Montgomery Gentry
| Montgomery Gentry | |
|---|---|
 Eddie Montgomery (left) and Troy Gentry, 2008 |
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| General information | |
| origin | Lexington , Kentucky |
| Genre (s) | Country |
| founding | Mid-1990s |
| Website | www.montgomerygentry.com |
| Founding members | |
singing |
Eddie Montgomery |
singing |
Troy gentry |
Montgomery Gentry was an American country duo from Lexington , Kentucky . It consisted of Gerald Edward "Eddie" Montgomery (born September 30, 1963) and Troy Gentry (born April 5, 1967 - September 8, 2017), who died in a helicopter crash in Medford , New Jersey on the way to a concert came.
Band history
Eddie and his brother John Michael Montgomery performed early on with their father's country band in their native Kentucky. Troy Gentry was also a country musician at a young age and eventually joined the Montgomery brothers' band Early Tymz. The three were later together in the band Young Country before John Michael began his successful solo career.
Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry then continued as a duo, first under the name Deuce, then as Montgomery Gentry. They were signed by Columbia in the late 1990s , and their debut album Tattoos & Scars was released in 1999 . It reached the top ten on the country charts and also made it onto the US album charts . It has been sold over a million times. Six songs from it also made it into the country singles charts. In 2000, Montgomery Gentry were voted Duo of the Year by the Country Music Association (CMA), making them the only ones who were able to contest Brooks & Dunn for this title between 1992 and 2006 .
In the following years the two musicians increased their success continuously and with If You Ever Stop Loving Me they had their first country number one in 2004. This was followed by Something to Be Proud Of , Lucky Man and Back When I Knew It All . Montgomery Gentry's hits have always featured in the Billboard Hot 100 .
In 2018 Montgomery announced that it would continue to be active as a solo musician under the name of the duo and to tour under the name in the same year. The final album by both artists was released on February 2, 2018 under the name Here's to You .
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 US
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Country
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| 1999 | Tattoos & Scars |
US131  (8 weeks)US |
Country10 (104 weeks) Country |
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| 2001 | Carrying on |
US49  (19 weeks)US |
Country6 (87 weeks) Country |
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| 2002 | My Town |
US26th (73 weeks)US |
Country3 (104 weeks) Country |
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| 2004 | You Do Your Thing |
US10 (71 weeks)US |
Country2 (100 weeks) Country |
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| 2005 | Something to Be Proud Of: The Best of 1999-2005 |
US20th (24 weeks)US |
Country2 (78 weeks) Country |
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| 2006 | Some people change |
US23 (47 weeks) US |
Country5 (78 weeks) Country |
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| 2008 | Back When I Knew It All |
US20 (10 weeks) US |
Country3 (78 weeks) Country |
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| 2009 | For our heroes |
US11 (9 weeks) US |
Country5 (14 weeks) Country |
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| 2011 | Rebels on the Run |
US28 (4 weeks) US |
Country9 (37 weeks) Country |
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| 2012 | Friends and Family (EP) | - |
Country53 (1 week) Country |
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| 2015 | Folks Like Us |
US121 (1 week) US |
Country13 (3 weeks) Country |
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| 2017 | Playlist: The Very Best of Montgomery Gentry |
US143 (1 week) US |
Country18 (19 weeks) Country |
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| 2018 | Here's to you |
US32 (1 week) US |
Country3 (1 week) Country |
|
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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US
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Country
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| 1999 | Hillbilly Shoes Tattoos & Scars |
US62 (11 weeks) US |
Country13 (20 weeks) Country |
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| Lonely and Gone Tattoos & Scars |
US46 (19 weeks) US |
Country5 (26 weeks) Country |
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| Daddy Won't Sell the Farm Tattoos & Scars |
US79 (6 weeks) US |
Country17 (21 weeks) Country |
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| 2000 | Self Made Man Tattoos & Scars |
- |
Country31 (20 weeks) Country |
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| All Night Long Tattoos & Scars |
- |
Country31 (21 weeks) Country |
feat. Charlie Daniels
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| Merry Christmas from the Family only single |
- |
Country38 (4 weeks) Country |
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| 2001 | She Couldn't Change Me Carrying On |
US37 (21 weeks) US |
Country2 (33 weeks) Country |
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| Cold One Comin 'On Carrying On |
- |
Country23 (22 weeks) Country |
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| 2002 | Didn't I film soundtrack: We Were Soldiers |
- |
Country45 (7 weeks) Country |
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| My Town My Town |
US40 (20 weeks) US |
Country5 (30 weeks) Country |
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| Speed My Town |
US47 (20 weeks) US |
Country5 (33 weeks) Country |
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| 2003 | Hell Yeah My Town |
US45 (20 weeks) US |
Country4 (26 weeks) Country |
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| 2004 | If You Ever Stop Loving Me You Do Your Thing |
US30 (20 weeks) US |
Country1 (26 weeks) Country |
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| You Do Your Thing You Do Your Thing |
- |
Country22 (20 weeks) Country |
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| Gone You Do Your Thing |
US53 (20 weeks)US |
Country3 (28 weeks) Country |
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| 2005 | Something to Be Proud Of You Do Your Thing |
US41 (20 weeks) US |
Country1 (27 weeks) Country |
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| She Don't Tell Me To Something to Be Proud Of: The Best of 1999-2005 |
US62 (16 weeks) US |
Country5 (27 weeks) Country |
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| 2006 | Some People Change Some People Change |
US57 (13 weeks) US |
Country7 (27 weeks) Country |
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| 2007 | Lucky Man Some People Change |
US65 (17 weeks) US |
Country1 (25 weeks) Country |
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| What Do Ya Think About That Some People Change |
US57 (20 weeks) US |
Country3 (28 weeks) Country |
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| 2008 | Back When I Knew It All Back When I Knew It All |
US56 (18 weeks) US |
Country1 (23 weeks) Country |
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| Roll with Me Back When I Knew It All |
US33 (20 weeks) US |
Country1 (25 weeks) Country |
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| 2009 | One in Every Crowd Back When I Knew It All |
US53 (17 weeks) US |
Country5 (20 weeks) Country |
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| Long Line Of Losers |
- |
Country23 (19 weeks) Country |
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| 2010 | Outta Be More Songs About That |
- |
Country40 (11 weeks) Country |
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| While You're Still Young |
- |
Country32 (16 weeks) Country |
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| 2012 | Where I Come From |
US71 (15 weeks)US |
Country8 (38 weeks) Country |
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| So called Life |
- |
Country45 (13 weeks) Country |
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| 2017 | Better me |
- |
Country40 (2 weeks) Country |
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Video albums
- 2004 You Do Your Thing (US:gold)
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- ^ Christopher Mele: Troy Gentry of the Country Music Duo Montgomery Gentry Dies at 50 . September 8, 2017.
- ^ Eddie Montgomery: The decision to continue Montgomery Gentry .
- ↑ Montgomery Gentry's Final Album Coming in February .
- ↑ Chart sources albums: Charts US
- ↑ Music Sales Awards: US
- ↑ Chart sources singles: Charts US
