Trisha Yearwood
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Patricia Lynn "Trisha" Yearwood (born September 19, 1964) is a three-time Grammy-winning American country music singer. Her first number one single was "She's in Love with the Boy" (released 1991), followed by 8 more number one singles. She has released 11 albums, all of which have been certified gold or platinum.
Biography
Trisha Yearwood was born in Monticello, Georgia, to Jack and Gwen Yearwood. She married her first husband, Christopher Latham, in 1987 but the two divorced in 1991. Yearwood married Robert Reynolds, the bass player for The Mavericks, on May 21, 1994, and they divorced in 1999. Yearwood began a relationship with Garth Brooks shortly afterward, leading to a four-year hiatus from music.
In 1996, while flying from Nevada to New York, Yearwood saved a man's life. Francesco Maccarrone, a baggage handler, was trapped in the belly of the plane. When the plane left the gate, Yearwood heard pounding and screaming from under her seat and insisted the pilot stop the plane. After he emerged from the plane a shaken but relieved Francesco said, "I was a big Reba fan, but now I'm an even bigger Trisha fan."
Trisha Yearwood first met her current husband, Garth Brooks, in October 1987 recording demos for songwriter Kent Blazy. The two immediately hit it off as friends and pledged whoever made it big first would help the other out. Even when they became two of the biggest country stars of the 1990s, they remained close friends.
On May 25, 2005, Yearwood became engaged to fellow country superstar and longtime friend Garth Brooks in front of 7,000 fans in Bakersfield, CA. On December 10, 2005, they were married in a private ceremony at the couple's home in Owasso, Oklahoma. It was Brooks' second marriage and Yearwood's third. Brooks has three daughters from his first marriage--Taylor, August, and Allie.
Yearwood lives on a ranch in Owasso, Oklahoma with husband Brooks and his three daughters. When she's not touring, she enjoys cooking, hiking, and reading.
Music career
Early years
Trisha Yearwood developed her musical talent in Nashville, Tennessee, where she was a student at Belmont University. Yearwood juggled working as a “demo” singer for aspiring songwriters with a receptionist job at MTM Records before being signed by MCA Nashville. She got a boost when longtime friend Garth Brooks landed a major tour in 1991 and he contracted with Trisha along to open all of his shows, helping to springboard her single was She's in Love with the Boy to number one. This began her a string of nine number one singles.
Musically, Yearwood cites Linda Ronstadt as her biggest influence, and Ronstadt's sound and vocal stylings are clearly apparent in Yearwood's music. Other influences include Emmylou Harris, Patsy Cline, and Elvis Presley. She has released 11 albums and also recorded on other artists' albums.
Yearwood performed at the closing ceremonies of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[1]
Yearwood has won three Grammy Awards among several nominations. She has also won the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music awards for Best Female Performer (CMA: 1997, 1998; ACM: 1997).
Yearwood was inducted into the famed and historic Grand Ole Opry in 1999, cementing her status as a true icon in country music. She cites this, along with appearing on Sesame Street and being a puzzle on Wheel of Fortune, as the signs that she's "made it." On the night of her induction to the Opry, hosted by Porter Waggoner, Yearwood sang "Wrong Side of Memphis", which includes the line "I've had this dream from a tender age, calling my name from the Opry stage..." She was also presented with a necklace worn by one of her idols, Patsy Cline, by her record label president and Cline's husband and daughter. Afterwards she sang the Cline classic "Sweet Dreams".
She ranked #10 in CMT's 40 Greatest Women in Country Music in 2002.
Current
On September 13 2005, Yearwood released a new album, Jasper County. The album was a return to a more country sound than her last several CDs. The first single, Georgia Rain, set the tone for the album, with Yearwood altering the lyrics to pay homage to her home, singing about "the Georgia rain on the Jasper County clay."
Yearwood parted ways with MCA Records in 2007 and announced plans to head back into the studio to begin recording her 12th album for Big Machine Records in Nashville.[2] The CD, Heaven, Heartache And The Power Of Love, is presently scheduled to be released on November 13, 2007. The lead single and title track was released to country radio on July 30.
MCA released Trisha Yearwood's new Greatest Hits CD on September 11, 2007. The album features two new songs, plus fifteen other tracks covering her career from 1991-2001.
On August 31, Yearwood appeared with R&B singer Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds to film an upcoming episode of CMT Crossroads. This episode is set to air on September 21.
Acting career
Yearwood also played Lt. Cmdr. Teresa Coulter on the TV show JAG as a Navy coroner and forensic pathologist who aids JAG on several cases (seasons 3-7, 7 episodes).
Discography
In addition to her 11 albums, Yearwood has also provided harmony vocals for some of Nashville's most prominent stars, including Garth Brooks (he has given Yearwood much credit for playing a role in his success), Mary Chapin Carpenter, Emmylou Harris, John Mellencamp and Vince Gill.
As a songwriter, Yearwood has only once recorded and released one of her own songs. The uptempo track "Wild Heart" was co-written by Trisha and Jude Johnstone and released on a promotional-only EP along with four previously-released tracks, in association with her Revlon cosmetics campaign, also entitled "Wild Heart." Husband Brooks' alter ego, Chris Gaines, recorded the Yearwood-penned tune "Main Street."
Albums
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Certification | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Top Country | US Billboard 200 | |||
| 1991 | Trisha Yearwood | 2 | 31 | 2× Platinum |
| 1992 | Hearts in Armor | 12 | 46 | Platinum |
| 1993 | The Song Remembers When | 6 | 40 | Platinum |
| 1994 | The Sweetest Gift | 17 | 105 | Gold |
| 1995 | Thinkin' About You | 3 | 28 | Platinum |
| 1996 | Everybody Knows | 6 | 52 | Gold |
| 1997 | (Songbook) A Collection of Hits | 1 | 4 | 4× Platinum |
| 1998 | Where Your Road Leads | 3 | 33 | Platinum |
| 2000 | Real Live Woman | 4 | 27 | Gold |
| 2001 | Inside Out | 1 | 29 | Gold |
| 2005 | Jasper County | 1 | 4 | Gold |
| 2007 | Greatest Hits | 2 | 22 | |
| 2007 | Heaven, Heartache, and the Power of Love | |||
Singles
| Year | Title | Album | Chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US Hot 100 | |||
| 1991 | "She's in Love with the Boy" | Trisha Yearwood | 1 | |
| "Like We Never Had A Broken Heart" | 4 | |||
| 1992 | "That's What I Like About You" | 8 | ||
| "The Woman Before Me" | 4 | |||
| "The Wrong Side of Memphis" | Hearts In Armor | 5 | ||
| 1993 | "Walkaway Joe" (w/ Don Henley) | 2 | ||
| "You Say You Will" | 12 | |||
| "Down on My Knees" | 19 | |||
| "The Song Remembers When" | The Song Remembers When | 2 | 82 | |
| 1994 | "Better Your Heart Than Mine" | 21 | ||
| "XXX's And OOO's (An American Girl)" | Thinkin' About You | 1 | 114 | |
| 1995 | "It Wasn't His Child"A | The Sweetest Gift | 60 | |
| "Thinkin' About You" | Thinkin' About You | 1 | 120 | |
| "You Can Sleep While I Drive" | 23 | |||
| "I Wanna Go Too Far" | 9 | |||
| 1996 | "On A Bus To St. Cloud" | 59 | ||
| "Believe Me Baby (I Lied)" | Everybody Knows | 1 | ||
| 1997 | "Everybody Knows" | 3 | ||
| "I Need You" | 36 | |||
| "How Do I Live" | (Songbook) A Collection of Hits | 2 | 23 | |
| "In Another's Eyes" (w/ Garth Brooks) | 2 | |||
| 1998 | "Perfect Love" | 1 | ||
| "Wild As the Wind" (w/ Garth Brooks)A | Double Live (Garth Brooks album) | 65 | ||
| "There Goes My Baby" | Where Your Road Leads | 2 | 93 | |
| "Where Your Road Leads" (w/ Garth Brooks) | 18 | |||
| 1999 | "Reindeer Boogie"A | The Sweetest Gift | 63 | |
| "Powerful Thing" | Where Your Road Leads | 6 | 50 | |
| "I'll Still Love You More" | 10 | 65 | ||
| 2000 | "Real Live Woman" | Real Live Woman | 16 | 81 |
| 2000 | "Where Are You Now" | 45 | ||
| "You're Where I Belong"A | Stuart Little (soundtrack) | 71 | ||
| 2001 | "I Would've Loved You Anyway" | Inside Out | 4 | 44 |
| 2002 | "Inside Out" (w/ Don Henley) | 31 | ||
| "Squeeze Me In" (w/ Garth Brooks) | Scarecrow (Garth Brooks album) | 16 | 102 | |
| "I Don't Paint Myself Into Corners" | Inside Out | 47 | ||
| 2005 | "Georgia Rain"B | Jasper County | 15 | 78 |
| "Trying To Love You"C | 52 | |||
| 2006 | "Love Will Always Win" (w/ Garth Brooks) | The Lost Sessions (Garth Brooks album)D | 23 | |
| 2007 | "Heaven, Heartache, and the Power of Love"E | Heaven, Heartache, and The Power of Love | 24 | |
- AAlbum cut.
- B"Georgia Rain" also peaked at #99 on US Pop 100.
- C"Trying to Love You" also peaked at #28 on US Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks.
- D"Love Will Always Win" is also available on later presses of Jasper County.
- ECurrent single.
References
- ^ "Trisha Yearwood". Lifetime television profile. 1998.
- ^ Trisha Yearwood Signs With Big Machine Records
- Williams, Janet (1998). "Trisha Yearwood". In The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 604.