Randy Houser
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Shawn Randolph "Randy" Houser (born December 18, 1976 in Lake, Mississippi
) is an American country music artist. Signed to the Universal South Records label in 2008, he charted the single "Anything Goes
" that year. This song, a Top 20 hit on the Billboard
country singles charts, is the title track to his debut album Anything Goes
, which has also produced his first Top 10 hit in "Boots On
". Houser also co-wrote the singles "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk
" for Trace Adkins
, "Back That Thing Up" for Justin Moore
and "My Cowboy" for country-pop artist Jessie James
.
. His father, a professional musician as well, performed at various local venues. Houser fronted his own band by age thirteen, and while attending East Central Community College
in Decatur, Mississippi
, he formed another band called 10 lb. Biscuit.
By 2002, Houser moved to Nashville, Tennessee
to begin a songwriting career. One of his first cuts as a songwriter was "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk
", which he co-wrote with Jamey Johnson
and Dallas Davidson
. This song was recorded by Trace Adkins
on his 2005 album Songs About Me
, and was a Top 5 single for him. After this song's success, Houser shifted his focus to performing, and started playing at local gigs in Nashville. He was briefly signed to MCA Nashville but did not release anything on the label.
and John Wiggins. Houser performed the song on Late Show with David Letterman
in August after host David Letterman
heard it on a satellite radio station. The song entered Top 40 on the Billboard
country charts that same month. His debut album, also titled Anything Goes
, was released in November, at which point the title track was in the Top 20 on the country charts. "Boots On" was released as the album's second single in February 2009, and became his first top ten hit in July 2009. Houser also co-wrote "Back That Thing Up", the debut single for Valory Music Group artist Justin Moore
. This song peaked at number 38 on Hot Country Songs in December 2008.
Houser received two nominations for the 2009 CMA Awards, including New Artist of the Year and Music Video of the Year for his Top 5 hit "Boots On".
and Jessie James
co-wrote James' third single from her self-titled debut album
, "My Cowboy". The song was released in late October 2009, and was also released as a music video. Also in October 2009, Houser released his third single. The song titled "Whistlin' Dixie
", is the lead-off single to Houser's second studio album, They Call Me Cadillac
. It debuted at number 59 on the Billboard country charts before the initial release date of November 2, 2009. It peaked at number 31 in January 2010. After it came "I'm All About It," which peaked at number 49 and was not included on the album. Houser's fifth single, "A Man Like Me," was co-written by Houser with Danny Green and Jameson Clark
.
' Stoney Creek division.
Lake, Mississippi
Lake is a town in Newton and Scott Counties in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The population was 408 at the 2000 census. Lake is the birthplace of country music singer, Randy Houser.-Geography:...
) is an American country music artist. Signed to the Universal South Records label in 2008, he charted the single "Anything Goes
Anything Goes (Randy Houser song)
"Anything Goes" is a country music song written by Brice Long and John Wiggins, and recorded by American country music singer Randy Houser. It was released in May 2008 as Houser's debut single, as well as the lead-off single to his debut album, also titled Anything Goes.- Content :"Anything Goes"...
" that year. This song, a Top 20 hit 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...
country singles charts, is the title track to his debut album Anything Goes
Anything Goes (Randy Houser album)
-Album:-Singles:...
, which has also produced his first Top 10 hit in "Boots On
Boots On
"Boots On" is a country music song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Randy Houser. It was released in early 2009 as Houser's second single to his debut album Anything Goes. The song reached a peak of #2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.-Content:Written by Houser...
". Houser also co-wrote the singles "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk
Honky Tonk Badonkadonk
"Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" is a single, released in late 2005 by country music artist Trace Adkins. It was the last single from his album, Songs About Me. The song was a crossover hit for Adkins, peaking at #2 on the U.S. Hot Country Songs chart, and reaching the Top 40 on both the U.S. Billboard Hot...
" for Trace Adkins
Trace Adkins
Tracy Darrell "Trace" Adkins is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1996 with the album Dreamin' Out Loud, released on Capitol Records Nashville. Since then, Adkins has released seven more studio albums and two Greatest Hits compilations...
, "Back That Thing Up" for Justin Moore
Justin Moore (singer)
Justin Cole Moore is an American country music singer and songwriter signed to Big Machine Records imprint Valory Music Group. He has released two albums for Big Machine Records: Justin Moore in 2009 and Outlaws Like Me in 2011...
and "My Cowboy" for country-pop artist Jessie James
Jessie James (singer)
Jessica Rose James, is an American country pop singer and songwriter. Having auditioned for and being rejected by most of the country labels in Nashville, Tennessee at the age of fifteen, James began working on refining her craft with Karla Wallace of Yellow Dog Records...
.
Biography
Randy Houser was born in Lake, MississippiLake, Mississippi
Lake is a town in Newton and Scott Counties in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The population was 408 at the 2000 census. Lake is the birthplace of country music singer, Randy Houser.-Geography:...
. His father, a professional musician as well, performed at various local venues. Houser fronted his own band by age thirteen, and while attending East Central Community College
East Central Community College
East Central Community College is a junior college located in Decatur, Mississippi. ECCC serves a five-county district: Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott and Winston counties. It opened in September 1928-Athletics:...
in Decatur, Mississippi
Decatur, Mississippi
Decatur is a town in Newton County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,426 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Newton County...
, he formed another band called 10 lb. Biscuit.
By 2002, Houser 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...
to begin a songwriting career. One of his first cuts as a songwriter was "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk
Honky Tonk Badonkadonk
"Honky Tonk Badonkadonk" is a single, released in late 2005 by country music artist Trace Adkins. It was the last single from his album, Songs About Me. The song was a crossover hit for Adkins, peaking at #2 on the U.S. Hot Country Songs chart, and reaching the Top 40 on both the U.S. Billboard Hot...
", which he co-wrote with Jamey Johnson
Jamey Johnson
Jamey Johnson is an American Grammy Award nominated country music artist. Signed to BNA Records in 2005, Johnson made his debut with his single "The Dollar," the title track to his 2006 album The Dollar...
and Dallas Davidson
Dallas Davidson
Dallas Davidson is an American country music singer-songwriter.Davidson moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 2004 and joined Broadcast Music Incorporated for performing rights representation and signed a publishing deal with Big Borassa Music, which is administered worldwide by Third Tier Music.Trace...
. This song was recorded by Trace Adkins
Trace Adkins
Tracy Darrell "Trace" Adkins is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1996 with the album Dreamin' Out Loud, released on Capitol Records Nashville. Since then, Adkins has released seven more studio albums and two Greatest Hits compilations...
on his 2005 album Songs About Me
Songs About Me
-Personnel:*Larry Beaird - acoustic guitar*Bruce Bouton - Dobro, steel guitar*Mike Brignardello - bass guitar*Pat Buchanan - electric guitar*Tom Bukovac - electric guitar*Perry Coleman - background vocals*J.T...
, and was a Top 5 single for him. After this song's success, Houser shifted his focus to performing, and started playing at local gigs in Nashville. He was briefly signed to MCA Nashville but did not release anything on the label.
Debut album: Anything Goes (2008-2009)
Houser subsequently signed to Universal South Records in 2008. His first single, "Anything Goes", was released in May of that year. It was co-written by Brice LongBrice Long
Brice Long is an American country music singer. Signed to Columbia Records in 2005, Long charted one single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts that year: "Anywhere but Here", which was also released by Chris Cagle a year later...
and John Wiggins. Houser performed the song on Late Show with David Letterman
Late Show with David Letterman
Late Show with David Letterman is a U.S. late-night talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS. The show debuted on August 30, 1993, and is produced by Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants Incorporated. The show's music director and band-leader of the house band, the CBS Orchestra, is...
in August after host David Letterman
David Letterman
David Michael Letterman is an American television host and comedian. He hosts the late night television talk show, Late Show with David Letterman, broadcast on CBS. Letterman has been a fixture on late night television since the 1982 debut of Late Night with David Letterman on NBC...
heard it on a satellite radio station. The song entered Top 40 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...
country charts that same month. His debut album, also titled Anything Goes
Anything Goes (Randy Houser album)
-Album:-Singles:...
, was released in November, at which point the title track was in the Top 20 on the country charts. "Boots On" was released as the album's second single in February 2009, and became his first top ten hit in July 2009. Houser also co-wrote "Back That Thing Up", the debut single for Valory Music Group artist Justin Moore
Justin Moore (singer)
Justin Cole Moore is an American country music singer and songwriter signed to Big Machine Records imprint Valory Music Group. He has released two albums for Big Machine Records: Justin Moore in 2009 and Outlaws Like Me in 2011...
. This song peaked at number 38 on Hot Country Songs in December 2008.
Houser received two nominations for the 2009 CMA Awards, including New Artist of the Year and Music Video of the Year for his Top 5 hit "Boots On".
Second album: They Call Me Cadillac (2009-2010)
Houser, along with Jamey JohnsonJamey Johnson
Jamey Johnson is an American Grammy Award nominated country music artist. Signed to BNA Records in 2005, Johnson made his debut with his single "The Dollar," the title track to his 2006 album The Dollar...
and Jessie James
Jessie James (singer)
Jessica Rose James, is an American country pop singer and songwriter. Having auditioned for and being rejected by most of the country labels in Nashville, Tennessee at the age of fifteen, James began working on refining her craft with Karla Wallace of Yellow Dog Records...
co-wrote James' third single from her self-titled debut album
Jessie James (album)
Jessie James is the debut self-titled album by American country-pop singer-songwriter Jessica James. The album was released on August 11, 2009 under Mercury Records...
, "My Cowboy". The song was released in late October 2009, and was also released as a music video. Also in October 2009, Houser released his third single. The song titled "Whistlin' Dixie
Whistlin' Dixie
"Whistlin' Dixie" is the title of a song recorded by American country artist Randy Houser. It was released in November 2009 as the lead-off single to his second studio album, They Call Me Cadillac, which is released on September 21, 2010.-Content:...
", is the lead-off single to Houser's second studio album, They Call Me Cadillac
They Call Me Cadillac
-Album:-Singles:...
. It debuted at number 59 on the Billboard country charts before the initial release date of November 2, 2009. It peaked at number 31 in January 2010. After it came "I'm All About It," which peaked at number 49 and was not included on the album. Houser's fifth single, "A Man Like Me," was co-written by Houser with Danny Green and Jameson Clark
Jameson Clark (singer)
-Track listing:#"Waitin' on the Whiskey" – 2:32#"You da Man" – 3:47#"I'm Gonna Burn for This" – 3:09#"All Afternoon" – 3:27...
.
2011-present
In 2011, Houser released the song "In God's Time", which was the lead-off single to his upcoming, untitled third album. It peaked at number 54 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Houser left Show Dog-Universal in 2011 and signed with Broken Bow RecordsBroken Bow Records
Broken Bow Records is an American independent record label based in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in July of 1999 by Benny Brown, the label specializes in country music The label's general manager is Jon Loba....
' Stoney Creek division.
Studio albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country |
US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
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... |
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| Anything Goes Anything Goes (Randy Houser album) -Album:-Singles:... |
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21 | 101 | 1 | |||||
| They Call Me Cadillac They Call Me Cadillac -Album:-Singles:... |
Show Dog-Universal Music Show Dog-Universal Music is an American independent record label specializing in country music artists. It was formed from the merger of Show Dog Nashville and Universal South Records in 2009... |
8 | 43 | — | |||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
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... |
US 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... |
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| 2008 | "Anything Goes Anything Goes (Randy Houser song) "Anything Goes" is a country music song written by Brice Long and John Wiggins, and recorded by American country music singer Randy Houser. It was released in May 2008 as Houser's debut single, as well as the lead-off single to his debut album, also titled Anything Goes.- Content :"Anything Goes"... " |
16 | 92 | Anything Goes | |||||
| 2009 | "Boots On Boots On "Boots On" is a country music song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Randy Houser. It was released in early 2009 as Houser's second single to his debut album Anything Goes. The song reached a peak of #2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.-Content:Written by Houser... " |
2 | 53 | ||||||
| "Whistlin' Dixie Whistlin' Dixie "Whistlin' Dixie" is the title of a song recorded by American country artist Randy Houser. It was released in November 2009 as the lead-off single to his second studio album, They Call Me Cadillac, which is released on September 21, 2010.-Content:... " |
31 | — | They Call Me Cadillac | ||||||
| 2010 | "I'm All About It" | 49 | — | Non-album song | |||||
| "A Man Like Me" | 53 | — | They Call Me Cadillac | ||||||
| 2011 | "In God's Time" | 54 | — | Non-album song | |||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
Music videos
| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | "Anything Goes" | Vincenzo Giammanco |
| 2009 | "Boots On" | Drake Vaughan/Eric Welch |
| "Whistlin' Dixie" | Chris Hicky Chris Hicky Chris Hicky is a Grammy nominated music video director from Forrest City, Arkansas, best known for directing many of Keith Urban's videos. Hicky has also directed videos for many other artists in the country music genre, including Dierks Bentley, Kellie Pickler, Deana Carter, Carrie Underwood, Lady... |
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| 2010 | "Boots On" (club version) | Rob Dennis |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Organization | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Country Music Association Country Music Association The Country Music Association was founded in 1958 in Nashville, Tennessee. It originally consisted of only 233 members and was the first trade organization formed to promote a music genre... |
New Artist of the Year | |
| Music Video of the Year - "Boots On" | |||
| 2010 | Academy of Country Music Academy of Country Music The Academy of Country Music was founded in 1964 in Los Angeles, California as the Country & Western Music Academy. Whereas the Country Music Association, founded in 1958, was based in Nashville, the Academy sought to promote country music in the western states. Among those involved in the... |
Video of the Year - "Boots On" | |
| CMT Music Awards CMT Music Awards The CMT Music Awards is a fan-voted awards show for country music videos and television performances. The awards ceremony is held every year in Nashville, Tennessee, and broadcast live on CMT. Voting takes place on CMT's website, CMT.com.-History:... |
USA Weekend USA Weekend USA Weekend is a national publication distributed through more than 800+ newspapers in the United States. It reaches 47 million readers in 22.6 million households every weekend. Awarded for its journalism and design, USA WEEKEND focuses on social issues, entertainment, health, food and travel.... Breakthrough Video of the Year - "Boots On" |
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| 2011 | Academy of Country Music | Top New Solo Vocalist | |