Saturday, December 4, 2010

Dec. 4: Country music singer Lila McCann is 29 today.



Lila Elaine McCann was born in Steilacoom, Washington. She made her first public performance at age four, when she sang "You Are My Sunshine" in her father's country music band. Later on, she became a local performer in her own right, singing in small venues around her hometown.


By the of 16, McCann recorded "Down Came a Blackbird," a song given to her by her manager, Kasey Walker. McCann's version of the song was sent to Seymour Stein, president of the Asylum Records label, who signed her to a recording contract in 1997.

Reaching a peak of #28 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, the song was the first release from her 1997 album Lila, which became the highest-selling album for a debut country music act in 1997 and was certified platinum in the U.S.A.

McCann followed Lila with two more albums: 1999's gold-certified Something in the Air and Complete in 2001. Overall, she has charted twelve singles on the Billboard country charts, with the highest-peaking being 1998's "I Wanna Fall in Love" at #3. Her second-highest peaking single, 1999's "With You," which reached #9 on the country charts and #41 on the Billboard Hot 100.


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Recommended (Press album covers for direct links to Amazon):

LilaSomething In The AirComplete

McCann followed Lila with two more albums: 1999's gold-certified Something in the Air and Complete in 2001.

Overall, she has charted twelve singles on the Billboard country charts, with the highest-peaking being 1998's "I Wanna Fall in Love" at #3. Her second-highest peaking single, 1999's "With You," which reached #9 on the country charts and #41 on the Billboard Hot 100.


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