Shelby Lynne

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Shelby Lynne (2008)
Shelby Lynne (2008)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
I am Shelby Lynne
  DE 25th 02/21/2000 (4 weeks)
  CH 100 03/19/2000 (1 week)
  UK 94 11/06/1999 (1 week)
  US 165 03/10/2001 (1 week)
Love, Shelby
  US 109 12/01/2001 (1 week)
Identity Crisis
  US 160 04/10/2003 (1 week)
Just a Little Lovin '- Inspired by Dusty Springfield
  US 41 02/16/2008 (8 weeks)
Tears, Lies, and Alibis
  US 108 05/08/2010 (1 week)
Revelation Road
  US 169 05/11/2011 (1 week)
Singles
Leavin '
  UK 73 04/29/2000 (1 week)

Shelby Lynne (born October 22, 1968 in Quantico , Virginia , as Shelby Lynne Moorer ) is a Grammy- winning American singer-songwriter and musician . She is the older sister of Allison Moorer .

Career

Shelby Lynne grew up in Jackson , Alabama . In 1986, Lynne and her sister, Alison Moorer, witnessed her father killing her mother first and then himself. Lynne then took care of her sister and entered into a short-term marriage. The extended suicide of her father processed Lynne years later, among others, in the song Heaven's Only Days Down the Road (2011), which ends with two shots.

To start a career in the music business, Lynne eventually moved to Nashville. She was discovered during a rehearsal for an engagement at the Opryland USA theme park in Nashville. Through a demo tape, she got the chance to appear on the Nashville Now TV show in 1987 . After this performance, several record companies became interested in the talented singer. Lynne eventually signed a recording deal with Epic . The first single was a duet with George Jones: If I Could Bottle This Up . By 1991 Lynne released three albums and several singles, none of which brought the hoped-for breakthrough in the country mainstream. Nevertheless, during this period, you got a number of smaller hits in the country charts. Things Are Tough All Over was the biggest hit in 1990 at number 23. The album Tough All Over stayed in the country charts for 50 weeks. She was also named "Best New Singer" at the Academy of Country Music Awards .

As a result, Lynne changed record labels, always trying to become a star in Nashville. But neither the western swing of Temptation (1993) nor the return to the mainstream on Restless (1995) managed to establish Lynne as a star. With Slow Me Down , she reached the American country charts for the last time in 1995 (59th place). After that, the singer disappeared from the headlines for a few years.

With the album I Am Shelby Lynne , which was first released in Europe in 1999, Lynne finally made the switch to the singer-songwriter field with his own compositions, musically enriched with pop , soul and blues . At the beginning of 2000 Jürgen von der Lippe presented Lynne in his game show Money or Love . As a result, I Am Shelby Lynne reached the German album charts (number 25). In Great Britain she had a respectable success with the released single Leavin . The success curve was also up in the USA. The peak came in February 2001 when Lynne was awarded a Grammy for Best Newcomer, which was remarkable given that Lynne had already released five albums by then and had worked in the music business for over thirteen years.

The rockier album Love, Shelby was followed by a collaboration with producer Glen Ballard , who had previously decisively advanced Alanis Morissette's career . The hope of landing a similarly great success with Lynne, however, was not fulfilled. The CD narrowly failed in the top 100 in the USA. The included song Killin 'Kind was selected for the soundtrack to the movie Bridget Jones - Chocolate for Breakfast . Lynne then signed for two albums with Capitol and made her theatrical debut in 2005 as Carrie Cash in the Johnny Cash biography Walk the Line . In 2004 she also played the song Run Away with the American alternative band Live for their Best-of Awake .

Lynne's album Just a Little Lovin ' (2008) only contained songs by Dusty Springfield , with whom the singer was often compared in the past , apart from one original composition . She also worked on the “first-class cover album ” with producer Phil Ramone , who also produced records for Dusty Springfield in the 1960s. Lynne eventually climbed to number 41 on the American album charts with Just a Little Lovin ' , her greatest success to date.

Lynne then founded her own label Everso and released two albums there in 2010: Tears, Lies, and Alibis and Merry Christmas . In September, Lynne and her sister Allison Moorer announced that they were going on tour together for the first time. “Side by Side” is supposed to be an “intimate acoustic show”.

Discography

Albums

  • 1989: Sunrise (Epic)
  • 1990: Tough All Over (Epic)
  • 1991: Soft Talk (Epic)
  • 1993: Temptation (Morgan Creek)
  • 1995: Restless (Curb)
  • 1999: I Am Shelby Lynne (Europe: Mercury 1999, USA: Iceland 2000)
  • 2001: Love, Shelby (Iceland)
  • 2003: Identity Crisis (Capitol)
  • 2005: Suit Yourself (Capitol)
  • 2008: Just a Little Lovin ' (Lost Highway / Universal)
  • 2010: Tears, Lies, and Alibis (Everso / Fontana)
  • 2010: Merry Christmas (Everso / Fontana)
  • 2011: Revelation Road (Everso)
  • 2015: I Can't Imagine (Rounder Records)
  • 2017: Not Dark Yet (with Allison Moorer )
  • 2020: Shelby Lynne

Compilations

  • 2000: This Is Shelby Lynne: The Best of the Epic Years (Sony)
  • 2000: Epic Recordings (Sony)
  • 2006: The Definitive Collection (Hip-O)
  • 2012: Live at McCabe’s (Everso, CD / DVD)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Chart sources: DE CH UK US
  2. ↑ a b c d Without make-up: Shelby Lynne . Stern.de, May 10, 2008
  3. ↑ imdb.com Biography and Trivia, IMDB
  4. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/13/arts/music/shelby-lynne-allison-moorer-not-dark-yet.html
  5. ^ Walter Fuchs: The New Big Book of Country Music . Germany 2005, ISBN 3-89880-364-3 , page 269
  6. ^ Joel Whitburn: Top Country Albums 1964-1997 . USA 1997, ISBN 0-89820-124-1 , page 99
  7. ^ The Awards Insider In: Los Angeles Times
  8. ^ Sisters Shelby Lynne and Allison Moorer to Tour Together . ARTISTdirect, September 8, 2010
  9. ^ Christoph Dallach: New Music DVDs. KulturSpiegel, December 31, 2012, accessed March 8, 2015 .

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personal data
SURNAME Lynne, Shelby
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moorer, Shelby Lynne (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer and musician
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Quantico , Virginia, USA