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Member of. Alabama. Website. randyowen .com. Randy Yeuell Owen (born December 13, 1949) is an American country musician. He is best known for his role as the lead singer of Alabama, a country rock band that saw tremendous mainstream success throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
Randy Yeuell Owen, noto anche con lo pseudonimo di Randy Owem ( Fort Payne, 13 dicembre 1949 ), è un cantante e chitarrista statunitense . È principalmente noto per essere cofondatore e cantante del gruppo country Alabama . Indice. 1 Biografia. 2 Vita privata. 3 Discografia. 3.1 Con gli Alabama. 3.2 Solista. 4 Note. 5 Altri progetti.
At June Jam XVIII , ALABAMA's Randy Owen and Teddy Gentry will be joined by special guest performers Old Dominion (six-time reigning ACM and CMA “Group of The Year”), GRAMMY Award-winning Shenandoah, Lee Greenwood ("God Bless The U.S.A."), Montgomery Gentry Featuring Eddie Montgomery, Mark Wills, Exile,John Berry, Taylor Hicks, The Malpass ...
- History
- Musical Style and Influences
- Chart Records, Sales, and Awards
- Legacy
- Band Members
- Discography
- External Links
1969–1979: Formation and early years
Alabama was formed by guitarists Randy Owen and Jeff Cook, and bassist Teddy Gentry, three cousins born and raised near Fort Payne, Alabama, an area with strong country music roots. Owen and Gentry grew up on separate cotton farms on Lookout Mountain (a plateau that stretches across northeastern Alabama, through northwest Georgia and into Tennessee), learning guitar together and singing in church before the age of six. Gentry and Owen played in numerous groups during the 1960s, ranging from p...
1980–1987: Mainstream success and superstardom
The group's next single, "My Home's in Alabama", received an even better response, reaching the top 20. Their early chart successes led to an invitation to appear at the "New Faces" show at Nashville's annual Country Radio Seminar, along with other new acts, such as Reba McEntire. The band had to perform with studio musicians, rather than as a band, and left the session believing they had destroyed their chances. Despite this, the group drew interest from several labels, among those RCA Recor...
1987–2004: Decline in popularity and Farewell tour
By the late 1980s, Alabama's sales slowed down considerably, with only their major albums going gold. The group's popularity was mostly eclipsed by more traditional-sounding artists such as Alan Jackson, Randy Travis, George Strait, and Dwight Yoakam. Despite this, they continued to be a popular touring act, and the band issued their first live album, Alabama Live, in 1988. For 1989's Southern Star, the band decided to part ways with longtime producer Shedd, instead splitting production dutie...
Alabama's music mixes both country, rock, and pop, particularly evident in their musical concept: the band was one of the first country bands to achieve significant airplay. Despite their influences from other genres, the band was most inspired by country music, which is most evident in their "harmonies, songwriting, and approach." Stephen Thomas E...
Multiplatinum certifications
Alabama is among the world's best-selling bands of all time, having sold a combined 75 million records worldwide. Alabama's best-selling studio album is Mountain Music (1982), while two greatest hits albums — Greatest Hits (1986) and For the Record (1998) — are among their highest in individual sales, with all three totaling five million in sales. Alabama received multiplatinum success for several albums; albums currently certified quadruple platinum include Feels So Right, The Closer You Get...
Awards
Alabama is the most awarded band in the history of country music, with over 200 awards from a variety of organizations. In 1981, Alabama won both the Vocal Group of the Year and Instrumental Group of the Year honors from the CMAs. It also won the ACM's Vocal Group of the Year award, and Billboard's New Group of the Year honors. The group won the CMA's prestigious Entertainer of the Year award for three consecutive years (1982–84), and the ACM's Entertainer of the Year award five times (1982–8...
Impact
Alabama has been credited with "substantially broadening country's audience while becoming one of the most popular acts in American musical history" by Michael McCall of The Encyclopedia of Country Music. The band was notable for its three-person lead (as "most other country acts focused on a soloist accompanied by an anonymous band"), their collective hair length and facial hair (which would have been deemed unacceptable just a decade earlier), and their prominent electric bass and drums. Th...
Philanthropy
Beginning in 1982 and continuing until 1997, Alabama sponsored the June Jam, a music festival in Fort Payne, which at its peak drew 60,000 fans and raised millions for local charities. The group also held "Fan Appreciation Days", weekend events that included a golf tournament and a songwriters concert that raised money for charities in Fort Payne. Owen spearheaded "Country Cares for Kids", an annual country radiothon that raised over $70 million for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Me...
Current members
1. Randy Owen – lead vocals, rhythm guitar(1969–2004, 2006–07, 2010–present) 2. Teddy Gentry – bass, occasional lead vocals, backing vocals(1969–2004, 2006–07, 2010–present)
Former members
1. Mike Shawcross – drums (2010–2018) 2. Mark Herndon – drums (1979–2004) 3. Don Perkey – drums (1975-1978) 4. Rick Scott – drums (1974–1979) 5. Bennett Vartanian – drums, backing vocals (1972–1974) 6. Jackie Owen – drums (1969–1972) 7. Jeff Cook – lead guitar, occasional lead vocals, backing vocals, fiddle, keyboards(1969–2004, 2006–07, 2010–2022; died 2022)
Albums
Studio albums 1. Wildcountry(1976) 2. Deuces Wild(1977) 3. Alabama Band No. 3(1979) 4. My Home's in Alabama(1980) 5. Feels So Right(1981) 6. Mountain Music(1982) 7. The Closer You Get...(1983) 8. Roll On(1984) 9. 40-Hour Week(1985) 10. Christmas(1985) 11. The Touch(1986) 12. Just Us(1987) 13. Southern Star(1989) 14. Pass It On Down(1990) 15. American Pride(1992) 16. Cheap Seats(1993) 17. In Pictures(1995) 18. Christmas Vol. II(1996) 19. Dancin' on the Boulevard(1997) 20. Twentieth Century(199...
Number one singles
Alabama amassed over 40 number one hit singles (on a variety of industry charts) and 12 top-10 albums, including ten that peaked at number one on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart. The group had 33 number ones on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart,which are as follows: 1. 1980 : "Tennessee River"; "Why Lady Why" 2. 1981 : "Old Flame"; "Feels So Right"; "Love in the First Degree" 3. 1982 : "Mountain Music"; "Take Me Down"; "Close Enough to Perfect" 4. 1983 : "Dixieland Delight"; "The Close...
Alabama at AllMusicAlabama discography at Discogs- 1969–2004, 2006–2007, 2010–present
- Fort Payne, Alabama, United States
- Randy Owen, Teddy Gentry
- Mark Herndon, Jackie Owen, Rick Scott, Bennett Vartanian, Jeff Cook
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About. Randy Owen. Randy Yeuell Owen was born at The Guest’s Clinic in Fort Payne, Alabama on December 13, 1949. Randy was raised with his two younger sisters in a frame farmhouse near Adamsburg, Alabama in DeKalb County, very close by to Lookout Mountain. Randy is married with three children.
Formed in Fort Payne, the country super group Alabama blended the unbeatable talents of lead singer, rhythm guitarist and songwriter Randy Owen, bass player, songwriter and harmony vocalist Teddy Gentry, multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter Jeff Cook and drummer Mark Herndon.
