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South 65 (also spelled South Sixty-Five) was an American
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boy band. The group was composed of vocalists Lance Leslie, Brent Parker, Stephen Parker, Jerimy Koeltzow, and Doug Urie. Between 1997 and its disbanding in 2001, South 65 charted five singles on the '' Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts, in addition to recording two albums on Atlantic Records. In 2006, former vocalist Lance Leslie founded another group called Rio Grand.


Biography

Delious Kennedy, a member of the R&B group
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, wanted to form a boy band for
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. He first picked brothers Brenton and Stephen Parker, and later held a nationwide talent search to find the other three members. All five members were in place by 1997. Delious and Anthony L. Smith produced the band's 1998 self-titled debut album, which reached a peak of No. 70 on the '' Billboard''
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charts. Its singles included "A Random Act of Senseless Kindness", "No Easy Goodbye", and "Baby's Got My Number", which respectively reached No. 55, No. 56 and No. 60 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts. In 2000, the band released "Love Bug (Bite Me)", which reached No. 72 on that chart and never appeared on an album. South 65 released its second and final album for Atlantic Nashville in 2001. Titled ''Dream Large'', the album went to No. 63 on the country albums charts. Bobby Huff produced three tracks, and
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and Norro Wilson produced the other seven. This album included a cover of Charlie Rich's 1973 Number One hit "
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", which South 65 took to No. 54 on the country charts. After the album's release, the members of South 65 parted ways due to the closure of Atlantic Records' Nashville division. Urie began a solo career, while Leslie joined Rio Grand, which he has since left.


Critical reception

Charlotte Dillon of
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gave four stars out of five to both of the band's albums. She said that the first album did not have a distinctively country music sound, but called the group "revitalizing" and said that the first album's songs were "mostly done in sweet harmonies sure to set young female hearts to fluttering." She said of the second album that it had a more country sound with some R&B influences. An uncredited review in ''Billboard'' gave a negative review, saying that the members had "anonymous, pretty voices" and that the songs "are not very convincing country." Jennifer Webb of
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gave ''Dream Large'' a favorable review, saying, "South 65 amazes me with their harmonizing and vocal abilities."


''South Sixty-Five'' (1998)


Track listing

#"Baby's Got My Number" ( Roger Cook, Anthony L. Smith) – 3:00 #"Climbing Up Mt. Everest" (
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, Robin Lerner) – 3:03 #"I'm There" ( Kelly Shiver,
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) – 4:12 #"Uncle Hickory's General Store" (Stephanie C. Brown, Larry Wayne Clark) – 3:16 #"One of the Precious Few" (
Walt Aldridge James Walton Aldridge Jr. (born November 12, 1955 in Florence, Alabama) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, engineer and record producer. Aldridge is known primarily as a Nashville songwriter. He has written dozens of hit country son ...
,
Bob DiPiero Robert John DiPiero (born March 3, 1951) is an American country music songwriter. He has written 15 US number one hits and several Top 20 single for Tim McGraw, The Oak Ridge Boys, Reba McEntire, Vince Gill, Faith Hill, Shenandoah, Neal McCoy ...
) – 3:40 #"All of This and More" (
Jim Photoglo James G. Photoglo is an American soft rock singer and songwriter from Inglewood, California. He released two charting albums in the early 1980s and had two hit singles, " We Were Meant to Be Lovers" (No. 31, 1980) and " Fool in Love with You" (No. ...
, Smith) – 3:54 #"No Easy Goodbye" (Jerry Holland) – 4:07 #"Love Will Last" (Michael Dulaney, Tim Norton) – 3:13 #"To Me" (James, Roberta Schiller) – 4:07 #"A Random Act of Senseless Kindness" ( Gary Baker, Frank J. Myers, Jerry Williams) – 3:57


Musicians

As listed on Allmusic. *Bruce Bouton – steel guitar *Mike Brignardello –
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*Dennis Burnside –
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*Mike Chapman – bass guitar *Tabitha Fair –
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*Owen Hale – drums *Chris Leuzinger –
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*Greg Morrow – drums *Steve Nathan – synthesizer *Danny Parks – acoustic guitar *Barry Walsh – piano *
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– acoustic guitar *John Willis – acoustic guitar *Curtis Young – background vocals


''Dream Large'' (2001)


Track listing

#"The Most Beautiful Girl (2001 version)" (
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, Norro Wilson, Rory Michael Bourke) – 3:29 #"Like an Angel" (David Leone, Pat Buchanan) – 3:34 #"I Swear to You" (Bobby Huff) – 3:26 #"Only Perfect" ( Mark McGuinn, Trey Matthews) – 3:13 #"All I Ever Did" (
Neal Coty Neal Lee Angleberger (born May 13, 1964), known professionally as Neal Coty, is an American country music singer and songwriter. He has released two albums for Mercury Records Nashville, and has written several singles for other artists. Biograp ...
,
Randy VanWarmer Randy VanWarmer (also written as Vanwarmer, Van Warmer; March 30, 1955 – January 12, 2004) was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. His biggest success was the pop hit, "Just When I Needed You Most". It reached No. 8 on the UK Single ...
) – 3:39 #"The Great Love of 1998" (
Bob DiPiero Robert John DiPiero (born March 3, 1951) is an American country music songwriter. He has written 15 US number one hits and several Top 20 single for Tim McGraw, The Oak Ridge Boys, Reba McEntire, Vince Gill, Faith Hill, Shenandoah, Neal McCoy ...
,
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 ...
,
Tim Nichols Tim Nichols (born in Portsmouth, Virginia) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Active since the late 1980s, Nichols has written for several country music singers, including Keith Whitley, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Jo Dee Messi ...
) – 3:30 #"One Moment" ( Chris Waters, Wes Hightower) – 3:37 #"Gettin' the Feelin'" (Huff) – 3:33 #"Even If" ( Liz Hengber,
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) – 3:07 #"Dream Large" ( Danny Mayo) – 3:32


Musicians

As listed in liner notes. *David Angel – strings *
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drums *Larry Beaird – acoustic guitar *David Briggs –
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*Arbry Burcon – banjo *David Davidson – strings *
Dan Dugmore Dan Dugmore is an American session musician known primarily for playing the pedal steel guitar Born in 1949, Dugmore was raised in Pasadena, California. Influenced by the Flying Burrito Brothers, he learned to play steel guitar after Flying Bur ...
steel guitar *Larry Franklin – fiddle * Paul Franklin – steel guitar *Rob Hajacos – fiddle *John Hobbs –
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*Bobby Huff – acoustic guitar, keyboards, drums,
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– drums *B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar *Randy McCormick – piano, keyboards, Hammond B-3 organ *
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harmonica *
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– electric guitar *Danny Parks – acoustic guitar *Larry Paxton – bass guitar *Buck Reid – steel guitar *Randy Threet – bass guitar *Jason West – bass guitar *John Willis – electric guitar *Bob Wray – bass guitar


Discography


Albums


Singles


Music videos


References

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