Ronna Renee Reeves (born September 21, 1966 in
Big Spring, Texas
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) is an American
country music
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singer. Between 1990 and 1998, she released five studio albums, including three on
Mercury Records
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; she has also charted five singles on the
Hot Country Songs
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This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data from Nielsen BDS along with digital sal ...
charts. She was also nominated for Top New Female Vocalist at the
Academy of Country Music Awards
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in 1992. Her highest-charting single was "The More I Learn (The Less I Understand About Love)", which reached No. 49 in 1992.
After leaving Mercury in 1994, Reeves signed to River North Records and released two more albums. The second album she recorded for River North Records, ''Day 14'', was more pop-oriented and she simply went by Ronna. She recorded a duet "There's Love on the Line" with
Sammy Kershaw
Samuel Paul Kershaw (born February 24, 1958) is an American country music artist. He has released 16 studio albums, with three RIAA platinum certifications and two gold certifications among them. More than 25 singles have entered the Top 40 on the ...
on her album ''The More I Learn'' as well a duet with
Peter Cetera
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, on a cover of
ABBA
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's "
SOS", on his album ''
One Clear Voice
''One Clear Voice'' (1995) is the fifth solo album for music artist Peter Cetera and his fourth album since leaving the group Chicago. The album was recorded and released by River North Records.
Recording
Following his departure from Warner Brot ...
''.
She is perhaps best remembered as a regular on ''
The Statler Brothers Show
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'' during the mid-1990s, as well as opening act on many of their tours.
Since 2010, Reeves has owned Showbiz-Ro Music, an independent Songplugging & Writer Management Service, in Nashville, Tennessee, alongside Liz Morin.
Discography
Albums
Compilation albums
Singles
Music videos
Nominations
Academy of Country Music
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1991 Top New Female Vocalist
References
1966 births
American women country singers
American country singer-songwriters
Living people
Mercury Records artists
Singer-songwriters from Texas
People from Big Spring, Texas
Country musicians from Texas
21st-century American women
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