Jacky Ward

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Jacky Ward
Born (1942-11-18) November 18, 1942 (age 78)
Origin Groveton, Texas, United States
Genres Country
Occupation(s)Singer
InstrumentsVocals
Years active1972–1982
LabelsTarget
Mercury
Asylum
Associated acts Reba McEntire

Jacky Ward (born November 18, 1942, Groveton, Texas, United States) [1] is an American country music artist. He is popularly known worldwide for his 1977 hit single "Fools Fall in Love".

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Between 1972 and 1982, he released four albums with Mercury Records, and charted more than 15 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles (now Hot Country Songs charts. His highest-peaking single, "A Lover's Question", reached number three on the charts in 1978. In Ward's career, he recorded three duets with Reba McEntire, including McEntire's first top-40 country hit, "Three Sheets in the Wind". After leaving Mercury in the early 1980s, Ward briefly signed with Asylum Records, releasing a cover of Ricky Nelson's "Travelin' Man" that year. Although he released four singles for the label, Ward never issued an album on Asylum, and left the country music business in the late 1980s.

In the 1980s, he also hosted a show on The Nashville Network called Dancin' USA.

Jacky Ward left the country music industry in 1985. He has been a minister and teacher of the gospel for over 20 years. He is presently the interim pastor of West Corinth Baptist Church in Corinth, Mississippi.

Discography

Albums

YearAlbum US Country Label
1972Big Blue DiamondTarget
1977A Lover's Question41Mercury
1978Rainbow46
1979The Best of Jacky Ward
1980More!
1982Night After Night45Asylum
1983Greatest HitsPremier

Singles

YearSingleChart PositionsAlbum
US Country CAN Country
1972"Big Blue Diamond"39Big Blue Diamond
1973"Dream Weaver"88Single only
1975"Stealin'"50A Lover's Question
"Dance Her by Me (One More Time)"3845
1976"She'll Throw Stones at You"92
"I Never Said It Would Be Easy"2426
1977"Texas Angel"31
"Why Not Tonight"69
"Fools Fall in Love"916
1978"A Lover's Question"A36
"Three Sheets in the Wind"/
"I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" (with Reba McEntire)
20single only
"I Want to Be in Love"24Rainbow
"Rhythm of the Rain"119
1979"Wisdom of a Fool"8
"That Makes Two of Us" (with Reba McEntire)26The Best of Jacky Ward
"You're My Kind of Woman"14
1980"I'd Do Anything for You"32
"Save Your Heart for Me"8More!
"That's the Way a Cowboy Rocks and Rolls"7
1981"Somethin' on the Radio"13
1982"Travelin' Man"32Night After Night
"Take the Mem'ry When You Go"57
1983"The Night's Almost Over"85Singles only
1988"Can't Get to You from Here"83

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. p. 371. Retrieved July 25, 2008.