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The Very Best Of Tracy Lawrence
''The Very Best of Tracy Lawrence'' is a 2007 compilation album by country music artist Tracy Lawrence. It is his third greatest-hits album. This compilation comprises 21 of his top ten singles, arranged in chronological order, from his 1991 debut "Sticks and Stones" to 2003's "Paint Me a Birmingham". Of the songs on this album, only the 1994 single "Renegades, Rebels and Rogues" (from the soundtrack to the 1994 film ''Maverick'') was not previously included on one of Lawrence's studio releases. The album has sold 348,900 copies in the United States as of April 2017. Track listing #"Sticks and Stones" (Roger Dillon, Elbert West) - 3:36 #" Today's Lonely Fool" (Kenny Beard, Stan Paul Davis) - 3:49 #"Runnin' Behind" (Mark D. Sanders, Ed Hill) - 2:53 #"Somebody Paints the Wall" (Tommy Smith, Charles Browder, Elroy Kahanek, Nelson Larkin) - 3:15 #" Alibis" (Randy Boudreaux) - 3:02 #" Can't Break It to My Heart" (Tracy Lawrence, Kirk Roth, Earl Clark, West) - 2:54 #" My Second Home" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracy Lawrence
Tracy Lee Lawrence (born January 27, 1968) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and record producer. Born in Atlanta, Texas, and raised in Foreman, Arkansas, Lawrence began performing at age 15 and moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1990 to begin his country music career. He signed to Atlantic Records Nashville in 1991 and made his debut late that year with the album ''Sticks and Stones''. Five more studio albums, as well as a live album and a compilation album, followed throughout the 1990s and into 2000 on Atlantic before the label's country division was closed in 2001. Afterward, he recorded for Warner Bros. Records, DreamWorks Records, Mercury Records Nashville, and his own labels, Rocky Comfort Records and Lawrence Music Group. Lawrence has released a total of 14 studio albums. His most commercially successful albums are '' Alibis'' (1993) and ''Time Marches On'' (1996), both certified double-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alibis (song)
"Alibis" is a song written by Randy Boudreaux, and recorded by American country music artist Tracy Lawrence. It was released on February 11, 1993, as the lead single and title track from his album '' Alibis''. The song became Lawrence's second number one country hit in 1993 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and on the Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks chart. Music video The music video was directed by Marc Ball and premiered in early 1993. In the music video, Mariner High School in Cape Coral, Florida, was the school shot in the footage. Chart performance The song debuted at number 64 on the Hot Country Singles Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine in the United States. This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data from Nielsen BDS along with digital sa ... chart dated February 20, 1993. It charted for 20 weeks on that chart, and reached number one on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
If The World Had A Front Porch
"If the World Had a Front Porch" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Tracy Lawrence. It was released in August 1995 as the fourth and final single from his album, ''I See It Now''. The song reached the number 2 on the United States ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and peaked at number 7 on the Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks chart. The CD and Cassette promo singles contain 30-second excerpts from "Texas Tornado", "I'd Give Anything to Be Your Everything Again", and "The Cards", all from the album, ''I See It Now''. The song was written by Lawrence, Paul Nelson and Kenny Beard. Content The narrator talks about traditional family values and the old-fashioned sweetness of spending slow summer hours on the front steps. Music video The music video was directed by Marc Ball and serves as a solution to the previous five music videos, all of which featured a Quantum Leap theme. After leaving the "Texas Tornado" video, Lawrence flies throug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Braddock
Robert Valentine Braddock (born August 5, 1940) is an American country songwriter and record producer. A member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, Braddock has contributed numerous hit songs during more than 40 years in the industry, including 13 number-one hit singles. Early years Braddock was born in Lakeland, Florida, to a father who was a citrus grower. Braddock spent his youth in Auburndale, Florida, where he learned to play piano and saxophone. The musician toured Florida and the South with rock and roll bands in the late 1950s and early 1960s. At the age of 24, Braddock moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to pursue a career in country music. Musical success After arriving in Nashville, Braddock joined Marty Robbins' band as a pianist in February 1965. In January of the next year, a song he wrote for Robbins, " While You're Dancing", became Braddock's first record to appear on the charts. He then signed his first of five record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas Tornado (song)
"Texas Tornado" is a song written by Bobby Braddock, and recorded by American country music artist Tracy Lawrence. It was released in April 1995 as the third single from Lawrence's album ''I See It Now''. It became his sixth Number One hit on the '' Billboard'' country singles charts and also reached number-one on the Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks chart. Content Braddock was inspired to write "Texas Tornado" by a tempestuous relationship with a romantic partner who had considered becoming a professional storm chaser. The song is a mid-tempo country ballad in which the narrator recalls a lover, whom he describes as a "Texas tornado, blowing imaway again". It was also the only track on ''I See It Now'' that Lawrence produced himself. Music video The music video was directed by Marc Ball and premiered in April 1995. The video pictures Lawrence as a ranch hand who is smitten with a "Texas tornado" of a woman, and her young son. Scenes also feature Lawrence performing the song in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
As Any Fool Can See
"As Any Fool Can See" is a song written by Paul Nelson and Kenny Beard, and recorded by American country music artist Tracy Lawrence. It was released on December 13, 1994 as the second single from his album, I See It Now. The song peaked at number 2 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart and at number 18 on Canada's '' RPM'' country chart. Critical reception Deborah Evans Price, of ''Billboard'' magazine, reviewed the song favorably, saying that while Lawrence has "employed the fiddle hook at least once before" and the "melody does sound awfully familiar", the formula works due to his "usual wide-eyed and soulful vocal approach."''Billboard'', January 7, 1995 Music video The music video is a continuation of a ''Quantum Leap'' theme from many music videos Lawrence released in the mid-1990s. This particular video begins with the ending of the previous video for "I See It Now ''I See It Now'' is the third studio album by American country music artist Tracy Lawrence. Rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woody Lee
Woody Lee (born April 1, 1968 in Garland, Texas) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Signed to Atlantic Records in 1995, he released his debut album ''Get Over It'' that year. It produced the double-sided single "Get Over It"/"I Like the Sound of That." Before the release of his album, he co-wrote "I See It Now" for fellow labelmate Tracy Lawrence. He also wrote Shenandoah's 1995 single "Always Have, Always Will". Discography Albums Singles Music videos ''Get Over It'' ;Track listing #"I Can Do That" (Jerry Salley, Marvin Morrow) – 2:50 #"Get Over It" ( Keith Follese, Stephanie Bentley, Adrienne Follese) – 3:33 #"I Like the Sound of That" ( Steve Seskin, Andre Pessis) – 3:58 #"Prove My Love" (Woody Lee, Larry Boone, Paul Nelson) – 3:43 #"Lonely Needin' Lovin'" (Buddy Brock, Kenny Chesney, Donny Kees) – 3:18 #"Salt and Water" ( Jerry Vandiver) – 2:57 #"I'm on Your Side" (Johnny MacRae, Steve Clark) – 3:47 #"King of Pain" (Randy Boudreaux, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I See It Now (song)
"I See It Now" is a song written by Larry Boone, Paul Nelson and Woody Lee, and recorded by American country music artist Tracy Lawrence. It was released in August 1994 as the first single from his album of the same name. It peaked at number 2 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and reached number 5 on the Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks chart. It also peaked at number 84 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. Music video The music video was directed by Marc Ball, and premiered in late 1994. It begins with the bank explosion from the "Renegades, Rebels and Rogues" video, which Lawrence is "leaped" to a high-school dance, where he and his band perform the song. As the song ends, Lawrence dances with a pretty young woman on the dance floor, which is then "leaped" to the next video for "As Any Fool Can See". It was one of many music videos Lawrence had filmed in the mid 1990s (with Marc Ball as director) that interpreted the television series ''Quantum Leap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Boone
Larry Eugene Boone (born June 7, 1956) is an American country music artist and songwriter. Between 1985 and 1993, Boone recorded five major label studio albums, in addition to charting several singles on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles charts. His highest-charting single, "Don't Give Candy to a Stranger", reached No. 10 in 1988. Boone has also co-written several singles for other country music artists, including a Number One single for Kathy Mattea, and Top Ten hits for Don Williams, Tracy Lawrence, Rick Trevino and Lonestar. Musical career Larry Boone was born in Cooper City, Florida on June 7, 1956. He is a distant relative of Daniel Boone. He attended Florida Atlantic University and moved to Nashville in 1981. His first cut as a songwriter was Marie Osmond's 1985 single "Until I Fall in Love Again". Boone was signed to a recording contract with Mercury Records in 1986. Boone's debut single "Stranger Things Have Happened" was released that year, reaching a peak o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renegades, Rebels And Rogues
"Renegades, Rebels and Rogues" is a song written by Larry Boone, Earl Clark and Paul Nelson, and recorded by American country music artist Tracy Lawrence. It was released in May 1994 as a single from the soundtrack of the 1994 movie ''Maverick''. It peaked at number 7 on the United States ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and at number 5 on the Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks chart. Music video The music video was directed by Marc Ball and premiered in May 1994. It is set in an Old Western theme, and begins with a clip from the video from "If the Good Die Young", with Lawrence being "leaped" from the race to the Old West. Posing as a cowboy, he intends to find a bank clerk, played by his then-wife Frances, from bandits who are planning to use dynamite to destroy the safe. Lawrence rescues the clerk just before the bank explodes, and Lawrence is "leaped" into the next video, "I See it Now." This particular video was the first of many music videos Lawrence filmed in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Wiseman
Craig Michael Wiseman is an American Country music songwriter and producer, and the owner/founder of the Big Loud enterprise. He has been writing since the late 1980s, and his songs have been recorded by Lorrie Morgan, Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney, Dolly Parton, Blake Shelton, and numerous other acts. He has written twenty-six No. 1 songs on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs music charts, and has won a number of industry awards. In 2009, he was named "Songwriter of the Decade" by the Nashville Songwriters Association International, and in 2015, he was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Early life Michael Wiseman was born and raised in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He began playing music while still a child, and later began playing drums professionally. In 1985, he moved to Nashville to pursue a career in songwriting. Music career Songwriting At age 24, Craig had his first chart success with the track "The Only One" from Roy Orbison's '' Mystery Girl'' album. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
If The Good Die Young
"If the Good Die Young" is a song written by Craig Wiseman and Paul Nelson, and recorded by American country music artist Tracy Lawrence. It was released in January 1994 as the fourth and last single from his album '' Alibis''. In April of that year, it became that album's fourth consecutive Number One hit, reaching the top spot on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and on the Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks chart. Content The song is an up-tempo accompanied by electric guitar. It describes a rebellious male character who claims that he will "live forever if the good die young". Music video The song's music video was filmed at Charlotte Motor Speedway and features footage of NASCAR drivers, including dedication to both Alan Kulwicki and Davey Allison who had been killed in off-track incidents in 1993. Lawrence drove a Chevrolet Lumina The Chevrolet Lumina is a mid-size car that was produced and marketed by the Chevrolet division of General Motors fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |