13 June 1978, Houston, Texas, USA. This US contemporary country singer was raised in North Carolina by devout parents who would not allow him to listen to any secular music as a youngster. After leaving home Carroll was able to broaden his musical education, and he soon discovered he had a talent for singing. He performed at open mic slots while working during the day in a g
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Jimmy Wayne
- 86% match to Chuck Wicks
23 October 1972, North Carolina, USA. After his father abandoned the family Wayne was raised by his mother. He and his sister later suffered life-threatening abuse at the hands of his mothers second husband. In his early teens he was living in a group care centre, from which he absconded to live rough. Later, he found a home with Russell and Beatrice Costner but within
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Darryl Worley
- 82% match to Chuck Wicks
31 October 1964, Pyburn, Tennessee, USA. This country singer-songwriter made his breakthrough in 2002, when his second album I Miss My Friend reached the top of the US country charts. Worley was brought up in a strict Methodist family, and his decision to pursue a music career was reluctantly acceded to by his parents. He studied hard to complete a biology degree while learn
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Josh Gracin
- 79% match to Chuck Wicks
Joshua Mario Gracin, 18 October 1980, Westland, Michigan, USA. Country pop vocalist Gracin came to prominence in summer 2003 during the second series of the US reality television series American Idol, when his chiselled good looks and MOR leanings helped propel him into the final stages of the competition. Gracins gentle take on pop standards such as Billy Joels
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Emerson Drive
- 77% match to Chuck Wicks
Country pop outfit formed in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada by school friends Brad Mates (Bradley Mates, 21 July 1978, Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada; vocals/guitar), Pat Allingham (b. 9 July 1978, Ill-A-La-Cross, Saskatchewan, Canada; fiddle), and Chris Hartman (b. 2 January 1978, Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada; keyboards). Originally called 12 Gauge, the trio added Jeff
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Trent Willmon
- 77% match to Chuck Wicks
6 March 1973, near Afton, Texas, USA. Raised in a rural community, where the chief forms of entertainment came from books and records, Willmon developed an abiding interest in words and music. The music he heard during these years included records by Joe Ely, Waylon Jennings, George Strait and Don Williams as well as the pop of Buddy Holly. Other declared musical influences
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Chris Cagle
- 76% match to Chuck Wicks
Christian Cagle, 10 November 1968, DeRidder, Louisiana, USA. This no-frills country rock artist grew up in Houston, Texas. Cagle learned to play guitar and piano as a youngster and dropped out of college at the age of 19 to pursue a musical career. He relocated to Nashville in the mid-90s where he struggled to make an impact before placing some songs with the up-and-coming p
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Phil Vassar
- 75% match to Chuck Wicks
28 May 1964, Lynchburg, Virginia, USA. Vassars father was a club singer, who bought his own restaurant. Vassar did well in athletics and football in school and obtained a degree in Business Administration from James Madison University. He moved to Nashville in 1987 and began playing piano in the Hard Days Night bar, which he eventually bought. Engelbert Humperdin
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Jack Ingram
- 72% match to Chuck Wicks
15 November 1970, Houston, Texas, USA. This US country rock singer-songwriter released his first major label recording in 1997, but was already an established star on the southern bar circuit and had issued two independent albums during the middle of the decade. Ingram first began playing seriously while studying for a psychology degree at Southern Methodist University in Da
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Joe Nichols
- 71% match to Chuck Wicks
26 November 1976, Rogers, Arkansas, USA. This US country singers father was an amateur country singer who instilled in his son a love of classic singers such as George Jones and Marty Robbins. After completing high school, Nichols landed a job as a car mechanic but also began DJing at the local country clubs. A chance meeting with producer Randy Edwards led to a record
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Craig Morgan
- 70% match to Chuck Wicks
17 July 1965, Kingston Springs, Tennessee, USA. Country singer-songwriter Morgan began his career at the start of the new millennium, but his rise to the upper echelons of the charts was a gradual process and took in an abortive period with a major label. Raised in Nashville in the heart of country music land, Morgan nurtured dreams of becoming a country singer from an early
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James Otto
- 68% match to Chuck Wicks
29 July 1973, Fort Lewis, Washington, USA. Having learned to play saxophone and violin as a child, this Nashville-based singer-songwriter graduated to the guitar in his early teens and began immersing himself in country music. After a two-year period of military service in the US Navy, Otto relocated to the home of country music in Nashville, Tennessee, in an attempt to brea
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Mark Wills
- 64% match to Chuck Wicks
Daryl Mark Williams, 8 August 1973, Cleveland, Tennessee, USA. Singer-songwriter Wills, who grew-up in Blue Ridge, Georgia, quietly established himself as a reliable new country star. Wills began performing as a country artist in the early 90s at the Buckboard Country Music Showcase in Marietta. His 1996 debut for Mercury Records, which included the Top 5 country singles
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