Mark Collie

Mark Collie (2013)

Mark Collie (born January 18, 1956 in Waynesboro , Tennessee ) is an American country musician and film actor.

Beginnings

Influenced by rockabilly stars like Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins , Mark Collie developed an early enthusiasm for country music. He learned to play piano and guitar and joined a band at the age of twelve. He earned his first money as a disc jockey at a local radio station.

After finishing school he toured the US with various bands and spent eighteen months as a musician in Hawaii . His attempt to join the army failed when he was diagnosed with diabetes during the draft (years later, he regularly campaigned for fundraising for the benefit of diabetes research). In 1982 he moved to Nashville to try his luck as a songwriter.

Career

Since he was unable to sell his songs, he quickly worked as a singer. As an interpreter of his own songs, he finally managed to get the vice president of MCA Records to take notice. In 1989 a record deal was signed. His first single, Something With A Ring To It , reached a middle spot in the top 100 a year later. He made it into the top 20 in 1991 with Let Her Go and in the top 10 in 1995 with Even The Man In The Moon Is Crying and in 1996 with Born To Love You . Although he still had a top 20 hit with Hard Lovin 'Woman in 1995, the big breakthrough did not want to succeed. Sales figures and hit parade placements soon dropped. In 1996 he switched to the Columbia label, where he lost his contract after producing a not too successful long-playing record.

As early as 1993, Mark Collie appeared in a short film: Together with other greats in country music, he appeared in Country's Cutting Edge . In 1997 he took on a supporting role in the Steven Seagal film Fire Down Below . In 2004, Alabama Love Story , he first came to the fore as a rodeo rider. In 2004 he had a small role as a professional killer in The Punisher .

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
1990	Hardin County Line	-	Country57 (20 weeks) Country
1993	Mark Collie	US156 (8 weeks) US	Country38 (33 weeks) Country

More studio albums

• 1991: Born And Raised In Black & White
• 1994: Unleashed
• 1995: Tennessee Plates
• 2006: Rose Covered Garden
• 2012: Alive at Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary

Compilations:

• 1997: Even the Man in the Moon Is Cryin '
• 1999: Double Barrel Country (with David Lee Murphy )
• 2016: Icon

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	Country
1990	Something with a Ring to It Hardin County Line	-	Country54 (11 weeks) Country
	Looks Aren't Everything Hardin County Line	-	Country35 (21 weeks) Country
	Hardin County Line Hardin County Line	-	Country59 (5 weeks) Country
1991	Let Her Go Hardin County Line	-	Country18 (20 weeks) Country
	Calloused Hands Born and Raised in Black & White	-	Country31 (18 weeks) Country
	She's Never Comin 'Back Born and Raised in Black & White	-	Country28 (20 weeks) Country
1992	It Don't Take a Lot Born and Raised in Black & White	-	Country70 (4 weeks) Country
	Even the Man in the Moon Is Cryin ' Mark Collie	-	Country5 (20 weeks) Country
1993	Born to Love You Mark Collie	-	Country6 (20 weeks) Country
	Shame Shame Shame Shame Mark Collie	-	Country26 (19 weeks) Country
	Something's Gonna Change Her Mind Mark Collie	-	Country24 (20 weeks) Country
1994	It Is No Secret Unleashed	-	Country53 (8 weeks) Country
	Hard Lovin 'Woman Unleashed	-	Country13 (20 weeks) Country
1995	Three Words, Two Hearts, One Night Tennessee Plates	-	Country25 (20 weeks) Country
	Steady as She Goes Tennessee Plates	-	Country65 (2 weeks) Country
1996	Love to Burn NASCAR: Hotter Than Asphalt	-	Country72 (2 weeks) Country

more publishments

• 1982: I've Got to Have You Back Again
• 1996: Lipstick Don't Lie
• 1997: Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy)
• 2004: In Time
• 2006: Better Man Than Me
• 2015: Raisin 'Cain ( feat.Billy Bob Thornton & The Boxmasters)

Filmography (selection)

• 1997: Fire Down Below
• 1999: The X-Ray Kid
• 1999: The Strip
• 2003: Peak Experience
• 2004: Alabama Love Story
• 2004: The Punisher
• 2008: Kill Switch

literature

• Erlewine, Michael u. a .: All Music Guide to Country. San Francisco, California: Miller Freeman Books, 1997, pp. 96f.

swell

1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: US

Web links

• Mark Collie in the Internet Movie Database (English)