Mark Chesnutt
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Mark Nelson Chesnutt is an American country music
singer. Chesnutt recorded and released his first album, Doing My Country Thing, in the late-1980s on private independent record label, Axbar Records, with the vinyl album version now a collector's item. His national debut came in 1990 with the single, "Too Cold at Home", the debut single from his second album which was also titled Too Cold at Home
.
Chesnutt has charted more than thirty singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs
charts, including eight #1 singles. He has also released eleven studio albums and a Greatest Hits package. His first three albums — Too Cold at Home (1990), Longnecks & Short Stories
(1992), and Almost Goodbye
(1993) — and his 1996 Greatest Hits
album have all achieved RIAA platinum certification in the United States, while 1994's What a Way to Live
was certified gold. His most recent album, Rollin' with the Flow
, was released on June 24, 2008. Its title track and lead-off single was a cover of Charlie Rich
's hit single from 1977.
to begin recording. For the next ten years, Chesnutt began to record on small regional labels while he was the house band for local Beaumont nightclub Cutters. He slowly gathered a large fanbase who loved to hear his traditional style. By the late 1980s, he had released eight singles, which would later be released together on, Doing My Country Thing.
Chesnutt has been married to his wife, Tracie, since 1992. Together they have three sons.
in 1990, releasing his major-label debut Too Cold at Home
that year. The album produced five straight Top Ten country hits: first the #3 title track
followed by his first #1 hit, "Brother Jukebox
". After it came "Blame It on Texas", "Your Love Is a Miracle", and "Broken Promise Land". These singles helped the album earn RIAA platinum certification in the United States.
, also sold platinum and continued the chart momentum of Too Cold at Home. In order of release, its singles were "Old Flames Have New Names", "I'll Think of Something
" (previously a Top Ten hit in 1974 for Hank Williams, Jr.
), "Bubba Shot the Jukebox
", and "Ol' Country".
. Led off by three straight chart-toppers ("It Sure Is Monday
", the title track
, and "I Just Wanted You to Know
"), it was also Chesnutt's third consecutive platinum album. The album's fourth single, a cover of Don Gibson
's 1972 #1 hit "Woman (Sensuous Woman)", became his first single to land outside the Top Ten when it peaked at number 21.
, which was nonetheless certified gold. The album included four more singles for him. First was the number 6 "She Dreams", previously a number 74 single in 1993 for its co-writer, Tim Mensy
. After it came the number 2 "Goin' Through the Big D" and then his sixth number-one hit, "Gonna Get a Life
." Finishing off the album was the number 23 "Down in Tennessee
."
Also in 1994, Chesnutt contributed the song "Goodbye Comes Hard for Me" to the AIDS
benefit album Red Hot + Country
produced by the Red Hot Organization
.
, Chesnutt was transferred to Decca Records
' newly re-established Nashville branch, of which he served as flagship artist. This album, however, sold even more poorly than its predecessors, with its lead-off single "Trouble" stopping at number 18. The album's second single, "It Wouldn't Hurt to Have Wings", peaked at number 7, followed by the number 37 "Wrong Place, Wrong Time."
Decca issued a greatest hits
package in 1996. This album reprised eight of his biggest hits and included two new songs in "It's a Little Too Late
" and "Let It Rain," both released as singles. The former became his seventh chart-topper in 1997, and the latter peaked at number 8.
, his second Decca studio album. This album produced a number 2 in its title track late that year. Following this song was "It's Not Over", a re-recording of a song from Longnecks & Short Stories, with guest vocals from Alison Krauss
and Vince Gill
on the new recording. After it came the number 18 "I Might Even Quit Lovin' You" and number 45 "Wherever You Are", his first chart single to miss the Top 40. (Its chart progress was halted due to Chesnutt not wanting to wait to release the lead single from his next album, "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing.")
. Its title track
, a cover of the Aerosmith
hit, returned him to number-one on the country charts, and brought him to number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100
. Despite the success of this single, the album's only other release was the number 17 country hit, "This Heartache Never Sleeps", issued before Decca once again closed its country division.
. This album was largely unsuccessful, producing only the number 52 "Fallin' Never Felt So Good" (previously a number 39 single in 1993 for Shawn Camp, its co-writer) and number 59 title track
before he exited MCA. In 2001, Chesnutt returned to the Top 40 with the number 21 "A Good Way to Get on My Bad Side", a duet with Tracy Byrd which was also the first single from Byrd's Ten Rounds album.
in 2002 for the release of his self-titled
studio album. It was led off by the number 11 "She Was
", his first Top 20 hit in two years. However, the album's other singles — "I Want My Baby Back" and "I'm in Love with a Married Woman" — both missed Top 40, and after the latter, he exited Columbia also.
) and "I'm a Saint", both of which peaked in the Top 30. After the number 59 "A Hard Secret to Keep", Vivaton! closed.
Heard It in a Love Song
, followed in 2005 on CBuJ. Ent. Its title track
, previously a number 14 pop hit for The Marshall Tucker Band
, and "That Good That Bad", both failed to chart, and Chesnutt exited the label after its release.
was the title of Chesnutt's thirteenth studio album, released in 2008 via Lofton Creek Records
. It was led off by a cover of Charlie Rich
's number-one hit "Rollin' with the Flow
", with Chesnutt's number 25-peaking cover becoming his first chart entry in four years. The next three singles were "When You Love Her Like Crazy", "(Come on In) The Whiskey's Fine", and "Things to Do in Wichita," all of which failed to chart, although the fifth single ("She Never Got Me Over You") debuted at number 60 on the country charts in early-2009 and peaked at number 49.
's "Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound
" and Kris Kristofferson
's "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down
." The album, titled Outlaw
, was released in June 2010 via Saguaro Road Records.
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
singer. Chesnutt recorded and released his first album, Doing My Country Thing, in the late-1980s on private independent record label, Axbar Records, with the vinyl album version now a collector's item. His national debut came in 1990 with the single, "Too Cold at Home", the debut single from his second album which was also titled Too Cold at Home
Too Cold at Home
Too Cold at Home is the second album released by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt, released in 1990 on MCA Records. Certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of one million copies, the album produced five Top Ten singles for Chesnutt on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts...
.
Chesnutt has charted more than thirty singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
charts, including eight #1 singles. He has also released eleven studio albums and a Greatest Hits package. His first three albums — Too Cold at Home (1990), Longnecks & Short Stories
Longnecks & Short Stories
Longnecks & Short Stories is the third studio album by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. It was released in 1992 on MCA Records, and like its predecessor Too Cold at Home, it was certified platinum in the United States for sales of one million copies...
(1992), and Almost Goodbye
Almost Goodbye
Almost Goodbye is the fourth studio album released by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. His third album for MCA Records, it was also the third consecutive album to receive RIAA platinum certification in the United States...
(1993) — and his 1996 Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits (Mark Chesnutt album)
Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits compilation released by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. It features ten of the greatest hits from his second through sixth studio albums, as well as the newly-recorded tracks "It's a Little Too Late" and "Let It Rain"...
album have all achieved RIAA platinum certification in the United States, while 1994's What a Way to Live
What a Way to Live
What a Way to Live is the fifth studio album released by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. His first album for Decca Records, it earned RIAA gold certification in the United States for sales of 500,000 copies...
was certified gold. His most recent album, Rollin' with the Flow
Rollin' with the Flow (album)
Rollin' with the Flow is the thirteenth studio album of American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. It was released on June 24, 2008. Its lead-off single and title track, a cover of Charlie Rich's Number One hit from 1977, peaked at #25 on the Billboard country charts in early 2008...
, was released on June 24, 2008. Its title track and lead-off single was a cover of Charlie Rich
Charlie Rich
Charles Rich was an American country music singer and musician. A Grammy Award winner, his eclectic-style of music was often hard to classify in a single genre, playing in the rockabilly, jazz, blues, country, and gospel genres.In the latter part of his life, Rich acquired the nickname The Silver...
's hit single from 1977.
Biography
Chesnutt is the second son of Bob Chesnutt and Norma Jean Nicholas. He learned to love music from his father, who was a singer and record collector. Chesnutt dropped out of school after his sophomore year of high school to begin playing with his father in clubs around Southeast Texas. When he turned 17, his father began to take him to Nashville, TennesseeNashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
to begin recording. For the next ten years, Chesnutt began to record on small regional labels while he was the house band for local Beaumont nightclub Cutters. He slowly gathered a large fanbase who loved to hear his traditional style. By the late 1980s, he had released eight singles, which would later be released together on, Doing My Country Thing.
Chesnutt has been married to his wife, Tracie, since 1992. Together they have three sons.
Too Cold at Home
Chesnutt signed to MCA RecordsMCA Records
MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...
in 1990, releasing his major-label debut Too Cold at Home
Too Cold at Home
Too Cold at Home is the second album released by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt, released in 1990 on MCA Records. Certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of one million copies, the album produced five Top Ten singles for Chesnutt on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts...
that year. The album produced five straight Top Ten country hits: first the #3 title track
Too Cold at Home (song)
"Too Cold at Home" is the title of a song written by Bobby Harden and recorded by American country music singer Mark Chesnutt. It was released in July 1990 as the lead-off single to his 1990 album of the same name. It peaked at #3 in the United States, while it was a number-one hit in Canada in...
followed by his first #1 hit, "Brother Jukebox
Brother Jukebox
"Brother Jukebox" is the title of a song written by Paul Craft. It was originally recorded by Don Everly, one-half of The Everly Brothers, in 1977 and reached #96 on the country singles charts. It was later covered by Keith Whitley on I Wonder Do You Think of Me and by Mark Chesnutt on his 1990...
". After it came "Blame It on Texas", "Your Love Is a Miracle", and "Broken Promise Land". These singles helped the album earn RIAA platinum certification in the United States.
Longnecks & Short Stories
Chesnutt's second album, 1992's Longnecks & Short StoriesLongnecks & Short Stories
Longnecks & Short Stories is the third studio album by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. It was released in 1992 on MCA Records, and like its predecessor Too Cold at Home, it was certified platinum in the United States for sales of one million copies...
, also sold platinum and continued the chart momentum of Too Cold at Home. In order of release, its singles were "Old Flames Have New Names", "I'll Think of Something
I'll Think of Something
"I'll Think of Something" is the title of a song written by Bill Rice and Jerry Foster, which has been recorded by American country music singers Hank Williams, Jr. and Mark Chesnutt.-Hank Williams, Jr. version:...
" (previously a Top Ten hit in 1974 for Hank Williams, Jr.
Hank Williams, Jr.
Randall Hank Williams , better known as Hank Williams, Jr. and Bocephus, is an American country singer-songwriter and musician. His musical style is often considered a blend of Southern rock, blues, and traditional country...
), "Bubba Shot the Jukebox
Bubba Shot the Jukebox
"Bubba Shot the Jukebox" is the title of a song written by Dennis Linde, and recorded by American country music singer Mark Chesnutt. It was released in September 1992 as the third single from his 1992 album Longnecks & Short Stories. It peaked at number 4 on the U.S...
", and "Ol' Country".
Almost Goodbye
His third album for MCA was titled Almost GoodbyeAlmost Goodbye
Almost Goodbye is the fourth studio album released by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. His third album for MCA Records, it was also the third consecutive album to receive RIAA platinum certification in the United States...
. Led off by three straight chart-toppers ("It Sure Is Monday
It Sure Is Monday
"It Sure Is Monday" is the title of a song written by Dennis Linde and recorded by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. It was released in May 1993 as the first single released from his CD, Almost Goodbye. The song reached number-one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart...
", the title track
Almost Goodbye (song)
"Almost Goodbye" is the title of a song written by Billy Livsey and Don Schlitz and recorded by American country music singer Mark Chesnutt. It was released in August 1993 as the second single from his album, also titled Almost Goodbye. The song reached number-one on the U.S...
, and "I Just Wanted You to Know
I Just Wanted You to Know
"I Just Wanted You to Know" is the title of a song written by Tim Mensy and Gary Harrison, and recorded by American country music singer Mark Chesnutt. It was released in December 1993 as the third single from his album, Almost Goodbye. The song reached number-one on the U.S...
"), it was also Chesnutt's third consecutive platinum album. The album's fourth single, a cover of Don Gibson
Don Gibson
Donald Eugene "Don" Gibson was an American songwriter and country musician. A Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, Gibson penned such country standards as "Sweet Dreams" and "I Can't Stop Loving You", and enjoyed a string of country hits from 1957 into the early 1970s.-Biography:Don Gibson was...
's 1972 #1 hit "Woman (Sensuous Woman)", became his first single to land outside the Top Ten when it peaked at number 21.
What a Way to Live
Chesnutt saw his sales declining by 1994's What a Way to LiveWhat a Way to Live
What a Way to Live is the fifth studio album released by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. His first album for Decca Records, it earned RIAA gold certification in the United States for sales of 500,000 copies...
, which was nonetheless certified gold. The album included four more singles for him. First was the number 6 "She Dreams", previously a number 74 single in 1993 for its co-writer, Tim Mensy
Tim Mensy
Timmie Menzies is an American country music artist known as Tim Mensy. Initially, he was a member of the band Bandana, in which he charted several singles on the Hot Country Songs charts in the 1980s...
. After it came the number 2 "Goin' Through the Big D" and then his sixth number-one hit, "Gonna Get a Life
Gonna Get a Life
"Gonna Get a Life" is the title of a song written by Jim Lauderdale and Frank Dycus. It was recorded by American country music singer Mark Chesnutt. It was released in February 1995 as the second single from his 1994 album What a Way to Live. The song became Chesnutt's sixth U.S...
." Finishing off the album was the number 23 "Down in Tennessee
Down in Tennessee
"Down in Tennessee" is the title of a song written by Wayland Holyfield and recorded by American country music artist John Anderson. It was released in November 1985 as the second single from the album Tokyo, Oklahoma...
."
Also in 1994, Chesnutt contributed the song "Goodbye Comes Hard for Me" to the AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
benefit album Red Hot + Country
Red Hot + Country
Red Hot + Country was the follow-up to No Alternative in the Red Hot Series of compilation albums, a series produced to raise awareness and money to fight AIDS/HIV and related health and social issues...
produced by the Red Hot Organization
Red Hot Organization
Red Hot Organization is a not-for-profit, 501 3, international organization dedicated to fighting AIDS through pop culture.Since its inception in 1989, over 400 artists, producers and directors have contributed to over 15 compilation albums, related television programs and media events to raise...
.
Wings and Greatest Hits
For his next album, WingsWings (Mark Chesnutt album)
Wings is the sixth studio album released by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt, and his second for Decca Records. Released in late 1995, it features the singles "Trouble", "It Wouldn't Hurt to Have Wings", and "Wrong Place, Wrong Time". Respectively, these reached #18, #7, and #37 on the...
, Chesnutt was transferred to Decca Records
Decca Records
Decca Records began as a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; however, owing to World War II, the link with the British company was broken for several decades....
' newly re-established Nashville branch, of which he served as flagship artist. This album, however, sold even more poorly than its predecessors, with its lead-off single "Trouble" stopping at number 18. The album's second single, "It Wouldn't Hurt to Have Wings", peaked at number 7, followed by the number 37 "Wrong Place, Wrong Time."
Decca issued a greatest hits
Greatest Hits (Mark Chesnutt album)
Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits compilation released by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. It features ten of the greatest hits from his second through sixth studio albums, as well as the newly-recorded tracks "It's a Little Too Late" and "Let It Rain"...
package in 1996. This album reprised eight of his biggest hits and included two new songs in "It's a Little Too Late
It's a Little Too Late (Mark Chesnutt song)
"It's a Little Too Late" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Mark Chesnutt. It was released in September 1996 as the lead single from his Greatest Hits album. The song reached number-one on the U.S...
" and "Let It Rain," both released as singles. The former became his seventh chart-topper in 1997, and the latter peaked at number 8.
Thank God for Believers
In 1997, Chesnutt released Thank God for BelieversThank God for Believers
Thank God for Believers is the seventh studio album released by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. His third album for Decca Records, it produced four singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts between 1997 and 1998: the title track , "It's Not Over" , "I Might Even Quit Lovin'...
, his second Decca studio album. This album produced a number 2 in its title track late that year. Following this song was "It's Not Over", a re-recording of a song from Longnecks & Short Stories, with guest vocals from Alison Krauss
Alison Krauss
Alison Maria Krauss is an American bluegrass-country singer, songwriter and fiddler. She entered the music industry at an early age, winning local contests by the age of ten and recording for the first time at fourteen. She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album in...
and Vince Gill
Vince Gill
Vincent Grant "Vince" Gill is an American neotraditional country singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman to the country rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s, and as a solo artist beginning in 1983, where his talents as a...
on the new recording. After it came the number 18 "I Might Even Quit Lovin' You" and number 45 "Wherever You Are", his first chart single to miss the Top 40. (Its chart progress was halted due to Chesnutt not wanting to wait to release the lead single from his next album, "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing.")
I Don't Want to Miss a Thing
His third and final studio album for Decca was entitled I Don't Want to Miss a ThingI Don't Want to Miss a Thing (album)
I Don't Want to Miss a Thing is the eighth studio album released by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. His last album for the Decca Records label, it produced two singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. The first of these singles was a cover of the Aerosmith song "I Don't Want...
. Its title track
I Don't Want to Miss a Thing
"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" is a song performed by American rock band Aerosmith for the 1998 film Armageddon. Written by Diane Warren, the song debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 . The song stayed at number one for four weeks from September 5 to September 26, 1998...
, a cover of the Aerosmith
Aerosmith
Aerosmith is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues, and has inspired many...
hit, returned him to number-one on the country charts, and brought him to number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
. Despite the success of this single, the album's only other release was the number 17 country hit, "This Heartache Never Sleeps", issued before Decca once again closed its country division.
Lost in the Feeling
Chesnutt returned to MCA for his 2000 album Lost in the FeelingLost in the Feeling
Lost in the Feeling is the ninth studio album released by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. This album marked Chesnutt's return to MCA after the dissolution of the Decca Records Nashville division in 1999...
. This album was largely unsuccessful, producing only the number 52 "Fallin' Never Felt So Good" (previously a number 39 single in 1993 for Shawn Camp, its co-writer) and number 59 title track
Lost in the Feeling (song)
"Lost in the Feeling" is a single by American country music artist Conway Twitty. Released in 1983, it was the first single and title track from the album Lost in the Feeling...
before he exited MCA. In 2001, Chesnutt returned to the Top 40 with the number 21 "A Good Way to Get on My Bad Side", a duet with Tracy Byrd which was also the first single from Byrd's Ten Rounds album.
Mark Chesnutt
Chesnutt signed to Columbia RecordsColumbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
in 2002 for the release of his self-titled
Mark Chesnutt (album)
Mark Chesnutt is the tenth studio album released by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. His only album for the Columbia Records Nashville label, it features the singles "She Was", "I Want My Baby Back" and "I'm in Love with a Married Woman", which peaked at #11, #47, and #48, respectively,...
studio album. It was led off by the number 11 "She Was
She Was
"She Was" is the title of a song written by Jimmy Melton and Neal Coty, and recorded by country music singer Mark Chesnutt. It was released in February 2002 as the lead-off single from his 2002 self-titled album. It peaked at #11 in the United States country music charts, and #62 on the U.S...
", his first Top 20 hit in two years. However, the album's other singles — "I Want My Baby Back" and "I'm in Love with a Married Woman" — both missed Top 40, and after the latter, he exited Columbia also.
Savin' the Honky Tonk and Heard It in a Love Song
Chesnutt's eleventh album, Savin' the Honky Tonk, was released in 2004 via the independent Vivaton! label. This album, which returned him to a more traditionally country sound, included the singles "The Lord Loves the Drinkin' Man" (written by Kevin FowlerKevin Fowler
Kevin Fowler is an American Texas Country artist. He has released five studio albums, and has charted three singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including the top 40 hit "Pound Sign "...
) and "I'm a Saint", both of which peaked in the Top 30. After the number 59 "A Hard Secret to Keep", Vivaton! closed.
Heard It in a Love Song
Heard It in a Love Song (album)
Heard It in a Love Song is the twelfth studio album released by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. Its title track is a cover of The Marshall Tucker Band's single from 1977. Both it and "That Good That Bad" were released as singles, though neither charted. "A Hard Secret to Keep",...
, followed in 2005 on CBuJ. Ent. Its title track
Heard It in a Love Song
"Heard It in a Love Song" is a song by The Marshall Tucker Band, written by Toy Caldwell off their 1977 album Carolina Dreams.It was the highest charting single by The Marshall Tucker Band, reaching #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in March 1977....
, previously a number 14 pop hit for The Marshall Tucker Band
The Marshall Tucker Band
The Marshall Tucker Band is an American Southern rock band originally from Spartanburg, South Carolina. The band's blend of rock, rhythm and blues, jazz, country, and gospel helped establish the Southern rock genre in the early 1970s...
, and "That Good That Bad", both failed to chart, and Chesnutt exited the label after its release.
Rollin' with the Flow
Rollin' with the FlowRollin' with the Flow (album)
Rollin' with the Flow is the thirteenth studio album of American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. It was released on June 24, 2008. Its lead-off single and title track, a cover of Charlie Rich's Number One hit from 1977, peaked at #25 on the Billboard country charts in early 2008...
was the title of Chesnutt's thirteenth studio album, released in 2008 via Lofton Creek Records
Lofton Creek Records
Lofton Creek Records is an United States country music record label launched in 2002 by Harold and Vicky Shafer, along with Mike and Martha Borchetta. The label is based in Nashville, Tennessee. In 2003, they also distributed the Big Al label, which was founded by country singer J...
. It was led off by a cover of Charlie Rich
Charlie Rich
Charles Rich was an American country music singer and musician. A Grammy Award winner, his eclectic-style of music was often hard to classify in a single genre, playing in the rockabilly, jazz, blues, country, and gospel genres.In the latter part of his life, Rich acquired the nickname The Silver...
's number-one hit "Rollin' with the Flow
Rollin' with the Flow
"Rollin' with the Flow" is the title of a song, released in 1977, by American country music artist Charlie Rich. The single was his eighth Number One on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles charts.-Chart performance:-Mark Chesnutt version:...
", with Chesnutt's number 25-peaking cover becoming his first chart entry in four years. The next three singles were "When You Love Her Like Crazy", "(Come on In) The Whiskey's Fine", and "Things to Do in Wichita," all of which failed to chart, although the fifth single ("She Never Got Me Over You") debuted at number 60 on the country charts in early-2009 and peaked at number 49.
Outlaw
It was announced in March 2010 that Mark Chesnutt was at work on his fourteenth studio album, which consists of covers of outlaw classics such as Hank Williams, Jr.Hank Williams, Jr.
Randall Hank Williams , better known as Hank Williams, Jr. and Bocephus, is an American country singer-songwriter and musician. His musical style is often considered a blend of Southern rock, blues, and traditional country...
's "Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound
Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound (song)
"Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music artist Hank Williams, Jr.. It was released in September 1979 as the first single from his 1979 album of the same name. It peaked at #2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and reached...
" and Kris Kristofferson
Kris Kristofferson
Kristoffer "Kris" Kristofferson is an American musician, actor, and writer. He is known for hits such as "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night"...
's "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down
Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down
"Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" is a song written by Kris Kristofferson and first recorded by Ray Stevens in 1969; it became Steven's first chart hit, reaching #55 on the country charts and #81 on the pop Top 100. Kristofferson released his own version the following year, on his debut album,...
." The album, titled Outlaw
Outlaw (Mark Chesnutt album)
Outlaw is the fourteenth studio album by American country music artist, Mark Chesnutt. It was released on June 22, 2010, via Saguaro Road Records.-Background:...
, was released in June 2010 via Saguaro Road Records.