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Darrell DeShawn Camp (born August 29, 1966) is an American musician who performs
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music. Originally signed to
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in 1993 as a recording artist, Camp charted two minor singles on the U.S. ''Billboard''
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charts that year. Since then he has found success as a songwriter, having co-written hit singles for many country music artists, including
Willie Nelson Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American country musician. The critical success of the album ''Shotgun Willie'' (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of ''Red Headed Stranger'' (1975) and '' Stardust'' (197 ...
,
Garth Brooks Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962) is an American country music singer and songwriter. His integration of pop and rock elements into the country genre has earned him popularity, particularly in the United States with success on the co ...
,
Josh Turner Joshua Otis Turner (born November 20, 1977) is an American country and gospel singer and songwriter. In 2003, he signed to MCA Nashville Records. That same year, his debut album's title track, "Long Black Train", was his breakthrough single ...
,
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, and
Blake Shelton Blake Tollison Shelton (born June 18, 1976) is an American country music singer and television personality. In 2001, he made his debut with the single " Austin". The lead-off single from his self-titled debut album, "Austin" spent five weeks at ...
, although he continues to record his own material as well.


Biography

Camp was raised in
Perryville, Arkansas Perryville is a city in and the county seat of Perry County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,460 at the 2010 census, an increase of just two persons from 2000. It is part of the Little Rock–North Little Rock– Conway Me ...
by a musical family. In 1987, he moved to
Nashville Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and the ...
and worked in the backing bands of acts including The Grand Prairie Boys,
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,
Alan Jackson Alan Eugene Jackson (born October 17, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter. He is known for blending traditional honky-tonk and mainstream country pop sounds (for a style widely regarded as "neotraditional country"), as well as penning many o ...
, Suzy Bogguss, and
Trisha Yearwood Patricia Lynn Yearwood (born September 19, 1964) is an American singer, actress, author and television personality. She rose to fame with her 1991 debut single " She's in Love with the Boy," which became a number one hit on the ''Billboard'' c ...
. In 1991, he was signed to
Reprise Records Reprise Records is an American record label founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra. It is owned by Warner Music Group, and operates through Warner Records, one of its flagship labels. Artists currently signed to Reprise Records include Enya, Michael ...
, with two minor Top 40 singles charting in 1993. The first of these, "Fallin' Never Felt So Good", was previously recorded by
Dude Mowrey Daniel "Dude" Mowrey (born February 10, 1972 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is an American country music artist. Between 1991 and 1993, Mowrey recorded two studio albums, both on major labels: 1991's ''Honky Tonk'' on Capitol Records Nashville, ...
. Camp recorded a second album for Reprise, but never released it due to creative differences. He then began writing for other artists. Camp's first Number One as a songwriter came in early 1998, when
Garth Brooks Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962) is an American country music singer and songwriter. His integration of pop and rock elements into the country genre has earned him popularity, particularly in the United States with success on the co ...
reached the top of the ''Billboard'' country charts with "
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", a song co-written by Camp. Later in the same year,
Brooks & Dunn Brooks & Dunn are an American country music duo consisting of Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn, both of whom are vocalists and songwriters. The duo was founded in 1990 through the suggestion of Tim DuBois. Before their formation, both members were solo ...
reached Number One with " How Long Gone", another Camp co-write. Camp released ''Lucky Silver Dollar'' in 2001. In 2006, he was nominated as Songwriter of the Year by the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music; also, ''
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'' ranked him No.10 on their 2006 list of Hot Country Songwriters. In the same year, two songs co-written by Camp entered the country charts: " Nobody But Me" by
Blake Shelton Blake Tollison Shelton (born June 18, 1976) is an American country music singer and television personality. In 2001, he made his debut with the single " Austin". The lead-off single from his self-titled debut album, "Austin" spent five weeks at ...
, and "
Would You Go with Me "Would You Go with Me" is a song written by Shawn Camp and John Scott Sherrill, and recorded by American country music artist Josh Turner. It was released in April 2006 as the second single from his album '' Your Man''. It is the first track on ...
" by
Josh Turner Joshua Otis Turner (born November 20, 1977) is an American country and gospel singer and songwriter. In 2003, he signed to MCA Nashville Records. That same year, his debut album's title track, "Long Black Train", was his breakthrough single ...
, which peaked at No.4 and No.1, respectively, on the ''Billboard'' U.S.
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charts. Camp also co-wrote Turner's 2007 single "
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",
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's 2008 single "
River of Love "River of Love" is a song written by Billy Burnette, Shawn Camp (musician), Shawn Camp and Dennis Morgan (songwriter), Dennis Morgan, and recorded by American country music artist George Strait. It was released in November 2008 as the third singl ...
", and
Billy Currington William Matthew Currington (born November 19, 1973) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Signed to Mercury Records Nashville in 2003, he has released seven studio albums for the label: his self-titled debut (2003), '' Doin' Someth ...
's 2011 single " Love Done Gone". Since early 2007, Camp had been collaborating with country legend
Loretta Lynn Loretta Lynn (; April 14, 1932 – October 4, 2022) was an American country music singer and songwriter. In a career spanning six decades, Lynn released multiple gold albums. She had numerous hits such as " You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My M ...
writing songs such as "I'm Dyin' for Someone to Live For" and "I'm More Alone When I'm With You" together. Camp has featured some of the photographs taken at the Cash Cabin Studios in
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which many believe means he is going to be duetting on some of Lynn's upcoming albums. The pair usually wrote together at Lynn's home in
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(known as The Loretta Lynn Dude Ranch.) In September 2010, Reprise Records issued the previously-unreleased 1994 album, retitled ''1994''. In 2012, Camp won Album of the Year at the American Music Awards for his co production with Tamara Saviano of ''This One's for Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark''. In 2013, Camp became the lead vocalist for The Earls of Leicester and he has been a session musician. In January 2014, Camp won a Grammy Award for his production of
Guy Clark Guy Charles Clark (November 6, 1941 – May 17, 2016) was an American folk and country singer-songwriter and luthier. He released more than 20 albums, and his songs have been recorded by other artists, including Jerry Jeff Walker, Jimmy Buffet ...
's album '' My Favorite Picture of You''. This was his second Grammy nomination for Best Folk Album of the Year, in December, 2012, he and co-producer Tamara Saviano, were nominated for ''This One's for Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark''.


Discography


Albums


Singles


Music videos


References

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