Josh Logan (country singer)

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Josh Logan


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Background = solo_singer
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Origin = Cartersville, Kentucky, USA
Instrument = Vocals
Acoustic guitar
Genre = Country
Occupation = Singer
Years_active = 1988-2003
Label = Curb
Associated_acts = Tracy Lawrence
Aaron Tippin
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Josh Logan (born in Cartersville, Kentucky) is an American country music artist. He has recorded three albums, including one for the Curb Records label in 1988. This album, "Somebody Paints the Wall", included three chart singles, two of which were later released by other artists as well: the title track by Tracy Lawrence, and "I Was Born with a Broken Heart" by Aaron Tippin, who also co-wrote it. Logan released a second album, "Something Strange", in 1995, followed by "Cartersville, Kentucky Country Boy" in 2003.

Biography

Josh Logan was born in Cartersville, Kentucky. As a teenager, he was taught guitar chords by his cousin.cite web |url=http://cdbaby.com/cd/joshlogan |title=Josh Logan |accessdate=2008-08-27 |work=CDBaby.com] For twelve years, Logan worked at an auto salvage yard, performing nightly at local bars.cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:kifoxql5ldse~T1 |title=Josh Logan biography |accessdate=2008-08-27 |work=Allmusic]

Logan's musical inspirations were George Jones, Merle Haggard, and Mel Street, to whom he has been compared in vocal styling.cite web |url=http://www.oldies.com/artist-biography/Josh-Logan.html |title=Josh Logan biography |accessdate=2008-08-27 |work=Oldies.com] Eventually, Logan was signed to Curb Records, releasing his debut single "I Made You a Woman for Somebody Else", which was withdrawn when Conway Twitty recorded it. By 1988, Logan had released his first album album "Somebody Paints the Wall." This album produced three chart singles, the highest-charting being "Every Time I Get to Dreamin'", which spent nine weeks on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles (now Hot Country Songs) charts and peaked at #58. Both it and its follow-up, "Somebody Paints the Wall", reached Top 40 on the "Cash Box" country charts as well. The latter song was also a Top 10 for Tracy Lawrence in 1992.

The album's success lead to tours with Garth Brooks and Earl Thomas Conley. The third and final single, "I Was Born with a Broken Heart", was co-written by Aaron Tippin (whose own version was later released as a single from his 1992 album "Read Between the Lines"). Although he left Curb in the early 1990s, Logan signed to Bob Grady Records and released an album called "Something Strange" in Europe in 1995. This album produced multiple singles on the European country singles charts, including two Top 20 hits.

Logan was honored in 2002 with a display at the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame. One year later, he released his third album, "Cartersville, Kentucky Country Boy".

Discography

Albums

*"Somebody Paints the Wall" (1988)
*"Something Strange" (1995)
*"Cartersville, Kentucky Country Boy" (2003)

ingles

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