Leland Martin

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Leland Martin
Born	(1957-02-20) February 20, 1957
Origin	Success, Missouri, USA
Genres	Country
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1998-present
Labels	Rival IGO Infinity Nashville DMG

Leland Martin (born February 20, 1957, Success, Missouri) is an American country singer. Martin was one of nine children; his grandmother and father were both country singers.^[1] He held jobs as a truck driver, house painter, and in a sawmill before signing with Rival Records, who issued his debut album in 1998. Follow-up albums appeared in 2002, 2005, and 2008.

Discography

Albums

Title	Album details
Home Is Where the Honky Tonk Is	Release date: November 24, 1998 Label: Rival
Simply Traditional	Release date: October 1, 2002 Label: IGO
Leland Martin	Release date: October 4, 2005 Label: Infinity Nashville
I'll Pick the Guitar, You Drive the Truck	Release date: June 24, 2008 Label: DMG

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions	Album
Year	Single	US Country	Album
2002	"If I Had Long Legs (Like Alan Jackson)"	60	Simply Traditional
2003	"Hey Love, No Fair"	59
	"Stone Cold Fingers"	—
	"Simply Traditional"	—
2004	"Our American Heroes"	—	Leland Martin
2005	"Country as the Day Is Long"	—
2006	"Same Ol' Song and Dance" (w/ Chalee Tennison)	—
2006	"The Wayfaring Stranger"	—
2008	"Royal Purple Peterbilt"	—	I'll Pick the Guitar, You Drive the Truck
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

Year	Video
2002	"Flags on the Christmas Tree"
2004	"Our American Heroes"
2005	"Country as the Day Is Long"
2006	"Same Ol' Song and Dance" (w/ Chalee Tennison)

References

↑ Leland Martin at Allmusic

Persondata
Name	Martin, Leland
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Short description	American musician
Date of birth	February 20, 1957
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