Radney Foster
Encyclopedia
Radney Foster is an American Texas Country
artist. Initially a songwriter in Nashville, Tennessee
, Foster made his debut in 1986 alongside Bill Lloyd in the duo Foster & Lloyd
. Between then and 1990, the duo recorded three studio albums for RCA Records
and charted nine singles on the country charts.
Foster began his solo career in 1992 when he signed to Arista Records
, Although his first release for the label (1992's Del Rio, TX 1959
) produced four consecutive Top 40 hits, Foster saw his commercial success waning with the release of his second and third albums (1995's Labor of Love
and 1999's See What You Want to See
, respectively), and by 1999 he had exited Arista's roster. He then signed to the independent Dualtone Records
label, for which he has recorded three more albums to date: 2001's Are You Ready for the Big Show?, 2002's Another Way to Go and 2006's This World We Live In.
Overall, Foster has charted thirteen singles on the Billboard
Hot Country Songs
charts, including the Top Ten hits "Just Call Me Lonesome" (#10, 1992) and "Nobody Wins" (#2, 1993). In addition, he has written singles for other country artists, including, Gary Allan
, Sara Evans
, Keith Urban
and Jack Ingram
.
Radney Foster is also related to Mark Foster of indie buzz band, Foster The People
.
, as the second of four children. His father was a lawyer
who also sang and played guitar; by age 12, Foster himself began playing guitar as well.
After graduating high school
, Foster attended University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee
, where he became a member of the Gamma Sigma chapter of Phi Gamma Delta
. He dropped out in 1979 and, at the advice of veteran songwriter Randy Goodrum
, moved to Nashville, Tennessee
, in pursuit of a country music career. However, after finding no success in Nashville, he returned to college to finish his degree, while playing at various local venues in his spare time.
. By 1985, he had found work at MTM
Publishing Company as a session songwriter. There, he befriended Bill Lloyd, with whom he wrote a song entitled "Since I Found You"; this song would become a Top Ten hit when it was recorded by Sweethearts of the Rodeo
. In 1986, Foster and Lloyd decided to perform as a duo. This duo, Foster & Lloyd
, received a recording contract with RCA Records
Nashville that year. Between 1986 and 1990, they would record three studio albums and charted nine singles on the country charts. The two parted ways amicably in 1990, as Foster thought that their songs were not suitable for being recorded by a duo. One of the tracks from Foster & Lloyd's debut album, "Don't Go Out", was released by Tanya Tucker
in 1990 as a duet with T. Graham Brown
.
In December 2010, Foster & Lloyd reunited to record a new CD.
' Nashville division as a solo artist. His first album for the label, Del Rio, TX 1959 (named for Foster's birthplace and year of birth), produced two consecutive Top Ten hits in its first two singles: "Just Call Me Lonesome" and "Nobody Wins", which respectively reached #10 and #2 on the Billboard
Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs
) charts. Two more singles, "Easier Said Than Done" and "Hammer and Nails", also reached Top 40, peaking at #20 and #34, respectively.
In 1994, Foster began work on his second album for Arista. Tentatively titled Never Say Die, the album was re-titled Labor of Love, a title under which it would ultimately be released. After the first single (which was the title track) failed to make Top 40, Arista delayed the album's release twice so that it would not compete with a compilation album entitled Mama's Hungry Eyes: A Tribute to Merle Haggard, to which Foster (along with Pam Tillis
) had contributed the track "The Running Kind". Steve Ripley
, lead guitarist and vocalist for the country band The Tractors
, was then brought in to remix "Willin' to Walk" — the second single from Labor of Love — for radio, before the album was finally released in April 1995. Ultimately, neither "The Running Kind" nor any of the three singles from Labor of Love reached the Top 40 on the country charts. Shortly before the release of Labor of Love, Foster and his wife of twelve years separated, ultimately filing for divorce.
Also in 1994, Foster contributed the song "Close Up the Honky Tonks" to the AIDS
benefit album Red Hot + Country
produced by the Red Hot Organization
.
Foster's third and final album for Arista, 1999's See What You Want to See, featured a more pop
-oriented sound than his first two albums did. This album produced one minor single on the country charts in the #74-peaking "Godspeed (Sweet Dreams)" (which would later be recorded by the Dixie Chicks
in 2003). Also included on this album was "Raining on Sunday
", a song which Keith Urban
recorded for his 2002 album Golden Road
and released as a single in 2003. Foster's rendition featured backing vocals from Darius Rucker
of Hootie & the Blowfish
. Keith Urban revisited this album again when he covered "I'm In" for his 2009 album Defying Gravity
. Urban released it as a single on May 10, 2010 where it reached #2 on the US Country charts and #1 on the Canadian Country charts.
. His first album for the label, Are You Ready for the Big Show?, included a re-recording of the song "Texas in 1880", which Foster had originally recorded while a member of Foster & Lloyd. This re-recording, which featured Pat Green
, peaked at #54 on the country charts. Foster followed this album with 2002's Another Way to Go. One of its tracks, "A Real Fine Place to Start
" (another collaboration with Ducas) was later recorded by Sara Evans
as the title track to her 2005 album Real Fine Place
, from which it was released as a single; Evans's rendition of the song became a Number One hit in 2005. Foster's third album for Dualtone, This World We Live In, was issued in 2006. Unlike his previous two albums for Dualtone, however, this one provided no chart singles.
Foster also produced two albums for the Randy Rogers Band
: their 2006 album Just a Matter of Time and 2008's Randy Rogers Band
.
2009's Revival contained a 5-song EP titled The Chosen Few available to the first thousand orders on his website.
Texas Country
Texas country music is a rapidly growing sub-genre of American country music. Texas country is known for fusing traditionalist root sounds with the outspoken, care-free views of outlaw country...
artist. Initially a songwriter in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, 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...
, Foster made his debut in 1986 alongside Bill Lloyd in the duo Foster & Lloyd
Foster & Lloyd
Foster & Lloyd is an American country music duo consisting of singer-songwriters Radney Foster and Bill Lloyd . Founded in 1986, the duo recorded three albums for RCA Records, in addition to charting nine singles on the Billboard country charts. The highest-peaking of these was their debut single...
. Between then and 1990, the duo recorded three studio albums for RCA Records
RCA Records
RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...
and charted nine singles on the country charts.
Foster began his solo career in 1992 when he signed to Arista Records
Arista Records
Arista was an American record label. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operated under the RCA Music Group. The label was founded in 1974 by Clive Davis, who formerly worked for CBS Records...
, Although his first release for the label (1992's Del Rio, TX 1959
Del Rio, TX 1959
Del Rio, TX 1959 is the debut album of American country music artist Radney Foster. It was released in 1992 on the Arista Nashville label, and it produced five singles for Foster on the Billboard country charts: "Just Call Me Lonesome", "Nobody Wins", "Easier Said Than Done", "Hammer and Nails",...
) produced four consecutive Top 40 hits, Foster saw his commercial success waning with the release of his second and third albums (1995's Labor of Love
Labor of Love (Radney Foster album)
Labor of Love is the second studio album by American country music artist Radney Foster. It was released in 1995 on Arista Records, peaking at #61 on the Billboard Top Country Albums charts and producing three chart singles...
and 1999's See What You Want to See
See What You Want to See
See What You Want to See is American country music artist Radney Foster's third studio album. It was released in 1999 on Arista Records. The record features a number of notable guests, such as Darius Rucker from Hootie & the Blowfish, as well as Abra Moore and Emmylou Harris...
, respectively), and by 1999 he had exited Arista's roster. He then signed to the independent Dualtone Records
Dualtone Records
Dualtone Music Group, Inc. is an independent entertainment companybased in Nashville, TN. The staunchly independent label has beennominated for thirteen GRAMMY awards, garnering three wins...
label, for which he has recorded three more albums to date: 2001's Are You Ready for the Big Show?, 2002's Another Way to Go and 2006's This World We Live In.
Overall, Foster has charted thirteen singles on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
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 the Top Ten hits "Just Call Me Lonesome" (#10, 1992) and "Nobody Wins" (#2, 1993). In addition, he has written singles for other country artists, including, Gary Allan
Gary Allan
Gary Allan Herzberg is an American country music artist, known professionally as Gary Allan.Signed to Decca Records in 1996, Allan made his debut on the United States country music scene with the release of his single "Her Man", the lead-off to his gold-certified debut album Used Heart for Sale,...
, Sara Evans
Sara Evans
Sara Lynn Evans is an American country singer and songwriter.Evans was one of the few traditional-styled singers to emerge from Nashville in the late 1990s, according to Allmusic. Since emerging in the late 1990s, Evans has made five No. 1 Country hits and Gold and Platinum-certified albums by...
, Keith Urban
Keith Urban
Keith Lionel Urban is a New Zealand-born Australian, country music singer, songwriter and guitarist whose commercial success has been mainly in the United States and Australia. Urban was born in New Zealand and began his career in Australia at an early age...
and Jack Ingram
Jack Ingram
Jack Owen Ingram is an American Texas Country artist signed to Big Machine Records, an independent record label. He has released eight studio albums, one extended play, six live albums and eighteen singles. Although active since 1992, Ingram did not reach the U.S. country Top 40 until the late...
.
Radney Foster is also related to Mark Foster of indie buzz band, Foster The People
Foster the People
Foster the People is an American indie pop band formed in Los Angeles, California in 2009. The group is composed of Mark Foster , Mark Pontius , and Cubbie Fink...
.
Biography
Radney Foster was born July 20, 1959, in Del Rio, TexasDel Rio, Texas
Del Rio is a border city in and the county seat of Val Verde County, Texas, United States.. Del Rio is connected with Ciudad Acuña via the Lake Amistad Dam International Crossing and Del Río-Ciudad Acuña International Bridge...
, as the second of four children. His father was a lawyer
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
who also sang and played guitar; by age 12, Foster himself began playing guitar as well.
After graduating high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
, Foster attended University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee
Sewanee, Tennessee
Sewanee is an unincorporated locality in Franklin County, Tennessee, United States, treated by the U.S. Census as a census-designated place . The population was 2,361 at the 2000 census...
, where he became a member of the Gamma Sigma chapter of Phi Gamma Delta
Phi Gamma Delta
The international fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta is a collegiate social fraternity with 120 chapters and 18 colonies across the United States and Canada. It was founded at Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, in 1848, and its headquarters are located in Lexington, Kentucky, USA...
. He dropped out in 1979 and, at the advice of veteran songwriter Randy Goodrum
Randy Goodrum
Randy Goodrum is an American songwriter. Goodrum has written numerous popular songs, including Anne Murray's #1 hit "You Needed Me" and "Broken Hearted Me" , Michael Johnson's "Bluer Than Blue" , England Dan & John Ford Coley's "It's Sad to Belong" , Steve Perry's "Oh Sherrie" , DeBarge's "Who's...
, moved to Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, 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...
, in pursuit of a country music career. However, after finding no success in Nashville, he returned to college to finish his degree, while playing at various local venues in his spare time.
Foster & Lloyd
Foster then moved back to Nashville after graduating college where he met his wife, who was attending Vanderbilt UniversityVanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University is a private research university located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, the university is named for shipping and rail magnate "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided Vanderbilt its initial $1 million endowment despite having never been to the...
. By 1985, he had found work at MTM
MTM Records
MTM Records was an American independent record label specializing in country music. It was founded in 1984 as a subsidiary of the production company of the same name, a company owned by actress Mary Tyler Moore. After MTM Enterprises was sold in late 1988, the label was absorbed into Capitol Records...
Publishing Company as a session songwriter. There, he befriended Bill Lloyd, with whom he wrote a song entitled "Since I Found You"; this song would become a Top Ten hit when it was recorded by Sweethearts of the Rodeo
Sweethearts of the Rodeo
Sweethearts of the Rodeo is an American country music duo composed of sisters Janis Oliver and Kristine Oliver . The duo recorded for Columbia Records between 1986 and 1991, releasing four albums and twelve singles for the label. In the 1990s, they also recorded two albums for Sugar Hill Records...
. In 1986, Foster and Lloyd decided to perform as a duo. This duo, Foster & Lloyd
Foster & Lloyd
Foster & Lloyd is an American country music duo consisting of singer-songwriters Radney Foster and Bill Lloyd . Founded in 1986, the duo recorded three albums for RCA Records, in addition to charting nine singles on the Billboard country charts. The highest-peaking of these was their debut single...
, received a recording contract with RCA Records
RCA Records
RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...
Nashville that year. Between 1986 and 1990, they would record three studio albums and charted nine singles on the country charts. The two parted ways amicably in 1990, as Foster thought that their songs were not suitable for being recorded by a duo. One of the tracks from Foster & Lloyd's debut album, "Don't Go Out", was released by Tanya Tucker
Tanya Tucker
Tanya Denise Tucker is a female American country music artist who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13...
in 1990 as a duet with T. Graham Brown
T. Graham Brown
Anthony "T." Graham Brown is an American country music artist. Active since 1986, Brown has recorded a total of thirteen studio albums, and has charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts...
.
In December 2010, Foster & Lloyd reunited to record a new CD.
1992–2000: Arista Records
Two years after the disestablishment of Foster & Lloyd, Foster signed to Arista RecordsArista Records
Arista was an American record label. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operated under the RCA Music Group. The label was founded in 1974 by Clive Davis, who formerly worked for CBS Records...
' Nashville division as a solo artist. His first album for the label, Del Rio, TX 1959 (named for Foster's birthplace and year of birth), produced two consecutive Top Ten hits in its first two singles: "Just Call Me Lonesome" and "Nobody Wins", which respectively reached #10 and #2 on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now 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. Two more singles, "Easier Said Than Done" and "Hammer and Nails", also reached Top 40, peaking at #20 and #34, respectively.
In 1994, Foster began work on his second album for Arista. Tentatively titled Never Say Die, the album was re-titled Labor of Love, a title under which it would ultimately be released. After the first single (which was the title track) failed to make Top 40, Arista delayed the album's release twice so that it would not compete with a compilation album entitled Mama's Hungry Eyes: A Tribute to Merle Haggard, to which Foster (along with Pam Tillis
Pam Tillis
Pamela Yvonne "Pam" Tillis is an American country music singer-songwriter and actress. She is the daughter of country music singer Mel Tillis....
) had contributed the track "The Running Kind". Steve Ripley
Steve Ripley
Steve Ripley is a recording artist, songwriter, studio engineer, guitarist, and inventor. He has been active in the music business since 1977...
, lead guitarist and vocalist for the country band The Tractors
The Tractors
The Tractors is an American country rock band composed of a loosely associated group of musicians, headed by guitarist Steve Ripley. Under the band's original lineup, The Tractors was signed to Arista Records in 1994, releasing their self-titled debut album that year; the album went on to become...
, was then brought in to remix "Willin' to Walk" — the second single from Labor of Love — for radio, before the album was finally released in April 1995. Ultimately, neither "The Running Kind" nor any of the three singles from Labor of Love reached the Top 40 on the country charts. Shortly before the release of Labor of Love, Foster and his wife of twelve years separated, ultimately filing for divorce.
Also in 1994, Foster contributed the song "Close Up the Honky Tonks" 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...
.
Foster's third and final album for Arista, 1999's See What You Want to See, featured a more pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
-oriented sound than his first two albums did. This album produced one minor single on the country charts in the #74-peaking "Godspeed (Sweet Dreams)" (which would later be recorded by the Dixie Chicks
Dixie Chicks
The Dixie Chicks are an American country band which has also successfully crossed over into other genres. The band is composed of founding members Martie Erwin Maguire and Emily Erwin Robison, and lead singer Natalie Maines...
in 2003). Also included on this album was "Raining on Sunday
Raining on Sunday
"Raining on Sunday" is the name of a song co-written by country music artist Radney Foster and Darrell Brown. It was initially recorded on Foster's 1998 Arista Records album See What You Want to See. Foster's version of the song features a backing vocal from Darius Rucker of the rock band Hootie &...
", a song which Keith Urban
Keith Urban
Keith Lionel Urban is a New Zealand-born Australian, country music singer, songwriter and guitarist whose commercial success has been mainly in the United States and Australia. Urban was born in New Zealand and began his career in Australia at an early age...
recorded for his 2002 album Golden Road
Golden Road (album)
Golden Road is the third solo album by Australian country singer Keith Urban. It was released in 2002 via Capitol Records Nashville. The album includes the singles "Somebody Like You", "Raining on Sunday", "Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me" and "You'll Think of Me"....
and released as a single in 2003. Foster's rendition featured backing vocals from Darius Rucker
Darius Rucker
Darius Rucker is an American musician. He first gained fame as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Hootie & the Blowfish, which he founded in 1986 at the University of South Carolina along with Mark Bryan, Jim "Soni" Sonefeld and Dean Felber...
of Hootie & the Blowfish
Hootie & the Blowfish
Hootie & the Blowfish is an American rock band that enjoyed popularity in the second half of the 1990s. They were originally formed in 1986 at the University of South Carolina by Darius Rucker, Dean Felber, Jim Sonefeld, and Mark Bryan. The band has recorded five studio albums to date, and has...
. Keith Urban revisited this album again when he covered "I'm In" for his 2009 album Defying Gravity
Defying Gravity (Keith Urban album)
Defying Gravity is the title of the fifth studio album by Australian country music artist Keith Urban. It was released on 31 March 2009 on Capitol Records. The album's lead-off single is "Sweet Thing", which topped the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in March 2009. "Kiss a Girl" was released on...
. Urban released it as a single on May 10, 2010 where it reached #2 on the US Country charts and #1 on the Canadian Country charts.
2001–2006: Dualtone Records
In 2001, Foster signed to Dualtone RecordsDualtone Records
Dualtone Music Group, Inc. is an independent entertainment companybased in Nashville, TN. The staunchly independent label has beennominated for thirteen GRAMMY awards, garnering three wins...
. His first album for the label, Are You Ready for the Big Show?, included a re-recording of the song "Texas in 1880", which Foster had originally recorded while a member of Foster & Lloyd. This re-recording, which featured Pat Green
Pat Green
Patrick Craven "Pat" Green is an American Texas Country artist. Active since 1995, he has recorded a total of ten studio albums, including several independent works, three for Republic Records and two for BNA...
, peaked at #54 on the country charts. Foster followed this album with 2002's Another Way to Go. One of its tracks, "A Real Fine Place to Start
A Real Fine Place to Start
"A Real Fine Place to Start" is the title of a song written by Radney Foster and George Ducas, and recorded by American country artist Sara Evans. The song, which was released in May 2005, served as the lead-off single to Evans' fifth studio album, Real Fine Place. It reached the top of the U.S....
" (another collaboration with Ducas) was later recorded by Sara Evans
Sara Evans
Sara Lynn Evans is an American country singer and songwriter.Evans was one of the few traditional-styled singers to emerge from Nashville in the late 1990s, according to Allmusic. Since emerging in the late 1990s, Evans has made five No. 1 Country hits and Gold and Platinum-certified albums by...
as the title track to her 2005 album Real Fine Place
Real Fine Place
Real Fine Place is a country music album by singer/songwriter Sara Evans. It is her fifth studio album and the follow-up album to the platinum Restless. The album has been certified platinum for U.S. shipments of a million copies...
, from which it was released as a single; Evans's rendition of the song became a Number One hit in 2005. Foster's third album for Dualtone, This World We Live In, was issued in 2006. Unlike his previous two albums for Dualtone, however, this one provided no chart singles.
2009–present: Devil's River
Foster has started releasing his music on his own label, Devil's River. On September 1, 2009, Foster released his latest album on Devil's River, titled Revival under the band name "Radney Foster and the Confessions". In conjunction with the release of Revival, Foster also released a feature length DVD documentary that explored the making of the album titled Behind The Confessions. The 90-minute film was directed by Sundance award-winning filmmaker Jeff Horny and was co-produced by Foster, his wife Cyndi and Joe David Garza (editor) . In addition to the traditional CD and DVD formats, Foster also released all of the new album and documentary content on a new format called Interactive Flash Drive(TM) "VIP Pass". The interactive flash drive resembles a VIP Pass and gives purchasers access to pre-show "meet and greets" along with DRM-free digital audio and video.Other releases
In 2005, Foster released a website-only album on RadneyFoster.com titled And Then There's Me: The Back Porch Sessions containing 11 acoustic-only tracks.Foster also produced two albums for the Randy Rogers Band
Randy Rogers Band
The Randy Rogers Band is an American Texas Country group from the state of Texas. The band is composed of Randy Rogers , Geoffrey Hill , Jon Richardson , Brady Black , and Les Lawless . They have recorded four studio albums and two live albums, and have charted six singles on the Billboard Hot...
: their 2006 album Just a Matter of Time and 2008's Randy Rogers Band
Randy Rogers Band (album)
Randy Rogers Band is the self-titled and sixth album released by the Randy Rogers Band, an American country music group. This is their second album on a major label. "In My Arms Instead" is the first single off the album. It debuted at #58 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart...
.
2009's Revival contained a 5-song EP titled The Chosen Few available to the first thousand orders on his website.
Albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US Heat Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical... |
||
| Del Rio, TX 1959 Del Rio, TX 1959 Del Rio, TX 1959 is the debut album of American country music artist Radney Foster. It was released in 1992 on the Arista Nashville label, and it produced five singles for Foster on the Billboard country charts: "Just Call Me Lonesome", "Nobody Wins", "Easier Said Than Done", "Hammer and Nails",... |
|
46 | 11 |
| Labor of Love Labor of Love (Radney Foster album) Labor of Love is the second studio album by American country music artist Radney Foster. It was released in 1995 on Arista Records, peaking at #61 on the Billboard Top Country Albums charts and producing three chart singles... |
|
61 | 36 |
| See What You Want to See See What You Want to See See What You Want to See is American country music artist Radney Foster's third studio album. It was released in 1999 on Arista Records. The record features a number of notable guests, such as Darius Rucker from Hootie & the Blowfish, as well as Abra Moore and Emmylou Harris... |
|
— | — |
| Are You Ready for the Big Show? |
Dualtone Records Dualtone Music Group, Inc. is an independent entertainment companybased in Nashville, TN. The staunchly independent label has beennominated for thirteen GRAMMY awards, garnering three wins... |
— | — |
| Another Way to Go Another Way to Go (Radney Foster album) Another Way to Go is the fifth full-length album by country music singer-songwriter Radney Foster. It was released in 2002 on Dualtone Records; his second for the label.... |
|
39 | — |
| And Then There's Me (The Back Porch Sessions) |
|
— | — |
| This World We Live In |
|
— | — |
| Revival |
|
51 | 26 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
1990s singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country 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... |
CAN Country RPM (magazine) RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,... |
|||
| 1992 | "Just Call Me Lonesome Just Call Me Lonesome (Radney Foster song) "Just Call Me Lonesome" is the solo debut single by American country music artist Radney Foster. It was the lead-off single released from his debut album, Del Rio, TX 1959 and was co-written by Foster and George Ducas. The song peaked at #10 on the country music charts in 1992.-Chart performance:... " |
10 | 54 | Del Rio, TX 1959 |
| 1993 | "Nobody Wins" | 2 | 7 | |
| "Easier Said Than Done" | 20 | 28 | ||
| "Hammer and Nails" | 34 | 54 | ||
| 1994 | "Closing Time" | 59 | 70 | |
| "Labor of Love" | 58 | — | Labor of Love | |
| "The Running Kind" | 64 | — | Mama's Hungry Eyes: A Tribute to Merle Haggard | |
| 1995 | "Willin' to Walk" | 54 | 92 | Labor of Love |
| "If It Were Me" | 59 | 89 | ||
| 1998 | "I'm In I'm In "I'm In" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Radney Foster. He recorded it on his 1999 studio album See What You Want to See, which was released on the Arista Austin label... " (with Abra Moore Abra Moore Abra Moore is a folk-styled rock singer-songwriter. Her 1997 album Strangest Places included the hit "Four Leaf Clover", which received airplay in Midwest U.S. radio markets and VH1 and MTV2 rotation, and charted on the Billboard Hot 100.-Biography:Moore's parents named Abra after the heroine of... ) |
— | — | See What You Want to See |
| 1999 | "Godspeed (Sweet Dreams)" | 74 | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
2000s singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country 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... |
|||
| 2001 | "Texas in 1880" (with Pat Green Pat Green Patrick Craven "Pat" Green is an American Texas Country artist. Active since 1995, he has recorded a total of ten studio albums, including several independent works, three for Republic Records and two for BNA... ) |
54 | Are You Ready for the Big Show? |
| 2002 | "Everyday Angel" | 43 | Another Way to Go |
| 2003 | "Scary Old World" (with Chely Wright Chely Wright Richell Rene "Chely" Wright is an American country music artist and, starting in 2010, gay rights activist. On the strength of her debut album in 1994, the Academy of Country Music named her Top New Female Vocalist in 1995. Wright's first Top 40 country hit came in 1997 with "Shut Up and Drive"... or Georgia Middleman Georgia Middleman Georgia Leigh Middleman is an American country singer. Middleman sang from age ten at the Texas Star Inn in San Antonio, and began writing songs shortly thereafter. She sold recordings of her first song, There's a Rainbow in Everybody's Heart, on her elementary school playground... ) |
52 | |
| 2005 | "Half of My Mistakes" | — | This World We Live In |
| 2006 | "Prove Me Right" | — | |
| 2009 | "Revival" | — | Revival |
| "Angel Flight" | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
Music videos
| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | "Just Call Me Lonesome" | Jim Shea |
| 1993 | "Nobody Wins" | Sara Nichols |
| "Easier Said Than Done" | Deaton Flanigen Deaton-Flanigen Productions Deaton-Flanigen Productions is a music video directing duo composed of Robert Deaton III and George Flanigen IV. The two have directed multiple music videos, primarily in the field of country music... |
|
| 1994 | "Closing Time" | Jim Shea |
| "Labor of Love" | ||
| "The Running Kind" | Steve Boyle | |
| 1995 | "Willin' to Walk" | Jim Shea |
| 2001 | "Texas in 1880" (with Pat Green Pat Green Patrick Craven "Pat" Green is an American Texas Country artist. Active since 1995, he has recorded a total of ten studio albums, including several independent works, three for Republic Records and two for BNA... ) |
David McClister |
| 2002 | "Everyday Angel" | Jim Shea |
| 2009 | "Angel Flight" | Darren Cameron |