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Chanteur Country US né le 26
Mars 1955 à Lake City (Tennessee).
There are songwriters, and then
there are poets -- artists who magically weave melodies and words into three-and-a-half-minute
masterpieces that outshine the paint-by-numbers songs that often clog up the
airwaves. Dean Dillon is the latter. The Tennessee native hitchhiked to
Nashville in the early '70s in search of country music glory and wound up being
one of the most successful songwriters to ever set foot in Music City. Dillon's
earliest break came when, at the age of 15, he won a contest that landed him a
regular spot on Jim Clayton's Star Time Variety Show in Knoxville, TN. The
singer/songwriter finished high school and then struck out for the bright lights
of Nashville. A short-lived stint on Plantation Records, under the name Dean
Dalton, produced the single "Las Vegas Girl." In 1976, Dillon landed the role of
Hank Williams in Opryland's Country Music Show, USA. The theme park gig
indirectly helped Dillon secure his first publishing deal.
Although it was writing songs for others where Dillon's future lay, the young
singer was hell-bent on making it as a recording artist himself. Between 1979
and 1981 Dillon released 12 singles for RCA Records. Three of the songs reached
the Top 30 on the country charts, including "Nobody in His Right Mind Would've
Left Her," which climbed all the way to number 25 (and later became a number one
hit for
George Strait). Despite the single's success, Dillon's RCA material would
sit on the shelf for decades before being released. In 1981, at the urging of
RCA label head Jerry Bradley, Dillon teamed up with singer/songwriter
Gary Stewart for the first of two duet albums.
Stewart and Dillon were cut from the same hard-living, honky tonk cloth; it
was a match made in hillbilly heaven. Brotherly Love (1982) and Those Were the
Days (1983), both released on RCA, failed to light up the charts, and the
good-timing duo went their separate ways.
It would be five years before Dillon landed in record bins (and on the charts)
again, but the wordsmith was far from inactive, during this time continuing to
pen songs for other artists. Slick Nickel, issued through Capitol Records in
1988, produced the minor hit "I Go to Pieces," which clawed its way into the Top
40. A second album for Capitol, 1989's I've Learned to Live, spawned two singles
that failed to make any significant noise on the charts. Dillon moved over to
Atlantic Records for Out of Your Ever Lovin' Mind (1991) and Hot, Country &
Single (1993). After the latter failed to produce a hit single, Dillon devoted
his full attention to writing songs for other singers.
In 2002, Dillon was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. In
2007, the Tennessee native returned to the recording ranks with the
independently released Dylyn, a ten-song collection available via his website.
Perfect Day, another website-only/digital release, arrived in 2009. As a
songwriter, Dillon's compositions have been recorded by a wide range of artists,
including legendary country singers
George Jones,
Keith Whitley, and
Vern Gosdin. New country stars like
Kenny Chesney,
Lee Ann Womack, and
Toby Keith have also found chart success with Dillon compositions.
George Strait has recorded more than 50 of Dillon's songs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Dillon
Talents : Vocals, Songwriter, Guitar
Style musical : Contemporary Country, Traditional Country, Honky Tonk
Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles
| 1975 | SP PLANTATION PL-121 (US) | . | Dean DALTON - Las Vegas Girl / A Perfect Way To Cry |
| 11/1979 | SP RCA VICTOR PB-11881 (US) | . | I'm Into The Bottle (To Get You Out Of My Mind) / Tonight |
| 04/1980 | SP RCA VICTOR PB-12003 (US) | . | What Good Is Heart / He's Number One |
| 09/1980 | SP RCA VICTOR PB-12109 (US) | . | Nobody In His Right Mind (Would've Left Her) / Smelling Like A Rose |
| 04/1981 | SP RCA VICTOR PB-12234 (US) | . | They'll Never Take Me Alive / Tonight One Of Us Is Going Out Of My Mind |
| 09/1981 | SP RCA VICTOR PB-12319 (US) | . | Jesus, Let Me Slide / If You're Goin' Crazy |
| 11/1981 | SP RCA VICTOR PB-13049 (US) |
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Gary STEWART & Dean DILLON - Brotherly Love / Firewater Friends |
| 05/1982 | SP RCA VICTOR PB-13208 (US) | . | Play This Old Working Day Away / You To Come Home To |
| 1982 | SP RCA VICTOR PB-13295 (US) | . | You To Come Home To / ? |
| 11/1982 | SP RCA VICTOR PB-13401 (US) | . | Those Were The Days (with Gary STEWART) / Drinkin' Thing Those Were The Days (Gary STEWART) |
| 03/1983 | SP RCA VICTOR PB-13472 (US) | . | Gary STEWART & Dean DILLON - Smokin' In The Rockies / Hard Time For Lovers |
| 09/1983 | SP RCA VICTOR PB-13628 (US) | . | Famous Last Words Of A Fool / Ten Years And Two Babies Later |
| 05/1988 | SP CAPITOL B-44179 (US) | . | New Never Wore Off My Sweet Baby / Feelin' In My Bones |
| 09/1988 | SP CAPITOL B-44239 (US) | . | I Go To Pieces / Hard Time For Lovers |
| 11/1988 | SP CAPITOL B-44294 (US) | . | Hey Heart / Feelin' In My Bones |
| 05/1989 | SP CAPITOL B-44400 (US) | . | It's Love That Makes You Sexy / Feelin' In My Bones |
| 1989 | SP CAPITOL 79827 (US) | . | Back In The Swing Of Things / ? |
| 02/1991 | SP ATLANTIC 7-87774 (US) | . | Holed Up In Some Honky Tonk / All Out Of |
| 05/1991 | SP ATLANTIC 7-87794 (US) | . | Friday Night's Woman / Her Thinkin' I'm Doin' Her Wrong |
| 10/1991 | SP ATLANTIC 7-87606 (US) | . | Don't You Even / She Knows What She Wants |
| 05/1993 | SP ATLANTIC 7-87356 (US) | . | Hot, Country And Single / Holding My Own |
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Albums
| 04/1982 | LP 12" RCA VICTOR AHL1-4310 (US) |
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BROTHERLY LOVE - Gary STEWART & Dean DILLON - Brotherly Love / Cold Turkey / You To Come Home To / Honky Tonk Crazy / Body Shop / Suburban Life / Play This Old Working Day Away / She Sings Amazing Grace / Fairweather Friends / Let's Start A War |
| 01/1983 | LP 12" RCA VICTOR MHL1-8602 (US) |
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THOSE WERE THE DAYS - Gary STEWART & Dean DILLON - Those Were The Days / Misfits / Hard Time For Lovers / Living On The Ragged Edge / Losers And Lovers / Smokin' In The Rockies |
| 1988 | LP 12" CAPITOL C1-48920 (US) |
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SLICK NICKEL - Hey Heart / The New Never Wore Off My Sweet Baby / When The Feelin's Right / I Go To Pieces / Hard Time For Lovers / Appalachia Got To Have You Feelin' In My Bones / You Sure Got This Ol' Redneck Feelin' Blue / Still Got A Crush On You / Station To Station / Father, Son And Holy Ghost |
| 08/1989 | CD CAPITOL CDP 7 92079 2 (US) |
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I'VE LEARNED TO LIVE - Just In Time / Changes Comin' On / Who Do You Think You Are / Don't You Even Think About Leaving / I've Learned To Live / It's Love That Makes You Sexy / Back In The Swing Of Things / Summer Was A Bummer / Her Thinkin' I'm Doin' Her Wrong / Holdin' Pattern |
| 06/1991 | CD ATLANTIC 7 82183-2 (US) |
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OUT OF YOUR EVER LOVIN' MIND - Friday Night's Woman / Holed Up In Some Honky Tonk / Best Love Friends She Knows What She Wants / Holding My Own / Don't You Even (Think About Leaving) / Her Thinkin' I'm Do Ing Her Wrong (Ain't Doin' Me Right) / A Country Boy (Who Rolled The Rock Away) / You Must Be Out Of Your Ever Lovin' Mind / The Umbrella Song |
| 06/1991 | CD ATLANTIC 7 82438-2 (US) |
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HOT, COUNTRY AND SINGLE - Hot, Country, And Single / Easy Come, Easy Go / Old News / Some Days It Takes All Night / Heart On The Line / I Just Came In Here To Have A Good Time / What'll I Do With It Now / When Hell Freezes Over / Everybody Knows / Holed Up In Some Honky Tonk |
| 10/2005 | CD Raven RVCD-226 (AUS) |
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Brotherly Love / Those Were The Days - Gary STEWART & Dean DILLON - Brotherly Love / Cold Turkey / You To Come Home To / Honky Tonk Crazy / Body Shop / Suburban Life / Play This Old Working Day Away / She Sings Amazing Grace / Firewater Friends / Let's Start A War / I'm Into The Bottle (To Get You Out Of My Mind) / Tonight / What Good Is A Heart / He's Number One / Nobody In His Right Mind (Would've Left Her) / Smelling Like A Rose / They'll Never Take Me Alive / Tonight One Of Us Is Going Out Of My Mind / Jesus Let Me Slide / If You're Going Crazy (I'm Headed That Way) / Famous Last Words Of A Fool / Those Were The Days / Misfits / Hard Time For Lovers / Living On The Ragged Edge / Losers And Lovers / Smokin' In The Rockies |
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