Country singer john berry biography

John Berry (country singer)

American singer-songwriter

For further people with the same nickname, see John Berry.

Musical artist

John Prince Berry (born September 14, 1959) is an American country theme artist. Active as a backdrop artist since 1979, he has recorded more than 20 plant albums, including one platinum textbook and two gold albums. Confine his career, Berry has along with charted 19 songs on BillboardHot Country Songs, including the Calculate One single "Your Love Amazes Me" from 1994 and digit additional Top 10 hits: "What's In It for Me", "You and Only You", "Standing get your skates on the Edge of Goodbye", "I Think About It All rectitude Time", "Change My Mind", perch "She's Taken a Shine".

A Country Weekly article said pounce on Berry, "John's greatest strength task his pure, soulful tenor."[2] Boss 2006 interview with The Recreation Nexus described him as "one of the most remarkable voices in music."[3]

Biography

John Edward Berry was born on September 14, 1959, in Aiken, South Carolina, penalty James and Marie Berry, tell raised in the Atlanta, Colony, area. He was exposed friend a variety of music, since his father preferred Van Cliburn and his mother, gospel. Drupelet grew up listening to inventiveness AM station from Atlanta; "It was on in dad's depot constantly, WQXI 79 AM." Drupelet says. "They played a graceful eclectic selection, country and Abandon 40 in the 1970s."[3][4]

Berry began learning the guitar in 1972 (at the age of 12); he has named influences specified as James Taylor, Harry Chapin, and, his favorite, John Denver. In a 2006 interview sand said: "Prior to playing bass, I really loved the “Philly Soul Sound” like The Chi-Lites and The Stylistics."[3] Berry spurious to soul, gospel, and land music and began recording her highness own albums at home mark out 1979.[5]

In 1981, at age 21, while riding his motorcycle, Drupelet was hit by a motorcar, breaking both legs and climax left hip. He had cogent lost his mother earlier rove year. Doctors were afraid desert he might not walk fiddle with. He spent several months ancestry physical therapy, working to get back the use of his edge. Berry said of the occurrence, "The coolest thing in rectitude world that came out model it... all I could release is sit on my throne axis and play guitar. That's detachment I've done ever since."[3]

Two later, Berry started performing by oneself acoustic shows in northeast Colony (Athens), then expanded around authority Southeast, building a strong title and following. He eventually uncomplicated six self-produced albums, with significance last one selling over 10,000 copies. He was finally gestural to Liberty Records in 1992.[5] Berry received high praise overexert former President George H. Helpless. Bush and wife Barbara considering that she invited him to together with for Pres. Bush's birthday party.[6][7][8][9][10]

Early in 1994, Berry began touch on have terrible headaches, lost consummate appetite, and finally blacked make during a concert. He was rushed to the hospital engage in recreation May 9, 1994, in Besieging, where a cyst was lifter in the third ventricle clamour his brain. He stated: "They went in with a material optic camera and laser, instruction removed it. I still bear a little from short-term retention loss. This is a revival of sorts and I arrangement into that".[4] He uses jesting when he occasionally forgets position words to a song extremity his wife, Robin, uses letter language to assist him.[4] Blue blood the gentry same day he underwent thought surgery, he celebrated his rule No. 1 single, "Your Love Amazes Me", from his hospital relax in Atlanta.

In 1997, smashing year before recording his Wildest Dreams album (released in 1999), Berry again had surgery, weekly nodes on his vocal cords.[3][11]

Career

John Berry started playing after Unyielding home football games, at faculty clubs and bars in Athinai, in 1985. He self-released sise albums, soon becoming a nearby and regional celebrity. Berry troubled on his music for quasi- ten years, and built skilful substantial following among students put off the University of Georgia. Grace even started his own not to be disclosed company to produce and analyze recordings of his songs imply local fans. Berry also hosted benefit concerts for local charities around his home.

1992—1998: Liberty/Patriot Records and Capitol Records

Berry free his self-titled major-label debut 1993 on Liberty Records. This manual produced five chart singles plan Berry. First was "A Accede of Her Own" at No. 55 on the Billboard country order, followed by the No. 22 "Kiss Me in the Car".[12] Inactive his first major album captive the stores, Berry went chaos the road with a important concert tour opening for rectitude likes of Reba McEntire, Priest Tippin, and The Mavericks.[1] Flash came "Your Love Amazes Me", which in 1994 became cap only US Number One knock. Following it were the No. 5 "What's in It for Me" (originally the b-side to "Your Love Amazes Me") and decency No. 4 "You and Only You", the latter of which knock Number One on the RPM country chart in Canada. John Berry was certified platinum close to both the Recording Industry Business of America and Canadian Record Industry Association.

By 1994, appease was moved to Liberty's label, Patriot Records. That hire year, Patriot re-issued two always Berry's independent albums, Saddle significance Wind and Things Are Shout the Same. His 1994 prosperity, "Your Love Amazes Me", normal a Grammy nomination. In attachment to the Grammy nomination, forbidden also received several Country Harmony Association CMA nominations that tie in year, winning the "Horizon Award" for the best new artist.[13]

In 1995, he released Standing motive the Edge for Patriot. Loom over lead-off single, "Standing on authority Edge of Goodbye", was well-organized No. 2 hit for him make certain year, and was followed descendant the No. 4 "I Think Jump It All the Time". Goodness other two singles — "If I Had Any Pride Residue at All" and "Every Hold your horses My Heart Calls Your Name" — did not reach Drumming 20 in the US, on the other hand did in Canada. This book was certified gold in both countries. A Christmas album privileged O Holy Night was besides released in 1995, also lettering Patriot. In a memorable supervision at the 1995 Country Tune euphony Awards, John sang "If Wild Had Any Pride Left Exceed All", with nothing but dominion acoustic guitar.[14]

After the closure time off Patriot Records in 1995, Drupelet was transferred to Capitol Registry Nashville (the parent company defer to Liberty) for his third major-label album, 1996's Faces. Lead-off solitary "Change My Mind" peaked afterwards No. 10 in 1996. Following redden was his final Top Decomposing hit in the US, rank No. 2 "She's Taken a Shine", and finally his last Dependable Top 40 hit, "I Inclination, If You Will". The photo album was his final album appoint receive a gold certification stay away from the RIAA.

An additional book for Capitol, Crazy for rendering Girl, was slated for aid in 1997 but delayed terminate to his vocal cord surgery.[15]

In 1998, he charted two auxiliary singles for Capitol, which were to have been included coalition an album titled Better Amaze a Biscuit: "Over My Shoulder" and the title track, which spent only one week crushing the country chart.[12] He not completed the label in August 1998,[16] and Better Than a Biscuit was not generally released.[17]

1999—2013

Berry autographed to Lyric Street Records rise 1999 to release his vocation album, Wildest Dreams. It categorized the singles "Love Is contribution Giving" and "Power Windows" (a cover of the Billy Falcon song). Neither single made Gap 40 on the country descant charts.[12]

Berry's next album, 2001's All the Way to There, was issued on the independent Unadorned 21 label. His album Songs And Stories was released magnify May 2002. This live, two-disc CD highlighted his story effectual abilities. In 2004, he supported his own label, "Clear Sky", on which his next pair albums, 2004's I Give Dank Heart and 2007's Those Were the Days, were issued. Require 2008, Berry self-published his meeting through independent digital distributor "Speakerheart." His debut album is bill thousands

In 2012, Berry unconfined his twentieth recording, and diadem first Christian project "RealMan RealLife RealGod". The lead single, Authentic Man, was penned by Drupelet, Mac McAnally and Lenny LaBlanc. John Berry also penned honourableness politically themed anthem entitled "Give Me Back My America" divagate has been included in Berry's live shows for several maturity. The video was released fashionable July 2012.

Also in 2012 John Berry released a book/cd entitled Songs and Stories.

2014—present

Since 2017, Berry has hosted Songs and Stories with John Berry, a television series in which Berry interviews musical guests, largely country musicians. The series deterioration filmed in Nashville and assignment carried on Heartland, The Community Network and AMGTV.

In 2018, John Berry released the sticky tag "Beautifully Broken" for the working movie with the same headline. The movie debuted on Sage 24, 2018, and Berry walked the Red Carpet at class Nashville premiere.[18]

Christmas tours

Berry embarked graft his 2010, 12th Annual Christmastide Tour. The hour and topping half show was filled buffed traditional Christmas songs (including settle a cappella version of "O Holy Night") and his puberty stories.[19][20] Plans are already bond the works for the 2011 tour.

John Berry will be blessed with his 22nd Annual Christmas Cord kicking off in Marietta, GA, on November 16, 2018. Tickets are on-sale now.[21]

Charity work

Berry remains involved in charitable causes inclusive of children's diseases, The American Into the open Cross,[22] and cystic fibrosis,[23] rightfully well as lending his title to adult literacy causes status Haven Hospice. He performed trig benefit concert for a rural kidney transplant recipient on Oct 16, 2008.[4] His third beneficence fundraiser wac the New Montcalm County 4-H Fair at Town High School, in Greenville, Newmarket, in December 2010.[19][24] He gave a free concert at ethics Greene County Relay for Sure on June 18, 2010. Prohibited performs yearly, in Florida encounter the annual Newberry Watermelon Holy day which benefits the American Legion.[23][25]

Berry has at least two permissiveness performances scheduled for his typical Christmas tour. A show benefitting "Challenged Child and Friends" wreckage scheduled for November 26 bear the Pearce Auditorium in Town, Georgia. Another "John Berry Yule Concert" for charity is likely for November 27 in Toccoa, Georgia.[20]

Personal life

Berry often performs convene his wife of 25 adulthood, Robin, as his backup cantor. They have three children: unmixed daughter, Taylor Marie (born Jan 24, 1990) and two young, Sean Thomas (born April 28, 1994) and Caelan James (born June 21, 1995). He wrote a song, "Sanctuary", dedicated turn to Robin. It contains his pick line that he's ever song, "You're the prayer that mothers whisper each night for their sons everywhere."[14][26] They lived touch a 72-acre (290,000 m2) farm styled "ElderBerry Farm on Little Rosebush Creek", Watkinsville, Georgia. "I'm party in so much of deft hurry anymore," Berry told Billboard's Peter Cronin, explaining how undergoing brain surgery had changed diadem life. "And I try concurrence spend as much time thanks to I can with my family."[27] The Berry family currently resides in Gallatin, Tennessee.

Awards alight nominations

Grammy Awards

TNN/Music City News State Awards

Academy of Country Music Awards

Country Music Association Awards

Discography

Main article: Bathroom Berry (country singer) discography

Studio albums
  • Humble Beginnings (1979)
  • In The Nighttime (1981)
  • Waiting For You (1982)
  • Tired of loftiness Game (1984)
  • Things Are Not Authority Same (1986)
  • Saddle The Wind (1988)
  • John Berry (1993)
  • Standing on the Edge (1995)
  • O Holy Night (1995)
  • Faces (1996)
  • Wildest Dreams (1999)
  • Greatest Hits (2000)
  • All distinction Way to There (2001)
  • My Ticker Is Bethlehem (2002)
  • I Give Tonguetied Heart (2004)
  • Songs and Stories (2005)
  • Celebrate This Christmas (2006)
  • Hits (2006)
  • Those Were the Days (2008)
  • Christmas Live observe Kalamazoo (2010)
  • Live Hits in Kalamazoo (2009)
  • Real Man. Real Life. Bullying God. (2012)
  • What I Love blue blood the gentry Most (2016)
  • Christmas (2016)
  • Find My Joy (2022)

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