Marty Raybon

Marty Raybon
Marty Raybon
Background information
Born	December 8, 1959 (1959-12-08) (age 51)
Origin	Greenville, Alabama, USA
Genres	Country, Christian country, Bluegrass
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, acoustic guitar
Years active	1985-present
Labels	Columbia, RCA, Capitol, Liberty (in Shenandoah) Sparrow, Tri Chord, Doobieshea, Dakota Sky, Rural Rhythm
Associated acts	Raybon Brothers Shenandoah
Website	MartyRaybon.com

Marty Raybon (born December 8, 1959 is an Award Winning American country music artist. He is known primarily for his role as the lead singer of the band Shenandoah, a role which he held from 1985 to 1996. He recorded his first solo album, Marty Raybon, in 1995 on Sparrow Records.^[1] After leaving Shenandoah in 1996, he and his brother Tim formed a duo known as the Raybon Brothers, which had crossover success in 1997 with the hit single "Butterfly Kisses."

The Raybon Brothers split up in 1997, and Marty Raybon resumed his career as a solo artist. A second self-titled album was released in 2000, followed by 2003's Full Circle. 2006 saw the release of When the Sand Runs Out, which included the single "Shenandoah Saturday Night", a song whose lyrics referenced the titles of Shenandoah's hit singles.^[2] Marty has performed on more than 13 Number 1 Records with the award winning Country Music group Shenandoah.... TWO DOZEN ROSES, CHURCH ON CUMBERLAND ROAD, I WANT TO BE LOVED LIKE THAT. His is a Grammy Award Winner with Allison Krauss (SOMEWHERE IN THE VICINITY OF THE HEART. As lead singer for Shenandoah the group won Vocal group of the year from Cashbox, Radio and Records and the Academy of Country Music. The group remains in the top Five Recurrent Country Radio Song Playlist today. In 2011 he was awarded Male Artist of the Year 2011 By the International Country Gospel Music Association and he is a Lifetime Member of the Country Music Association Marty has also been awarded the Lifetime achievement Award by IAIRA

Discography

For a complete discography of Shenandoah, see Shenandoah discography.

Albums

Title	Album details
Marty Raybon	Release date: July 18, 1995 Label: Chordant Records
Marty Raybon	Release date: February 15, 2000 Label: Tri Chord Records
Full Circle	Release date: March 11, 2003 Label: Doobie Shea
When the Sand Runs Out	Release date: November 21, 2006 Label: Aspirion Records
This, That & the Other	Release date: April 30, 2009 Label: self-released
At His Best	Release date: April 6, 2010 Label: Hi Five

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions	Album
		US Country
2000	"Cracker Jack Diamond"	63	Marty Raybon (2000)
	"Searching for the Missing Peace"	—
2003	"Summertown Road"	—	Full Circle
	"The Christmas Letter"	—	single only
2006	"Shenandoah Saturday Night"	—	When the Sand Runs Out
2007	"Who Are You"	—
2010	"Daddy Phone"	—	At His Best
	"The Heat Is On"	—
2011	"All in the Hands of Jesus"	—	Hand to the Plow
	"You've Got to Move"	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
1994	"Sweet Beulah Land"	Stan Strickland
1995	"Daddy Talks to Jesus"	Greg Crutcher
2000	"Cracker Jack Diamond"[3]	Mare Said
	"Searching for the Missing Peace"	Peter Zavadil
2003	"The Christmas Letter"
2010	"Daddy Phone"	Michael Salomon

References

1. ^ Hamilton, Andrew. "Marty Raybon biography". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:09fuxqygldje~T1. Retrieved 2008-01-25. 
2. ^ "Marty Raybon Sends Highly Anticipated News (sic) Single "Shenandoah Saturday Night" to Country Radio". PR Web. 2006-07-06. http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/7/prweb407824.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-25. 
3. ^ "CMT : Videos : Marty Raybon : Cracker Jack Diamond". Country Music Television. http://www.cmt.com/videos/marty-raybon/385507/cracker-jack-diamond.jhtml. Retrieved November 18, 2011. 

External links

• Official website

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