Dawn Sears

Dawn Sears
Origin East Grand Forks, Minnesota, U.S.
Genres Country
Occupations Singer-songwriter
Instruments Vocals
Years active 1991-present
Labels Warner Bros.
Decca Nashville
Associated acts Tracy Byrd, Vince Gill, Patty Loveless
Website http://www.dawnsears.com/

Dawn Sears is an American country music artist. In addition to her work as a backing vocalist in Vince Gill's band, Dawn has recorded three solo studio albums, of which two were released on major labels. She has also charted one single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.

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Biography

Sears was born in East Grand Forks, Minnesota.[1]

Sears began her career in 1991 with the album What a Woman Wants to Hear on Warner Bros. Records. The album produced three minor singles. Because of her debut album's poor performance, Sears had decided to leave the country music scene. However, she later received a call from Vince Gill, who had asked her to join his road band as a harmony vocalist.[2][3] In addition to singing harmony on Gill's 1993 album I Still Believe in You, Sears provided duet vocals on the track "An Out of Control Raging Fire" on Tracy Byrd's 1994 debut album.

In 1994, Sears was signed as the first act on Decca Records' newly-revived country music branch.[2] Her second album, 1994's Nothin' But Good, was issued on Decca,[4] and its lead-off single, "Runaway Train", entered the country music charts. Other singles from the album were unsuccessful, and Dawn exited Decca's roster not long afterward. A self-titled album was released independently in 2002.

Sears returned to her work as a backup vocalist for Gill.[4] She has made appearances on several of Gill's albums, including his 2003 compilation Next Big Thing.[5]

Discography

Albums

Title Album details
What a Woman Wants to Hear
Nothin' but Good
Dawn Sears
  • Release date: 2002
  • Label: self-released

Singles

Year Single Peak chart
positions		 Album
US Country
[1]		 CAN Country
1990 "San Antone" — — What a Woman Wants to Hear
"'Til You Come Back to Me" — —
1991 "Good Goodbye" — 77
1994 "Runaway Train" 62 71 Nothin' but Good
"Nothin' but Good" — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

Year Video Director
1991 "Good Goodbye" Jim May
1994 "Runaway Train"[6] Steven Goldmann
"Nothin' but Good"[7] Michael Salomon

References

  1. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 373. ISBN 0-89820-177-2. 
  2. ^ a b "This Month's Music: Dawn Sears: "Runaway Train"". New Country 1 (5): 6. July 1994. ISSN 1074-536X. 
  3. ^ "Dawn Sears biography". Dawn Sears.com. Archived from the original on 2007-08-19. http://web.archive.org/web/20070819121612/http://www.dawnsears.com/bio.html. Retrieved 2008-01-05. 
  4. ^ a b McCall, Michael. "Dawn Sears biography". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p28122. Retrieved 2008-01-05. 
  5. ^ "Next Big Thing - Vince Gill". Capital News. 2003-03. http://www.capitalnews.com.au/editorial.asp?editorial_id=237&issue=38. Retrieved 2008-01-05. 
  6. ^ "CMT : Videos : Dawn Sears : Runaway Train". Country Music Television. http://www.cmt.com/videos/dawn-sears/383347/runaway-train.jhtml. Retrieved October 14, 2011. 
  7. ^ "CMT : Videos : Dawn Sears : Nothin' But Good". Country Music Television. http://www.cmt.com/videos/dawn-sears/384620/nothin-but-good.jhtml. Retrieved October 14, 2011. 

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