Mark McGuinn
| Mark McGuinn | |
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| Born | August 19, 1968 |
| Origin | Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Genres | Country |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, piano, trumpet |
| Years active | 2000–2002 2006 2011 |
| Labels | VFR, Blue Flamingo, Off Center |
| Associated acts | Lonestar |
| Website | http://www.markmcguinn.com |
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| Studio album by Mark McGuinn | ||||
| Released | May 8, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | 2000–01 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | VFR | |||
| Producer | Mark McGuinn, Shane Decker | |||
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| One Man's Crazy | ||||
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| Studio album by Mark McGuinn | ||||
| Released | July 4, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 2006 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Blue Flamingo | |||
| Producer | Mark McGuinn, Jim Foster, Don Kerce | |||
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Mark McGuinn (born August 19, 1968) is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 2001 with the single "Mrs. Steven Rudy", a Top 10 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. It was the first of three singles from his first album Mark McGuinn, which was released in 2001 on the independent VFR Records label. The label was closed in 2002, and McGuinn did not a record another album until One Man's Crazy in 2006, released on Blue Flamingo Records. He has not recorded an album since then.
McGuinn was born on August 19, 1968, in Greensboro, North Carolina. His musical background includes playing trumpet in a jazz band. McGuinn later aspired to become a professional soccer player. After a knee injury, he decided to move to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1994 to become a songwriter instead.
By 2001, McGuinn was signed to VFR Records, a newly formed independent record label, which released his first album, Mark McGuinn, in May that year. Initially, the label had planned to release "That's a Plan" as the album's first single. After a disc jockey at KPLX in Dallas, Texas, began playing "Mrs. Steven Rudy", another track from the album, other nearby stations soon followed suit. Due to the reaction the song was receiving in this market, the label released it as McGuinn's first single, with "That's a Plan" on the B-side.
Upon the release of "Mrs. Steven Rudy", McGuinn was considered a "dark horse" on the country music scene, due in part to his jazz background and beatnik image, which were considered outside the norms of country radio. "Mrs. Steven Rudy" was a top ten hit on the Billboard country music charts, and the highest-selling single on the country singles sales charts for five consecutive weeks. His album entered the Top Country Albums chart at number 18, setting a new record for the highest entry on that chart for the first release from an independent label. "That's a Plan" was eventually released as the second single, followed by "She Doesn't Dance". These songs peaked at numbers 25 and 29, respectively, on the country charts.
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