Stephanie Bentley

Chanteuse Country US née Stephanie Kay Bentley, le 29 Avril 1963 à Thomasville (Georgie).

Georgia-born singer Stephanie Bentley earned her first taste of musical success at the age of nine, when she, her sister Camille, and a friend took top honors in a local talent contest. The young Vocals trio's success won Bentley a slot in a music and drama troupe, where she remained for a number of years, singing everything from show tunes to modern dance-pop and even performing at the White House for then-President Jimmy Carter. In 1984, she formed her own band, Special Delivery, which specialized in Top 40 music and oldies.
After a stint in Georgia singing demos and advertising jingles, Bentley reunited with sister Camille and, as the Bentley Sisters, signed a Nashville production deal which failed to pan out. Discouraged, she eventually relocated to Nashville on a permanent basis and returned to recording demos; one, for a song called "Shake the Sugar Tree," was later used as a backing Vocals when the tune was recut by Pam Tillis. Another developmental deal followed, but again proved fruitless. A third contract, however, resulted in a hit 1995 duo with Ty Herndon, "Heart Half Empty." Bentley's solo debut, Hopechest, followed in 1996.

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2000

DISCOGRAPHY

Singles

1995	CD EPIC 34-78073 (US)	.	Heart Half Empty / Love At 90 Miles An Hour
1995	CD EPIC ESK-78073 (US) (promo)		Heart Half Empty (album version) / Heart Half Empty (radio edit)
01/1996	SP EPIC 34-78234 (US)	.	Who's That Girl / The Hopechest Song
1996	CD EPIC ESK 78234 (US)		Who's That Girl
07/1996	SP EPIC 34-78336 (US)	.	Once I Was The Light Of Your Life / What's Wrong With You (Is You Ain't Got Me)
12/1996	SP EPIC 34-78431 (US)	.	Dead Ringer / Think Of Me
1996	CD EPIC ESK 78431 (US)	.	Dead Ringer
1997	CD EPIC ? (US)	.	The Hopechest Song
12/1999	CD SONY 78431 (US)	.	Dead Ringer

Album

01/1996

CD EPIC EK 66877 (US)

HOPECHEST - I'm Listening / Who's That Girl / Once I Was The Light Of Your Life / What's Wrong With You (Is You Ain't Got Me) / Half The Moon / Permanent Hurt / The Hopechest Song / If Promises Were Gold / Dead Ringer / Heart Half Empty / Think Of Me