Wade Hayes
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Tony Wade Hayes is an American country music
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. Signed to Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

 in 1994, he made his debut that year with his gold-certified album Old Enough to Know Better
Old Enough to Know Better
Old Enough to Know Better is the debut album of American country music artist Wade Hayes. Released in early 1995 on Columbia Records, it produced a Number One hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts in its title track; the singles "I'm Still Dancing with You", "Don't Stop", and...

. Its title track, which served as his debut single, reached Number One on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now 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, and three more singles from it all reached Top Ten as well.

Hayes' second album, 1996's On a Good Night
On a Good Night
On a Good Night is the second studio album released by American country music artist Wade Hayes. Released in 1996 on Columbia Records Nashville, it produced a #2-peaking single on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts in its title track that year...

, was also certified gold, although its #2-peaking title track was the only Top 40 hit from it. When the Wrong One Loves You Right
When the Wrong One Loves You Right
When the Wrong One Loves You Right is the third studio album released by American country music artist Wade Hayes. Released in January 1998 as his final album for Columbia Records Nashville, it includes the singles "The Day That She Left Tulsa " and "How Do You Sleep at Night", which peaked at #5...

, his third album, produced two more singles, including the #5 "The Day That She Left Tulsa (In a Chevy)", although he left the label by 1999. A year later, he signed to the Monument
Monument Records
Monument Records was an American record label, Washington, D.C. named for the Washington Monument, founded in 1958, by Fred Foster and Buddy Deane . Buddy Deane soon left the company, and in the early 60's bought KOTN in Pine Bluff, Arkansas where he retired to until his death...

 roster, where he released Highways & Heartaches, his final solo album. This album produced no Top 40 country hits, however, and was his last solo album.

In 2003, he founded the duo McHayes
McHayes
McHayes was an American country music duo established in 2003 by Wade Hayes , along with musician Mark McClurg . Prior to the duo's foundation, Hayes was a solo artist, and McClurg was a member of Alan Jackson's road band, The Strayhorns...

 with Alan Jackson
Alan Jackson
Alan Eugene Jackson is an American country music singer, known for blending traditional honky tonk and mainstream country sounds and penning many of his own hits. He has recorded 13 studio albums, 3 Greatest Hits albums, 2 Holiday albums, 1 Gospel album and several compilations, all on the Arista...

's fiddle
Fiddle
The term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...

 player Mark McClurg. The duo charted one single on the country charts and recorded one unreleased album for the Universal South label. He has since joined the backing band for former Alabama
Alabama (band)
Alabama is a country music and southern rock band from Fort Payne, Alabama, United States. The band was founded in 1969 by Randy Owen and his cousin Teddy Gentry , soon joined by Jeff Cook...

 lead singer Randy Owen
Randy Owen
Randy Owen is an American country music artist. He is known primarily for his role as the lead singer of Alabama, a country rock band which saw considerable mainstream success throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Although Alabama only records new albums on occasion, Owen himself has maintained a career...

.

Biography

Wade Hayes was born and raised in Bethel Acres, Oklahoma
Bethel Acres, Oklahoma
Bethel Acres is a town in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States, and is part of the Oklahoma City Consolidated Metropolitan Area. The population was 2,735 at the 2000 census...

. His father, Don Hayes, also a professional country musician, inspired him to begin playing music as well. Initially, Hayes had learned to play mandolin, but later switched to guitar after his father bought him one. When he was eleven years old, his family moved to Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...

, where his father signed him to an independent record label. The label soon declared bankruptcy. The family returned to Oklahoma, where Wade later found work as a musician in his father's band.

Although he attended three different colleges, Hayes dropped out of college in 1991 in pursuit of a career in country music, after seeing bluegrass musician Ricky Skaggs
Ricky Skaggs
Rickie Lee "Ricky" Skaggs is a country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He primarily plays mandolin; however, he also plays fiddle, guitar, and banjo.-Early career:...

 perform on the 1991 Country Music Association
Country Music Association
The Country Music Association was founded in 1958 in Nashville, Tennessee. It originally consisted of only 233 members and was the first trade organization formed to promote a music genre...

 awards show. Wade returned to Nashville, where he began recording demo tapes and writing his own material. Eventually, Hayes partnered with a songwriter named Chick Rains, who recommended him to Don Cook, a record producer who has produced albums for several country music artists, including Brooks & Dunn
Brooks & Dunn
Brooks & Dunn was an American country music duo consisting of Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn, who were both vocalists and songwriters. They were paired by record producer Tim DuBois in 1990. Before the duo's foundation, both members of the duo were solo recording artists...

.

1994-1996: Old Enough to Know Better

With Cook's help, Hayes was signed to a record deal with Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

 in late 1994. The same year, Hayes' debut single, "Old Enough to Know Better
Old Enough to Know Better (song)
"Old Enough to Know Better" is the title of a country music song co-written and recorded by American singer Wade Hayes. Released in November 1994, is the title track to his 1995 debut album Old Enough to Know Better, as well as his debut single...

", was released, and by early 1995, it peaked at Number One on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. The single was followed by the release of Hayes' debut album, also titled Old Enough to Know Better
Old Enough to Know Better
Old Enough to Know Better is the debut album of American country music artist Wade Hayes. Released in early 1995 on Columbia Records, it produced a Number One hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts in its title track; the singles "I'm Still Dancing with You", "Don't Stop", and...

, which produced three additional Top Ten singles on the country music charts: "I'm Still Dancin' with You
I'm Still Dancin' with You
"I'm Still Dancin' with You" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Wade Hayes. It was released in March 1995 as the second single from his debut album, Old Enough to Know Better. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in...

", "Don't Stop" and "What I Meant to Say", at #4, #10 and #5 respectively. It was also certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America
Recording Industry Association of America
The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States...

 for shipping 500,000 copies. Also in 1995, Hayes was nominated for Top New Male Vocalist of the Year by the Country Music Association
Country Music Association
The Country Music Association was founded in 1958 in Nashville, Tennessee. It originally consisted of only 233 members and was the first trade organization formed to promote a music genre...

.

1996-1997: On a Good Night

On a Good Night
On a Good Night
On a Good Night is the second studio album released by American country music artist Wade Hayes. Released in 1996 on Columbia Records Nashville, it produced a #2-peaking single on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts in its title track that year...

, Hayes' second album, was released via Columbia in 1996. Although the album's lead-off single (which was the title track) peaked at #2 on the country charts. The second and third singles — "Where Do I Go to Start All Over" and "It's over My Head" — both failed to make Top 40. Nonetheless, the album was certified gold as well. Also included on this album was a cover of "Undo the Right", a song originally recorded by Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson
Willie Hugh Nelson is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie , combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger and Stardust , made Nelson one of the most recognized...

.

1997-1999: When the Wrong One Loves You Right

In 1997, Hayes also issued a cover of Glen Campbell
Glen Campbell
Glen Travis Campbell is an American country music singer, guitarist, television host and occasional actor. He is best known for a series of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for hosting a variety show called The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television.During his 50 years in show...

's song "Wichita Lineman
Wichita Lineman
"Wichita Lineman" is a popular song written by Jimmy Webb in 1968, first recorded by Glen Campbell and widely covered by other artists. Campbell's version, which appeared on his 1968 album of the same name, reached #3 on the U.S. pop chart, remaining in the Top 100 for 15 weeks...

" as the first single for a third album which was to have been titled Tore Up from the Floor Up. This cover failed to reach Top 40, however, and the album was delayed. It was followed with "The Day That She Left Tulsa (In a Chevy)", which reached #5 on the country charts. After this song's release, Hayes's third album — by then re-titled When the Wrong One Loves You Right
When the Wrong One Loves You Right
When the Wrong One Loves You Right is the third studio album released by American country music artist Wade Hayes. Released in January 1998 as his final album for Columbia Records Nashville, it includes the singles "The Day That She Left Tulsa " and "How Do You Sleep at Night", which peaked at #5...

— was issued, with the Glen Campbell cover omitted. "The Day That She Left Tulsa" was followed by "When the Wrong One Loves You Right", "How Do You Sleep at Night" (his final Top 40 hit at #13), and finally, "Tore Up from the Floor Up". Hayes considered When the Wrong One Loves You Right as a more mature effort than his first two albums, with more of an emphasis on ballads than his previous two albums.

2000-2001: Highways & Heartaches

By 2000, Hayes had switched from Columbia Records to Monument Records
Monument Records
Monument Records was an American record label, Washington, D.C. named for the Washington Monument, founded in 1958, by Fred Foster and Buddy Deane . Buddy Deane soon left the company, and in the early 60's bought KOTN in Pine Bluff, Arkansas where he retired to until his death...

. His fourth and final album before his nine-year hiatus, titled Highways & Heartaches, was released in 2000. Three singles were released from the album before Hayes left Monument.

2001-2004: Duo formation and hiatus

In 2003, Hayes joined fiddler Mark McClurg to form the duo McHayes
McHayes
McHayes was an American country music duo established in 2003 by Wade Hayes , along with musician Mark McClurg . Prior to the duo's foundation, Hayes was a solo artist, and McClurg was a member of Alan Jackson's road band, The Strayhorns...

, which charted one single ("It Doesn't Mean I Don't Love You", which reached #41 on the country charts) and recorded one unreleased album for Universal South Records. After McHayes disbanded in July 2004, McClurg rejoined Jackson's road band, and Hayes went on hiatus.

2008-2009: Return to music and Place to Turn Around

He rejoined the music business in 2008, taking a role as lead guitar
Lead guitar
Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...

ist and singer in former Alabama
Alabama (band)
Alabama is a country music and southern rock band from Fort Payne, Alabama, United States. The band was founded in 1969 by Randy Owen and his cousin Teddy Gentry , soon joined by Jeff Cook...

 lead singer Randy Owen
Randy Owen
Randy Owen is an American country music artist. He is known primarily for his role as the lead singer of Alabama, a country rock band which saw considerable mainstream success throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Although Alabama only records new albums on occasion, Owen himself has maintained a career...

's road band. Hayes also returned to touring on his own. Hayes released a fifth album, Place to Turn Around, in July 2009, on an independent label. The album is available via Hayes' website and at live shows, and features eleven songs, with ten being penned by Hayes.

Personal life

On April 4, 1999, Hayes married former Miss USA
Miss USA
The Miss USA beauty contest has been held annually since 1952 to select the United States entrant in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operates both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA...

 runner-up Danni Boatwright
Danni Boatwright
Danni Boatwright , a beauty queen and model from Kansas, won $1,000,000 on Survivor: Guatemala, the eleventh season of the reality television show Survivor...

, who appeared in the video for Hayes' single "Tore Up from the Floor Up". Boatwright later was a contestant on the CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...

 reality television
Reality television
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 series Survivor. The couple divorced in 2003.

Albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
Music recording sales certification
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(sales thresholds)
US Country US
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

CAN Country
RPM (magazine)
RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...

Old Enough to Know Better
Old Enough to Know Better
Old Enough to Know Better is the debut album of American country music artist Wade Hayes. Released in early 1995 on Columbia Records, it produced a Number One hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts in its title track; the singles "I'm Still Dancing with You", "Don't Stop", and...

  • Release date: January 3, 1995
  • Label: Columbia Records
    Columbia Records
    Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

19 99
  • US
    Recording Industry Association of America
    The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States...

    : Gold
  • CAN
    Canadian Recording Industry Association
    Music Canada is a Toronto-based, non-profit trade organization that was founded 9 April 1963 to represent the interests of companies that record, artists, manufacture, production, promotion and distribution of music in Canada...

    : Gold
  • On a Good Night
    On a Good Night
    On a Good Night is the second studio album released by American country music artist Wade Hayes. Released in 1996 on Columbia Records Nashville, it produced a #2-peaking single on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts in its title track that year...

  • Release date: June 25, 1996
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • 11 91
  • US: Gold
  • CAN: Gold
  • When the Wrong One Loves You Right
    When the Wrong One Loves You Right
    When the Wrong One Loves You Right is the third studio album released by American country music artist Wade Hayes. Released in January 1998 as his final album for Columbia Records Nashville, it includes the singles "The Day That She Left Tulsa " and "How Do You Sleep at Night", which peaked at #5...

  • Release date: January 27, 1998
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • 9 92 22
    Highways & Heartaches
  • Release date: September 12, 2000
  • Label: Monument Records
    Monument Records
    Monument Records was an American record label, Washington, D.C. named for the Washington Monument, founded in 1958, by Fred Foster and Buddy Deane . Buddy Deane soon left the company, and in the early 60's bought KOTN in Pine Bluff, Arkansas where he retired to until his death...

  • 55
    Place To Turn Around
  • Release date: July 15, 2009
  • Label: self-released
  • "—" denotes releases that did not chart

    Singles

    Year Single Peak 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...

    US
    Billboard Hot 100
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    CAN Country
    RPM (magazine)
    RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...

    1994 "Old Enough to Know Better
    Old Enough to Know Better (song)
    "Old Enough to Know Better" is the title of a country music song co-written and recorded by American singer Wade Hayes. Released in November 1994, is the title track to his 1995 debut album Old Enough to Know Better, as well as his debut single...

    "
    1 1 Old Enough to Know Better
    1995 "I'm Still Dancin' with You
    I'm Still Dancin' with You
    "I'm Still Dancin' with You" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Wade Hayes. It was released in March 1995 as the second single from his debut album, Old Enough to Know Better. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in...

    "
    4 113 6
    "Don't Stop
    Don't Stop (Wade Hayes song)
    "Don't Stop" is the title of a song by American country music artist Wade Hayes. It was co-written by Chick Rains and Tom Shapiro and was the third single released from Hayes' debut album Old Enough to Know Better in 1995...

    "
    10 12
    "What I Meant to Say
    What I Meant to Say
    "What I Meant to Say" is the title of a song by American country music artist Wade Hayes. It was co-written by Sam Hogin, Jim McBride and Don Cook, who also produced it. It was the fourth and final single released from Hayes' debut album Old Enough to Know Better in late 1995...

    "
    5 116 15
    1996 "On a Good Night
    On a Good Night (song)
    "On a Good Night" is the title of a song by American country music artist Wade Hayes. It was co-written by Paul Nelson, Larry Boone and producer Don Cook. It was released in May 1996 as the lead-off single from Hayes' second album On a Good Night in mid 1996. It reached #2 on the Billboard Hot...

    "
    2 4 On a Good Night
    "Where Do I Go to Start All Over" 42 59
    1997 "It's Over My Head" 46 55
    "Wichita Lineman
    Wichita Lineman
    "Wichita Lineman" is a popular song written by Jimmy Webb in 1968, first recorded by Glen Campbell and widely covered by other artists. Campbell's version, which appeared on his 1968 album of the same name, reached #3 on the U.S. pop chart, remaining in the Top 100 for 15 weeks...

    "
    55 48 Tore Up from the Floor Up (unreleased)
    "The Day That She Left Tulsa (In a Chevy)
    The Day That She Left Tulsa (In a Chevy)
    "The Day That She Left Tulsa " is the title of a song by American country music artist Wade Hayes. It was co-written by Mark D. Sanders and Steve Diamond. It was the lead-off single released from Hayes' third album When the Wrong One Loves You Right in late 1997. It reached #5 on the Billboard Hot...

    "
    5 86 9 When the Wrong One Loves You Right
    1998 "When the Wrong One Loves You Right" 50 41
    "How Do You Sleep at Night" 13 67 30
    1999 "Tore Up from the Floor Up" 57
    2000 "Up North (Down South, Back East, Out West)" 48 73 Highways & Heartaches
    "Goodbye Is the Wrong Way to Go" 45
    "What's It Gonna Take"
    "—" denotes releases that did not chart

    Music videos

    Year Video Director
    1995 "Old Enough to Know Better" Gerry Wenner
    "I'm Still Dancing with You" Steven Goldmann
    Steven Goldmann
    Steven Goldmann is a Canadian music video and film director. He has directed over 200 music videos. Goldmann also directed the movies Broken Bridges and Trailer Park of Terror, and has additionally directed several television programs.-1990-1999:...

    "Don't Stop"
    1996 "What I Meant to Say"
    "On a Good Night"
    "Where Do I Go to Start All Over"
    1997 "Wichita Lineman"
    1998 "The Day She Left Tulsa (In a Chevy)"
    1999 "Tore Up from the Floor Up"
    2000 "Up North (Down South, Back East, Out West)" Jim Shea

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