Mark Collie
| Mark Collie | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | George Mark Collie [1] |
| Born | January 18, 1956 [2] |
| Origin | Waynesboro, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Genres | Country |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Labels | MCA Nashville, Giant, Highway 64, Wilbanks Entertainment |
| Associated acts | Archer/Park, Aaron Tippin, Billy Ray Cyrus |
| Website | http://www.markcollie.com |
George Mark Collie (born January 18, 1956) is an American country music artist and occasional actor. He has released eight albums, and has charted 16 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. His highest peaking singles are "Even the Man in the Moon Is Cryin'" at #5, and "Born to Love You" at #6, from 1992 and 1993 respectively. Collie has also appeared in several films and television series, and has written songs for George Jones, Tim McGraw, Aaron Tippin and Garth Brooks.
[edit] Biography
George Mark Collie was born January 18, 1956 in Waynesboro, Tennessee,[2] one of six siblings. Inspired by acts on the Sun Records roster, he learned how to play piano and guitar at an early age,[3] and founded his first band at age twelve.
Later, Collie worked as a disc jockey. He volunteered to join the U.S. Army, but was rejected, reputedly due to his diabetes.[3] Collie made his living as a musician in the late 1970s and early 1980s, with Ray Pillow recording one of his songs in 1977.[4] The song, "Nighttime Masquerade",[3] was the b-side to Pillow's 1979 single "Super Lady".[5]
[edit] Musical career
[edit] 1989-1991: Hardin County Line
Collie signed to MCA Records in 1989 and released his debut album Hardin County Line a year later. This album included four singles. First was "Something with a Ring to It,"[3] an Aaron Tippin co-write (later covered by Garth Brooks) which peaked at #50. After it were "Looks Aren't Everything", the title track, and "Let Her Go."
[edit] 1991-1992: Born & Raised in Black & White
Born & Raised in Black & White followed in 1991. Of its singles — "Calloused Hands," "She's Never Comin' Back," and "It Don't Take a Lot" — only "She's Never Comin' Back" reached Top 30, although "Calloused Hands" was a #19 country hit in Canada. The album itself failed to chart.
[edit] 1992-1994: Mark Collie
His most successful album, 1993's self-titled album, produced his biggest chart hits in "Even the Man in the Moon Is Cryin'" and "Born to Love You," which respectively reached #5 and #6 on the country charts. After this came the lesser hits "Shame Shame Shame Shame" and "Something's Gonna Change Her Mind," This was also his only album to chart on The Billboard 200 and Top Heatseekers, at #156 and #6 respectively. In mid-1994, the duo Archer/Park charted in the Top 40 with the song "Where There's Smoke," which Collie co-wrote.
[edit] 1994-1995: Unleashed and exit from MCA Records
1994's Unleashed saw its lead-off single "It Is No Secret" miss Top 40, although the follow-up, "Hard Lovin' Woman," peaked at #13 in 1995. Despite the success of the latter single, however, he exited MCA that year.
[edit] 1995-1996: Signing to Giant Records and releasing Tennessee Plates
The same year, he signed to Giant Records, releasing Tennessee Plates near the end of the year. Although this album produced two more chart singles in "Three Words, Two Hearts, One Night" and "Steady as She Goes," he nonetheless exited Giant after only one album. His final chart entry was 1996's "Love to Burn" from the compilation album NASCAR: Hotter Than Ashpalt. A live compilation called Even the Man in the Moon Is Cryin' followed in 1998.[2]
[edit] 2006: Independent Record label Highway 64 and releasing Rose Covered Garden
In 2006 Collie wrote, performed, and produced Rose Covered Garden.[6] It is his first album with the new independent family-owned record label Highway 64 Records. The album did not chart.[7]
[edit] 2012: Alive At Brushy Mountain
On May 1, 2012 a new album called Alive At Brushy Mountain will be released by Wilbanks Entertainment[8]. The album was recorded in 2001 at the Brushy Mountain State Penitentry and was produced by Tony Brown and David Z[9].
[edit] Personal life
On October 24, 2009, Collie married longtime girlfriend, Tammy, at a private ceremony in Columbia, Tennessee.[10]
[edit] Film and television
In 1998, Collie appeared as Johnny Cash in the short film I Still Miss Someone, in which he also co-wrote the screenplay with the film's director John Lloyd Miller. Shot mostly in black and white, it captures a moment in time during Cash's darkest years of the mid 1960s. He has appeared in episodes of television shows such as JAG, Walker, Texas Ranger and The Strip. Films in which he has appeared include The Punisher (playing the role of Harry Heck, a guitar strumming assassin sent to kill Frank Castle) and Fire Down Below.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | US Heat | CAN Country | ||
| Hardin County Line |
|
57 | — | — | — |
| Born and Raised in Black & White |
|
— | — | — | — |
| Mark Collie |
|
38 | 156 | 6 | 8 |
| Unleashed |
|
— | — | — | — |
| Tennessee Plates |
|
— | — | — | — |
| Even the Man in the Moon Is Cryin' |
|
— | — | — | — |
| Rose Covered Garden |
|
— | — | — | — |
| Alive at Brushy Mountain |
|
To be released | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
[edit] Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | CAN Country | |||
| 1982 | "I've Got to Have You Back Again" | — | — | Single only |
| 1990 | "Something with a Ring to It" | 54 | — | Hardin County Line |
| "Looks Aren't Everything" | 35 | 28 | ||
| "Hardin County Line" | 59 | 64 | ||
| 1991 | "Let Her Go" | 18 | 15 | |
| "Calloused Hands" | 31 | 19 | Born and Raised in Black & White | |
| 1992 | "She's Never Comin' Back" | 28 | 38 | |
| "It Don't Take a Lot" | 70 | 84 | ||
| "Even the Man in the Moon Is Cryin'" | 5 | 11 | Mark Collie | |
| 1993 | "Born to Love You" | 6 | 5 | |
| "Shame Shame Shame Shame" | 26 | 45 | ||
| "Something's Gonna Change Her Mind" | 24 | 21 | ||
| 1994 | "It Is No Secret" | 53 | 59 | Unleashed |
| "God Didn't Make Me That Strong" | — | — | ||
| "Hard Lovin' Woman" | 13 | 9 | ||
| 1995 | "Three Words, Two Hearts, One Night" | 25 | 42 | Tennessee Plates |
| "Steady as She Goes" | 65 | — | ||
| 1996 | "Love to Burn" | 72 | 88 | NASCAR: Hotter Than Asphalt |
| "Lipstick Don't Lie" | — | — | Tennessee Plates | |
| 1997 | "Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy)" | — | — | Jim Croce: A Nashville Tribute |
| 2006 | "Better Man Than Me" | — | — | Rose Covered Garden |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
[edit] Music videos
| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | "Something with a Ring to It" | John Lloyd Miller |
| "Looks Aren't Everything" | ||
| "Hardin County Line" | ||
| 1991 | "Let Her Go" | |
| 1992 | "She's Never Comin' Back" | |
| "Even the Man in the Moon Is Crying" | ||
| 1993 | "Born to Love You" | |
| "Shame Shame Shame Shame" | Mark "Aldo" Miceli | |
| 1994 | "It Is No Secret" | John Lloyd Miller |
| 1995 | "Hard Lovin' Woman" | |
| "Three Words, Two Hearts, One Night" | ||
| 1996 | "Lipstick Don't Lie" | Steven T. Miller/R. Brad Murano |
| 1997 | "Fire Down Below" (w/ Aaron Tippin and Jeff Wood) | Steven R. Monroe |
| "Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy)" | Tom Bevins |
[edit] References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 99. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
- ^ a b c Huey, Steve. "Mark Collie biography". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p1561. Retrieved 2008-09-15.
- ^ a b c d "Mark Collie biography". Oldies.com. http://www.oldies.com/artist-biography/Mark-Collie.html. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
- ^ Kingsbury, Paul, The encyclopedia of country music: the ultimate guide to music, USA, pg. 103
- ^ Whitburn, p. 326
- ^ http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7354309
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/album/mark-collie/rose-covered-garden/970888
- ^ http://www.nashvillemusicguide.net/mark-collie-his-reckless-companions-preview-songs-from-alive-at-brushy-mountain/
- ^ http://www.nashvillemusicguide.net/mark-collie-his-reckless-companions-preview-songs-from-alive-at-brushy-mountain/
- ^ Mark Collie Ties the Knot in Tennessee
