Rachel Proctor

Rachel Proctor
Birth name	Rachel Christine Proctor[1]
Born	August 11, 1974 (1974-08-11) (age 37)[2]
Origin	Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.
Genres	Country
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2002–present
Labels	BNA
Associated acts	Martina McBride, Blake Shelton
Website	http://www.rachelproctor.net

Rachel Christine Proctor (born August 11, 1974 in Charleston, West Virginia) is an American country music artist. Before signing to a record deal, she co-wrote Martina McBride's 2002 single "Where Would You Be". By 2003, Proctor had signed to BNA Records, releasing her debut single "Days Like This" that year. This song, which peaked at #24 on the country charts, was the first of four singles from her 2004 debut album Where I Belong. Proctor's only album for the label, it also produced her highest-charting single in the #18 "Me and Emily". Although she has not charted a single since 2004, she has written singles for Jessica Simpson and Jesse Lee.

Biography

Rachel Proctor was born in Charleston, West Virginia. When she was in grade school, she appeared in local productions of Annie and The Sound of Music. By the time she was in junior high school, she had signed with a New York management company that also managed New Kids on the Block.^[1] Proctor also competed on the television talent show Star Search, and by the time she was eighteen, she had begun writing songs and performing in local bands as well.^[1] (One band in which she performed also included a then-unknown Blake Shelton.)^[3]

Proctor moved to Nashville, Tennessee in the mid 1990s in pursuit of a record deal. By the late 1990s, The Lynns, Sonya Isaacs and Kortney Kayle had all recorded some of her compositions. In 2002, Martina McBride released "Where Would You Be", another one of Proctor's compositions, which reached #3 on the Billboard country charts.^[3] Later that same year, Proctor signed to BNA Records, releasing her debut single "Days Like This" in 2003. The song, which served as the lead-off single to her debut album Where I Belong, reached #24 on the country charts. It was followed by the #43 "Didn't I", and then in 2004 by her highest chart hit, the #18 "Me and Emily". Finally, the album's title track was released as its fourth single, peaking at #37. Proctor was dropped from BNA in late 2004.

Proctor, along with Victoria Banks, co-wrote Jessica Simpson's 2008 singles "Come On Over" and "Remember That", the former of which was Simpson's first country single. She and Banks also co-wrote Jesse Lee's 2009 debut single "It's a Girl Thing".

Discography

Albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US Country	US
Where I Belong	Release date: August 10, 2004 Label: BNA Records	8	66
Only Lonely Girl	Release date: October 26, 2007 Label: self-released	—	—
What Didn't Kill Me	Release date: August 11, 2009 Label: self-released	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions		Album
		US Country [2]	US [2]
2003	"Days Like This"	24	—	Where I Belong
2004	"Didn't I"	43	—
	"Me and Emily"	18	110
	"Where I Belong"	37	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
2004	"Me and Emily"	Kristin Barlowe

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Fabian, Shelly. "Rachel Proctor bio (page 1)". About.com. http://countrymusic.about.com/od/rachelproctor/a/blrproctorbio.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-05. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 335. ISBN 0-89820-177-2. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Fabian, Shelly. "Rachel Proctor bio (page 2)". About.com. http://countrymusic.about.com/od/rachelproctor/a/blrproctorbio_2.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-05. 

External links

• Official Rachel Proctor Website

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