Friday, October 22, 2010

Oct. 22: Country-pop singer Shelby Lynne is 42 today.



Born Shelby Lynn Moorer in Frankville, Alabama she is known as a singer, songwriter and actress. Growing up, her father, who worked as an English teacher and a juvenile corrections officer, played the guitar, while her mother was a singer.

 
                                                            

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Lynne placed several songs on the country charts during this period, but none managed to break into the top 20.

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.
 
In 2008, she released a Dusty Springfield tribute album called Just a Little Lovin'. She then started her own independent record label, called Everso Records, and released two albums: Tears, Lies and Alibis and Merry Christmas.

Lynne appeared on TNN'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.


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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 country-pop. she won the ACM's Top New Female Vocalist in 1990.


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