Perfect Stranger (band)
| Perfect Stranger | |
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| Origin | Carthage, Texas, U.S. |
| Genres | Country |
| Years active | 1986-2010 |
| Labels | Pacific, Curb, Smith Music Group |
| Associated acts | Vince Gill, Kostas, Clyde Brooks |
| Past members | Andy Ginn Marty Arbter Doug Martin Shayne Morrison Steve Murray Richard Raines Clint Williams Marcus Eldridge Chad Ware Scott Zucknick |
| You Have the Right to Remain Silent | |
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| Studio album by Perfect Stranger | |
| Released | June 13, 1995 |
| Genre | Country |
| Length | 31:09 |
| Label | Curb |
| Producer | Clyde Brooks |
| The Hits | |
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| Studio album by Perfect Stranger | |
| Released | June 26, 2001 |
| Genre | Country |
| Label | Curb |
| Producer | Clyde Brooks, Julian King, Perfect Stranger |
| Shake the World | |
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| Studio album by Perfect Stranger | |
| Released | June 9, 2009 |
| Genre | Country |
| Label | Smith Music Group |
| Producer | Greg White Hunt |
Perfect Stranger was an American country music band founded in 1986 in the state of Texas by Steve Murray (lead vocals), Andy Ginn (drums), Shayne Morrison (bass guitar) and Richard Raines (guitar). After several years of performing throughout Texas, the quartet released an independent album in 1994; this album was later picked up by Curb Records, who re-packaged and re-released it a year later. By 1995, its second single (entitled "You Have the Right to Remain Silent") had become a Top 5 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts.
Although Perfect Stranger never entered Top 40 on the country charts again, the band continued to perform and record throughout the 1990s, charting several more singles before eventually exiting Curb in the late 1990s. In addition, Andy Ginn was replaced by Marty Arbter on drums. Perfect Stranger returned to Curb to release its second album, The Hits, in 2001, and was dropped again afterward. As of 2009, the band is composed of co-lead singers/guitarists Marcus Eldridge and Clint Williams, bassist Shayne Morrison, lead guitarist Chad Ware, and drummer Doug Martin. A third album, Shake the World, was released in 2009. Morrison briefly re-established the band in 2010 with Murray, Raines, and new drummer Scott Zucknick.
Perfect Stranger was founded in 1986 in Carthage, Texas by Steve Murray (lead vocals), Shayne Morrison (bass guitar), Richard Raines (lead guitar), and Andy Ginn (drums). They originally performed as Midnight Express before assuming the name Perfect Stranger. The four artists played together throughout the state of Texas, mostly in clubs and at rodeos. In December 1994, they released an independent album on the Pacific label, entitled It's Up to You. Featured on it was the single "Ridin' the Rodeo". Written by Vince Gill and Kostas, the song was considered the biggest independent country music hit in the United States at the time, although it never reached the Billboard charts.
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