Victoria Shaw (singer)
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| Birth name | Victoria Lynn Shaw |
| Born | July 13, 1962 |
| Origin | Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States |
| Genre(s) | Country |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals |
| Years active | 1984-present |
| Label(s) | MPB, Reprise, Taffeta |
| Associated acts | Garth Brooks Lady Antebellum John Michael Montgomery Doug Stone |
| Website | http://www.victoriashaw.com |
Victoria Shaw (born Victoria Lynn Shaw, July 13, 1962 in Manhattan, New York City, New York[1]) is an American country music singer-songwriter. To date, she has recorded four studio albums, and has charted five singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. She has also co-written four Number One singles for other country music artists, including John Michael Montgomery's "I Love the Way You Love Me", which won the 1993 Academy of Country Music award for Song of the Year.
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[edit] Biography
Shaw was born in Manhattan, a borough of New York City, on July 13, 1962. Inspired by country rock musicians such as the Eagles and Linda Ronstadt, she began writing songs at an early age.[1] Later, she and her sister found work performing together in the Los Angeles area.
Eventually, Shaw moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where she found a publishing contract and a record deal. A minor single, "Break My Heart", was released in 1984 on the MPB label, peaking at #61 on the Hot Country Songs charts. Her first major hit as a songwriter came in 1992, when Garth recorded her song "The River" and took it to the top of the Billboard country charts.[2] A year later, Doug Stone reached Number One on the country charts with Shaw's "Too Busy Being in Love". Later that same year, another Shaw-penned song — John Michael Montgomery's "I Love the Way You Love Me" — reached the top of the country charts; that song also won an Academy of Country Music award for Song of the Year.[2]
In 1995, Shaw signed to Reprise Records, releasing her debut album In Full View that year. Three of this album's singles — "Cry Wolf", "Tears Dry" and "Forgiveness" — all reached the lower regions of the Hot Country Songs charts. That same year, Brooks reached Number One with another one of Shaw's compositions, the song "She's Every Woman".
Shaw's second album for Reprise, Victoria Shaw, was released in 1997; however, it produced no chart singles. In 1998, Shaw collaborated with Brooks, Billy Dean, Faith Hill, Olivia Newton-John, Neal McCoy, Michael McDonald and Bryan White for a charity single entitled "One Heart at a Time", which charted at #56 on the Billboard Hot 100. Also that year, Trisha Yearwood recorded the song "Where Your Road Leads", which Shaw co-wrote and originally recorded on In Full View. Yearwood's rendition of the song, which was recorded as a duet with Brooks, served as the title track to her 1998 album Where Your Road Leads, from which it was released as a single.
After exiting Reprise in 1998, Shaw released her third album, Old Friends, New Memories, in 2001 on the Taffeta label. This album included her renditions of the songs that she had written for other artists. In the mid-2000s, Shaw returned to songwriting as well. Two of her songs — Emerson Drive's "A Good Man" and Eric Church's "Two Pink Lines". In addition, she and Paul Worley co-produced Lady Antebellum's self-titled debut album, which was released in April 2008. Also in 2008, Shaw released her fourth album, Bring on the Love.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- In Full View (1995, Reprise)
- Victoria Shaw (1997, Reprise)
- Old Friends, New Memories (2001, Taffeta)
- Bring On The Love (2008, Taffeta)
[edit] Singles
| Year | Song | U.S. Country | U.S. Hot 100 | Album |
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| 1984 | "Break My Heart" | 61 | ||
| 1994 | "Cry Wolf" | 57 | In Full View | |
| "Tears Dry" | 74 | |||
| 1995 | "Forgiveness" | 58 | ||
| "(A Life in the Day of a) Single Mother"A | ||||
| 1997 | "Don't Move"A | Victoria Shaw | ||
| "Different Drum"A | ||||
| 1998 | "One Heart at a Time" (w/ Garth Brooks, Billy Dean, Faith Hill, Olivia Newton-John, Neal McCoy, Michael McDonald, and Bryan White) |
69 | 56 | single only |
AFailed to chart.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Bush, John. allmusic Victoria Shaw Biography. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2007-11-05.
- ^ a b Victoria Shaw Biography. Oldies.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-05.
