Little Texas

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Little Texas

Little Texas is an American country rock group made up of Porter Howell (lead vocals and guitar), Duane Propes (vocals and guitar), Dwayne O'Brien (vocals and electric bass), and Del Gray (drums ) consists. In the 1990s, the band had some major country hits. She has sold over four million CDs to date and has been nominated for three Grammys.

history

Little Texas was founded in 1984 as a quartet. First , Tim Rushlow and Dwayne O'Brien from Oklahoma got together. Texans Porter Howell and Duane Propes followed a year later. The band, still without a definitive name, gave the first concerts and went on a longer tour. At a gig in Massachusetts , Brady Seals and Del Gray were met and spontaneously joined. In 1988 the group signed a recording deal with Warner Brothers and named themselves Little Texas (after Little Texas Road , where their former rehearsal room was). A short time later, the first single was released - Some Guys Have All The Love , which sold respectably and advanced to the country top 10. After the surprising success, the album First Time For Everything was quickly produced, from which four successful singles were released. All songs were composed by the band members themselves.

Her second album was released in 1993: Big Time , which sold one and a half million copies. The single My Love made it to number 1. The line dance number "God Blessed Texas" from this album became the group's signature song and is still one of the most popular line dance songs to this day. Brady Seals was instrumental in writing all of these songs. The next album, Kick A Little , also went platinum in 1995. Here, too, some successful singles were released. In the same year Brady Seals left the sextet and was replaced by Jeff Huskins. In 1996, the album Greatest Hits was awarded gold. Two years later the CD Little Texas was recorded, but it could not build on the success of its predecessor. Then the band broke up.

Brady Seals has released four solo albums: The Truth (1997), Brady Seals (1998), Thompson Street (2001) and Play Time (2009). He could land half a dozen minor country hits. Another You, Another Me was the only one to make the top 40. In 2005 he founded the band Hot Apple Pie. Tim Rushlow also tried his hand at solo. His solo debut Tim Rushlow in 2001 was only partially successful. With She Misses Him he had a top 10 success in the country charts.

In 2007, after ten years, Little Texas made a comeback, but without Seals and Rushlow.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US Country Country
1992 First time for everything US99
gold
gold

(12 weeks)US 		Country19 (75 weeks)
Country
Warner
1993 Big time US55
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(71 weeks)US 		Country6 (111 weeks)
Country
Warner
1994 Kick a little US51
platinum
platinum

(21 weeks)US 		Country10 (45 weeks)
Country
Warner
1997 Little Texas - Country47 (5 weeks)
Country
Warner

more publishments

  • 2007: Missing Years (Montage)
  • 2015: Young for a Long Time (Cleopatra)

Live albums

  • 2007: Live and Loud (Montage)

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US Country Country
1995 Greatest hits US82
gold
gold

(16 weeks)US 		Country17 (67 weeks)
Country
Warner
in Germany as Little Texas appeared

more publishments

  • 2000: Super Hits, Volume 3 (Warner)
  • 2004: Country Classics (Flashback / Warner)
  • 2007: Rhino Hi-Five: Little Texas (Rhino)

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US Country Country
1991 Some Guys Have All the Love
First Time for Everything 		- Country8 (20 weeks)
Country
1992 First Time for Everything
First Time for Everything 		- Country13 (20 weeks)
Country
You and Forever and Me
First Time for Everything 		- Country5 (20 weeks)
Country
What Were You Thinkin '
First Time for Everything 		- Country17 (20 weeks)
Country
1993 I'd Rather Miss You
First Time for Everything 		- Country16 (20 weeks)
Country
What Might Have Been
Big Time 		US74 (20 weeks)
US 		Country2 (20 weeks)
Country
God Blessed Texas
Big Time 		US55 (12 weeks)
US 		Country4 (24 weeks)
Country
1994 My love
big time 		US83 (10 weeks)
US 		Country1 (20 weeks)
Country
Stop on a Dime
Big Time 		- Country14 (20 weeks)
Country
Kick a Little
Kick a Little 		- Country5 (20 weeks)
Country
Amy's Back in Austin
Kick a Little 		- Country4 (20 weeks)
Country
1995 Southern Grace
Kick a Little 		- Country27 (16 weeks)
Country
Life Goes On
Greatest Hits 		- Country5 (20 weeks)
Country
Country Crazy
Greatest Hits 		- Country44 (13 weeks)
Country
1997 Bad for Us
Little Texas 		- Country45 (10 weeks)
Country
Your Mama Won't Let Me
Little Texas 		- Country64 (6 weeks)
Country
The Call
Little Texas 		- Country71 (2 weeks)
Country
2007 Missing Years
Missing Years 		- Country45 (14 weeks)
Country
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
1993 Peaceful Easy Feeling
Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles 		- Country73 (4 weeks)
Country
1996 Kiss the Girl
The Best of Country Sing the Best of Disney 		- Country52 (20 weeks)
Country

more publishments

  • 2006: Your Woman
  • 2007: Party Life

Guest Posts

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US Country Country
1995 Party All Night
Crank It Up: The Music Album 		- Country53 (17 weeks)
Country
with Jeff Foxworthy & Scott Rouse
1996 Hope
 - Country57 (4 weeks)
Country
Various artists

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.littletexasonline.com/bio
  2. ↑ https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/little-texas
  3. ↑ http://www.musicvf.com/songs.php?page=artist&artist=Brady+Seals&tab=songaswriterchartstab
  4. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/artist/1729398-Brady-Seals
  5. ↑ http://www.musicvf.com/Brady+Seals.art
  6. ↑ http://www.musicvf.com/Tim+Rushlow.art
  7. ↑ a b c d Chart sources: [1]
  8. ↑ Music Sales Awards: US