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Background information | |
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Origin | Apopka, Florida, United States |
Genres | |
Years active | 1981–present |
Labels | |
Associated acts | Don King, Mac McAnally |
Website | https://sawyerbrown.com/ |
Members |
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Past members |
Sawyer Brown is an American country music band. It was founded in 1981 in Apopka, Florida, by Mark Miller (lead vocals, guitar), Gregg 'Hobie' Hubbard (keyboards), Bobby Randall (guitars), Joe 'Curly' Smyth (drums), and Jim Scholten (bass guitar).[2] The five musicians were originally members of country singer Don King's road band, but chose to stay together after King retired in 1981.[2] After competing on the television competition series Star Search and winning that show's grand prize, they signed to Capitol Records in 1984.[2] The band recorded for Capitol between then and 1991, and for Curb Records between then and 2005,[2] except for a short time in 2003 when they were signed to Lyric Street Records. Duncan Cameron, formerly of the Amazing Rhythm Aces, replaced Randall in 1991, and Shayne Hill replaced him in 2004.
Sawyer Brown has released eighteen studio albums and has charted over fifty times on the Hot Country Songs charts, including three No. 1 singles: 'Step That Step' (1985), ' Some Girls Do' (1992), and 'Thank God for You' (1993). The band's sound is largely defined by country pop and rock music influences, with cover versions of songs by George Jones, Michael Johnson, and Dave Dudley also among their hit singles. Artists with whom they have collaborated include Randy Scruggs, Joe Bonsall, and Mac McAnally.
History[edit]
The group's members were originally part of country pop singer Don King's road band.[2] When King stopped touring in 1981, the group decided to stay together. The band played up to five sets a night, six days a week (for a time at Knight's Corral, on Nolensville Rd., in Nashville, as 'Bobby, Mark, and Sandgap'), until they auditioned for the TV show Star Search in 1983. They won the grand prize of $100,000 and a recording contract.[1]
The band originally chose the name Savanna. When another band with a similar name emerged, the group decided to change its own moniker.[2] They met at their manager's office in Nashville and began looking through area telephone books for inspiration. They blindly landed on the name of a nearby thoroughfare, Sawyer Brown Road, and derived the new band name 'Sawyer Brown'.[1][3]
Sawyer Brown, 1987
The band signed with Capitol Records and scored a Top 20 hit with their first single, 'Leona', in 1984.[2] That success was quickly followed by their first No. 1 hit, 'Step That Step'.[2] The band had their ups and downs on the charts throughout the 1980s, landing only sporadic Top 10 hits. However, by 1990 they had accumulated enough hits for a Greatest Hits package, and were successful on the touring circuit.
Originally, Sawyer Brown was known for a primarily country pop sound dominated largely by novelty tunes; by 1991, however, the band began to express a more serious side to its music by adding ballads to its repertoire.[1] That year, the band also dropped its affiliation with Capitol, and Curb Records assumed promotion and distribution of all subsequent albums and singles (except for 2003, when Sawyer Brown temporarily switched to Lyric Street Records). Bobby Randall also left the band in 1991, and was replaced by Duncan Cameron.[3] Cameron subsequently departed in 2004, with Shayne Hill assuming the role of lead guitarist.
In 1991, after the release of their album Buick, guitarist Bobby Randall left the group to remain close to his family and host a short-lived TV talent show, Be A Star. Duncan Cameron, formerly of The Amazing Rhythm Aces, was chosen as his replacement just as Sawyer Brown was about to become country music's 'it' band. The band then switched labels, moving to Curb Records and releasing the albums The Dirt Road, Café On The Corner, and Outskirts Of Town, which saw hit after hit for the band in the early to mid-1990s.[2]
Part of the band's new-found success was due to singer-songwriter Mac McAnally, who wrote several songs for the group. The McAnally-penned songs, mostly ballads, helped to re-define Sawyer Brown, who up until this point had been reviled by many critics for being a flamboyant 'bubble gum' pop act that emphasized style over substance. 'The Walk', the final single off the Buick album, is said to be the turning point for the group.
Following 'The Walk', the band scored a number of Top 5 and Top 10 hits, including 2 more Billboard No. 1s with 1992's 'Some Girls Do', and 1993's 'Thank God for You', which Mark Miller co-wrote with Mac McAnally. By 1995, Sawyer Brown had enough hits for a second Greatest Hits package. The album, titled Greatest Hits 1990 to 1995, included two new singles, 'This Time' and 'I Don't Believe in Goodbye', which themselves became Top 5 hits.
In the latter half of the 1990s, the group seemed to gradually fall out of favor with country radio, despite a crossover hit in 1999 with 'Drive Me Wild'. They parted ways with Curb in 2003 and signed with Lyric Street Records. One single was released on Lyric Street before Sawyer Brown left that label as well. 2004 saw the group returning to Curb Records, just as Duncan Cameron decided to leave the group to pursue a lifelong dream of flying for Southwest Airlines. Guitarist Shayne Hill replaced Duncan's post as guitarist, although both Cameron and Hill are in the credits on Mission Temple Fireworks Stand. The album's title track, featuring Robert Randolph, peaked at No. 55. The second single off that album, 'They Don't Understand', was a minor Top 40 hit on the country charts, and Top 20 on the Christian single charts.
Sawyer Brown has released twenty studio albums, of which three have been certified gold in the United States for sales of 500,000 copies. More than fifty of their singles have entered the U.S. BillboardHot Country Songs charts, including three Number One singles. Sawyer Brown also received a Horizon Award from the Country Music Association in 1985, as well as a Vocal Group of the Year award in 1997 from the Academy of Country Music and five Vocal Band of The Year Awards from the TNN Music City News Country Awards.
Sawyer Brown wrote 'The Nebraska Song' in honor of Brook Berringer, a Nebraska Cornhuskers quarterback who died in a plane crash on April 18, 1996. (The song was actually written before his death.) The song appears on the group's album Six Days on the Road. Mark Miller also served as a pallbearer at Berringer's funeral. In 1998, the band appeared at the Unforgiven: In Your House Pay Per View and performed a lip synced version of 'Some Girls Do' with Jeff Jarrett.[4]
In the early 2000s, Mark Miller formed Christian music label Beach Street Records. One of the first acts he began producing for the label was Casting Crowns.
Discography[edit]
Awards[edit]
Country Music Association Awards
- 1985 CMA Horizon Award
Academy of Country Music Awards
- 1997 ACM Vocal Group of the Year
TNN/Music City News Country Music Awards
- 1993 Vocal Band of the Year
- 1994 Vocal Band of the Year
- 1995 Vocal Band of the Year
- 1996 Vocal Band of the Year
- 1997 Vocal Band of the Year
- 1998 Vocal Band of the Year
CMT Country Music Awards
- 1993 Video Group of the Year
- 1994 Video Group of the Year
- 1995 Video Group of the Year
References[edit]
- ^ abcdHuey, Steve. 'Sawyer Brown biography'. Allmusic. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
- ^ abcdefghiColin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. p. 1057. ISBN1-85227-745-9.
- ^ ab'Sawyer Brown biography'. Oldies.com. Retrieved 2007-12-09.
- ^'The Best And Worst Of WWF Unforgiven: In Your House 1998'. UPROXX. 2018-12-03. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
External links[edit]
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Sawyer Brown discography | |
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Studio albums | 18 |
Live albums | 1 |
Compilation albums | 5 |
Music videos | 36 |
Singles | 60 |
Sawyer Brown is an American country music band founded in 1984. Their discography comprises 18 studio albums, one live album, and fifth compilation albums. Of their albums, three have been certified gold by the RIAA: 1992's The Dirt Road, 1993's Outskirts of Town and 1995's Greatest Hits 1990-1995. The latter two are certified gold by the CRIA, as is their 1990 Greatest Hits album, while 1989's The Boys Are Back is certified platinum by the CRIA.
Sawyer Brown has also released 60 singles, of which 51 have charted on the BillboardHot Country Songs chart between 1984 and 2005. Three of their singles have topped this chart: 'Step That Step' in 1985, 'Some Girls Do' in 1992, and 'Thank God for You' in 1993. Sixteen additional singles have reached Top Ten on the same chart.
- 1Studio albums
- 4Singles
- 5Videography
Studio albums[edit]
1980s[edit]
Title | Album details | Peak positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||
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US Country [1] | US [2] | CAN [3] | |||
Sawyer Brown |
| 2 | 140 | -- | |
Shakin' |
| 3 | -- | -- | |
Out Goin' Cattin' |
| 8 | -- | -- | |
Somewhere in the Night |
| 16 | -- | -- | |
Wide Open |
| 33 | -- | -- | |
The Boys Are Back |
| 5 | -- | 85 |
|
'—' denotes releases that did not chart |
1990s[edit]
Title | Album details | Peak positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
US Country [1] | US [2] | CAN Country [5] | |||
Buick |
| 23 | 140 | -- | |
The Dirt Road |
| 12 | 68 | 8 |
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Cafe on the Corner |
| 23 | 117 | 10 | |
Outskirts of Town |
| 13 | 81 | 2 |
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This Thing Called Wantin' and Havin' It All |
| 10 | 77 | -- | |
Six Days on the Road |
| 8 | 73 | -- | |
Hallelujah, He Is Born |
| 42 | -- | -- | |
Drive Me Wild |
| 10 | 99 | 9 | |
'—' denotes releases that did not chart |
2000s and 2010s[edit]
Title | Album details | Peak positions |
---|---|---|
US Country [1] | ||
Can You Hear Me Now |
| 39 |
Mission Temple Fireworks Stand |
| 47 |
Rejoice |
| -- |
Travelin' Band |
| -- |
'—' denotes releases that did not chart |
Compilation albums[edit]
Title | Album details | Peak positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||
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US Country [1] | US [2] | CAN Country [5] | CAN [3] | |||
Greatest Hits |
| 26 | -- | -- | -- |
|
Greatest Hits 1990-1995 |
| 5 | 44 | 7 | 35 |
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True Believer |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | |
Best of Sawyer Brown |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | |
All-Time Greatest Hits |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | |
'—' denotes releases that did not chart |
Live albums[edit]
Title | Album details | Peak positions |
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US Country [1] | ||
The Hits Live |
| 35 |
Singles[edit]
1980s[edit]
Year | Single | Peak positions | Album | |
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US Country [7] | CAN Country [8] | |||
1984 | 'Leona' | 16 | -- | Sawyer Brown |
1985 | 'Step That Step' | 1 | 1 | |
'Used to Blue' | 3 | 1 | ||
'Betty's Bein' Bad' | 5 | 5 | Shakin' | |
1986 | 'Heart Don't Fall Now' | 14 | 16 | |
'Shakin' | 15 | 7 | ||
'Out Goin' Cattin' (with 'Cat' Joe Bonsall) | 11 | 4 | Out Goin' Cattin' | |
'Gypsies on Parade' | 25 | 23 | ||
1987 | 'Savin' the Honey for the Honeymoon' | 58 | -- | |
'Somewhere in the Night' | 29 | 26 | Somewhere in the Night | |
'This Missin' You Heart of Mine' | 2 | 1 | ||
1988 | 'Old Photographs' | 27 | 35 | |
'My Baby's Gone' | 11 | * | Wide Open | |
1989 | 'Old Pair of Shoes' | 50 | * | |
'The Race Is On' | 5 | 3 | The Boys Are Back | |
'—' denotes releases that did not chart * denotes unknown peak positions |
1990s[edit]
Year | Single | Peak positions | Album | |||
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US Country [7] | US [9] | US AC [10] | CAN Country [8] | |||
1990 | 'Did It for Love' | 33 | -- | -- | 23 | The Boys Are Back |
'Puttin' the Dark Back into the Night' | 33 | -- | -- | 19 | ||
'When Love Comes Callin' | 40 | -- | -- | 18 | Greatest Hits | |
1991 | 'One Less Pony' | 70 | -- | -- | 49 | Buick |
'Mama's Little Baby Loves Me' | 68 | -- | -- | -- | ||
'The Walk' | 2 | -- | -- | 5 | Buick / The Dirt Road | |
'The Dirt Road' | 3 | -- | -- | 1 | The Dirt Road | |
1992 | 'Some Girls Do' | 1 | -- | -- | 2 | |
'Cafe on the Corner' | 5 | -- | -- | 2 | Cafe on the Corner | |
'All These Years' | 3 | -- | 42 | 2 | ||
1993 | 'Trouble on the Line' | 5 | -- | -- | 7 | |
'Thank God for You' | 1 | --[a] | -- | 1 | Outskirts of Town | |
'The Boys and Me' | 4 | -- | -- | 2 | ||
1994 | 'Outskirts of Town' | 40 | -- | -- | 32 | |
'Hard to Say' | 5 | -- | -- | 20 | ||
'This Time' | 2 | -- | -- | 5 | Greatest Hits 1990-1995 | |
1995 | 'I Don't Believe in Goodbye' | 4 | -- | -- | 8 | |
'(This Thing Called) Wantin' and Havin' It All' | 11 | -- | -- | 5 | This Thing Called Wantin' and Havin' It All | |
'Round Here' | 19 | -- | -- | 19 | ||
1996 | 'Treat Her Right' | 3 | -- | -- | 19 | |
'She's Gettin' There' | 46 | -- | -- | 89 | ||
1997 | 'Six Days on the Road' | 13 | --[b] | -- | 9 | Six Days on the Road |
'This Night Won't Last Forever' | 6 | --[c] | -- | 11 | ||
1998 | 'Another Side' | 55 | -- | -- | 53 | |
'Small Talk' | 60 | -- | -- | -- | ||
'Drive Me Wild' | 6 | 44 | -- | 1 | Drive Me Wild | |
1999 | 'I'm in Love with Her' | 47 | -- | -- | 50 | |
'—' denotes releases that did not chart |
2000s and 2010s[edit]
Year | Single | Peak positions | Album | |
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US Country [7] | US Christ [11] | |||
2000 | '800 Pound Jesus' | 40 | -- | Drive Me Wild |
'Perfect World'[d] | 50 | -- | The Hits Live | |
'Lookin' for Love' | 44 | -- | ||
2002 | 'Circles' | 45 | -- | Can You Hear Me Now |
'Can You Hear Me Now' | 57 | -- | ||
'I Need a Girlfriend' | -- | -- | ||
2003 | 'I'll Be Around' | 48 | -- | N/A |
2004 | 'Mission Temple Fireworks Stand' (with Robert Randolph) | 55 | -- | Mission Temple Fireworks Stand |
2005 | 'They Don't Understand' | 36 | 15 | |
2006 | 'Keep Your Hands to Yourself' | -- | -- | |
2011 | 'Smokin' Hot Wife' | -- | -- | Travelin' Band |
'Travelin' Band' | -- | -- | ||
2012 | 'Ain't Goin' Out That Way' | -- | -- | |
2013 | 'Shadows of the Heartland' | -- | -- | N/A |
2014 | 'Walk Out of the Rain' | -- | -- | Travelin' Band |
2015 | 'We Got the Night'[12] | -- | -- | N/A |
'—' denotes releases that did not chart |
Christmas singles[edit]
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Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
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US Country [7] | |||
1989 | 'It Wasn't His Child' | 51 | Wide Open |
2012 | 'Joseph's Prayer' | -- | N/A |
'—' denotes releases that did not chart |
Videography[edit]
Music videos[edit]
Year | Title | Director |
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1985 | 'Step That Step' | Mark Rezyka/David Hogan |
'Betty's Bein' Bad' | Martin Kahan | |
1986 | 'Heart Don't Fall Now' | |
'Shakin' | ||
'Out Goin' Cattin' (with 'Cat' Joe Bonsall) | ||
1987 | 'Somewhere in the Night' | Jack Cole/John Lloyd Miller[13] |
1988 | 'My Baby's Gone' | Martin Kahan |
1989 | 'The Race Is On' | John Lloyd Miller |
1990 | 'Did It for Love' | Marc Ball |
'When Love Comes Callin' | David Montgomery | |
1991 | 'One Less Pony' | |
'Superman's Daughter' | Brett Darken[14] | |
'The Walk' | Michael Salomon | |
1992 | 'The Dirt Road' | |
'Some Girls Do' | ||
'Cafe on the Corner' | ||
1993 | 'All These Years' | |
'Thank God for You' | ||
'The Boys and Me' | ||
1994 | 'Outskirts of Town' | |
'Hard to Say' | ||
1995 | 'This Time' | |
'I Don't Believe in Goodbye' | ||
'(This Thing Called) Wantin' and Havin' It All' | ||
'Round Here' | ||
1996 | 'Treat Her Right' | |
1997 | 'Six Days on the Road' | |
'This Night Won't Last Forever' (with Mac McAnally and Steve Wariner) | ||
'Hallelujah He Is Born' | Michael McNamara | |
1998 | 'Another Side' | Michael Salomon |
'Drive Me Wild' | ||
2000 | '800 Pound Jesus' | |
'Lookin' for Love' (live) | ||
2002 | 'I Need a Girlfriend' | Michael Salomon |
2005 | 'Mission Temple Fireworks Stand' | Shaun Silva |
'They Don't Understand' | Jason Epperson/Lark Watts |
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Notes[edit]
- ^'Thank God for You' did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number 17 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles.
- ^'Six Days on the Road' did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number 17 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles.
- ^'This Night Won't Last Forever' did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number 9 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles.
- ^'Perfect World' peaked at number 81 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ abcde'Sawyer Brown - Top Country Albums'. Billboard. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
- ^ abc'Sawyer Brown - Billboard 200'. Billboard. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
- ^ ab'Sawyer Brown - Top Albums/CDs'. RPM. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
- ^ abcd'Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum'. Canadian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
- ^ ab'Sawyer Brown - Country Albums/CDs'. RPM. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
- ^ abc'RIAA - Recording Industry Association of America - Searchable Database'. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
- ^ abcd'Sawyer Brown - Hot Country Songs'. Billboard. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
- ^ abc'Sawyer Brown - Country Singles'. RPM. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
- ^'Sawyer Brown - Billboard Hot 100'. Billboard. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
- ^'Sawyer Brown - Adult Contemporary'. Billboard. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
- ^'Sawyer Brown - Hot Christian Songs'. Billboard. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
- ^'Sawyer Brown - We Got the Night'. Daily Play MPE. July 1, 2015.
- ^'Somewhere In The Night - Sawyer Brown'.
- ^'New Videoclips'(PDF). Billboard. June 1, 1991. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
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