Chad Brock
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| Chad Brock | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | July 31, 1963 [1] |
| Origin | Ocala, Florida, USA[1] |
| Genre(s) | Country |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter Disc jockey |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals |
| Years active | 1998-2007 |
| Label(s) | Warner Bros. Broken Bow Rocky Comfort |
| Associated acts | Cledus T. Judd Tracy Lawrence |
Chad Brock (born July 31, 1963 in Ocala, Florida[1]) is an American country music artist and disc jockey. Before beginning his musical career in the late 1990s, he was a professional wrestler in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), until an injury forced him to retire.[2]
Brock signed to Warner Bros. Records' Nashville division in the late 1990s, releasing three studio albums — 1999's Chad Brock, 2000's Yes!, and 2001's III — for the label. These albums, overall, produced seven singles on the Billboard country music charts, including the Number One hit "Yes!" and the Top Five "Ordinary Life". Brock left Warner Bros. in 2002 and signed to Broken Bow Records a year later; although he released five singles for the label (of which four charted), his album for Broken Bow was not released, and he exited that label as well.
Starting in the late 2000s, Brock has also begun a career as a disc jockey at WQYK in Tampa, Florida, where he and parody singer Cledus T. Judd co-host a morning show.
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[edit] Biography
Chad Brock was born July 31, 1963 in Ocala, Florida. In high school, Brock played football and was offered a post-secondary scholarship to play sports.[1] He turned down the scholarship, however, as his experiences in the school choir had convinced him to pursue a singing career.[1] Brock moved to Nashville, Tennessee to follow this dream, but he met with little success at first.[1] In 1994, he signed a record deal with Warner Bros. Records, but he did not release any music for over three years.[3]
To supplement the money he made in Nashville, Brock decided to pursue a second career in professional wrestling. He trained at World Championship Wrestling's training facility, the WCW Power Plant.[citation needed] He wrestled for WCW from 1994 until 1996. He also appeared at several WCW events in 1999, where he was briefly involved in an angle with Curt Hennig.
[edit] Musical career
In 1998, Brock released his debut single, "Evangeline", which peaked at #51 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts. This song's followup, the ballad "Ordinary Life", went on to become Brock's first major hit,[1] reaching a peak of #3 on the same charts, as well as #39 on the Billboard Hot 100. Following that song's success, Brock released his self-titled debut album; its third and final single, "Lightning Does the Work", reached #19 in 1999.
Brock's fourth chart single was a re-write of Hank Williams, Jr.'s signature song "A Country Boy Can Survive", a #2 hit for Williams in 1981. This re-written version, which featured Williams and George Jones, was entitled "A Country Boy Can Survive (Y2K Version)", and featured special lyrics pertaining to the Year 2000 problem (abbreviated Y2K). This song served as the first single from Brock's 2000 album Yes!. Its second single was the title track, also his signature song, which went on to become Brock's first (and only) Number One Billboard hit,[1] as well as a #22 hit on the Hot 100 charts. The third and final single from Yes! ("The Visit") peaked at #21, however.
2001 saw the release of Brock's third and final album for Warner Bros. Records. Entitled III, it was less successful than its predecessor.[1] III only one chart entry in "Tell Me How", which failed to make Top 40. This album also reprised Brock's three highest-charting singles ("Yes!", "Ordinary Life" and "Lightning Does the Work"). Shortly afterward, he signed to Broken Bow Records, then a newly-formed independent label. There, he recorded his fourth studio album, entitled Free; although five of its singles were released (with four of those five singles entering the country charts), the album itself was not shipped, and Brock exited Broken Bow's roster.
[edit] Radio show
He eventually[when?] left Nashville to co-host a morning show on the Tampa, Florida station WQYK along with country music parodist Cledus T. Judd. In 2007, Brock signed with Rocky Comfort Records, a label which was started by Tracy Lawrence.[4]
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Year | Album | Label | Chart Positions | |
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| US Country | US 200 | |||
| 1999 | Chad Brock | Warner Bros. | 37 | |
| 2000 | Yes! | 17 | 125 | |
| 2001 | III | 44 | ||
| 2003 | Free | Broken Bow | Unreleased | |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | Album | |
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| US Country | US Hot 100 | |||
| 1998 | "Evangeline" | 51 | Chad Brock | |
| 1999 | "Ordinary Life" | 3 | 39 | |
| "Lightning Does the Work" | 19 | 86 | ||
| "A Country Boy Can Survive (Y2K version)" (w/ Hank Williams, Jr. and George Jones) |
30 | 75 | Yes! | |
| 2000 | "Yes!" | 1 | 22 | |
| "The Visit" | 21 | 108 | ||
| 2001 | "Tell Me How" | 47 | III | |
| 2002 | "A Man's Gotta Do" | 60 | Free | |
| 2003 | "That Was Us" | 58 | ||
| "It's a Woman Thing"A | ||||
| 2004 | "You Are" | 48 | ||
| "That Changed Me" | 53 | |||
- A Failed to chart.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Ankeny, Jason. Chad Brock biography. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2008-04-23.
- ^ Wrestling Music Facts
- ^ Gueningsman, Ryan. An interview with Chad Brock. Winsock Festival. Retrieved on 2008-01-22.
- ^ CMT.com : Chad Brock : After Three-Year Lull, Tracy Lawrence Has New Album
