Kendell Marvel | |
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 Kendell Marvel performing live at the Exit-In December 2018 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Genres | Country, Outlaw Country, Country rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | Big Daddy, Easy Eye Sound |
| Website | kendellmarvel |
Kendell Marvel is an American country music singer and songwriter. He released his debut solo album, Lowdown & Lonesome in October 2017. [1]
Kendell Marvel was born and raised in Southern Illinois. [2] He quickly discovered his talent as a musician when his father would take him to play Honky Tonks starting at 10 years old. [3] He grew up between Galatia and Thompsonville, Illinois, and spent much of his youth traveling around the area playing shows. [4] Marvel decided to relocate to Cheatham County, Tennessee in 1998, to pursue his career as a songwriter in Nashville, Tennessee. [5]
On his first day in Nashville, Kendell wrote the song "Right Where I Need to Be" which was cut by Gary Allan and peaked at number 5 on Billboard's country music chart. [2] This initial success really boosted Kendell's career as a writer and allowed him to work with a wide array of acts including, Jake Owen, George Strait and many more. [2] As his career progressed he returned to his roots, feeling that a traditional sound was a more natural fit for his writing and own music style. In 2008 he wrote the title track for Jamey Johnson's Grammy nominated album, That Lonesome Song, which yielded the same name as the song. [6] Kendell has also written over 60 songs with country star, Chris Stapleton including his grammy winning track, "Either Way". [5] [7] In 2017 Marvel started a residency at Nashville's Exit/In, performing monthly shows tagged as "Kendell Marvel's Honky Tonk Experience" playing original songs, and classic country hits, with a different set of special guests each month. [8] [9] Some of the guests that have joined him on this stage include, Cody Jinks, Brothers Osborne, Alison Krauss, Jamey Johnson, Chris Shiflett of the Foo Fighters, Randy Houser, Ashley McBryde and many more. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
In 2017, Marvel released his first solo album Lowdown and Lonesome, a 10-track concept album that tells stories of heartbreak and vice, produced by Keith Gattis, featuring songs co-written by acts such as Chris Stapleton and Randy Houser. [1] [12]
Marvel's second studio album, Solid Gold Sounds, co-produced by Dan Auerbach and David R. Ferguson, came out on October 11 of 2019. [13]
Studio albums
| Title | Artist(s) | Co-writer(s) | Originating album | Year | US Hot 100 | US Hot Country | Ref. |
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| "Right Where I Need to Be" | Gary Allan | Casey Beathard | Smoke Rings in the Dark | 2000 | 42 | 5 | [15] |
| "Don't Think I Can't Love You" | Jake Owen | Owen, Jimmy Ritchey | Easy Does It | 2008 | 57 | 2 | [16] |
| "Twang" | George Strait | Jim Lauderdale, Jimmy Ritchey | Twang | 2009 | 100 | 14 | [17] |
| "Comin' Around" | Josh Thompson | Thompson, Rodney Clawson | N/A | 2011 | – | 31 | [18] |
| "Either Way" | Chris Stapleton | Stapleton, Tim James | From A Room: Volume 1 | 2017 | 89 | 17 | [19] |
Ellen Muriel Deason, known professionally as Kitty Wells, was an American pioneering female country music singer. She broke down a barrier for women in country music with her 1952 hit recording "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels", which also made her the first female country singer to top the U.S. country charts and turned her into the first female country superstar. “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels” would also be her first of several pop crossover hits. Wells is the only artist to be awarded top female vocalist awards for 14 consecutive years. Her chart-topping hits continued until the mid-1960s, paving the way for and inspiring a long list of female country singers who came to prominence in the 1960s.
Patty Loveless is an American country music singer. She began performing in her teenaged years before signing her first recording contract with MCA Records' Nashville division in 1985. While her first few releases were unsuccessful, she broke through by decade's end with a cover of George Jones's "If My Heart Had Windows". Loveless issued five albums on MCA before moving to Epic Records in 1993, where she released nine more albums. Four of her albums—Honky Tonk Angel, Only What I Feel, When Fallen Angels Fly, and The Trouble with the Truth—are certified platinum in the United States. Loveless has charted 44 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including five which reached number one: "Timber, I'm Falling in Love", "Chains", "Blame It on Your Heart", "You Can Feel Bad", and "Lonely Too Long".
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