- Duane Steele
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Duane Steele Origin Hines Creek, Alberta, Canada Genres Country Occupations Singer-songwriter Instruments Vocals, Guitar Years active 1984-present Labels Mercury
Royalty
IconWebsite www.duanesteele.com Duane Steele, is a Canadian country music country music artist. He has released five studio albums and one greatest hits album, and has charted multiple singles on the Canadian country singles charts, including the Number One hit "Anita Got Married" in 1996.
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Biography
Duane Steele's career began when he became the lead singer of the band Rock 'N' Horse in 1984.[1] The band released one album, Highways, in 1991, and the song "Real Good Love" reached #69 on the Canadian country singles chart. However, members of the band went their separate ways in 1993.
Steele moved to Nashville and signed a publishing contract with Warner-Chappell.[2] He scored a record deal with Mercury Records in 1995 after a performance during Canadian Country Music Week. The following year, he released his debut solo album, P.O. Box 423. The first four singles from the project all reached the top 10 on the Canadian country chart, including "Anita Got Married," which became Steele's first #1 song. He was nominated for the Vista Rising Star Award by the Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) in 1996, but lost to Terri Clark. He also received a nomination for Male Vocalist of the Year. In 1997, the Juno Awards nominated Steele for Best Country Male Vocalist, and also the all-genre Best New Solo Artist. He won his first award, Vocal Event of the Year, at the 1997 CCMA Awards for his duet with Lisa Brokop, "Two Names On An Overpass."
Steele's second album, This Is the Life, was released in September 1997. The disc included a cover of Gordon Lightfoot's "If You Could Read My Mind." The first two singles, "Tell The Girl" and "If I Could Just Get To You," both reached the Canadian top 10. Steele was again nominated for Male Vocalist of the Year in 1998 at both the CCMA Awards and the Juno Awards. When subsequent singles failed to reach the top 30, Steele and Mercury parted ways.[3]
Steele moved back to Canada in 1999 and began writing for his third album. I'll Be Alright was released in August 2000 on Steele's own Jolt Records and distributed by Royalty Records. Seven singles were released from the project, including "The Good Side Of Your Goodbye," "This Is Love," "I-65" and "The Heart Of The It Don't Matter." In 2001, the CCMA named Steele Independent Male Artist of the Year.
Steele released a greatest hits album, Set List, in 2004. The album collected seventeen of Steele's biggest hits, along with three new songs. Steele's fourth studio album, Ghost Town, was released in 2006 on Icon Records. It was followed by Gas and Time, released in 2010 on Jolt.
Discography
Studio albums
1990s
Title Album details Peak positions CAN Country
[4]P.O. Box 423 - Release date: February 1996
- Label: Mercury Records
- Formats: CD, cassette
32 This Is the Life - Release date: September 1997
- Label: Mercury Records
- Formats: CD, cassette
— "—" denotes releases that did not chart 2000s
Title Album details I'll Be Alright - Release date: August 2000
- Label: Jolt/Royalty Records
- Formats: CD, cassette
Ghost Town - Release date: July 4, 2006
- Label: Icon Records
- Formats: CD, music download
2010s
Title Album details Gas and Time - Release date: June 1, 2010
- Label: Jolt Records
- Formats: CD, music download
Compilation albums
Title Album details Set List - Release date: June 1, 2004
- Label: Jolt/Royalty Records
- Formats: CD, music download
Singles
1990s singles
Year Single Peak positions Album CAN Country
[5]1996 "Stuck on Your Love" 2 P.O. Box 423 "Anita Got Married" 1 "The Trouble with Love" 3 "She's Tough" 10 1997 "Two Names on an Overpass" (featuring Lisa Brokop) 21 "Tell the Girl" 9 This Is the Life 1998 "If I Could Just Get to You" 10 "If You Could Read My Mind" 32 "Right From the Start" 37 1999 "Little Black Dress" 33 2000s singles
Year Single Album 2000 "Make Me Crazy" I'll Be Alright 2001 "I'll Be Alright" "The Goodside of Your Goodbye" "What to Do" 2002 "This Is Love" "I-65" 2003 "The Heart of the It Don't Matter" 2004 "Better Man" Set List "Nobody Cheated, Nobody Lied" 2005 "Sad Country Song" 2006 "Comin' Back Around" Ghost Town "Ghost Town" 2007 "What D'Ya Say" "Blue Collar Man" "Real Close" 2008 "Two People in a Room" (featuring Stacie Roper) "Bustin' Out" 2009 "Farm Girl" Gas and Time 2010s singles
Year Single Album 2010 "Blessed" Gas and Time 2011 "Waste of Good Whisky" (featuring Sean Hogan) Featured singles
Year Single Artist Peak positions Album CAN Country
[6]1999 "Forever in Love" Shirley Myers 9 There Will Come a Day Awards
- 1997 - Vocal Collaboration of the Year ("Two Names On An Overpass" with Lisa Brokop)
- 2001 - Independent Male Artist of the Year
References
- ^ Press Kit
- ^ CANOE - JAM! Music - Artists - Steele, Duane: Steele's lifetime devotion rewarded
- ^ CANOE - JAM! Music - Artists - Steele, Duane: Steele swears he'll survive loss of recording contract
- ^ "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada - Country Albums/CDs". RPM. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=ibdcu4ks3e9c43vbmja9b5cl12&q1=Duane+Steele&q2=Country+Albums%2FCDs&interval=20. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
- ^ "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada - Country Singles". RPM. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=ar8stvfcn28it357cofgv3vic3&q1=Duane+Steele&q2=Country+Singles&interval=20. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
- ^ "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada - Shirley Myers". RPM. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=p0vqm2dasvkihqgh6lgkekac85&q1=Shirley+Myers+Duane+Steele&q2=&interval=20. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
External links
Categories:- Living people
- Canadian country singers
- Canadian male singers
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