Rob Crosby
| Rob Crosby | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Robert Crosby Hoar[1][2][3] |
| Born | April 25, 1954 |
| Origin | Sumter, South Carolina, USA |
| Genres | Country |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, Guitar |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Labels | Arista Nashville River North CSC |
| Associated acts | Martina McBride |
| Website | Official website |
Robert Crosby Hoar (born April 25, 1954), is an American country music artist, known professionally as Rob Crosby. Between 1990 and 1996, Rob charted eight singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. He has also recorded six studio albums, with his most recent, Catfish Baby, being released in 2007. He also co-wrote Martina McBride's 2003 single "Concrete Angel".
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Rob Crosby was born and raised in Sumter, South Carolina. He wrote his first song when he was 9 years old,[2] and by the time he started the fifth grade, he had his own band, The Radiations.[2] In 1984, Crosby moved to Nashville with his family and began playing in local clubs.[2]
[edit] Songwriter
In 1984, an Atlanta businessman offered Crosby $700 a month for a cut in his future songwriting royalties.[4] After getting a job as a staff writer, country music group Chance took his song "She Told Me Yes" to the top 30 in 1985.[2] Since then, many songs written by Crosby have reached the Billboard top 10, including "Concrete Angel" by Martina McBride, "She's More" by Andy Griggs and "Holdin' a Good Hand" by Lee Greenwood.[5][3] Crosby's songs have been recorded by Blackhawk, Brooks & Dunn, Ty Herndon, Paul Overstreet, Carl Perkins, Restless Heart, Ricochet, Paul Simon, The Wilkinsons and Darryl Worley, among others.[6][7]
[edit] Music career
After a performance at a songwriter's night, Crosby was signed to Arista Nashville.[2] The label released his debut album, Solid Ground, in 1991. The first three singles, "Love Will Bring Her Around," "She's a Natural" and "Still Burnin' for You," all reached the top 20 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart. After the singles from Crosby's second album, Another Time and Place, failed to reach the top 40, he was dropped by Arista.[4] In 1995, he signed with River North and released his third album, Starting Right Now. Both singles released from the project peaked outside of the top 60 on Billboard. The same year, he was offered a chance to join the country music band Burnin' Daylight (which featured former members of Southern Pacific and Exile); however, he decided to focus on his solo career instead.[4]
Crosby returned in 2003 on CSC Records with One Light in the Dark, a collection of original songs.[6] He has released two albums since, 2003's Time Is a Gypsy and 2007's Catfish Day.[8]
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Title | Album details | Peak positions |
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| US Country | ||
| Solid Ground |
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| Another Time and Place |
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| Starting Right Now |
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| One Light in the Dark |
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| Time Is a Gypsy |
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| Catfish Day |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||
[edit] Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | CAN Country | |||
| 1990 | "Love Will Bring Her Around" | 12 | 10 | Solid Ground |
| 1991 | "She's a Natural" | 15 | 10 | |
| "Still Burnin' for You" | 20 | 25 | ||
| 1992 | "Working Woman" | 28 | 29 | |
| "She Wrote the Book" | 53 | 73 | Another Time and Place | |
| "In the Blood" | 48 | 53 | ||
| 1995 | "The Trouble with Love" | 64 | — | Starting Right Now |
| 1996 | "Ladies Man" | 64 | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
[edit] Music videos
| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | "She Wrote the Book" | Chris Rogers |
| 1995 | "The Trouble with Love" |
[edit] References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 108. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
- ^ a b c d e f "Rob Crosby Biography". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p1569/biography. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
- ^ a b Brunson, Dennis (March 12, 1994). "He's a Natural". The Item. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QpMiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Gq8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2788,2471981&dq. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
- ^ a b c Rob Crosby Biography : OLDIES.com
- ^ Rob Crosby
- ^ a b CD Baby: ROB CROSBY: One Light in the Dark
- ^ Meet Songwriter Rob Crosby
- ^ One Light In The Dark
