Skip Ewing

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Skip Ewing

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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Donald Ralph Ewing
Born = birth date and age|1964|03|06
Origin = Redlands, California, USA
Instrument = Vocals, guitar, banjo, piano
Genre = Country
Occupation = Singer-songwriter
Years_active = 1988-present
Label = MCA
Capitol
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Write!
Associated_acts = Reba McEntire
Collin Raye
URL = [http://www.skipewing.com/ Official website]

Donald Ralph "Skip" Ewing (born March 6, 1964 in Redlands, California) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Active since 1988, Ewing has recorded nine studio albums, and has charted fifteen singles on the "Billboard" country charts.

Ewing first began to garner national attention during the mid-1980s both as a songwriter and recording artist for MCA and Capitol Records. Over 250 of his songs have been recorded, with more than a dozen of them becoming number one hits. Artists who have recorded Ewing's songs include Conway Twitty, George Jones, Andy Williams, Kenny Rogers, George Strait, Willie Nelson, Kenny Chesney, Clint Black, Collin Raye, Diamond Rio, Reba McEntire, Tim McGraw, Trisha Yearwood, Randy Travis, and Dave Koz.Fact|date=November 2007

Ewing is a notable attendee of Columbine High School in Jefferson County, Colorado, and Redlands High School in Redlands, California.

More recently, in 2008, he served as the duet partner of the radio version of Reba McEntire's single, "Every Other Weekend." While also co-writing this single, the song reached the Top 20 on the Billboard Country Chart, although the song was credited for one week to Ewing and Kenny Chesney as "Every Other Weekend with Reba McEntire and Skip Ewing or Kenny Chesney" and peaked at #57. After that, the song was credited to McEntire alone on the charts.

Awards

* Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) Songwriter of the Year 2000;
* Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) Song Of The Year;
* Country Music Association (CMA) Triple Play Award (three #1 songs within 12 months).

Additionally, Ewing has received a CMA Song of the Year nomination, several Grammy nominations, a Tony nomination and multiple BMI "Million Air" awards.

Discography

Albums

ingles

*^A The radio edit of "Every Other Weekend" featured Skip Ewing as a duet partner, while the version on McEntire's "Reba Duets" album features Kenny Chesney. The song was only credited to Ewing for one week, at which point it had reached #57 on Hot Country Songs.

External links

* [http://www.skipewing.com/ Skip Ewing official website]