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Chanteur
Country US né le 13 Décembre 1949 à Fort Payne (Alabama). Il fut le leader du
groupe Alabama.
Singer,
guitarist, and songwriter Randy Owen is best known for being the lead singer in
Alabama, the most successful group in the
history of country music. Born on December 14, 1949, Owen and his cousin, Teddy
Gentry, grew up on cotton farms on Lookout Mountain in Alabama, sharing a
passion for singing and guitar. The duo played in a number of different bands
during the '60s, teaming with another cousin, Jeff Cook, in high school to form
Young Country in 1969. The band dissolved when Owen and Cook went off to college,
but re-formed after they graduated. In 1972 they changed their name to
Wildcountry and added drummer Bennet Vartanian, the first of several drummers in
the band before Rick Scott took over the chair in 1974. Wildcountry changed
their name to Alabama and signed a
one-record contract with GRT in 1977, a contract that, thanks to an almost
hidden clause, prevented the group from recording with another label after the
GRT imprint folded. By 1979 the group was finally able to record again, but
Scott opted out and was replaced by Mark Herndon, a former rock drummer whose
harder approach was the last key to Alabama's
signature sound. Following a self-released album and a pair of impressive
independent singles, Alabama signed with
RCA Records in 1980, releasing the single "Tennessee River" later that same year,
jump-starting a career that resulted in 21 gold, platinum, and multi-platinum
albums; 42 number one singles; eight country music Entertainer of the Year
honors; two Grammys; two People's Choice Awards; and their very own star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame before the group finally called it quits in 2003. Owen,
by now a successful rancher, tested the waters for a solo career in 2008 when he
released the album One on One, produced by John Rich of
Big & Rich fame, on Broken Bow Records.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Owen
Talents : Vocals, Guitar
Style musical : Contemporary Country, Urban Cowboy, Country-Pop, Country Rock
Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Album
| 11/2008 | CD BROKEN BOW 72372 (US) |
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ONE ON ONE - I Confess / Holding Everything (with Megan MULLINS) / Like I Never Broke Her Heart / Braid My Hair / One On One / Let's Pretend We're Strangers For The Night / Slow And Steady / Urban's On The Country Radio / No One Can Love You Anymore / Barbados / Pray Me Back Home Again |
© Rocky Productions 5/11/2008
