buckley_song%29" title="So Real (Jeff Buckley song)">So Real</a>"<br />
(5)</td>
<td style="padding: 0.2em 0.1em 0.2em 0.1em; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; width: 33%;">"Hallelujah"<br />
(6)</td>
<td style="padding: 0.2em 0 0.2em 0.1em; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; width: 33%;">"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lover,_You_Should%27ve_Come_Over" title="Lover, You Should've Come Over">Lover, You Should've Come Over</a>"<br />
(7)</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Buckley" title="Jeff Buckley">Jeff Buckley</a>, inspired by Cale's earlier cover, recorded one of the most acclaimed versions of "Hallelujah" for his only complete album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_%28Jeff_Buckley_album%29" title="Grace (Jeff Buckley album)">Grace</a></i>, in 1994.<br />
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Later, in 2007 it was released as single.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Critical_reception">Critical reception</span></h4>
In 2004, Buckley's version was ranked number 259 on <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i>'s "<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_500_Greatest_Songs_of_All_Time" title="The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time">The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time</a>".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-rolling_stone_8-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_%28Leonard_Cohen_song%29#cite_note-rolling_stone-8">[8]</a></sup><br />
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The same year <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_%28magazine%29" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i>
called Buckley's version "exquisitely sung," observing "Cohen murmured
the original like a dirge, but ... Buckley treated the ... song like a
tiny capsule of humanity, using his voice to careen between glory and
sadness, beauty and pain... It's one of the great songs."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Josh_Tyrangiel_22-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_%28Leonard_Cohen_song%29#cite_note-Josh_Tyrangiel-22">[22]</a></sup><br />
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In September 2007, a poll of fifty songwriters conducted by the magazine <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_%28magazine%29" title="Q (magazine)">Q</a></i> listed "Hallelujah" among the all-time "Top 10 Greatest Tracks" with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Legend" title="John Legend">John Legend</a>
calling Buckley's version "as near perfect as you can get.<br />
<br />
The lyrics
to 'Hallelujah' are just incredible and the melody's gorgeous and then
there's Jeff's interpretation of it. It's one of the most beautiful
pieces of recorded music I’ve ever heard."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-23"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_%28Leonard_Cohen_song%29#cite_note-23">[23]</a></sup><br />
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In July 2009, the Buckley track was ranked number three on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_J_Hottest_100_of_All_Time,_2009" title="Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time, 2009">2009 Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time</a>, a listener poll held every decade by the Australian radio station <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_J" title="Triple J">Triple J</a></i>."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-24"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_%28Leonard_Cohen_song%29#cite_note-24">[24]</a></sup><br />
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On April 2, 2014 it was announced that Buckley's version of the song will be inducted into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Recording_Registry" title="National Recording Registry">Library of Congress's National Recording Registry</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-25"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_%28Leonard_Cohen_song%29#cite_note-25">[25]</a></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Commercial_performance">Commercial performance</span></h4>
Buckley's version was not an instant hit, nor did Buckley live to see
the full measure of the reception his recording would ultimately have;
he died in 1997.<br />
<br />
The album on which it appeared did not go <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIAA_certification" title="RIAA certification">Gold</a>
in the U.S. until 2002, nine years after its release.<br />
<br />
In fact, like
Cohen's original, the Buckley version was not released as a single,
until much later, and it didn't chart until 2006, posthumously for
Buckley.<br />
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In March of that year, Buckley had his first national Top 10
bestseller when "Hallelujah" was number seven in Norway.<br />
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In 2007 it made
the top 3 on the Swedish charts. In March 2008 it topped <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_%28magazine%29" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>'s <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Digital_Songs" title="Hot Digital Songs">Hot Digital Songs</a> in the U.S. after a performance of the song by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Castro_%28singer%29" title="Jason Castro (singer)">Jason Castro</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Idol_%28season_7%29" title="American Idol (season 7)">seventh season</a> of <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Idol" title="American Idol">American Idol</a></i>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-billboard_March2008_26-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_%28Leonard_Cohen_song%29#cite_note-billboard_March2008-26">[26]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-guardian_Mar2008_27-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_%28Leonard_Cohen_song%29#cite_note-guardian_Mar2008-27">[27]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-28"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_%28Leonard_Cohen_song%29#cite_note-28">[28]</a></sup><br />
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The sudden resurgence of interest provided <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIAA_certification" title="RIAA certification">both Gold and Platinum status</a>, the RIAA certifying the digital track on 22 April 2008.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-29"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_%28Leonard_Cohen_song%29#cite_note-29">[29]</a></sup><br />
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It has sold 1,144,000 digital copies in the US as of May 2010.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-30"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallelujah_%28Leonard_Cohen_song%29#cite_note-30">[30]</a></sup> It also hit number one in France in March 2008.<br />
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"<b>The Star-Spangled Banner</b>" is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_anthem" title="National anthem">national anthem</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States of America</a>.<br />
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The lyrics come from "Defence of Fort M'Henry",<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> a poem written on September 13 1814 by the 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key" title="Francis Scott Key">Francis Scott Key</a> after witnessing the bombardment of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_McHenry" title="Fort McHenry">Fort McHenry</a> by British ships of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> in Baltimore Harbor during the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_McHenry" title="Battle of Fort McHenry">Battle of Fort McHenry</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a>.<br />
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The poem was set to the tune of a popular British song written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stafford_Smith" title="John Stafford Smith">John Stafford Smith</a> for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anacreontic_Society" title="Anacreontic Society">Anacreontic Society</a>, a men's social club in London.<br />
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"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Anacreon_in_Heaven" title="To Anacreon in Heaven">To Anacreon in Heaven</a>"
(or "The Anacreontic Song"), with various lyrics, was already popular
in the United States. Set to Key's poem and renamed "The Star-Spangled
Banner", it soon became a well-known American patriotic song.<br />
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With a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Range_%28music%29" title="Range (music)">range</a>
of one octave and one fifth (a semitone more than an octave and a
half), it is known for being difficult to sing. Although the poem has
four <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanza" title="Stanza">stanzas</a>, only the first is commonly sung today.<br />
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"The Star-Spangled Banner" was recognized for official use by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> in 1889, and by U.S. President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson" title="Woodrow Wilson">Woodrow Wilson</a> in 1916, and was made the national anthem by a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">congressional</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resolution_%28law%29" title="Resolution (law)">resolution</a> on March 3, 1931 (46 Stat. 1508, codified at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_36_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 36 of the United States Code">36 U.S.C.</a> <a class="external text" href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/36/301" rel="nofollow">§ 301</a>), which was signed by President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Hoover" title="Herbert Hoover">Herbert Hoover</a>.<br />
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Before 1931, other songs served as the hymns of American officialdom. "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hail,_Columbia" title="Hail, Columbia">Hail, Columbia</a>" served this purpose at official functions for most of the 19th century. "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Country,_%27Tis_of_Thee" title="My Country, 'Tis of Thee">My Country, 'Tis of Thee</a>", whose melody is identical to "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Save_the_Queen" title="God Save the Queen">God Save the Queen</a>", the British national anthem,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup> also served as a <i>de facto</i> anthem.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup><br />
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Following the War of 1812 and subsequent American wars, other songs
emerged to compete for popularity at public events, among them "The
Star-Spangled Banner".<br />
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<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><a class="image" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Defence_of_Fort_M%27Henry_broadside.jpg"><img alt="Defence of Fort M'Henry broadside.jpg" class="thumbborder" data-file-height="634" data-file-width="377" height="640" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Defence_of_Fort_M%27Henry_broadside.jpg/220px-Defence_of_Fort_M%27Henry_broadside.jpg" width="380" /></a>
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One of two surviving copies of the 1814 broadside printing of the
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<b>National anthem of the<br />
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<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key" title="Francis Scott Key">Francis Scott Key</a>, 1814</td>
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<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stafford_Smith" title="John Stafford Smith">John Stafford Smith</a>, 1780</td>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key" title="Francis Scott Key">Francis Scott Key</a>'s original manuscript copy of his "Star-Spangled Banner" poem. It is now on display at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_Historical_Society" title="Maryland Historical Society">Maryland Historical Society</a>.</div>
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On September 3, 1814, following the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_Washington" title="Burning of Washington">Burning of Washington</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Alexandria" title="Raid on Alexandria">Raid on Alexandria</a>, Francis Scott Key and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stuart_Skinner" title="John Stuart Skinner">John Stuart Skinner</a> set sail from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a> aboard the ship <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Minden" title="HMS Minden">HMS <i>Minden</i></a>, flying a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_flag" title="White flag">flag of truce</a> on a mission approved by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Madison" title="James Madison">President James Madison</a>.<br />
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Their objective was to secure the exchange of prisoners, one of whom was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Beanes" title="William Beanes">Dr. William Beanes</a>, the elderly and popular town physician of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Marlboro,_Maryland" title="Upper Marlboro, Maryland">Upper Marlboro</a>
and a friend of Key's who had been captured in his home.<br />
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accused of aiding the arrest of British soldiers. Key and Skinner
boarded the British <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagship" title="Flagship">flagship</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Tonnant" title="HMS Tonnant">HMS <i>Tonnant</i></a> on September 7 and spoke with Major General <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ross_%28general%29" title="Robert Ross (general)">Robert Ross</a> and Vice Admiral <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Cochrane" title="Alexander Cochrane">Alexander Cochrane</a>
over dinner while the two officers discussed war plans.<br />
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and Cochrane refused to release Beanes, but relented after Key and
Skinner showed them letters written by wounded British prisoners
praising Beanes and other Americans for their kind treatment.<br />
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Because Key and Skinner had heard details of the plans for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Baltimore" title="Battle of Baltimore">the attack on Baltimore</a>, they were held captive until after the battle, first aboard <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Surprise_%281812%29" title="HMS Surprise (1812)">HMS <i>Surprise</i></a> and later back on HMS <i>Minden</i>.<br />
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After the bombardment, certain British gunboats attempted to slip past
the fort and effect a landing in a cove to the west of it, but they were
turned away by fire from nearby Fort Covington, the city's last line of
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During the rainy night, Key had witnessed the bombardment and observed that the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortress" title="Fortress">fort</a>'s smaller "storm flag" continued to fly, but once the shell and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congreve_rocket" title="Congreve rocket">Congreve rocket</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup>
barrage had stopped, he would not know how the battle had turned out
until dawn.<br />
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On the morning of September 14, the storm flag had been
lowered and the larger flag had been raised.<br />
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During the bombardment, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Erebus_%281807%29" title="HMS Erebus (1807)">HMS <i>Erebus</i></a> provided the "rockets' red glare". <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Starr_%281805%29" title="HMS Starr (1805)">HMS <i>Meteor</i></a> provided at least some of the "bombs bursting in air".<br />
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Key was inspired by the American victory and the sight of the large <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States" title="Flag of the United States">American flag</a> flying triumphantly above the fort.<br />
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This flag, with fifteen stars and fifteen stripes, had been made by <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Pickersgill" title="Mary Pickersgill">Mary Young Pickersgill</a> together with other workers in her home on Baltimore's Pratt Street.<br />
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The flag later came to be known as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star-Spangled_Banner_%28flag%29" title="Star-Spangled Banner (flag)">Star-Spangled Banner</a> and is today on display in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Museum_of_American_History" title="National Museum of American History">National Museum of American History</a>, a treasure of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smithsonian_Institution" title="Smithsonian Institution">Smithsonian Institution</a>.<br />
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It was restored in 1914 by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Fowler" title="Amelia Fowler">Amelia Fowler</a>, and again in 1998 as part of an ongoing conservation program.<br />
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Aboard the ship the next day, Key wrote a poem on the back of a
letter he had kept in his pocket. At twilight on September 16, he and
Skinner were released in Baltimore.<br />
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He completed the poem at the Indian
Queen Hotel, where he was staying, and titled it "Defence of Fort
M'Henry".<br />
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Much of the idea of the poem, including the flag imagery and some of
the wording, is derived from an earlier song by Key, also set to the
tune of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anacreontic_Song" title="The Anacreontic Song">The Anacreontic Song</a>.<br />
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The song, known as "When the Warrior Returns",<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup> was written in honor of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Decatur" title="Stephen Decatur">Stephen Decatur</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Stewart_%281778%E2%80%931869%29" title="Charles Stewart (1778–1869)">Charles Stewart</a> on their return from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Barbary_War" title="First Barbary War">First Barbary War</a>.<br />
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According to the historian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Blackburn" title="Robin Blackburn">Robin Blackburn</a>,
the words "the hireling and slave" allude to the fact that the British
attackers had many ex-slaves in their ranks, who had been promised
liberty and demanded to be placed in the battle line "where they might
expect to meet their former masters".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup><br />
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Key gave the poem to his brother-in-law Judge Joseph H. Nicholson who saw that the words fit the popular melody "<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anacreontic_Song" title="The Anacreontic Song">The Anacreontic Song</a>", by English composer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stafford_Smith" title="John Stafford Smith">John Stafford Smith</a>.<br />
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This was the official song of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anacreontic_Society" title="Anacreontic Society">Anacreontic Society</a>,
an 18th-century gentlemen's club of amateur musicians in London.<br />
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Nicholson took the poem to a printer in Baltimore, who anonymously made
the first known <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadside_%28music%29" title="Broadside (music)">broadside</a> printing on September 17; of these, two known copies survive.<br />
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On September 20, both the <i>Baltimore Patriot</i> and <i>The American</i>
printed the song, with the note "Tune: Anacreon in Heaven".<br />
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The song
quickly became popular, with seventeen newspapers from Georgia to New
Hampshire printing it. Soon after, Thomas Carr of the Carr Music Store
in Baltimore published the words and music together under the title "The
Star Spangled Banner", although it was originally called "Defence of
Fort M'Henry".<br />
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The song's popularity increased, and its first public
performance took place in October, when Baltimore actor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Durang" title="Ferdinand Durang">Ferdinand Durang</a> sang it at Captain McCauley's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tavern" title="Tavern">tavern</a>. <br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Irving" title="Washington Irving">Washington Irving</a>, then editor of The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analectic_Magazine" title="Analectic Magazine">Analectic Magazine</a> in Philadelphia, reprinted the song in November 1814.<br />
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By the early 20th century, there were various versions of the song in
popular use. Seeking a singular, standard version, President Woodrow
Wilson tasked the U.S. Bureau of Education with providing that official
version.<br />
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In response, the Bureau enlisted the help of five musicians to
agree upon an arrangement.<br />
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Those musicians were <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Damrosch" title="Walter Damrosch">Walter Damrosch</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Earhart" title="Will Earhart">Will Earhart</a>, Arnold J. Gantvoort, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Sonneck" title="Oscar Sonneck">Oscar Sonneck</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Philip_Sousa" title="John Philip Sousa">John Philip Sousa</a>.<br />
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The standardized version that was voted upon by these five musicians premiered at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_Hall" title="Carnegie Hall">Carnegie Hall</a> on December 5, 1917, in a program that included <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Elgar" title="Edward Elgar">Edward Elgar</a>'s <i>Carillon</i> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Piern%C3%A9" title="Gabriel Pierné">Gabriel Pierné</a>'s <i>The Children's Crusade</i>.<br />
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The concert was put on by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oratorio_Society_of_New_York" title="Oratorio Society of New York">Oratorio Society of New York</a> and conducted by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Damrosch" title="Walter Damrosch">Walter Damrosch</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup><br />
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An official handwritten version of the final votes of these five men
has been found and shows all five men's votes tallied, measure by
measure.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup><br />
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The Italian <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_composer" title="Opera composer">opera composer</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacomo_Puccini" title="Giacomo Puccini">Giacomo Puccini</a> used an extract of the melody in writing the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aria" title="Aria">aria</a> <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madama_Butterfly#Act_1_2" title="Madama Butterfly">"Dovunque al mondo..."</a></i> in 1904 for his work <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madama_Butterfly" title="Madama Butterfly">Madama Butterfly</a></i>.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="National_anthem">National anthem</span></h3>
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The song gained popularity throughout the 19th century and bands played it during public events, such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_%28United_States%29" title="Independence Day (United States)">July 4th</a> celebrations.<br />
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On July 27, 1889, Secretary of the Navy <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_F._Tracy" title="Benjamin F. Tracy">Benjamin F. Tracy</a> signed General Order #374, making "The Star-Spangled Banner" the official tune to be played at the raising of the flag.<br />
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In 1916, President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson" title="Woodrow Wilson">Woodrow Wilson</a>
ordered that "The Star-Spangled Banner" be played at military and other
appropriate occasions.<br />
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The playing of the song two years later during
the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh-inning_stretch" title="Seventh-inning stretch">seventh-inning stretch</a> of Game One of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_World_Series" title="1918 World Series">1918 World Series</a>,
and thereafter during each game of the series is often cited as the
first instance that the anthem was played at a baseball game,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup> though evidence shows that the "Star-Spangled Banner" was performed as early as 1897 at opening day ceremonies in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> and then more regularly at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polo_Grounds" title="Polo Grounds">Polo Grounds</a> in New York City beginning in 1898.<br />
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In any case, the tradition of performing the national anthem before <i>every</i> baseball game began in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-10">[10]</a></sup><br />
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On November 3, 1929, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ripley" title="Robert Ripley">Robert Ripley</a> drew a panel in his syndicated cartoon, <i><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripley%27s_Believe_it_or_Not%21" title="Ripley's Believe it or Not!">Ripley's Believe it or Not!</a></i>, saying "Believe It or Not, America has no national anthem".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup><br />
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In 1931, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Philip_Sousa" title="John Philip Sousa">John Philip Sousa</a>
published his opinion in favor, stating that "it is the spirit of the
music that inspires" as much as it is Key's "soul-stirring" words.<br />
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By a
law signed on March 3, 1931 by President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Hoover" title="Herbert Hoover">Herbert Hoover</a>, "The Star-Spangled Banner" was adopted as the national anthem of the United States of America.<br />
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O say can you see, by the dawn's early light,<br />
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming,<br />
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,<br />
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?<br />
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,<br />
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there;<br />
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave<br />
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?<br />
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On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep,<br />
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,<br />
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,<br />
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?<br />
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,<br />
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:<br />
'Tis the star-spangled banner, O! long may it wave<br />
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.<br />
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And where is that band who so vauntingly swore<br />
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,<br />
A home and a country, should leave us no more?<br />
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.<br />
No refuge could save the hireling and slave<br />
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:<br />
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave,<br />
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.<br />
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O thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand<br />
Between their loved homes and the war's desolation.<br />
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the Heav'n rescued land<br />
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!<br />
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,<br />
And this be our motto: '<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_God_we_trust" title="In God we trust">In God is our trust</a>.'<br />
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave<br />
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup></div>
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In indignation over the start of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Wendell_Holmes,_Sr." title="Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.">Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup> added a fifth stanza to the song in 1861 which appeared in songbooks of the era.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-14">[14]</a></sup><br />
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When our land is illumined with Liberty's smile,<br />
If a foe from within strike a blow at her glory,<br />
Down, down with the traitor that dares to defile<br />
The flag of her stars and the page of her story!<br />
By the millions unchained who our birthright have gained,<br />
We will keep her bright blazon forever unstained!<br />
And the Star-Spangled Banner in triumph shall wave<br />
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In a version hand-written by Francis Scott Key in 1840, the third
line reads "Whose bright stars and broad stripes, through the clouds of
the fight".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-15">[15]</a></sup><br />
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The song is notoriously difficult for nonprofessionals to sing because of its wide range – a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interval_%28music%29" title="Interval (music)">12th</a>.<br />
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Humorist <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Armour_%28poet%29" title="Richard Armour (poet)">Richard Armour</a> referred to the song's difficulty in his book <i>It All Started With Columbus</i>.<br />
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In an attempt to take Baltimore, the British attacked Fort McHenry,
which protected the harbor. Bombs were soon bursting in air, rockets
were glaring, and all in all it was a moment of great historical
interest. During the bombardment, a young lawyer named Francis Off Key <small style="font-size: 85%;">[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic" title="Sic">sic</a></i>]</small> wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner", and when, by the dawn's early light, the British heard it sung, they fled in terror.<br />
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Professional and amateur singers have been known to forget the words,
which is one reason the song is sometimes pre-recorded and lip-synced.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><br />
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Other times the issue is avoided by having the performer(s) play the
anthem instrumentally instead of singing it.<br />
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The pre-recording of the
anthem has become standard practice at some ballparks, such as Boston's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenway_Park" title="Fenway Park">Fenway Park</a>, according to the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SABR" title="SABR">SABR</a> publication <i>The Fenway Project</i>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup><br />
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"The Star-Spangled Banner" is traditionally played at the beginning
of public sports events and orchestral concerts in the United States, as
well as other public gatherings.<br />
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Performances at particularly large
events are often ended with a military <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flypast" title="Flypast">flypast</a>, but have also featured <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenger_%28eagle%29" title="Challenger (eagle)">Challenger the eagle</a> flying over the stadium before landing on his handler's gloved hand.<br />
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The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">National Hockey League</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer">Major League Soccer</a> both require venues in both the U.S. and Canada to perform both the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Canada" title="O Canada">Canadian</a> and American national anthems at games that involve teams from both countries (with the "away" anthem being performed first).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-NHL-Anthems_17-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-NHL-Anthems-17">[17]</a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="this doesn't mention that the practice is required (October 2012)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup><br />
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It is also usual for both American and Canadian anthems (done in the same way as the NHL and MLS) to be played at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a> games involving the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Blue_Jays" title="Toronto Blue Jays">Toronto Blue Jays</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Raptors" title="Toronto Raptors">Toronto Raptors</a> (respectively), the only Canadian teams in those two major U.S. sports leagues.<br />
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The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Sabres" title="Buffalo Sabres">Buffalo Sabres</a>
of the NHL, which play in a city on the Canadian border and have a
substantial Canadian fan base, play both anthems before all home games
regardless of where the visiting team is based.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-18">[18]</a></sup><br />
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Two especially unusual performances of the song took place in the immediate aftermath of the United States <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks">September 11 attacks</a>.<br />
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On September 12, 2001, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">the Queen</a> broke with tradition and allowed the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band_of_the_Coldstream_Guards" title="Band of the Coldstream Guards">Band of the Coldstream Guards</a> to perform the anthem at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckingham_Palace" title="Buckingham Palace">Buckingham Palace</a>, London, at the ceremonial Changing of the Guard, as a gesture of support for Britain's ally.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-19"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-19">[19]</a></sup><br />
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The following day at a St. Paul's Cathedral memorial service, the Queen
joined in the singing of the anthem, an unprecedented occurrence.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-20"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-20">[20]</a></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="200th_anniversary_celebrations">200th anniversary celebrations</span></h3>
The 200th anniversary of the "Star-Spangled Banner" occurred in 2014
with various special events occurring throughout the United States.<br />
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A
particularly significant celebration occurred during the week of
September 10–16 in and around Baltimore, Maryland.<br />
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Highlights included
playing of a new arrangement of the anthem arranged by John Williams and
participation of President Obama on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defenders_Day" title="Defenders Day">Defender's Day</a>, September 12, 2014, at Fort McHenry.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-21"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-21">[21]</a></sup><br />
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In addition, the anthem bicentennial included a youth music celebration<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-22"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-22">[22]</a></sup> including the presentation of the National Anthem Bicentennial Youth Challenge winning composition written by Noah Altshuler.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Adaptations">Adaptations</span></h3>
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See also: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star_Spangled_Banner_%28Whitney_Houston_recording%29" title="The Star Spangled Banner (Whitney Houston recording)">The Star Spangled Banner (Whitney Houston recording)</a></div>
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The first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_music" title="Popular music">popular music</a> performance of the anthem heard by mainstream America was by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rican</a> singer and guitarist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Feliciano" title="José Feliciano">José Feliciano</a>.<br />
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He created a nationwide uproar when he strummed a slow, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues" title="Blues">blues</a>-style rendition of the song<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-pc52_23-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-pc52-23">[23]</a></sup> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_Stadium_%28Detroit%29" title="Tiger Stadium (Detroit)">Tiger Stadium</a> in Detroit before game five of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_World_Series" title="1968 World Series">1968 World Series</a>, between <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-24"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-24">[24]</a></sup><br />
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This rendition started contemporary "Star-Spangled Banner" controversies.<br />
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The response from many in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam</a>-era
America was generally negative, given that 1968 was a tumultuous year
for the United States.<br />
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Despite the controversy, Feliciano's performance
opened the door for the countless interpretations of the "Star-Spangled
Banner" heard in the years since.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-25"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-25">[25]</a></sup><br />
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One week after Feliciano's performance, the anthem was in the news again when American athletes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommie_Smith" title="Tommie Smith">Tommie Smith</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carlos" title="John Carlos">John Carlos</a> lifted controversial <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Olympics_Black_Power_salute" title="1968 Olympics Black Power salute">raised fists at the 1968 Olympics</a> while the "Star-Spangled Banner" played at a medal ceremony.<br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Gaye" title="Marvin Gaye">Marvin Gaye</a> gave a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_music" title="Soul music">soul</a>-influenced performance at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="1983 NBA All-Star Game">1983 NBA All-Star Game</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitney_Houston" title="Whitney Houston">Whitney Houston</a> gave a soulful rendition before <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXV" title="Super Bowl XXV">Super Bowl XXV</a> in 1991, which was released as a single that charted at number 20 in 1991 and number 6 in 2001 (along with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Feliciano" title="José Feliciano">José Feliciano</a>, the only times the anthem has been on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a>).<br />
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In 1993, Kiss did an instrumental rock version as the closing track on
their album, Alive III.<br />
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Another famous instrumental interpretation is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix" title="Jimi Hendrix">Jimi Hendrix</a>'s version which was a set-list staple from autumn 1968 until his death in September 1970, including a famous rendition at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock" title="Woodstock">Woodstock</a> music festival in 1969.<br />
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Incorporating <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverberation" title="Reverberation">sonic effects</a> to emphasize the "<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Congreve_%28inventor%29#Congreve_Rockets" title="William Congreve (inventor)">rockets</a>' red glare", and "bombs bursting in air", it became a late-1960s emblem. <br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseanne_Barr" title="Roseanne Barr">Roseanne Barr</a> gave a controversial performance of the anthem at a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego_Padres" title="San Diego Padres">San Diego Padres</a> baseball game at <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Murphy_Stadium" title="Jack Murphy Stadium">Jack Murphy Stadium</a>
on July 25, 1990.<br />
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The comedienne belted out a screechy rendition of the
song, and afterward she attempted a gesture of ball players by spitting
and grabbing her crotch as if adjusting a protective cup.<br />
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The
performance offended some, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">the sitting U.S. President</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-26"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-26">[26]</a></sup><br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufjan_Stevens" title="Sufjan Stevens">Sufjan Stevens</a>
has frequently performed the "Star-Spangled Banner" in live sets,
replacing the optimism in the end of the first verse with a new coda
which alludes to the divisive state of the nation today.<br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lee_Roth" title="David Lee Roth">David Lee Roth</a> both referenced to parts of the anthem and played part of a hard rock rendition of the anthem on his song, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee_Rose_%28song%29" title="Yankee Rose (song)">Yankee Rose</a>" on his 1986 solo album, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eat_%27Em_and_Smile" title="Eat 'Em and Smile">Eat 'Em and Smile</a></i>. <br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Tyler" title="Steven Tyler">Steven Tyler</a> also caused some controversy in 2001 (at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indianapolis_500" title="Indianapolis 500">Indianapolis 500</a>, to which he later issued a public apology) and again in 2012 (at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFC_Championship_Game" title="AFC Championship Game">AFC Championship Game</a>) with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_cappella" title="A cappella">a cappella</a> renditions of the song with changed lyrics.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-27"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-27">[27]</a></sup><br />
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A version of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerosmith" title="Aerosmith">Aerosmith</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Perry_%28musician%29" title="Joe Perry (musician)">Joe Perry</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Whitford" title="Brad Whitford">Brad Whitford</a> playing part of the song can be heard at the end of their version of "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train_Kept_A-Rollin%27" title="Train Kept A-Rollin'">Train Kept A-Rollin'</a>" on the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockin%27_the_Joint" title="Rockin' the Joint">Rockin' the Joint</a></i> album.<br />
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The band <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_%28band%29" title="Boston (band)">Boston</a> gave an instrumental rock rendition of the anthem on their <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatest_Hits_%28Boston_album%29" title="Greatest Hits (Boston album)">Greatest Hits</a></i> album.<br />
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The band <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crush_40" title="Crush 40">Crush 40</a> made a version of the song as opening track from the album <i><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrill_of_the_Feel" title="Thrill of the Feel">Thrill of the Feel</a></i> (2000).<br />
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In March 2005, a government-sponsored program, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Anthem_Project" title="National Anthem Project">National Anthem Project</a>, was launched after a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harris_Interactive" title="Harris Interactive">Harris Interactive</a> poll showed many adults knew neither the lyrics nor the history of the anthem.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-28"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-28">[28]</a></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="References_in_film.2C_television.2C_literature">References in film, television, literature</span></h2>
Several films have their titles taken from the song's lyrics. These include two films titled <i>Dawn's Early Light</i> (2000<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-29"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-29">[29]</a></sup> and 2005);<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-30"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-30">[30]</a></sup> two <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_movie" title="Television movie">made-for-TV</a> features titled <i>By Dawn's Early Light</i> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/By_Dawn%27s_Early_Light" title="By Dawn's Early Light">1990</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-31"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-31">[31]</a></sup> and 2000);<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-32"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-32">[32]</a></sup> two films titled <i>So Proudly We Hail</i> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_Proudly_We_Hail%21" title="So Proudly We Hail!">1943</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-33"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-33">[33]</a></sup> and 1990);<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-34"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-34">[34]</a></sup> a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight%27s_Last_Gleaming" title="Twilight's Last Gleaming">feature</a> (1977)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-35"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-35">[35]</a></sup> and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_film" title="Short film">short</a> (2005)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-36"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-36">[36]</a></sup> titled <i>Twilight's Last Gleaming</i>; and four films titled <i>Home of the Brave</i> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_of_the_Brave_%281949_film%29" title="Home of the Brave (1949 film)">1949</a>,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-37"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-37">[37]</a></sup> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_of_the_Brave_%281986_film%29" title="Home of the Brave (1986 film)">1986</a>,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-38"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-38">[38]</a></sup> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_of_the_Brave_%282004_film%29" title="Home of the Brave (2004 film)">2004</a>,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-39"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-39">[39]</a></sup> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_of_the_Brave_%282006_film%29" title="Home of the Brave (2006 film)">2006</a>).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-40"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-40">[40]</a></sup><br />
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The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov" title="Isaac Asimov">Isaac Asimov</a> short story "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Refuge_Could_Save" title="No Refuge Could Save">No Refuge Could Save</a>" takes its title from a line in the third stanza.<br />
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In the story, the protagonist notes that he once ferreted out a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">German</a> spy during <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> because of the spy's knowledge of the third verse, which is virtually unknown by Americans.<br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Burns" title="Ken Burns">Ken Burns</a>' documentary <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_%28TV_series%29" title="Baseball (TV series)">Baseball</a></i>
consists of 9 "innings", each of which begins with a rendition of the
Star-Spangled Banner that is historically appropriate for the period
covered in that episode of the series.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Custom">Custom</span></h2>
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United States Code, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_36_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 36 of the United States Code">36 U.S.C.</a> <a class="external text" href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/36/301" rel="nofollow">§ 301</a>,
states that during a rendition of the national anthem, when the flag is
displayed, all present except those in uniform should stand at
attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart;<br />
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Members of
the Armed Forces and veterans who are present and not in uniform may
render the military salute; men not in uniform should remove their
headdress with their right hand and hold the headdress at the left
shoulder, the hand being over the heart;<br />
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and individuals in uniform
should give the military salute at the first note of the anthem and
maintain that position until the last note; and when the flag is not
displayed, all present should face toward the music and act in the same
manner they would if the flag were displayed.<br />
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Military law requires all
vehicles on the installation to stop when the song is played and all
individuals outside to stand at attention and face the direction of the
music and either salute, in uniform, or place the right hand over the
heart, if out of uniform.<br />
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A law passed in 2008 allows military veterans
to salute out of uniform, as well.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-41"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-41">[41]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-42"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-42">[42]</a></sup><br />
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However, this statutory suggestion does not have any penalty associated with violations. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_36_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 36 of the United States Code">36 U.S.C.</a> <a class="external text" href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/36/301" rel="nofollow">§ 301</a><br />
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This behavioral requirement for the national anthem is subject to the same <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="First Amendment to the United States Constitution">First Amendment</a> controversies that surround the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pledge_of_Allegiance" title="Pledge of Allegiance">Pledge of Allegiance</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-43"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-43">[43]</a></sup><br />
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For example, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses" title="Jehovah's Witnesses">Jehovah's Witnesses</a>
do not sing the national anthem, though they are taught that standing
is an "ethical decision" that individual believers must make based on
their "conscience."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-44"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-44">[44]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-45"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-45">[45]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-46"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-46">[46]</a></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Translations">Translations</span></h2>
As a result of immigration to the United States and the incorporation
of non-English speaking people into the country, the lyrics of the song
have been translated into other languages.<br />
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In 1861, it was translated
into German.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-47"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-47">[47]</a></sup><br />
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The Library of Congress also has record of a Spanish-language version from 1919.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-48"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-48">[48]</a></sup><br />
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It has since been translated into <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-49"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-49">[49]</a></sup> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiddish_language" title="Yiddish language">Yiddish</a> by Jewish immigrants,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-50"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-50">[50]</a></sup> Latin American Spanish (with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuestro_Himno" title="Nuestro Himno">one version</a> popularized during <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_United_States_immigration_reform_protests" title="2006 United States immigration reform protests">immigration reform protests in 2006</a>),<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-51"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-51">[51]</a></sup> French by <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acadian" title="Acadian">Acadians</a> of Louisiana,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-52"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-52">[52]</a></sup> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoan_language" title="Samoan language">Samoan</a>,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-53"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-53">[53]</a></sup> and Irish.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-54"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-54">[54]</a></sup><br />
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The third verse of the anthem has also been translated into <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-55"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-55">[55]</a></sup><br />
With regard to the indigenous languages of North America, there are versions <a class="extiw" href="https://nv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dah_Naat%CA%BCa%CA%BC%C3%AD_S%C7%AB%CA%BC_bi%C5%82_Sinil" title="nv:Dah Naatʼaʼí Sǫʼ bił Sinil">in Navajo</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-56"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-56">[56]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-57"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-57">[57]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-58"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-58">[58]</a></sup> and Cherokee.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-59"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#cite_note-59">[59]</a></sup><br />
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<b>The Jordanaires</b> were an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americans" title="Americans">American</a> vocal quartet, which formed as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_music" title="Gospel music">gospel</a> group in 1948.<br />
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They are known for providing background vocals for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a>,
in live appearances and recordings from 1956 to 1972.<br />
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The group has
also worked in the recording studio, on stage, and on television with
many other <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">rock and roll</a> artists.<br />
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<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><a class="image" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Elvis_Presley_and_the_Jordanaires_1957.jpg"><img alt="Elvis Presley and the Jordanaires 1957.jpg" data-file-height="743" data-file-width="932" height="175" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Elvis_Presley_and_the_Jordanaires_1957.jpg/220px-Elvis_Presley_and_the_Jordanaires_1957.jpg" width="220" /></a>
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<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield,_Missouri" title="Springfield, Missouri">Springfield, Missouri</a>, U.S.</td>
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<th scope="row"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genres</a></th>
<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_music" title="Gospel music">Gospel</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_%26_roll" title="Rock & roll">rock & roll</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">folk</a></td>
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<td>1948–2013</td>
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<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foggy_River_Boys" title="Foggy River Boys">Foggy River Boys</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_Arnold" title="Eddy Arnold">Eddy Arnold</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Nelson" title="Ricky Nelson">Ricky Nelson</a></td>
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<td><span class="url"><a class="external text" href="http://jordanaires.net/" rel="nofollow">jordanaires<wbr></wbr>.net</a></span></td>
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<td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Walker_%28singer%29" title="Ray Walker (singer)">Ray Walker</a><br />
Curtis Young<br />
Gordon Stoker<br />
Bill Matthews<br />
Bob Hubbard<br />
Warren (Monty) Matthews<br />
Culley Holt<br />
Hoyt Hawkins<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Matthews,_Jr." title="Neal Matthews, Jr.">Neal Matthews, Jr.</a><br />
Don Bruce<br />
Hugh Jarrett<br />
Duane West<br />
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The history of the Jordanaires can be traced back to the early 1940s, and the original <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foggy_River_Boys" title="Foggy River Boys">Foggy River Boys</a>, which were made up of the Matthews brothers, all ordained ministers: Bill (b. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaFollette,_Tennessee" title="LaFollette, Tennessee">LaFollette, Tennessee</a>, 1923), Monty (b. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulaski_County,_Kentucky" title="Pulaski County, Kentucky">Pulaski, Kentucky</a>, 1927), Jack, and Matt.<br />
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In 1948, Matt and Jack left to become full-time preachers and were replaced by Bob Hubbard (b. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaffee,_Missouri" title="Chaffee, Missouri">Chaffee, Missouri</a>, 1928), also a minister, and bass singer Culley Holt (b. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McAlester,_Oklahoma" title="McAlester, Oklahoma">McAlester, Oklahoma</a>,
1925), and pianist Bob Money.<br />
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After three years Money was replaced as
pianist by Gordon Stoker. At that time, they formed the new group as the
Melodizing Matthews, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield,_Missouri" title="Springfield, Missouri">Springfield, Missouri</a>, but soon changed the name to the Jordanaires, after Jordan Creek in Missouri.<br />
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This starting lineup lasted until 1949; at that time, Bob Hubbard was
drafted and was replaced by Hoyt Hawkins. Later that year, Monty and
Bill Matthews left.<br />
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Hawkins switched to baritone, and new lead <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Matthews" title="Neal Matthews">Neal Matthews</a>
was recruited. Don Bruce came in as a new first tenor; however, he was
drafted the next year.<br />
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The group narrowed to a quartet, with Stoker
taking over as first tenor. They became members of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Ole_Opry" title="Grand Ole Opry">Grand Ole Opry</a> in 1949.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jordanaires#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Rovi_2-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jordanaires#cite_note-Rovi-2">[2]</a></sup><br />
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They recorded for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol Records</a> in the early 1950s, and began providing vocal accompaniment behind solo singers in Nashville, Tennessee.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Rovi_2-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jordanaires#cite_note-Rovi-2">[2]</a></sup><br />
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The lineup changed again in 1954, with Cully Holt leaving and new bass <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_%22Hoss%22_Allen#The_.22Hugh_Baby.22_interlude" title="Bill "Hoss" Allen">Hugh Jarrett</a> coming in.<br />
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The quartet became well known in the southern gospel realm, and what
made them stand out from other quartets of that time was how they would
bring <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituals" title="Spirituals">spirituals</a>
(such as "Dry Bones") to a predominantly white audience.<br />
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While
continuing to turn out gospel albums of their own, the group become
better known for the signature background harmonies they have provided
on dozens of secular records.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-CMT_3-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jordanaires#cite_note-CMT-3">[3]</a></sup><br />
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Jarrett remained until 1958; at that time, he was replaced by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Walker_%28singer%29" title="Ray Walker (singer)">Ray Walker</a>.<br />
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One Sunday afternoon in 1955, the Jordanaires played a show in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis</a> with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_Arnold" title="Eddy Arnold">Eddy Arnold</a> to publicize their new syndicated TV series, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_Arnold_Time" title="Eddy Arnold Time">Eddy Arnold Time</a></i> (for the program the group used the name Gordonaires).<br />
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They sang "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_in_the_Valley" title="Peace in the Valley">Peace in the Valley</a>", and when the show was over, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a>,
an emerging singer, talked with them and said, "If I ever get a
recording contract with a major company, I want you guys to back me up."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jordanaires#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup><br />
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He was on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Records" title="Sun Records">Sun Records</a> at that time.<br />
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On January 10, 1956, Presley recorded his first session for RCA with
guitarist Scotty Moore, bassist Bill Black, and drummer D. J. Fontana. "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Got_a_Woman" title="I Got a Woman">I Got a Woman</a>", "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartbreak_Hotel" title="Heartbreak Hotel">Heartbreak Hotel</a>", and "<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_Honey_%28Clyde_McPhatter_song%29" title="Money Honey (Clyde McPhatter song)">Money Honey</a>"
were recorded.<br />
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Presley asked his new label RCA Victor if the
Jordanaires could appear on the recordings.<br />
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The next day Gordon Stoker
was called by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Atkins" title="Chet Atkins">Chet Atkins</a> to do a session with a new young singer named Elvis.<br />
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RCA had also just signed the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speer_Family" title="Speer Family">Speer Family</a>. Atkins asked Stoker to sing with Ben and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brock_Speer" title="Brock Speer">Brock Speer</a>
so he could use them.<br />
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The recording session for "I'm Counting on You"
and "I Was the One" was the first session Presley did with vocal
background.<br />
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By April 1956, "Heartbreak Hotel" was No. 1.<br />
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After having done several more recording sessions in New York with Moore, Black, and Fontana, Presley flew to <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville" title="Nashville">Nashville</a> on April 14, 1956, to record "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Want_You,_I_Need_You,_I_Love_You" title="I Want You, I Need You, I Love You">I Want You, I Need You, I Love You</a>".<br />
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Stoker was called again, to sing a vocal trio with Ben and Brock Speer.<br />
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After the session, Presley took Stoker aside and told him (not knowing,
at the time, why all the Jordanaires were not there) that he had wanted
the Jordanaires.<br />
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This time, Stoker saw to it—and Presley used the
quartet on nearly every one of his recording sessions for the next 14
years.<br />
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The quartet also appeared in some of Presley's movies, and on
many of his television appearances.<br />
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As Presley was about to start performing at the Hilton in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas_Valley" title="Las Vegas Valley">Las Vegas</a>,
the Colonel's office called for the Jordanaires to work with Presley in
the shows.<br />
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They had 35 recording sessions already booked for the dates
he needed, so they could not go.<br />
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They got in touch with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Imperials" title="The Imperials">the Imperials</a>, who had done the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Great_Thou_Art_%28Elvis_Presley_album%29" title="How Great Thou Art (Elvis Presley album)">How Great Thou Art</a></i> Elvis Presley album with them, and the Imperials took the place of the Jordanaires.<br />
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The lineup consisting of Gordon Stoker, first tenor and manager, Neal
Matthews, second tenor and lead, Hoyt Hawkins, baritone, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Walker_%28singer%29" title="Ray Walker (singer)">Ray Walker</a>,
bass, would be the group's most stable lineup, lasting throughout the
1960s and 1970s.<br />
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In January 1978 the group performed a medley of
Presley's songs on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> TV special <i>Nashville Remembers Elvis on His Birthday</i>.<br />
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The group changed again in 1982, when Hoyt Hawkins died. His replacement was Duane West, formerly of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_James" title="Sonny James">Sonny James</a>' backup group, the Southern Gentlemen.<br />
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In 1990, the group provided backing vocals for Presley's former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Records" title="Sun Records">Sun Records</a> labelmate <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a> on his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Records" title="Mercury Records">Mercury Records</a> album <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boom_Chicka_Boom" title="Boom Chicka Boom">Boom Chicka Boom</a></i>.<br />
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The lineup remained constant for the rest of the decade, with West
leaving due to illness in 1999 (he died June 23, 2002). His replacement
was Louis Nunley, formerly of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Kerr" title="Anita Kerr">Anita Kerr</a> Singers.<br />
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Neal Matthews died April 21, 2000. He was replaced by new lead Curtis Young.<br />
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Hugh Jarrett died at 78 on May 31, 2008 from injuries sustained in an auto accident in March.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jordanaires#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup><br />
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Gordon Stoker died at 88 at his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brentwood,_Tennessee" title="Brentwood, Tennessee">Brentwood, Tennessee</a>,
home on March 27, 2013 after a long illness.<br />
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His son Alan confirmed
that the Jordanaires were formally dissolved, per his father's wishes.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jordanaires#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup><br />
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<b>Ernest Jennings Ford</b> (February 13, 1919 – October 17, 1991), known professionally as <b>Tennessee Ernie Ford</b>, was an American recording artist and television host who enjoyed success in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country and Western</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">pop</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_music" title="Gospel music">gospel</a> musical genres. </div>
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Noted for his rich <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass-baritone" title="Bass-baritone">bass-baritone</a> voice and down-home humor, he is remembered for his hit recordings of "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shotgun_Boogie" title="The Shotgun Boogie">The Shotgun Boogie</a>" and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixteen_Tons" title="Sixteen Tons">Sixteen Tons</a>".</div>
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<td class="nickname">Ernest Jennings Ford</td>
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<th scope="row">Born</th>
<td>February 13, 1919<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol,_Tennessee" title="Bristol, Tennessee">Bristol, Tennessee</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td>
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<td>October 17, 1991 (aged 72)<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reston,_Virginia" title="Reston, Virginia">Reston, Virginia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td>
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<td><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music" title="Country Music">Country & Western</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">Pop</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_music" title="Gospel music">Gospel</a></td>
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<td class="role"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singing" title="Singing">Singer</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actor" title="Actor">actor</a></td>
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<td class="note"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_voice" title="Human voice">Vocals</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar" title="Guitar">Guitar</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violin" title="Violin">violin</a></td></tr>
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Born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol,_Tennessee" title="Bristol, Tennessee">Bristol</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a> to Maud Long and Clarence Thomas Ford, Ford began his radio career as an announcer at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WOPI_%28AM%29" title="WOPI (AM)">WOPI-AM</a> in Bristol, Tennessee.<br />
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In 1939, the young bass-baritone left the station to study classical singing at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_Conservatory_of_Music" title="Cincinnati Conservatory of Music">Cincinnati Conservatory of Music</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a>. <br />
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<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Lieutenant" title="First Lieutenant">First Lieutenant</a> Ford served in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Corps" title="United States Army Air Corps">United States Army Air Corps</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> as the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_%28air_force%29" title="Bombardier (air force)">bombardier</a> on a <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-29_Superfortress" title="B-29 Superfortress">B-29 Superfortress</a> flying missions over <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>.<br />
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After the war, Ford worked at radio stations in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Bernardino,_California" title="San Bernardino, California">San Bernardino</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasadena,_California" title="Pasadena, California">Pasadena, California</a>.<br />
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In San Bernardino, Ford was hired as a radio announcer.<br />
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He was assigned
to host an early morning country music disc jockey program titled <i>Bar Nothin' Ranch Time.</i>
To differentiate himself, he created the personality of "Tennessee
Ernie," a wild, madcap, exaggerated hillbilly.<br />
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He became popular in the
area and was soon hired away by Pasadena's KXLA radio.<br />
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Ford also did musical tours. The Mayfield Brothers of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Texas" title="West Texas">West Texas</a>, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smokey_Mayfield" title="Smokey Mayfield">Smokey Mayfield</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edd_Mayfield" title="Thomas Edd Mayfield">Thomas Edd Mayfield</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Mayfield" title="Herbert Mayfield">Herbert Mayfield</a>, were among Ford's warmup bands, having played for him in concerts in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarillo,_Texas" title="Amarillo, Texas">Amarillo</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubbock,_Texas" title="Lubbock, Texas">Lubbock</a>, during the late 1940s.<br />
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At KXLA, Ford continued doing the same show and also joined the cast of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliffie_Stone" title="Cliffie Stone">Cliffie Stone</a>'s popular live <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDIS_%28AM%29#History" title="KDIS (AM)">KXLA</a> country show <i>Dinner Bell Roundup</i> as a vocalist while still doing the early morning broadcast.<br />
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Cliffie Stone, a part-time talent scout for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol Records</a>,
brought him to the attention of the label.<br />
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In 1949, while still doing
his morning show, he signed a contract with Capitol. He also became a
local TV star as the star of Stone's popular Southern California <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hometown_Jamboree" title="Hometown Jamboree">Hometown Jamboree</a></i> show.<br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_D._Foster" title="Ralph D. Foster">RadiOzark</a> produced 260 15-minute episodes of <i>The Tennessee Ernie Show</i> on <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetate_discs" title="Acetate discs">transcription disks</a> for national radio syndication.<br />
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He released almost 50 country <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_%28music%29" title="Single (music)">singles</a> through the early 1950s, several of which made the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Music_Charts" title="Billboard Music Charts">charts</a>.<br />
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Many of his early records, including "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shotgun_Boogie" title="The Shotgun Boogie">The Shotgun Boogie</a>", "Blackberry Boogie," and so on were exciting, driving boogie-woogie records featuring accompaniment by the <i>Hometown Jamboree</i> band which included <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Bryant" title="Jimmy Bryant">Jimmy Bryant</a> on lead guitar and pioneer pedal steel guitarist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedy_West" title="Speedy West">Speedy West</a>.<br />
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"I'll Never Be Free," a duet pairing Ford with Capitol Records pop singer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Starr" title="Kay Starr">Kay Starr</a>,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-pc2_1-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Ernie_Ford#cite_note-pc2-1">[1]</a></sup> became a huge country and pop crossover hit in 1950.<br />
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A duet with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Mae_Morse" title="Ella Mae Morse">Ella Mae Morse</a>, <i>False Hearted Girl</i> was a top seller for the Capitol Country and Hillbilly division,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Ernie_Ford#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup> and has been evaluated as an early tune.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Ernie_Ford#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup><br />
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Ford eventually ended his KXLA morning show and in the early 1950s, moved on from <i>Hometown Jamboree.</i> He took over from band-leader <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Kyser" title="Kay Kyser">Kay Kyser</a> as host of the TV version of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiz_show" title="Quiz show">quiz show</a> <i><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kollege_of_Musical_Knowledge" title="Kollege of Musical Knowledge">Kollege of Musical Knowledge</a></i>
when it returned briefly in 1954 after a four-year hiatus.<br />
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He became a
household name in the U.S. largely as a result of his hilarious
portrayal in 1954 of the 'country bumpkin,' "Cousin Ernie" on three
episodes of <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Love_Lucy" title="I Love Lucy">I Love Lucy</a></i>.<br />
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In 1955, Ford recorded "Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier"
(which reached number 4 on the country chart) with "Farewell to the
Mountains" on side B.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id=".22Sixteen_Tons.22">"Sixteen Tons"</span></h3>
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Ford scored an unexpected hit on the pop charts in 1955 with his rendering of "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixteen_Tons" title="Sixteen Tons">Sixteen Tons</a>", a sparsely arranged coal-miner's lament, that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Travis" title="Merle Travis">Merle Travis</a> first recorded in 1946 reflecting his own family's experience in the mines of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhlenberg_County,_Kentucky" title="Muhlenberg County, Kentucky">Muhlenberg County, Kentucky</a>.<br />
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The song's authorship has been claimed by both Travis and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_S._Davis" title="George S. Davis">George S. Davis</a>.<br />
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Its fatalistic tone contrasted vividly with the sugary pop ballads and <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_%26_roll" title="Rock & roll">rock & roll</a> just starting to dominate the charts at the time:<br />
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<dl><dd><i>You load sixteen tons, what do you get?</i></dd><dd><i>Another day older and deeper in debt.</i></dd><dd><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Peter" title="Saint Peter">Saint Peter</a>, don't you call me, 'cause I can't go;</i></dd><dd><i>I owe my soul to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_store" title="Company store">company store</a>...</i><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-pc9_4-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Ernie_Ford#cite_note-pc9-4">[4]</a></sup></dd></dl>
With Ford's snapping fingers<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-pc9_4-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Ernie_Ford#cite_note-pc9-4">[4]</a></sup>
and a unique clarinet-driven pop arrangement by Ford's music director,
Jack Fascinato, "Sixteen Tons" spent ten weeks at number one on the
country charts and seven weeks at number one on the pop charts.<br />
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The
record sold over four million copies, and was awarded a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_recording_sales_certification" title="Music recording sales certification">gold disc</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs_5-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Ernie_Ford#cite_note-The_Book_of_Golden_Discs-5">[5]</a></sup><br />
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It made Ford a crossover star, and became his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signature_song" title="Signature song">signature song</a>.<br />
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Ford subsequently helmed his own prime-time variety program, <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ford_Show" title="The Ford Show">The Ford Show</a></i>, which ran on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> television from October 4, 1956, to June 29, 1961.<br />
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The show was named not after Ernie, but rather, the sponsor – <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford" title="Ford">Ford</a> automobiles. <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Theatre" title="Ford Theatre">Ford Theatre</a>,</i>
an anthology series, had run in the same time slot on NBC in the
preceding 1955–1956 season.<br />
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Ford's program was notable for the inclusion
of a religious song at the end of every show; Ford insisted on this
despite objections from network officials who feared it might provoke
controversy.<br />
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This became the most popular segment of his show. He earned
the nickname "The Ol' Pea-Picker" due to his catch-phrase, "Bless your
pea-pickin' heart!" He began using the term during his disc jockey days
on KXLA.<br />
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In 1956 he released <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hymns_%28Tennessee_Ernie_Ford_album%29" title="Hymns (Tennessee Ernie Ford album)">Hymns</a></i>, his first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_music" title="Gospel music">gospel music</a> album, which remained on <i><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_magazine" title="Billboard magazine">Billboard's</a></i> Top Album charts for 277 consecutive weeks; his album <i>Great Gospel Songs</i> won a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Award</a> in 1964.<br />
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After the NBC show ended, Ford moved his family to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portola_Valley,_California" title="Portola Valley, California">Portola Valley</a> in Northern California.<br />
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He also owned a cabin near Grandjean, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho" title="Idaho">Idaho</a> on the upper South Fork of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payette_River" title="Payette River">Payette River</a> where he would regularly retreat.<br />
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A photo of Ford with country singer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Thompson_%28musician%29" title="Hank Thompson (musician)">Hank Thompson</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a> nightclub owner <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ruby" title="Jack Ruby">Jack Ruby</a> appeared in the 1988 book, <i>The Ruby-Oswald Affair</i>, by Alan Adelson.<br />
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From 1962 to 1965, Ford hosted a daytime talk/variety show, <i><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tennessee_Ernie_Ford_Show" title="The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show">The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show</a></i> (later known as <i>Hello, Peapickers</i>) from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KGO-TV" title="KGO-TV">KGO-TV</a> in San Francisco, broadcast over the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> television network.<br />
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In 1968, Ford narrated the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rankin/Bass" title="Rankin/Bass">Rankin/Bass</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving" title="Thanksgiving">Thanksgiving</a> TV special <i><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mouse_on_the_Mayflower" title="The Mouse on the Mayflower">The Mouse on the Mayflower</a></i>. The mouse narrator seen at the beginning of the special, William the Churchmouse, was a caricature of Ford.<br />
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Ford was the spokesman for the Pontiac Furniture Company in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac,_Illinois" title="Pontiac, Illinois">Pontiac, Illinois</a> in the 1970s.<br />
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He also became the spokesman for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_White" title="Martha White">Martha White</a> brand flour in 1972.<br />
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Ford's experiences as a navigator and bombardier in World War II led to his involvement with the Confederate Air Force (now the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commemorative_Air_Force" title="Commemorative Air Force">Commemorative Air Force</a>), a war plane preservation group in Texas.<br />
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He was a featured announcer and celebrity guest at the annual CAF Airshow in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlingen,_Texas" title="Harlingen, Texas">Harlingen, Texas</a>, from 1976 to 1988.<br />
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He donated a once-top-secret <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norden_bombsight" title="Norden bombsight">Norden Bombsight</a>
to the CAF's B-29 bomber restoration project. In the late 1970s, as a
CAF colonel, Ford recorded the organization's theme song "Ballad of the
Ghost Squadron."<br />
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Over the years, Ford was awarded three stars on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a>, for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio" title="Radio">radio</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_industry" title="Record industry">records</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television" title="Television">television</a>. He was awarded the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom" title="Presidential Medal of Freedom">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a> in 1984, and was inducted into the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame" title="Country Music Hall of Fame">Country Music Hall of Fame</a> in 1990.<br />
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Offstage, both Ford and wife Betty contended with serious alcohol
problems; Betty had had the problem since the 1950s.<br />
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Though his drinking
worsened in the 60s, he worked continuously, seemingly unaffected by
his heavy intake of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey" title="Whiskey">whiskey</a>.<br />
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By the 1970s, however, it had begun to take an increasing toll on his
health and ability to sing. After Betty's substance abuse-related death
in 1989, Ernie's liver problems, diagnosed years earlier, became more
apparent, but he refused to reduce his drinking despite repeated
doctors' warnings.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><br />
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In 1990, he was inducted into the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame" title="Country Music Hall of Fame">Country Music Hall of Fame</a>.<br />
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His last interview was taped in September 1991 by his long-time friend <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinah_Shore" title="Dinah Shore">Dinah Shore</a> for her TV show. His physical deterioration by then was quite obvious.<br />
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Ford received posthumous recognition for his gospel music contributions by adding him to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_Music_Association" title="Gospel Music Association">Gospel Music Association</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_Music_Hall_of_Fame" title="Gospel Music Hall of Fame">Gospel Music Hall of Fame</a> in 1994.<br />
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Ernie and Betty Ford at home in 1962.<br />
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Ford was married to Betty Heminger from September 18, 1942, until her
death on February 26, 1989; they had two children – Jeffrey Buckner
“Buck” Ford (born January 6, 1950) and Brion Leonard Ford (born
September 3, 1952 in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Gabriel,_California" title="San Gabriel, California">San Gabriel, California</a> – died October 24, 2008 in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House,_Tennessee" title="White House, Tennessee">White House, Tennessee</a>, of lung cancer at age 56).<br />
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Less than four months after Betty's death, Ford, who had long
suffered from severe alcoholism, married again. On September 28, 1991,
he fell into severe <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liver_failure" title="Liver failure">liver failure</a> at <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dulles_Airport" title="Dulles Airport">Dulles Airport</a>, shortly after leaving a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_dinner" title="State dinner">state dinner</a> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a> hosted by then President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a>.<br />
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Ford died in H. C. A. Reston Hospital Center, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reston,_Virginia" title="Reston, Virginia">Reston, Virginia</a>,
on October 17 – exactly 36 years after "Sixteen Tons" was released, and
one day shy of the first anniversary of his induction into the Country
Music Hall of Fame.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Ernie_Ford#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup><br />
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Ford was interred at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alta_Mesa_Memorial_Park" title="Alta Mesa Memorial Park">Alta Mesa Memorial Park</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto,_California" title="Palo Alto, California">Palo Alto</a>, California.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Ernie_Ford#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup><br />
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His second wife, Beverly Wood Ford (1921–2001), died ten years after Ernie and her body was interred with her husband's.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Ernie_Ford#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup><br />
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