LeAnne Rimes
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LeAnne Rimes Biography
In 1996, LeAnn Rimes burst out of nowhere with her debut
single, Blue, which immediately captured the attention of country
fans across America. It wasn't just the fact that her rich, powerful
vocals were remarkably similar to Patsy Cline -- it was the fact that
Rimes was only 13 years old. Like Tanya Tucker and Brenda Lee before
her, she had a hit with her debut single and was barely a teenager at
the time. It was quite an auspicious way to begin a career. Born in
Jackson, MS, but raised in Garland, TX, Rimes (born August 28, 1982)
began singing as a child, performing at local talent contests. At the
age of 11, she released her first album on an independent record label
called Nor Va Jak. That same year, Bill Mack, a Dallas disc jockey and
record promoter, met Rimes, and impressed by her talents, he took her
under his wing and began cultivating a plan to break her into the
mainstream. The cornerstone of Mack's plan was a song called Blue,
which he had written in the '60s. Mack claimed that he had written the
tune for Cline, but she had died before she was able to record the
song.
Throughout 1995, Rimes' career continued to gain momentum, as she
performed more than 100 concerts and appeared on television shows
across Texas. After Mack arranged a record contract for Rimes with Curb
Records, the label sent out a release with the single of Blue that
claimed the DJ had been waiting over 30 years to find the right
vocalist to sing Blue. The story was an exaggeration: Blue had been
recorded by no less than three different artists, including Bill Mack
and Kenny Roberts, who both released versions on Starday in the '60s,
and in 1993, Kathryn Pitt released the record as a single in her native
Australia. Nevertheless, the story was repeated throughout the country
and mainstream music press, adding to the growing myth that Rimes was
the successor to Cline's tradition. Blue and its accompanying album
of the same name became major hits in the summer of 1996.
Blue debuted at number three on the pop charts, selling over 123,000
copies within its first week of release -- the largest figure to date
in the history of the SoundScan tracking system. Rimes was nominated
for the Country Music Association Horizon award and the CMA Best
Country Singer, becoming the youngest singer in the history of the CMA
awards to receive a nomination; she won neither award. After two
quickie 1997 releases -- Unchained Melody: The Early Years and You
Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs -- she issued her second proper
LP, Sittin' on Top of the World, in 1998. Her self-titled third album
followed a year later and I Need You appeared in early 2001. The next
year, Rimes emerged with a sexy flair for the pop-oriented Twisted
Angel, but returned to contemporary country in 2005 with This Woman.
Her 2006 effort Whatever We Wanna found her going back to pop and was
released exclusively in Europe. In 2007 she kicked off the Evan
Almighty soundtrack with the gospel rave-up Ready for a Miracle ,
appeared on Hal Ketchum's single In Front of the Alamo , and began
promoting her next album, Family, with the single Nothing Better To
Do . ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Written by Stephen Thomas Erlewine