Phillip Paul LaRue (born October 9, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, artist and producer from

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. He has released four studio albums with his band LaRue, formed by his sister

Natalie LaRue Natalie Marie Murray (''née'', LaRue; born December 28, 1983) is an American singer and songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee. She has released four studio albums with her band LaRue, formed with her brother Phillip; and an EP as solo artist. ...

and himself, and two studio albums as solo artist. He has sold over 500,000 copies and worked with many well-known music artists, including

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, Jars of Clay,

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, Jason Castro and

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. In 2010, he won a

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for co-writing " By Your Side" for

. He also received a billboard #1 for the writing the song

Whiskey in My Water "Whiskey in My Water" is a song recorded by American country music artist Tyler Farr. It was released in November 2013 by Columbia Nashville as the fourth and final single from his debut album '' Redneck Crazy''. Farr wrote the song with Phillip La ...

His music is frequently featured in television, films & adds including but not excluding ''

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'' (

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), ''

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'' ( CW), ''

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'' (

), '' The Hills'' (

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), and ''

'' (

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), Apple, Volkswagen, Ford. He is also in a band called "The Rival" http://www.therivalmusic.com which has had many placements for TV/FILM.

Early life

Phillip Paul LaRue was born on October 9, 1981, in

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, the son of Paul William LaRue and Carolynn Marie LaRue (''née'', Nesbitt), who were married on October 11, 1980 in

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. His younger sister is

, and he has two additional younger twin sisters.

Discography

As LaRue

As Solo artist

References

External links

CMI Academy
{{DEFAULTSORT:LaRue, Phillip 1981 births Living people American male singer-songwriters Performers of contemporary Christian music American performers of Christian music People from Nashville, Tennessee Singer-songwriters from Tennessee 21st-century American singers 21st-century American male singers