Wesley Dennis

For the illustrator, see Wesley Dennis (illustrator).
Wesley Dennis
Born April 22, 1963 (1963-04-22) (age 48)[1]
Origin Clanton, Alabama, USA
Genres Country
Occupations Singer-songwriter
Instruments Vocals
Years active 1995
Labels Mercury Nashville
Associated acts Keith Stegall

Wesley Dennis (born April 22, 1963 in Clanton, Alabama) is an American country music artist. A native of Alabama, Dennis previously held a job installing car windshields before he took to singing in bars.[2] In 1995, he signed to Mercury Nashville Records, releasing a self-titled debut album, and charting three singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. He also toured with Alan Jackson that same year.[2]

Dennis's debut album was produced by Keith Stegall, who has also produced for Jackson, and was released on March 7, 1995 to mostly favorable reviews. New Country magazine critic Chris Dickinson gave it three-and-a-half stars out of five, calling him "as honestly neo-trad as they come", although he said that the tracks "This Hat Ain't No Act" and "Bubbaland" were "dime-a-gross."[3] USA Today also gave a favorable review, comparing Dennis' vocals to those of Randy Travis, but criticizing "This Hat Ain't No Act" as a "trite" song.[4]

Contents

Discography

Albums

Title Album details
Wesley Dennis

Singles

Year Single Peak chart
positions		 Album
US Country
[1]		 CAN Country
1995 "I Don't Know (But I've Been Told)" 46 60 Wesley Dennis
"Don't Make Me Feel at Home" 51 70
"Who's Counting" 58 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

Year Video Director
1995 "I Don't Know (But I've Been Told)" Jim Hershleder
"Don't Make Me Feel at Home"
"Who's Counting"

References

  1. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (August 2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc.. pp. 122. ISBN 0-89820-177-2. 
  2. ^ a b No byline (1995-03-20). "Up and country: Wesley Dennis used to install car windshields. Now he's looking at life just a little bit differently". The Sacramento Bee: pp. C1. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SB&p_theme=sb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB0DB21A8296F7B&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2008-08-27. 
  3. ^ Dickinson, Chris (March 1995). "Music reviews". New Country 2 (3): 61. 
  4. ^ Gundersen, Edna (1995-04-03). "A knockout from Morphine". USA Today: pp. D4. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/19341859.html?dids=19341859:19341859&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+03%2C+1995&author=Edna+Gundersen%3B+David+Zimmerman%3B+James+T.+Jones+IV%3B+David+Patrick+Stearns&pub=USA+TODAY+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=A+knockout+from+Morphine&pqatl=google. Retrieved 2009-09-13. 

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