Duane Steele

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Duane Steele

Background information
Origin	Hines Creek, Alberta
Genre(s)	Country
Occupation(s)	Singer/Songwriter
Instrument(s)	Guitar
Years active	1984 – Present
Label(s)	Mercury Records (1995 - 1999) Royalty Records (2000 - 2005) Icon Records (2006 - Present)
Website	www.duanesteele.com

Duane Steele, born in Hines Creek, Alberta, Canada, is an award winning country music singer.

1 Biography
2 Discography
- 2.1 Albums
- 2.2 Singles
3 Awards
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Biography

Duane Steele's career began when he became the lead singer of the band Rock 'N' Horse in 1984.^[1] The band released one album, Highways, in 1991, and the song "Real Good Love" reached #69 on the Canadian country singles chart. However, members of the band went their separate ways in 1993.

Steele moved to Nashville and signed a publishing contract with Warner-Chappell.^[2] He scored a record deal with Mercury Records in 1995 after a performance during Canadian Country Music Week. The following year, he released his debut solo album, P.O. Box 423. The first four singles from the project all reached the top 10 on the Canadian country chart, including "Anita Got Married," which became Steele's first #1 song. He was nominated for the Vista Rising Star Award by the Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) in 1996, but lost to Terri Clark. He also received a nomination for Male Vocalist of the Year. In 1997, the Juno Awards nominated Steele for Best Country Male Vocalist, and also the all-genre Best New Solo Artist. He won his first award, Vocal Event of the Year, at the 1997 CCMA Awards for his duet with Lisa Brokop, "Two Names On An Overpass."

Steele's second album, This Is The Life, was released in September 1997. The disc included a cover of Gordon Lightfoot's "If You Could Read My Mind." The first two singles, "Tell The Girl" and "If I Could Just Get To You," both reached the Canadian top 10. Steele was again nominated for Male Vocalist of the Year in 1998 at both the CCMA Awards and the Juno Awards. When subsequent singles failed to reach the top 30, Steele and Mercury parted ways.^[3]

Steele moved back to Canada in 1999 and began writing for his third album. I'll Be Alright was released in August 2000 on Steele's own Jolt Records and distributed by Royalty Records. Seven singles were released from the project, including "The Good Side Of Your Goodbye," "This Is Love," "I-65" and "The Heart Of The It Don't Matter." In 2001, the CCMA named Steele Independent Male Artist of the Year.

Steele released a greatest hits album, Set List, in 2004. The album collected 17 of Steele's biggest hits, along with three new songs, two of which reached the Canadian top 30. Steele's latest album, Ghost Town, was released in 2006 on Icon Records. Five songs have been released so far, including the title track, which brought Steele back to the Canadian top 20.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Year	Album	CAN Country
1996	P.O. Box 423	32
1997	This Is the Life
2000	I'll Be Alright
2004	Set List
2006	Ghost Town

[edit] Singles

Year	Title	CAN Country	Album
1996	"Stuck on Your Love"	2	P.O. Box 423
	"Anita Got Married"	1
	"The Trouble with Love"	3
	"She's Tough"	10
1997	"Two Names on an Overpass" (with Lisa Brokop)	21
1997	"Tell the Girl"	9	This Is the Life
1998	"If I Could Just Get to You"	10
	"If You Could Read My Mind"	32
	"Right From the Start"	37
1999	"Forever in Love" (with Shirley Myers)	9	Let It Rain (Shirley Myers album)
1999	"Little Black Dress"	33	This Is the Life
2000	"Make Me Crazy"		I'll Be Alright
2001	"I'll Be Alright"
	"The Goodside of Your Goodbye"
	"What to Do"
2002	"This Is Love"
2002	"I-65"
2003	"The Heart of the It Don't Matter"
2004	"Better Man"		Set List
2004	"Nobody Cheated, Nobody Lied"	26
2005	"Sad Country Song"	30
2006	"Comin' Back Around"	27	Ghost Town
2006	"Ghost Town"	17
2007	"What D'Y Say"	28
	"Blue Collar Man"
	"Real Close"
2008	"Two People in a Room" (with Stacie Roper)	43
2008	"Bustin' Out"^A