Shelby Lynne
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Shelby Lynne is an American
singer, songwriter
and actress. The success of the 1999 album I Am Shelby Lynne
led to her winning the Grammy Award for Best New Artist
, even though she had been active in the music industry for some time. She released a Dusty Springfield
tribute album called Just a Little Lovin'
in 2008. Since then she has started her own independent record label, called Everso Records, and released three albums: Tears, Lies and Alibis
, Merry Christmas, and Revelation Road.
, where she attended Washington County High School. Music was an important part of the Moorer family. Her father, who worked as an English teacher and a juvenile corrections officer, played the guitar, while her mother was a singer. Her father also drank a lot and eventually became abusive. In August 1986, when Lynne was 17, her father shot and killed her mother and then himself. She and her younger sister Allison Moorer
subsequently moved in with relatives.
's country music show Nashville Now
in 1987. She soon landed a recording contract with Epic Records
. Her first recording for Epic was a duet with George Jones
, "If I Could Bottle This Up", which became a top-50 hit in 1988. Epic teamed Lynne with producer Billy Sherrill
for her 1989 debut album Sunrise. The follow-up, 1990's Tough All Over, took more of a mainstream country direction, and 1991's Soft Talk
found Lynne moving into slick country-pop.
Lynne placed several songs on the country charts during this period, but none managed to break into the top 20. Critics generally regarded her as a promising talent, and she won the ACM
's Top New Female Vocalist in 1990.
However, she was tiring of the lack of control she was afforded over her image and musical direction. She split from Epic and signed with the smaller Morgan Creek
label, debuting with 1993's Temptation
, an exercise in Bob Wills
-style Western swing
and big band
jazz. The label folded not long after, and she moved on to Magnatone for 1995's Restless
, which marked a return to contemporary-style country. Afterward, Lynne disappeared from recording for several years.
in 1998. For her next record, she worked with producer and songwriter Bill Bottrell
. The result was the confessional and eclectic alternative country
album I Am Shelby Lynne
. "That album came from the most vulnerable, desperate place," she recalled years later. "I think about it every day." Island Def Jam released the album in England during the fall of 1999 and then in the U.S. the following year, to wide critical acclaim. At the 43rd Grammy Awards, held on February 21, 2001, she won the award for Best New Artist
. "Thirteen years and six albums to get here," said Lynne during her acceptance speech.
Her 2001 follow-up album Love, Shelby
was produced by Glen Ballard
and featured a slicker, more pop-influenced sound. The album received mixed reviews. One of the songs, "Killin' Kind", also appeared on the soundtrack of the film Bridget Jones's Diary
.
Lynne took a more low-key approach on her next effort. Identity Crisis
was self produced, recorded largely in her home studio and with few additional musicians. Many of the 12 tracks focused on dark themes, but there were also lighter songs such as "One With the Sun" (inspired by a conversation she had with Willie Nelson
). The album found a home on Capitol Records and was released in September 2003. The critics gave her high marks; AllMusic's Thom Jurek wrote, "There is no identity crisis here, just the indelible mark of a mature, intense, always engaging artist." Suit Yourself
(2005) also received praise from critics. However, neither record was commercially successful.
, released in early 2008 by Lost Highway Records, paid tribute to the late British singer Dusty Springfield
. The producer was Phil Ramone
, who had worked with Springfield on "The Look of Love
". Just A Little Lovin became the highest charting album of Lynne's career, reaching number 41 on the Billboard 200. In a review for Entertainment Weekly, Marc Weingarten wrote that the album "is a stark reminder of Lynne's empathetic skill as an interpreter".
Following a dispute with Lost Highway, Lynne started her own label, called Everso Records. "I plan on taking advantage of my freedom and working hard and putting out a lot of records," she said in an interview. The first release was her album Tears, Lies and Alibis
(2010). She followed up later that year with the holiday album Merry Christmas, featuring such classics as "Christmas Time Is Here" and "O Holy Night". The third and most recent release is Revelation Road (2011). As one reviewer noted, "Lynne ambitiously wrote all the music, played all of the instruments, and sang all of the songs, as well as recorded and produced the album".
song "Mother" at Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music
in October 2001 and at Theatre Within's 30th annual Lennon tribute in November 2010.
She has worked professionally with Allison Moorer. On Moorer's live album Show, released in 2003, Lynne performed three duets with her sister. Lynne wrote "She Knows Where She Goes", one of the songs featured on Moorer's 2008 album Mockingbird. The two sisters performed five concerts together during what they called the Side by Side tour. The concerts took place from October through December 2010 in San Francisco, New York, Virginia, and Alabama.
In 2002, she sang a duet with Raul Malo
(formerly of the Mavericks) on his first solo-album Today. The song is titled "Takes Two To Tango". In 2004, Lynne was featured in a duet version of alternative rock
band Live
's song "Run Away." This rendition can be found on the band's greatest hits compilation Awake: The Best of Live
. In 2007, she performed background vocals on Marc Cohn
's fourth album, Join the Parade
. She contributed to Forever Cool, a 2007 album from Capitol/EMI featuring contemporary artists in duets with the late Dean Martin
. Alongside Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
, Lynne performed a duet of one of Martin's best known tunes, "You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You".
She also joined the 9th and 10th annual Independent Music Awards
judging panel to assist independent musicians' careers.
Lynne has taken on a few acting roles. She portrayed Johnny Cash
's mother Carrie in the 2005 film Walk the Line
. She appeared in a 2009 episode of the Lifetime drama series Army Wives
as a country singer trying to reunite with her son. She played herself in an episode of the Starz comedy series Head Case.
Academy of Country Music Awards
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
singer, songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
and actress. The success of the 1999 album I Am Shelby Lynne
I Am Shelby Lynne
I Am Shelby Lynne is the sixth studio album by Shelby Lynne, released on April 10, 1999 in the United Kingdom, and on January 25, 2000 in the United States...
led to her winning the Grammy Award for Best New Artist
Grammy Award for Best New Artist
The Grammy Award for Best New Artist has been awarded since 1959. Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were handed out, for records released in the previous year. The award was not presented in 1967...
, even though she had been active in the music industry for some time. She released a Dusty Springfield
Dusty Springfield
Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'BrienSources use both Isabel and Isobel as the spelling of her second name. OBE , known professionally as Dusty Springfield and dubbed The White Queen of Soul, was a British pop singer whose career extended from the late 1950s to the 1990s...
tribute album called Just a Little Lovin'
Just a Little Lovin' (Shelby Lynne album)
Just a Little Lovin' is the tenth studio album by Shelby Lynne, released in the United States and Canada on January 29, 2008. The album is a tribute to British singer Dusty Springfield, and features covers of nine songs popularized by her, in addition to "Pretend", an original song written by Lynne...
in 2008. Since then she has started her own independent record label, called Everso Records, and released three albums: Tears, Lies and Alibis
Tears, Lies and Alibis
Tears, Lies, and Alibis is the eleventh studio album by Shelby Lynne, released on April 20, 2010 on Lynne's own newly-founded record label, Everso Records. It received generally positive reviews, with a composite review of 72 on Metacritic...
, Merry Christmas, and Revelation Road.
Early life
Shelby Lynne was born in Virginia but grew up in the small town of Frankville, Alabama, near Chatom, AlabamaChatom, Alabama
Chatom is a town in Washington County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 1,193. The city is the county seat of Washington County.-Geography:Chatom is located at .According to the U.S...
, where she attended Washington County High School. Music was an important part of the Moorer family. Her father, who worked as an English teacher and a juvenile corrections officer, played the guitar, while her mother was a singer. Her father also drank a lot and eventually became abusive. In August 1986, when Lynne was 17, her father shot and killed her mother and then himself. She and her younger sister Allison Moorer
Allison Moorer
Allison Moorer is an American alternative country singer and the younger sister of Shelby Lynne. She signed to MCA Nashville in 1998 and made her debut on the U.S...
subsequently moved in with relatives.
Early career
Lynne appeared on TNNThe Nashville Network
The Nashville Network, usually referred to as TNN, was an American country music-oriented cable television network. Programming included music videos, taped concerts, movies, syndicated programs, and numerous talk shows...
's country music show Nashville Now
Nashville Now
Nashville Now is a television talk show that focused on country music performers. It aired live weeknights on The Nashville Network from 1983-1993. The host was Nashville TV/radio personality Ralph Emery. The show won several Emmy awards during its run. A frequent guest and substitute host was...
in 1987. She soon landed a recording contract with Epic Records
Epic Records
Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...
. Her first recording for Epic was a duet with George Jones
George Jones
George Glenn Jones is an American country music singer known for his long list of hit records, his distinctive voice and phrasing, and his marriage to Tammy Wynette....
, "If I Could Bottle This Up", which became a top-50 hit in 1988. Epic teamed Lynne with producer Billy Sherrill
Billy Sherrill
Billy Sherrill is a record producer and arranger who is most famous for his association with a number of country artists, most notably Tammy Wynette...
for her 1989 debut album Sunrise. The follow-up, 1990's Tough All Over, took more of a mainstream country direction, and 1991's Soft Talk
Soft Talk
Soft Talk is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Shelby Lynne. It was released in 1991 on the Epic label. Two tracks on the album, "The Very First Lasting Love" and "Stop Me" were performed with Les Taylor. The album reached No. 55 on the Billboard Country Albums chart...
found Lynne moving into slick country-pop.
Lynne placed several songs on the country charts during this period, but none managed to break into the top 20. Critics generally regarded her as a promising talent, and she won the ACM
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...
's Top New Female Vocalist in 1990.
However, she was tiring of the lack of control she was afforded over her image and musical direction. She split from Epic and signed with the smaller Morgan Creek
Morgan Creek
Morgan Creek is a stream in Mono and Inyo counties of eastern California, in the western United States.It flows from the high eastern Sierra Nevada in the Inyo National Forest, through Round Valley, to its confluence with Pine Creek near the Owens River northeast of Bishop in the Owens...
label, debuting with 1993's Temptation
Temptation (Shelby Lynne album)
-Chart performance:...
, an exercise in Bob Wills
Bob Wills
James Robert Wills , better known as Bob Wills, was an American Western Swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader, considered by music authorities as the co-founder of Western Swing and universally known as the pioneering King of Western Swing.Bob Wills' name will forever be associated with...
-style Western swing
Western swing
Western swing music is a subgenre of American country music that originated in the late 1920s in the West and South among the region's Western string bands...
and big band
Big band
A big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with jazz and the Swing Era typically consisting of rhythm, brass, and woodwind instruments totaling approximately twelve to twenty-five musicians...
jazz. The label folded not long after, and she moved on to Magnatone for 1995's Restless
Restless (Shelby Lynne album)
Restless is the fifth studio album by Shelby Lynne, released on July 18, 1995 on Magnatone Records, and later re-released on Curb Records. The album is considered the last in a series of efforts for Lynne to attract mainstream country music audiences, this time incorporating elements of western...
, which marked a return to contemporary-style country. Afterward, Lynne disappeared from recording for several years.
Breakthrough
Lynne moved to Palm Springs, CaliforniaPalm Springs, California
Palm Springs is a desert city in Riverside County, California, within the Coachella Valley. It is located approximately 37 miles east of San Bernardino, 111 miles east of Los Angeles and 136 miles northeast of San Diego...
in 1998. For her next record, she worked with producer and songwriter Bill Bottrell
Bill Bottrell
Bill Bottrell is an American record producer, songwriter and musician, probably best known for his Grammy Award-winning collaborations with Michael Jackson, E.L.O. and Sheryl Crow.- Biography :...
. The result was the confessional and eclectic alternative country
Alternative country
Alternative country is a loosely defined sub-genre of country music, which includes acts that differ significantly in style from mainstream or pop country music...
album I Am Shelby Lynne
I Am Shelby Lynne
I Am Shelby Lynne is the sixth studio album by Shelby Lynne, released on April 10, 1999 in the United Kingdom, and on January 25, 2000 in the United States...
. "That album came from the most vulnerable, desperate place," she recalled years later. "I think about it every day." Island Def Jam released the album in England during the fall of 1999 and then in the U.S. the following year, to wide critical acclaim. At the 43rd Grammy Awards, held on February 21, 2001, she won the award for Best New Artist
Grammy Award for Best New Artist
The Grammy Award for Best New Artist has been awarded since 1959. Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were handed out, for records released in the previous year. The award was not presented in 1967...
. "Thirteen years and six albums to get here," said Lynne during her acceptance speech.
Her 2001 follow-up album Love, Shelby
Love, Shelby
Love, Shelby is the seventh studio album by Shelby Lynne, released on November 13, 2001 on Island Records. The follow-up to her acclaimed I Am Shelby Lynne, this album found Lynne collaborating with producer Glen Ballard, who became widely known for his work producing Alanis Morissette's Jagged...
was produced by Glen Ballard
Glen Ballard
Glen Ballard is an American songwriter and record producer, best known for co-writing and producing Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill , which won Grammy Award for "Best Rock Album", and "Album of the Year" amongst others, and is ranked by the Rolling Stone amongst The 500 Greatest Albums of...
and featured a slicker, more pop-influenced sound. The album received mixed reviews. One of the songs, "Killin' Kind", also appeared on the soundtrack of the film Bridget Jones's Diary
Bridget Jones's Diary (film)
Bridget Jones's Diary is a 2001 British romantic comedy film based on Helen Fielding's novel of the same name. The adaptation stars Renée Zellweger as Bridget, Hugh Grant as the caddish Daniel Cleaver, and Colin Firth as Bridget's "true love", Mark Darcy...
.
Lynne took a more low-key approach on her next effort. Identity Crisis
Identity Crisis (Shelby Lynne album)
Identity Crisis is the eighth studio album by Shelby Lynne, released in 2003. It has a blues and traditional rock sound. According to Metacritic, Identity Crisis holds a score of 83 out of 100, indicating "universal acclaim".-Track listing:...
was self produced, recorded largely in her home studio and with few additional musicians. Many of the 12 tracks focused on dark themes, but there were also lighter songs such as "One With the Sun" (inspired by a conversation she had with Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson
Willie Hugh Nelson is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie , combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger and Stardust , made Nelson one of the most recognized...
). The album found a home on Capitol Records and was released in September 2003. The critics gave her high marks; AllMusic's Thom Jurek wrote, "There is no identity crisis here, just the indelible mark of a mature, intense, always engaging artist." Suit Yourself
Suit Yourself
Suit Yourself is the ninth studio album by Shelby Lynne, released on May 24, 2005. The album is the second consecutive self-produced album for Lynne, and one of two recorded for release by Capitol Records...
(2005) also received praise from critics. However, neither record was commercially successful.
Recent career
Her album Just a Little Lovin'Just a Little Lovin' (Shelby Lynne album)
Just a Little Lovin' is the tenth studio album by Shelby Lynne, released in the United States and Canada on January 29, 2008. The album is a tribute to British singer Dusty Springfield, and features covers of nine songs popularized by her, in addition to "Pretend", an original song written by Lynne...
, released in early 2008 by Lost Highway Records, paid tribute to the late British singer Dusty Springfield
Dusty Springfield
Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'BrienSources use both Isabel and Isobel as the spelling of her second name. OBE , known professionally as Dusty Springfield and dubbed The White Queen of Soul, was a British pop singer whose career extended from the late 1950s to the 1990s...
. The producer was Phil Ramone
Phil Ramone
Phil Ramone is a South-African violinist, composer, recording engineer, and record producer.-Biography:As a young child in South Africa, Ramone was a musical prodigy, beginning to play the violin at age three and performing for Queen Elizabeth II at age ten...
, who had worked with Springfield on "The Look of Love
The Look of Love (1967 song)
"The Look of Love" is a popular song composed by Burt Bacharach and Hal David and sung by Dusty Springfield, which appeared in the 1967 spoof James Bond film Casino Royale.-Songwriters:...
". Just A Little Lovin became the highest charting album of Lynne's career, reaching number 41 on the Billboard 200. In a review for Entertainment Weekly, Marc Weingarten wrote that the album "is a stark reminder of Lynne's empathetic skill as an interpreter".
Following a dispute with Lost Highway, Lynne started her own label, called Everso Records. "I plan on taking advantage of my freedom and working hard and putting out a lot of records," she said in an interview. The first release was her album Tears, Lies and Alibis
Tears, Lies and Alibis
Tears, Lies, and Alibis is the eleventh studio album by Shelby Lynne, released on April 20, 2010 on Lynne's own newly-founded record label, Everso Records. It received generally positive reviews, with a composite review of 72 on Metacritic...
(2010). She followed up later that year with the holiday album Merry Christmas, featuring such classics as "Christmas Time Is Here" and "O Holy Night". The third and most recent release is Revelation Road (2011). As one reviewer noted, "Lynne ambitiously wrote all the music, played all of the instruments, and sang all of the songs, as well as recorded and produced the album".
Additional projects
Lynne performed the John LennonJohn Lennon
John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
song "Mother" at Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music
Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music
Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music was a 2001 television program tribute to John Lennon. It aired on The WB.Originally planned to celebrate Lennon's accomplishments, the concert took place on October 2, 2001 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, shortly after 9/11...
in October 2001 and at Theatre Within's 30th annual Lennon tribute in November 2010.
She has worked professionally with Allison Moorer. On Moorer's live album Show, released in 2003, Lynne performed three duets with her sister. Lynne wrote "She Knows Where She Goes", one of the songs featured on Moorer's 2008 album Mockingbird. The two sisters performed five concerts together during what they called the Side by Side tour. The concerts took place from October through December 2010 in San Francisco, New York, Virginia, and Alabama.
In 2002, she sang a duet with Raul Malo
Raul Malo
Raúl Francisco Martínez-Malo Jr. , known professionally as Raúl Malo, is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer. He was the lead singer of country music band The Mavericks and the co-writer of many of their singles, as well as Rick Trevino's 2003 single "In My Dreams"...
(formerly of the Mavericks) on his first solo-album Today. The song is titled "Takes Two To Tango". In 2004, Lynne was featured in a duet version of alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
band Live
Live (band)
Live is an American rock band from York, Pennsylvania, composed of Chad Taylor , Patrick Dahlheimer , and Chad Gracey . Lead singer and principal songwriter Ed Kowalczyk left the band in November 2009....
's song "Run Away." This rendition can be found on the band's greatest hits compilation Awake: The Best of Live
Awake: The Best of Live
Awake: The Best of Live is Live's greatest hits album, released in 2004. The 19-track compilation includes songs from Live's first six studio albums as well as "We Deal in Dreams", an unreleased track from the Throwing Copper sessions. The deluxe edition includes a DVD containing 22 music videos...
. In 2007, she performed background vocals on Marc Cohn
Marc Cohn
Marc Craig Cohn is an American folk rock singer-songwriter and musician.- Personal life :Cohn was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from Beachwood High School in Beachwood, a Cleveland suburb. He then attended Oberlin College....
's fourth album, Join the Parade
Join the Parade
Join the Parade is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Marc Cohn, released in 2007.An MP3 version of the album was available on iTunes on September 25, 2007 and contained the bonus track "You're a Shadow", which is not on the studio release.The first track off the album to hit...
. She contributed to Forever Cool, a 2007 album from Capitol/EMI featuring contemporary artists in duets with the late Dean Martin
Dean Martin
Dean Martin was an American singer, film actor, television star and comedian. Martin's hit singles included "Memories Are Made of This", "That's Amore", "Everybody Loves Somebody", "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You", "Sway", "Volare" and "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?"...
. Alongside Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy is a contemporary swing revival band from southern California. Their notable singles include "Go Daddy-O", "You & Me & the Bottle Makes 3 Tonight ", and "Mr. Pinstripe Suit". The band played the Super Bowl XXXIII half-time show in 1999.The band was originally formed in Ventura,...
, Lynne performed a duet of one of Martin's best known tunes, "You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You".
She also joined the 9th and 10th annual Independent Music Awards
The Independent Music Awards
The Independent Music Awards is an international program that honors top-ranked independent artists and releases in more than 50 Album, Song, Music Video and Design categories....
judging panel to assist independent musicians' careers.
Lynne has taken on a few acting roles. She portrayed Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...
's mother Carrie in the 2005 film Walk the Line
Walk the Line
Walk the Line is a 2005 American biographical drama film directed by James Mangold and based on the early life and career of country music artist Johnny Cash...
. She appeared in a 2009 episode of the Lifetime drama series Army Wives
Army Wives
Army Wives is an American drama series that follows the lives of four army wives, their families, and an army husband whose wife is in the army. The series, shot at ABC Studios, premiered on Lifetime on June 3, 2007...
as a country singer trying to reunite with her son. She played herself in an episode of the Starz comedy series Head Case.
Studio albums
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| 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... |
US Indie Independent Albums The Billboard Independent Albums is a chart of the highest-selling independent music albums and extended plays in the United States, compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is used to list artists who are not signed to major labels... |
US Folk Folk Albums Folk Albums is a music chart published weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks the top selling "current releases by traditional folk artists, as well as appropriate titles by acoustic-based singer-songwriters" in the United States. The chart debuted on the issue dated December 5, 2009... |
US Rock |
SWE Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association .... |
UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
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| Sunrise |
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| Tough All Over |
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| Soft Talk Soft Talk Soft Talk is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Shelby Lynne. It was released in 1991 on the Epic label. Two tracks on the album, "The Very First Lasting Love" and "Stop Me" were performed with Les Taylor. The album reached No. 55 on the Billboard Country Albums chart... |
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55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Temptation Temptation (Shelby Lynne album) -Chart performance:... |
Mercury Records Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal... /Morgan Creek Morgan Creek Productions Morgan Creek Productions is an American film studio that has released box-office hits like Young Guns, Dead Ringers, Major League, True Romance, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The King and I, The Crush, and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, and others. The studio was co-founded in 1987 by James G... |
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| Restless Restless (Shelby Lynne album) Restless is the fifth studio album by Shelby Lynne, released on July 18, 1995 on Magnatone Records, and later re-released on Curb Records. The album is considered the last in a series of efforts for Lynne to attract mainstream country music audiences, this time incorporating elements of western... |
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| I Am Shelby Lynne I Am Shelby Lynne I Am Shelby Lynne is the sixth studio album by Shelby Lynne, released on April 10, 1999 in the United Kingdom, and on January 25, 2000 in the United States... |
Island Records Island Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group... |
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| Love, Shelby Love, Shelby Love, Shelby is the seventh studio album by Shelby Lynne, released on November 13, 2001 on Island Records. The follow-up to her acclaimed I Am Shelby Lynne, this album found Lynne collaborating with producer Glen Ballard, who became widely known for his work producing Alanis Morissette's Jagged... |
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| Identity Crisis Identity Crisis (Shelby Lynne album) Identity Crisis is the eighth studio album by Shelby Lynne, released in 2003. It has a blues and traditional rock sound. According to Metacritic, Identity Crisis holds a score of 83 out of 100, indicating "universal acclaim".-Track listing:... |
Capitol Records Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine... |
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| Suit Yourself Suit Yourself Suit Yourself is the ninth studio album by Shelby Lynne, released on May 24, 2005. The album is the second consecutive self-produced album for Lynne, and one of two recorded for release by Capitol Records... |
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| Just a Little Lovin' Just a Little Lovin' (Shelby Lynne album) Just a Little Lovin' is the tenth studio album by Shelby Lynne, released in the United States and Canada on January 29, 2008. The album is a tribute to British singer Dusty Springfield, and features covers of nine songs popularized by her, in addition to "Pretend", an original song written by Lynne... |
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| Tears, Lies and Alibis Tears, Lies and Alibis Tears, Lies, and Alibis is the eleventh studio album by Shelby Lynne, released on April 20, 2010 on Lynne's own newly-founded record label, Everso Records. It received generally positive reviews, with a composite review of 72 on Metacritic... |
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| Merry Christmas |
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| Revelation Road |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
Holiday albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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|---|---|---|---|
| US Folk Folk Albums Folk Albums is a music chart published weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks the top selling "current releases by traditional folk artists, as well as appropriate titles by acoustic-based singer-songwriters" in the United States. The chart debuted on the issue dated December 5, 2009... |
US Holiday |
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| Merry Christmas |
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9 | 31 |
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details |
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| This Is Shelby Lynne: The Best of the Epic Years |
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| Epic Recordings |
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| The Definitive Collection |
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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 AC |
US Adult Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks Adult Top 40 is a variation on the United States Billboard charts... |
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,... |
CAN AC 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,... |
UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
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| 1989 | "Under Your Spell Again" | 93 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album song |
| "Hurtin' Side" | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | Sunrise | |
| "Little Bits and Pieces" | 62 | — | — | 85 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | "I'll Lie Myself to Sleep" | 26 | — | — | 37 | — | — | Tough All Over |
| "Things Are Tough All Over" | 23 | — | — | 19 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | "What About the Love We Made" | 45 | — | — | 86 | — | — | |
| "The Very First Lasting Love" (with Les Taylor Les Taylor (singer) Les Taylor is an American country music artist. Taylor has released two studio albums on Epic Records. His highest charting single, "I Gotta Mind to Go Crazy," peaked at #44 in 1991.... ) |
50 | — | — | 41 | — | — | Soft Talk | |
| "Don't Cross Your Heart" | 54 | — | — | 95 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | "Feelin' Kind of Lonely Tonight" | 69 | — | — | — | — | — | Temptation |
| "Tell Me I'm Crazy" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995 | "Slow Me Down" | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | Restless |
| "I'm Not the One" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996 | "Another Chance at Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1999 | "Your Lies" | — | — | — | — | — | — | I Am Shelby Lynne |
| 2000 | "Leavin'" | — | — | — | — | 71 | 73 | |
| "Gotta Get Back" | — | 26 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001 | "Killin' Kind" | — | — | 30 | — | — | — | Love, Shelby |
| 2002 | "Wall in Your Heart" | — | 22 | — | — | — | — | |
| 2003 | "Telephone" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Identity Crisis |
| "Lonesome" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005 | "I Won't Die Alone" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Suit Yourself |
| "Go with It" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007 | "Anyone Who Had a Heart" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Just a Little Lovin |
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Guest singles
| Year | Single | Artist | 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... |
NLD Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting... |
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| 1988 | "If I Could Bottle This Up" | George Jones George Jones George Glenn Jones is an American country music singer known for his long list of hit records, his distinctive voice and phrasing, and his marriage to Tammy Wynette.... |
43 | — | Friends in High Places Friends in High Places (George Jones album) Friends in High Places is an album by American country music artist George Jones. This album was released in 1991 on Epic Records. This would be Jones' final album with Epic Records. The album contained duets that were mostly recorded in 1988 and 1991...the one with Emmylou Harris, for example, was... |
| 1990 | "Tomorrow's World" | Various | 74 | — | Non-album song |
| 2003 | "Going Down" | Alison Moorer | — | — | Show |
| 2004 | "Run Away" | Live Live (band) Live is an American rock band from York, Pennsylvania, composed of Chad Taylor , Patrick Dahlheimer , and Chad Gracey . Lead singer and principal songwriter Ed Kowalczyk left the band in November 2009.... |
— | 41 | Awake: The Best of Live Awake: The Best of Live Awake: The Best of Live is Live's greatest hits album, released in 2004. The 19-track compilation includes songs from Live's first six studio albums as well as "We Deal in Dreams", an unreleased track from the Throwing Copper sessions. The deluxe edition includes a DVD containing 22 music videos... |
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Music videos
| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | "The Hurtin' Side" | |
| 1990 | "I'll Lie Myself to Sleep" | Deaton-Flanigen Productions 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... |
| "Things Are Tough All Over" | ||
| 1991 | "The Very First Lasting Love" (with Les Taylor Les Taylor (singer) Les Taylor is an American country music artist. Taylor has released two studio albums on Epic Records. His highest charting single, "I Gotta Mind to Go Crazy," peaked at #44 in 1991.... ) |
Deaton-Flanigen Productions |
| 1993 | "Feeling Kind of Lonely Tonight" | Michael Berkofsky |
| "Tell Me I'm Crazy" | ||
| 1995 | "Slow Me Down" | Steven Goldmann Steven Goldmann Steven Goldmann is a Canadian music video and film director. He has directed over 200 music videos. Goldmann also directed the movies Broken Bridges and Trailer Park of Terror, and has additionally directed several television programs.-1990-1999:... |
| "I'm Not the One" | Roger Pistole | |
| 1996 | "Another Chance at Love" | |
| 1999 | "Your Lies" | |
| 2000 | "Your Lies" (version 2) | |
| 2001 | "Gotta Get Back" | Randee St. Nicholas |
| 2002 | "Killin' Kind" | Hype Williams |
| "Wall in Your Heart" | Randee St. Nicholas | |
| 2004 | "Run Away" (w/ Live Live (band) Live is an American rock band from York, Pennsylvania, composed of Chad Taylor , Patrick Dahlheimer , and Chad Gracey . Lead singer and principal songwriter Ed Kowalczyk left the band in November 2009.... ) |
Mary Lambert |
| 2005 | "Go with It" | Eric Cochran/Alex Hedison |
| 2008 | "Anyone Who Had a Heart" | Stephen Scott/Brendan Steacy |
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Hee Haw Hee Haw Hee Haw is an American television variety show featuring country music and humor with fictional rural Kornfield Kounty as a backdrop. It aired on CBS-TV from 1969–1971 before a 20-year run in local syndication. The show was inspired by Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, the major difference being... |
Herself | 1 episode |
| 2005 | Walk the Line | Carrie Cash | |
| 2007 | Head Case | Herself | 1 episode |
| 2009 | Army Wives Army Wives Army Wives is an American drama series that follows the lives of four army wives, their families, and an army husband whose wife is in the army. The series, shot at ABC Studios, premiered on Lifetime on June 3, 2007... |
Stella Raye | 1 episode |
Awards
Grammy Awards- 2001 - Best New Artist (Won)
Academy of Country Music Awards
- 1990 - New Female Vocalist of the Year (Won)