Shelby Lynne
Shelby Lynne ( born October 22, 1968 in Quantico, Virginia, as Shelby Lynne Moorer ) is a Grammy-winning American singer - songwriter and musician. She is the elder sister of Allison Moorer.
Career
Shelby Lynne grew up in Jackson, Alabama. In 1986, Lynne was first and then killed with her sister Alison Moorer eyewitness as her father her mother herself. Lynne took care of in the wake of her sister and walked a short-term marriage. To start a career in the music business, Lynne eventually moved to Nashville. In one sample, for an exposure to the Opryland USA theme park in Nashville, she was discovered. By a demo tape they got the chance in 1987 in the TV show Nashville Now to occur. After this performance, several record companies for the talented singer interested. Lynne finally signed a record deal with Epic. The first single was released in late 1988, a duet with George Jones: If I Could Bottle This Up. Until 1991, Lynne released three albums and several singles, all of which did not bring the hoped-for breakthrough in the country mainstream. Yet you arrive in this period a number of minor hits in the country charts. Number 23 Things Are Tough All Over 1990 was the biggest success. The album Tough All Over stayed 50 weeks in the country charts. She was also awarded " Best New Singer " at the Academy of Country Music Awards.
Lynne moved to a result, the record companies, always try, but to be a star in Nashville. But neither the western swing of Temptation (1993 ) yet to return to the mainstream on Restless (1995 ) were able to establish itself as Lynne Star. With Slow Me Down they came for the last time in 1995 in the American Country Charts ( number 59 ). Then the singer disappeared for a few years out of the headlines.
With the album I Am Shelby Lynne, which was initially released in Europe in 1999, Lynne finally took his own compositions the change in the singer-songwriter - skilled, musically enriched with pop, soul and blues. In early 2000 presented Jürgen von der Lippe Lynne in his game show love or money. As a result, the German Album Charts reached I Am Shelby Lynne (ranked 25). In the UK they had a moderate success with the decoupled Single leavin. Even in the United States showed the success curve upward. The climax was reached in February 2001, when Lynne was awarded the Grammy for Best Newcomer, which was remarkable, because Lynne had already been published at this time five albums and had worked for over thirteen years in the music business.
With the rockier album Love, Shelby was followed by a collaboration with producer Glen Ballard, who had previously advanced the career of Alanis Morissette crucial. The hope to land a similar success with Lynne, was not fulfilled. The CD failed short of the top 100 in the U.S.. The song contained Killin 'Kind was for the soundtrack to the movie Bridget Jones - selected chocolate for breakfast. Following Lynne signed for two albums with Capitol and gave 2005 as Carrie Cash in the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line made her film debut. In addition, she played in 2004 with the American alternative band Live a the song Run Away for their best-of Awake.
Lynne's album Just a Little Lovin ' (2008) contained up to a self composed exclusively of songs by Dusty Springfield, which the singer has been compared often in the past. In addition, they worked together for the " first-class cover album " with producer Phil Ramone, who also produced records for Dusty Springfield in the 1960s. Lynne finally climbed Just a Little Lovin ' at No. 41 of the American album charts, her biggest success to date.
Following Lynne founded her own label Everso and published there in 2010 two albums: Tears, Lies and Alibis and Merry Christmas. In September announced Lynne and her sister Allison Moorer that they go together for the first time on tour. "Side by Side " to be a " intimate acoustic show."
Discography
Albums
Compilations
- 2000: This Is Shelby Lynne: The Best of the Epic Years ( Sony)
- 2000: Epic Recordings (Sony)
- 2006: The Definitive Collection ( Hip -O)