T. Graham Brown
| T. Graham Brown | |
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Brown performing at Nashville Palace, 2006
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Anthony Graham Brown |
| Born |
October 30, 1954 Arabi, Georgia, United States |
| Genres | Country |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Labels | Capitol, Intersound, Madacy, Compendia, Aspirion, MCM-World Media, RED Distribution |
| Associated acts | Tanya Tucker, Vince Gill, Trace Adkins, Leon Russell |
| Website | www |
T. Graham Brown (born October 30, 1954, Arabi, Georgia), born Anthony Graham Brown, is a Grammy nominated (Best Roots Gospel) American country/soul/gospel singer. Active since 1986, Brown has recorded a total of thirteen studio albums, and has charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. Three of these singles — "Hell and High Water" and "Don't Go to Strangers" from 1986, and "Darlene" from 1988 — reached Number One, and eight more reached Top Ten.
Brown was born in 1954 in Atlanta, Georgia. He first performed in a duo, Dirk & Tony (1973–75) before founding two more bands, "Reo Diamond" (1975) and "T. Graham Brown's Rack of Spam" (1979). He married his wife Sheila in 1980; the couple has a son, Acme Geronimo Brown (born 1989).
Brown moved to Nashville in 1982 and found work singing advertising jingles for companies such as McDonald's, Disneyland, Budweiser, Coors, Stroh's, Almond Joy, Coca Cola, Sears, Dodge Trucks, Ford, Hardee's, Kentucky Fried Chicken, The Nashville Network, B.C.Powders, Dr. Pepper, Mountain Dew, 7-Up, Harrah's and many others. He was also the singing narrator in the Taco Bell "Run For the Border" television spots. Brown also found work as a songwriter for E.M.I. Publishing before signing to Capitol Records in 1984. He was with E.M.I. for 13 years.Brown's first release for the label, "Drowning in Memories", peaked at No.39 on the Billboard country charts. His debut album "I Tell It Like It Used To Be"'s title song went to No.7,followed by "I Wish That I Could Hurt That Way Again" No.4, giving way to a pair of number ones, "Hell and High Water" and"Don't Go To Strangers".
Brown's first release for the label, "Drowning in Memories", peaked at No. 39 and was never included on an album. After it came the No. 7 "I Tell It Like It Used to Be", the first single from his 1986 album of the same name. Counting its title track, this album accounted for four singles: the No. 3 "I Wish That I Could Hurt That Way Again" and two straight Number Ones in "Hell and High Water" and "Don't Go to Strangers".
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