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Chad Brock (born July 31, 1963) is an American
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singer and disc jockey. Before beginning his musical career in the late 1990s, he was a
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in
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(WCW), until an injury forced him to retire. Brock signed to
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' Nashville division in the late 1990s, releasing three studio albums – 1998's ''
Chad Brock Chad Brock (born July 31, 1963) is an American country music singer and disc jockey. Before beginning his musical career in the late 1990s, he was a professional wrestler in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), until an injury forced him to retire ...
'', 2000's '' Yes!'', and 2001's '' III'' — for WB. Those albums, overall, produced seven singles on the ''
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'' country music charts, including the number-one hit " Yes!" and the Top Five " Ordinary Life". Brock parted company with Warner Bros,in 2002, and signed to
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a year later; although he released five singles for them (of which four charted), his album for Broken Bow was not released, and he left that label as well. Brock also began a career in the late 2000s as a disc jockey at
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in
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, where he and parody singer
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co-host a morning show.


Biography

Chad Brock was born July 31, 1963, in
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. In high school, Brock played football and was offered a post-secondary scholarship to play sports. He turned down the scholarship, however, as his experiences in the school choir had convinced him to pursue a singing career. Brock moved to
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, to follow this dream, but he met with little success at first. In 1994, he signed a record deal with
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, but he did not release any music for over three years.


Professional Wrestling Career

Warner Brothers and WCW got together to cross-promote Brock, and he trained at
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's training facility, the
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. Chad wrestled for WCW from 1994 to 1996, until an injury forced him to retire. He also appeared at several WCW events in 1999, where he was briefly involved in an angle with
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.


Musical career

In 1998, Brock released his debut single, "Evangeline", which peaked at number 51 on the ''
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'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now
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) charts. That song's follow-up, the ballad " Ordinary Life", went on to become Brock's first major hit, peaking at number 3 on the same chart, as well as number 39 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Following that song's success, Brock released his self-titled debut album. Its third and final single, "Lightning Does The Work", reached number 19 in 1999. Brock's fourth chart single was a rewrite of
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's signature song "
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", a number 2 hit for Williams in 1981. Chad's version, which featured Williams and
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, was entitled "A Country Boy Can Survive (Y2K Version)", was re-written with lyrics pertaining to the
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(abbreviated Y2K). The song served as the first single from Brock's 2000 album '' Yes!''. Its second single was the title track, which went on to become Brock's only number-one ''Billboard'' hit, as well as a number 22 hit on the Hot 100 chart. The third and last single from ''Yes!'' ("The Visit") peaked at number 21. 2001 saw the release of Brock's third and final album for Warner Bros.. Entitled '' III'', it was less successful than its predecessor. ''III'' had only one chart entry in "Tell Me How", which failed to make the Top 40. This album also reprised Brock's three highest-charting singles ("Yes!", "Ordinary Life" and "Lightning Does The Work"). Shortly thereafter, he signed to
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, then a newly formed independent label. Although he released five singles for Broken Bow, four of which made the charts, he never put out a full album. Brock left Nashville in 2005 to co-host a morning show on the
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, station
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along with country music parodist
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. He remained on the morning show on WQYK-FM, while Cletus moved on to the Bull in Atlanta. In 2007, Brock signed with Rocky Comfort Records, a label which was started by
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/ref> although he did not release anything for the label. His first single in four years, "Put A Redneck In The White House", was released in August 2008 on the Straight Shooter label. In February 2010, Brock left WQYK-FM to begin his new position as Director of Programming for the new cable channel
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but left TCN in early 2011.


Political aspirations

On October 25, 2010, Brock announced on his social networking page his intention to run for the United States Senate in 2014.


Discography


Studio albums


Singles


Guest singles


Music videos


References

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