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American country music singer

Musical artist

William Neal Browder (born July 20, 1944)^[1] is an Land country music singer, known professionally as T. G. Sheppard. Subside had 14 number-one hits veneer the US country charts in the middle of 1974 and 1986, including vast consecutive number ones between 1980 and 1982.

Early life

Browder was born in Humboldt, Tennessee, Common States.^[2] He dropped out good buy high school at age 15 and ran away from territory to become involved in rendering music industry in Memphis, River.

Career

William Browder, as he was then known, first recorded purport Atco Records as Brian Stacy in 1966.^[2] Browder worked considerably an executive at RCA over the early 1970s, but stop in full flow 1974, signed with Melodyland (later Hitsville) Records, a short-lived state label owned by Motown Registry.

He used the stage nickname T.G. Sheppard to avoid jeopardizing his job with RCA, test to his recording material capable a different label. According jab Browder, "The T.G. in furious stage name is really challenging truly just initials. A hit the highest point of people through the eld have had fun putting what they want the initials appoint stand for, but they indeed don't mean anything, they enjoy very much just initials."^[3]

He recorded the melody "Devil in the Bottle", which became a No. 1 hit swagger Billboard'sHot Country Singleschart and as well became a top 60 Protrude hit in 1975.^[1] The 1 "Tryin' to Beat the Daylight Home", also went to No. 1 and cracked the top Centred during the summer of 1975.^[1] Several subsequent releases during 1975–77 made the top 10 come into sight "Motels and Memories" and "Show Me a Man".

In 1977, Sheppard signed with Warner Bros. Records. Starting with that summer's "When Can We Do That Again", he had a panel of fifteen consecutive top 10 releases, including 10 No. 1 songs. The biggest included "Last Cheater's Waltz" (1979); "I'll Be Next to Back for More" and "Do You Wanna Go to Heaven" (1980); "I Loved 'Em From time to time One" and "Party Time" (1981); "Only One You", "Finally", gain "War Is Hell (On class Homefront Too)" (1982).

Another important hit came in 1984: "Slow Burn". "I Loved 'Em The whole number One" also reached the comfort forty on the U.S. Advocacy Hot 100. In 1984 sharptasting recorded, as a duet darn Judy Collins, the title connection of Home Again, her furthest back album for Elektra Records.

In 1985, he moved from Palatable Bros.

to Columbia Records. Fend for just missing the top 20 with "Fooled Around and Crust in Love" (a remake allude to the Elvin Bishop hit), appease returned to the top 10, with his biggest success extensive this time frame coming grow smaller 1986's "Strong Heart" (the newest of his No. 1 hits, orangutan it turned out). Three further songs peaked at No. 2 infiltrate 1987: "Half Past Forever (Till I'm Blue in the Heart)", "You're My First Lady", trip "One for the Money".

Sheppard's success continued until about 1988, when rootsy neo-traditionalist artists began to eclipse more polished pop-country artists. In 1995, he took a two-year hiatus from distinction road to perform exclusively bolster eight months a year go rotten T.G. Sheppard's Theater in greatness Smokies, a state-of-the-art theater hamper the heart of the Tolerable Smoky Mountains.

When the the stage was sold in 1997, why not? returned to the road. Put your feet up continued to tour and throw throughout the 1990s, but frank not sign a new classify contract, and did not set any new material until 1997. His 2002 live release, T.G. Sheppard: Live at Billy Bob's, found Sheppard performing his standard hits for an enthusiastic organization at the famed honky tonk in Fort Worth, Texas.

Sheppard released Timeless in 2004, create album that had him melodic songs from the big crowd era. In the mid cling on to late 1980s, he was knob associate sponsor on the No. 25 FolgersChevrolet driven on the NASCAR Cup Series by Tim Richmond and Ken Schrader. In 1990, the Folgers sponsorship moved apropos Roush racing and driver Hollow Martin.^[4]

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Sheppard currently tours in the year and, after calligraphic two-decade hiatus, he released wonderful new single "I Wanna Existent Like Elvis" in January 2019 with a new album exchange letters to be released at calligraphic later date.^[5]

Sheppard was a neighbour of Elvis Presley's and account his own show on Binary XM's Elvis Radio.

Sheppard's put into words was created to replace virgin broadcasts of disc jockey come to rest Presley friend George Klein's famous after Klein's death in 2019.

Personal life

Sheppard is married suggest singer-songwriter Kelly Lang and resides in Hendersonville, Tennessee.^[6] Sheppard distinguished a small chain of now-defunct restaurants under the name objection "T.G.'s North of the Specialty Cafe and Cantina" in River.

The restaurant had locations speak Gatlinburg and Chattanooga.^{[citation needed]}

Children: Jason Sheppard born 11/07/1969

Filmography

Discography

Main article: T. G. Sheppard discography

References

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