Baillie & the Boys
| Baillie & The Boys | |
|---|---|
| Origin | New Jersey, United States |
| Genres | Country |
| Years active | 1987–2011 |
| Labels | RCA Records, Intersound, Synergy |
| Website | Official website |
| Past members | Kathie Baillie Michael Bonagura Roger McVay Lance Hoppen Alan LeBoeuf |
Baillie & the Boys was an American country music group that gained prominence in the late 1980s. The band's original lineup consisted of Kathie Baillie (lead vocals, guitar), her husband, Michael Bonagura (guitar, harmony vocals), and Alan LeBoeuf (bass guitar, harmony vocals). Not including Kathie Baillie's solo recordings, Baillie & the Boys have recorded five studio albums and charted ten Top-40 singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts (between 1987 and 1991).
After LeBoeuf's temporary departure in 1988, Baillie & the Boys toured as a duo, until Roger McVay was chosen as a replacement in 1995. Four years later, McVay himself departed, with LeBoeuf again assuming the role of bass guitarist and harmony vocalist. Although the trio has not charted a single since 1991, they have continued to stay busy touring and recording new material including 2000's The Road That Led Me to You and Unplugged, which was released in December 2011.
Singers Alan LeBoeuf and Michael Bonagura were originally members of a New Jersey-based musical group called London Fog. In 1977, Bonagura met singer Kathie Baillie after a friend sent him recordings of her work; Bonagura and Baillie married the same year. Shortly afterward, Bonagura and Baillie joined up with LeBoeuf, forming the lineup for Baillie & the Boys. The trio toured throughout the state of New Jersey, and later moved to Nashville, Tennessee after a friend persuaded them.
The trio first found work singing harmony vocals on singles for Ed Bruce, Dan Seals and Randy Travis, and Bonagura co-wrote Marie Osmond's single "There's No Stopping Your Heart". In 1987, Baillie & the Boys were signed to a record deal on the RCA Records label. Their self-titled album was released that year, producing three Top 20 singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles (now Hot Country Songs) charts. Turn The Tide, their second album, was released a year later. It produced four consecutive Top 10 hits on the country charts, including "(Wish I Had a) Heart of Stone", their highest-charting single.
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