George Huff (singer)

George Huff
Birth name	George Clayton Huff Jr.
Born	4 November 1980 (1980-11-04) (age 31) New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Genres	Gospel, R&B
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2004–present
Labels	Word Entertainment (2004-2008) Koch Records (2009-present)

George Clayton Huff, Jr. (born November 4, 1980 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American singer. He placed first among male contestants and overall fifth-place finalist on the third season of the reality/talent-search television series American Idol.

Biography

Huff is originally from New Orleans, Louisiana; he is currently a student at the University of Oklahoma. Huff auditioned for the third season of American Idol in Houston, Texas; he was a member of the fourth group of semifinalists. He was actually not among those originally chosen for the semifinal round, but was put through when contestant Donnie Williams was disqualified for a drunk driving arrest.

American Idol

Huff was not voted through to the final round from his group of semifinalists, but got another second chance when he was brought back for the wildcard round and put through as a finalist by contest judge Simon Cowell. During this period, New Orleans Fox Affiliate WVUE would hold specials including Huff's family cheering George on during the latest episodes.

On May 5, 2004, Huff was voted off in fifth place after two renditions of Fred Astaire's "Cheek to Cheek" and Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World" during big band week.

American Idol performances

Week/Theme	Date Sung	Song Sung	Artist	Status
Semifinals [N/A]	March 2, 2004	"Always and Forever"	Heatwave	Eliminated
Wild Card [N/A]	March 9, 2004	"Lean on Me"	Bill Withers	Selected
Top 12 Soul week	March 16, 2004	"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"	Otis Redding	Safe
Top 11 Country week	March 23, 2004	"I Can Love You Like That"	John Michael Montgomery	Safe
Top 10 Motown week	March 30, 2004	"Ain't Too Proud to Beg"	The Temptations	Safe
Top 9 Elton John	April 6, 2004	"Take Me to the Pilot"	Elton John	Safe
Top 8 Cinema	April 14, 2004	"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" - from "Against All Odds"	Phil Collins	Safe
Top 7 Barry Manilow	April 20, 2004	"Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again"	Barry Manilow	Safe
Top 6 Gloria Estefan	April 27, 2004	"Live for Loving You"	Gloria Estefan	Bottom 2
Top 5 Big band week	May 4, 2004	"Cheek to Cheek" "What a Wonderful World"	Fred Astaire Louis Armstrong	Eliminated

After Idol

His album, Miracles, was released by Word Records, on October 11, 2005. The first single off that album was "Brighter Day". It sold 18,000 copies.

In 2005, his Louisiana home was affected by Hurricane Katrina. He left New Orleans and stayed at his brother's house in Dallas.^[1] His recent performances have included an October 2006 concert at West Virginia University^[2] and a December 2006 Christmas show in Salinas, California.^[3] He also had a recent brief performance at New York's Dr. Susan S. Mckinney Secondary School For The Arts on November 10, 2008.

In 2007 Huff's song "Brighter Day" was briefly featured in Tyler Perry's movie "Why Did I Get Married?" starring Janet Jackson.

On April 7, 2009 George Huff will be releasing his self-titled sophomore effort. Songs include "I Belong To You(Yours)", "Victory", "Free", "Destiny" (featuring Coko of SWV and Tasha Collins from the first season of BET's Sunday Best) and the lead single "Don't Let Go".

On March 24, 2011, George Huff performed as a back-up singer to Jennifer Hudson during the 3rd week of finals on the 10th season of American Idol, where she performed her current album's lead single, "Where You At." Huff has been singing background vocals for many of Hudson's live performances in 2011.

Discography

Albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions			Certifications (sales threshold)
		US Christ	US Gospel	US Heat
2004	My Christmas EP! Released: November 9, 2004 Label: n/a	-	8	43	US sales: 19,000[4]
2005	Miracles Released: October 11, 2005 Label: Word Records	30	8	21	US sales: 29,000[4]
2009	George Huff Released: April 7, 2009 Label: Koch Records	-	-	-	US sales: 4,000[5]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

• Go Tell It On The Mountain
• Brighter Day
• Miracles
• You Know Me (#32 Hot Gospel Songs)
• Don't Let Go

Notes

1. ^ Walker, Dave. "Huff on Hope: Displaced by the storm, George Huff is still going strong." New Orleans Times-Picayune. 9 June 2006.
2. ^ "American Idol Finalist Huff to perform at West Virginia University". US Fed News. 10 October 2006.
3. ^ Mel, Claudia. "Idol active in Salinas." Monterey County Herald. 9 December 2006.
4. ^ ^{a b} Idol Chatter 01-10-2008
5. ^ Idol Chatter 01-15-2010 "The best-selling Idol albums from 2009"

External links

• George Huff at MySpace
• George Huff American Idol profile

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Name	Huff, George
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Date of birth	November 4, 1980
Place of birth	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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