Shawn Camp (musician)
| Shawn Camp | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Darrell DeShawn Camp[1] |
| Born | August 29, 1966 |
| Origin | Perryville, Arkansas, USA |
| Genres | Country, Americana |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | vocals, guitar, fiddle |
| Years active | 1991-present |
| Labels | Reprise, Skeeterbit, Oh Boy |
| Associated acts | Tim Mensy Josh Turner |
| Website | http://www.shawncamp.com |
Darrell DeShawn "Shawn" Camp (born August 29, 1966 in Perryville, Arkansas) is an American musician who performs country and Americana music. Originally signed to Reprise Records in 1993 as a recording artist, Camp charted two minor singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts that year. Since then, he has found success as a songwriter, having co-written hit singles for many country music artists, including Garth Brooks, Josh Turner, Brooks & Dunn, and Blake Shelton, although he continues to record his own material as well.
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[edit] Biography
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Camp was raised in Perryville, Arkansas by a musical family.[2] In 1987, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee and worked in the backing bands of such acts as The Grand Priarie Boys, Osborne Brothers, Alan Jackson, Suzy Bogguss and Trisha Yearwood.[3] In 1991, he was signed to Reprise Records, with two minor Top 40 singles charting in 1993.[3] He later left the label over creative differences, but continued to write songs for other artists. Camp's first Number One as a songwriter came in early 1998, when Garth Brooks reached the top of the Billboard country charts with "Two Piña Coladas", a song co-written by Camp.[2] Later that same year, Brooks & Dunn also reached Number One with "How Long Gone", another Camp co-write.[3][4]
Camp released a second album, titled Lucky Silver Dollar, in 2001.[3] In 2006, he was nominated as Songwriter of the Year by the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music; also, Billboard ranked him #10 on their 2006 list of Hot Country Songwriters.[5] The same year, two songs co-written by Camp entered the country charts: "Nobody But Me" by Blake Shelton, and "Would You Go with Me" by Josh Turner, which peaked at No. 4 and No. 1, respectively, on the Billboard U.S. Hot Country Songs charts. Camp also co-wrote Turner's 2007 single "Firecracker" and George Strait's 2008 single "River of Love".
In September 2010, Reprise Records issued the previously-unreleased 1994 album, retitled 1994.[6]
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US Heat | ||
| Shawn Camp |
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61 | 27 |
| Lucky Silver Dollar |
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| Live at the Station Inn |
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— | — |
| Fireball |
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— | — |
| The Bluegrass Elvises, Vol. 1 (with Tim Mensy) |
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| 1994 |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
[edit] Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | CAN Country | |||
| 1993 | "Fallin' Never Felt So Good" | 39 | 64 | Shawn Camp |
| 1994 | "Confessin' My Love" | 39 | 51 | |
| "Man, What a Woman" | — | 72 | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
[edit] Music videos
| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | "Fallin' Never Felt So Good" | Steven Goldmann |
| 1994 | "Confessin' My Love" |
[edit] References
- ^ "Listing for Darrell DeShawn Camp". Broadcast Music Incorporated. http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&fromrow=1&torow=25&querytype=WriterID&keyid=520279&keyname=CAMP%20DARRELL%20DE%20SHAWN&CAE=128966143&Affiliation=BMI. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
- ^ a b allmusic ((( Shawn Camp > Biography )))
- ^ a b c d Shawn Camp: About
- ^ shawncamppublicity.pdf
- ^ Shawn Camp and Jack Clement
- ^ Cooper, Peter (3 September 2010). "Shawn Camp's shelved 1994 album to be released". The Tennesseean. http://blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/2010/09/03/shawn-camps-shelved-1994-album-to-be-released/. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
