Sherrié Austin
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Sherrié Austin (born Sherrie Krenn on August 28, 1970 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian actress turned singer.
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[edit] Career
She is most known in America for playing the role of Pippa McKenna on The Facts of Life in the late 1980s. In the 1990s, she started a singing career. She originally signed in America to Arista Records where she released 2 albums, with the single "Never Been Kissed" as her highest charting single. She made some independent albums before being signed to Broken Bow Records where she released three singles, "Streets of Heaven", "Drivin' Into The Sun", and "Son of a Preacher Man"...the first a Top 20 hit. She's currently working on her 2nd album for Broken Bow Records and has a song on Tim McGraw's upcoming album.
Skeeter Davis, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Rosanne Cash, k.d. lang and Loretta Lynn are among those who have influenced Austin.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Water to the Soul (with Colourhaus, credited as Sherrie Krenn) (1992)
- Words (1997)
- Love in the Real World (1999)
- Followin' a Feelin' (2001)
- Streets of Heaven (2003)
[edit] Singles
Year | Single | Album | US | US Country |
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1997 | "Lucky In Love" | Words | - | 34 |
1997 | "One Solitary Tear" | Words | - | 41 |
1998 | "Innocent Man" | Words | - | 74 |
1998 | "Put Your Heart Into It" | Words | - | 34 |
1999 | "Never Been Kissed" | Love In The Real World | 89 | 29 |
1999 | "Little Bird" | Love In The Real World | - | 49 |
2001 | "Jolene" | Followin' A Feelin' | - | 55 |
2001 | "In The Meantime" | Followin' A Feelin' | - | - |
2003 | "Streets of Heaven" | Streets of Heaven | - | 18 |
2004 | "Drivin' Into The Sun" | Streets of Heaven | - | 50 |
2004 | "Son of A Preacher Man" | - | - | 46 |