Keith Whitley
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Biography
[Edit]Keith Whitley's legacy loomed large over the country music landscape of the '90s. A talented new country singer and songwriter, Whitley was just beginning to emerge as a superstar at the time of his death in 1989. Throughout the next decade, his reputation as both a performer and writer continued to grow, as other artists had hits with his songs and posthumous recordings climbed into the Top Ten.
Born and raised in Kentucky, Whitley began singing as a child, winning a talent contest at the age of four. When he was eight years old, he learned how to play guitar and within a year he was singing on a Charleston, WV-based radio station. Whitley formed his first band at the age of 13, playing nothing but straight bluegrass. A few years later, he formed the Lonesome Mountain Boys with his high school friend, Ricky Skaggs. The Lonesome Mountain Boys primarily played Stanley Brothers songs and soon became a popular attraction.
In the late '60s, Ralph Stanley was looking to re-form his band after the death of his brother and partner, Carter. He was so impressed with Whitley and Skaggs, he asked them to join his Clinch Mountain Boys group. The duo accepted the offer immediately and began appearing with the band in 1970. Whitley stayed with the Clinch Mountain Boys for two years, recording a total of seven albums, including 1971's Crying From the Cross, which was named the Bluegrass Album of the Year.
In 1973, Whitley left the group. For two years, he drifted through various other bands, including acts that played country, not bluegrass. He returned to the Clinch Mountain Boys in 1975 and stayed with them for another two years. During his second tenure with the band, he made five albums. In 1978, Keith joined J.D. Crowe's band the New South. Whitley recorded three albums with the New South between 1978 and 1982, which vacillated between bluegrass and straight country (the highlights of this era were re-released on CD as Sad Songs & Waltzes in 2000).
Whitley began a full-fledged solo career after leaving the New South in 1982. Signing with RCA Records, he released his debut album, Hard Act to Follow, in 1984. A record of pure honky tonk, it didn't attract much of an audience. The following year, he released L.A. to Miami, a more commercial affair which spawned the number 14 single "Miami, My Amy." After that single peaked early in 1986, he had three back-to-back Top Ten hits: "Ten Feet Away," "Homecoming '63," and "Hard Livin'." Late in 1986, he married Lorrie Morgan.
Although L.A. to Miami was a success, its slick production didn't please Whitley. In 1987, he recorded a follow-up to the record that sounded exactly the same as its predecessor. Unsatisfied with the musical direction of his new effort, Whitley convinced RCA to shelve the completed album and have him work on another record with a new producer, Garth Fundis. Don't Close Your Eyes was the result. Released in the spring of 1988, the album solidified Whitley's commercial standing. The first three singles from Don't Close Your Eyes — "Don't Close Your Eyes," "When You Say Nothing at All," and "I'm No Stranger to the Rain" — were all number one hits.
Things may have been going smoothly on the surface for Keith Whitley, but behind the scenes he was being torn apart by alcoholism. On May 9, 1989, he suffered from a fatal case of alcohol poisoning; he was 34 at the time of his demise. Just before his death, he completed his fourth album, I Wonder Do You Think of Me. The record was released shortly after his death and its first single, which was the title track, reached number one, as did its follow-up, "It Ain't Nothin"; another single from the album, "I'm Over You," reached number three in 1990. During the '90s, RCA repackaged and re-released many of Whitley's recordings — including several unreleased songs — in various compilations. Lorrie Morgan recorded an electronic duet, "'Til a Tear Becomes a Rose," with her late husband in 1990; it peaked at number 13. In 1994, a tribute album to Whitley was released.
Title: The Complete Jessup Recordings Plus! (CD1)
Artist: Ralph Stanley, Keith Whitley, The Clinch Mountain Boys, Ricky Skaggs
Genre: Country
Title: The Complete Jessup Recordings Plus! (CD2)
Artist: Ralph Stanley, Keith Whitley, The Clinch Mountain Boys, Ricky Skaggs
Genre: Country
Title: Honky Tonk Christmas
Artist: Keith Whitley, Alan Jackson
Genre: Country, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Close Your Eyes
Artist: Edward Bear, Keith Whitley, DayBehavior, Lunja
Genre: Electronica, Rock, Pop
Collections
Title: The Rounder Records Story
Genre: Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: True Bluegrass Essentials
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Dark As A Dungeon: Songs Of The Mines
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: True Bluegrass Instrumentals
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: A Tribute Album
Genre: Country
Title: Second Generation Bluegrass
Genre: Country
Title: The Best Of 90s Country (CD1)
Genre: Country
Title: 500 Song Country Collection (CD 10)
Genre: Country
Title: Top 500 Country Hits (CD 6)
Genre: Country
Title: Top 500 Country Hits (CD 7)
Genre: Country
Title: Keith Whitley: A Tribute Album
Genre: Country
Title: Country Tonight Songs 50
Title: American Heartland
Genre: Country, Pop Rock, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: 100 Hits Country (CD1)
Genre: Country
Title: Haynes Ultimate Guide To Country (CD2)
Genre: Country
Title: 100 Hits: Country
Genre: Country
Title: Play Something Country (CD2)
Genre: Country, Country Rock, Rockabilly
Title: Country Ballads Essentials (CD1)
Genre: Country
Title: Viral Summer Hits 2022 (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: NOW Country Classics: '80s
Genre: Country
Title: Now That's What I Call Country Classics '80s 2022
Genre: Blues, World Music, Country, Country Folk , Folk
Title: Classic Country Drive 2022 (CD1)
Genre: Country
Title: 80s Complete (800 Tracks From 80s) (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: Happy Country Hits 2023 (CD1)
Genre: Country
Title: The 80s: Decade Of Classics 2023 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: The 80s: Decade Of Classics 2023 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Featuring albums
Title: Country Music - A Film by Ken Burns (The Soundtrack) [Deluxe]
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Country