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Earl Thomas Conley

Earl Thomas Conley (born October 17, 1941, in Portsmouth, Ohio) is an American country music singer and composer.

Biography

When Conley was only 14, his father lost his job, forcing the young boy to move in with his older sister. He was offered a scholarship to an art school, but rejected it in favor of joining the U.S. Army. After being honorably discharged from the military, he began playing in clubs in Nashville, Tennessee at night, supporting himself working blue-collar jobs during the day.

Feeling that he wasn't making any progress in Nashville, Conley moved to Huntsville, Alabama to work in a steel mill. There, he met record producer Nelson Larkin, who helped him sign with independent record label GRT in 1974. Conley released four singles on that label, none of which became large hits. At the same time he was selling songs that he had written to other artists, including Conway Twitty and Mel Street, who were having much success with them.

Conley returned to Nashville, now writing for Nelson Larkin's publishing house. In 1977, he signed a recording contract with Warner Brothers. Two years later, he had his first Top 40 hit, "Dreamin's All I Do". He left the label in 1979 and joined Sunbird Records, where he again worked with Nelson Larkin. This time, Conley found success, with a Top Ten and a Number One single within the next two years. He continued to have success over the next few years, and in 1983 he was nominated for multiple Grammy Awards for his song "Holdin' Her and Lovin' You". He set a record the following year as the first artist in any genre to have four Number One singles from the same album. Conley also appeared on Soul Train in 1986, the first and only country artist to do so.

By the end of the 1980s, Conley began collaborating with Randy Scruggs (son of legendary country singer Earl Scruggs), in the hopes that he could bring his music back to his country roots. His record sales began to drop in the 1990s, as country music took a more pop turn, and Conley was dropped from his record label in 1991. He continued to tour throughout the 1990s, but was without a recording contract for most of that time. He began recording again in 1998.

Singles

YearTitleChart PositionsAlbum
US Hot Country
1981"Fire and Smoke"1Fire and Smoke
1982"Somewhere Between Right and Wrong"1Somewhere Between Right and Wrong
1982"I Have Loved You Girl"1Somewhere Between Right and Wrong
1983"Holding Her and Loving You"1Don't Make It Easy For Me
1984"Angel in Disguise"1Don't Make It Easy For Me
1984"Chance of Lovin' You"1Don't Make It Easy For Me
1985"Don't Make It Easy For Me"1Don't Make It Easy For Me
1985"Honor Bound"1Treadin' Water
1985"Love Don't Care"1Treadin' Water
1985"Nobody Falls Like a Fool"1Greatest hits
1986"Once in a Blue Moon"1Greatest hits
1986"Too Many Times"2Too Many Times
1987"I Can't Win For Losin' You"1Too Many Times
1987"Right From the Start"1Too Many Times
1987"That Was a Close One"1Too Many Times
1988"We Believe in Happy Endings"1The Heart of It All
1988"What She Is (Is A Woman In Love)"1The Heart of It All"'
1989"Love Out Loud"1The Heart of It All
1989"What I'd Say"1The Heart of It All
1989"You Must Not Be Drinking Enough"26The Heart of It All
1990"Bring Back Your Love to Me"11Greatest Hits 2
1990"Who's Gonna Tell Her Goodbye"61Greatest Hits 2
1991"Shadow of a Doubt"8Yours Truly
1992"Hard Days and Honky Tonk Nights"36Yours Truly
1992"If Only Your Eyes Could Lie"74Yours Truly
1992"Brotherly Love" (feat. Keith Whitley)2Yours Truly


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