Leon Everette
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Leon Everette is an American country music
artist. While in the Navy during the Vietnam War, Everette won a singing contest and decided to pursue a career in country music.
Between 1977 and 1985, Everette recorded eight studio albums, including five for the RCA Records
label. He charted several singles on the Hot Country Songs
charts in the same timespan. Everette reached top 10 on the Hot Country Songs
charts with the singles "Over", "Giving Up Easy", "Hurricane", "Midnight Rodeo", "Just Give Me What You Think Is Fair", "Soul Searchin'", "My Lady Loves Me (Just as I Am)" and "I Could'a Had You".
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
artist. While in the Navy during the Vietnam War, Everette won a singing contest and decided to pursue a career in country music.
Between 1977 and 1985, Everette recorded eight studio albums, including five for the RCA Records
RCA Records
RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...
label. He charted several singles on the Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
charts in the same timespan. Everette reached top 10 on the Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
charts with the singles "Over", "Giving Up Easy", "Hurricane", "Midnight Rodeo", "Just Give Me What You Think Is Fair", "Soul Searchin'", "My Lady Loves Me (Just as I Am)" and "I Could'a Had You".
Albums
| Year | Album | US Country | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Goodbye King of Rock n' Roll | — | True |
| 1980 | I Don't Want to Lose | 61 | Orlando |
| 1981 | If I Keep On Going Crazy | 56 | RCA |
| Hurricane | 30 | ||
| 1982 | Maverick | — | |
| 1983 | Leon Everette | 34 | |
| 1984 | Doin' What I Feel | 25 | |
| 1985 | Where's the Fire | 52 | Mercury |
| 2010 | United States of America | — | LightStream |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart Positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales... |
CAN Country | |||
| 1977 | "I Love That Woman (Like the Devil Loves Sin)" | 84 | — | I Don't Want to Lose |
| 1979 | "We Let Love Fade Away" | 89 | — | |
| "Giving Up Easy" | 81 | — | Single only | |
| "Don't Feel Like the Lone Ranger" | 33 | — | I Don't Want to Lose | |
| "The Sun Went Down in My World Tonight" | 42 | — | ||
| 1980 | "I Love That Woman (Like the Devil Loves Sin)" (re-recording) | 28 | — | |
| "I Don't Want to Lose" | 30 | — | ||
| "Over" | 10 | — | ||
| "Giving Up Easy" (re-release) | 5 | — | If I Keep On Going Crazy | |
| 1981 | "If I Keep On Going Crazy" | 11 | 16 | |
| "Hurricane Hurricane (Leon Everette song) "Hurricane" is the title of a song co-written by Thom Schuyler, Keith Stegall and Stewart Harris, and recorded by American singer Leon Everette. It was released in July 1981 as the lead single from Everette's RCA Records album Hurricane. It is Everette's highest-charting single.-Content:The song is... " |
4 | 3 | Hurricane | |
| "Midnight Rodeo" | 9 | 19 | ||
| 1982 | "Just Give Me What You Think Is Fair" | 7 | 4 | Leon Everette |
| "Soul Searchin'" | 10 | 20 | ||
| "Shadows of My Mind" | 15 | 6 | ||
| 1983 | "My Lady Loves Me (Just as I Am)" | 9 | 36 | |
| "The Lady, She's Right" | 31 | 29 | Doin' What I Feel | |
| 1984 | "I Could'a Had You" | 6 | 6 | |
| "Shot in the Dark" | 30 | — | ||
| 1985 | "Too Good to Say No To" | 47 | — | Where's the Fire |
| "A Good Love Died Tonight" | 53 | — | ||
| "'Til a Tear Becomes a Rose 'Til a Tear Becomes a Rose "Til a Tear Becomes a Rose" is a single by American country music artist Leon Everette. It was released in 1985 from his Mercury Records album Where's the Fire. His version of the song peaked at number 44 on Hot Country Songs.... " |
44 | — | ||
| 1986 | "Danger List (Give Me Someone I Can Love)" | 46 | — | Singles only |
| "Sad State of Affairs" | 59 | — | ||
| "Still in the Picture" | 56 | — |