Billy Dean
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Billy Dean (born April 2, 1962 in Quincy, Florida) is an American country music singer and songwriter.
Dean first became known to fans in the early 1990s with his appearance on "Star Search." He later earned a recording contract with Capitol Records and rose to national stardom with a string of Top 10 hits on Billboard magazine's country singles chart. His debut song, 1991's "Only Here For a Little While," rose into the Top 5, while the follow up, "Somewhere in My Broken Heart," repeated the feat. "Somewhere in My Broken Heart" won the 1992 Academy of Country Music award for Song of the Year; he also took home the ACM's New Male Vocalist award.
Dean's string of hits continued in the early- and mid-1990s, with songs like "You Don't Count the Cost" (1991); "Only the Wind," "Billy the Kid" and "If There Hadn't Been You" (all 1992); "Tryin' to Hide a Fire in the Dark" (1993); "We Just Disagree" (a remake of the 1970s Dave Mason hit) (1993); "It's What I Do" and "That Girl's Been Spying on Me" (both 1996).
In 1991 Dean wrote and sang the theme song to the ABC animated television series Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa. It is titled "Up on the Mesa".
During the late 1990s, his career slowed down a bit, although he made several television appearances, including "One Life to Live" and "Wings."
In 2004, he began a comeback with the single, "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" (a remake of John Denver's classic) on his new label, Curb Records. In early 2005, he released the album, Let Them Be Little, which featured both "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" and the title track. "Let Them Be Little" became Dean's first Billboard magazine Top 10 hit in almost nine years.
Billy Dean is currently working on a reality-talk based show which he will host.
