Lonestar is an American country music group consisting of Drew Womack, Michael Britt, Dean Sams, and Keech Rainwater (drums). The group was founded in 1992 by Britt, Sams, Rainwater, lead vocalist Richie McDonald and bass guitarist/vocalist John Rich; he exited the band in 1998 and went on to become one-half of the duo Big & Rich. Since his departure, Lonestar has relied alternatingly on session and touring musicians for bass guitar accompaniment. McDonald exited the band in 2007 to record as a solo artist, and was replaced by former McAlyster vocalist Cody Collins before returning in 2011. After leaving the band a second time in 2021, McDonald was replaced by Womack, previously the lead vocalist of Sons of the Desert.
John Rich is an American country music singer-songwriter. From 1992 to 1998, he was a member of the country music band Lonestar, in which he played bass guitar and alternated with Richie McDonald as lead vocalist. After departing from the band in 1998 when things were going down the wrong path and his whole world was heading in a different direction, he embarked on a solo career on BNA Records in the late 1990s, releasing two singles for the label and recording Underneath the Same Moon, which was not released until 2006. In 2001, he self-released Rescue Me, an album he was inspired to record by a cancer patient named Katie Darnell. By 2003, he joined Big Kenny to form the duo Big & Rich, who released three albums on Warner Bros. Records as well as ten singles, including the Number One "Lost in This Moment". After Big & Rich went on hiatus in 2007, Rich began work on a third solo album, Son of a Preacher Man, which has produced two more chart singles. In 2011, Rich released two extended plays, Rich Rocks and For the Kids, before re-establishing Big & Rich in 2012.
"Walking in Memphis" is a song composed and originally recorded by American singer-songwriter Marc Cohn, for whom it remains his signature song. It received a Song of the Year nomination at the 34th Grammy Awards in 1992, the same year that the 31-year-old Cohn won the Grammy for Best New Artist.
"Amazed" is a power ballad by American country music group Lonestar, released on March 22, 1999, for country radio and on December 13 of that same year for pop radio as the second single from their third studio album Lonely Grill (1999). It is the band's longest-lasting number one single and biggest hit, spending eight weeks at the top of the Billboard country chart. The song was written by Marv Green, Aimee Mayo, and Chris Lindsey. A remix of the song was released in December 1999, and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 2 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts in 2000. The song has sold over 1,650,000 digital copies in the US as of February 2016.
I'm Already There is the fifth studio album released by American country music band Lonestar. Released in 2001 on BNA Records, the album was certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of one million copies.
From There To Here: Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits compilation released by American country music group Lonestar. In addition to chronicling the greatest hits from their first four studio albums, the album includes three newly recorded tracks "My Front Porch Looking In", "Walking in Memphis" and "I Pray", as well as a second recording of their 2001 single "I'm Already There". "My Front Porch Looking In" and "Walking in Memphis" were both released as singles.
"Smile" is a song written by Keith Follesé and Chris Lindsey, and recorded by American country music band Lonestar. It was released in October 1999 as the third single and 10th track from their third album Lonely Grill. The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.
"I'm Already There" is a song recorded by American country music band Lonestar, written by lead singer Richie McDonald along with Gary Baker and Frank J. Myers. It was released in March 2001 as the lead-off single to their fourth studio album of the same name. It spent six weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The song was the band's seventh Number One.
"I Could Not Ask for More" is a song composed by American songwriter Diane Warren and originally recorded and released in February 1999, by American recording artist Edwin McCain for the original soundtrack of the 1999 romantic drama film Message in a Bottle, starring Kevin Costner, Robin Wright Penn and Paul Newman. It was also on his third studio album Messenger (1999) and became a Billboard-charted Top 40 single in the summer of 1999.
Baker & Myers was an American country music duo composed of singer-songwriters Gary Baker and Frank J. Myers, who first worked as songwriters for other country music artists; one of their most notable compositions is John Michael Montgomery's 1994 crossover hit "I Swear", which won the Grammy Award for Best Country song a year later; this song was later recorded by pop group All-4-One as well.
"Let's Be Us Again" is a song recorded by American country music group Lonestar. The song reached the Top 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. It was released in March 2004 as the first single and title track from their album of the same name. Then-lead singer Richie McDonald co-wrote the song with Maribeth Derry and Tommy Lee James.
"No News" is a song performed by American country music band Lonestar. It was released in January 1996 as the second single from their debut album, Lonestar. "No News" reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in April 1996, giving the group its first number-one single. It was written by Phil Barnhart, Sam Hogin, and Mark D. Sanders.
Lonestar is an American country music band founded in 1992 by Richie McDonald, John Rich, Keech Rainwater, Michael Britt and Dean Sams. The band has released 12 studio albums, seven greatest hits packages, and 37 singles. Lonestar's first five releases for BNA Records are all certified Gold or higher by the RIAA, and their greatest hits album is certified Platinum. The band's highest-certified album is 1999's Lonely Grill at 3× Platinum. A ninth album, Party Heard Around the World, was released in April 2010. This was also the first album to feature lead singer Cody Collins, who replaced McDonald in 2007.
"You Walked In" is a song performed by American country music group Lonestar. It was written by Canadian pop-rock star Bryan Adams and producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange. The song was released in August 1997 as second single from Lonestar's second album Crazy Nights (1997).
"Say When" is a song recorded by the American country music group Lonestar, written by then band member John Rich along with Larry Boone and Paul Nelson. It was released in January 1998 as the third single from their second album Crazy Nights (1997). It peaked at number 13 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and at number 23 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.
"With Me" is a song written by Brett James and Troy Verges, and recorded by American country music group Lonestar. It was released in August 2001 as the second single from their album I'm Already There. It peaked at number 10 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.
"Unusually Unusual" is a song written by Mark McGuinn and recorded by American country music group Lonestar. It was released in August 2002 as the fourth and final single from the album I'm Already There. It peaked at number 12 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.
"It's a Great Day to Be Alive" is a song written by Darrell Scott. It was originally recorded by American country music artist Jon Randall, of whose version was to have been included on an album titled Great Day to Be Alive, which would have been released in the late 1990s via BNA Records. Scott released his own version of his song on his 1997 album Aloha from Nashville.
"Let Them Be Little" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Billy Dean. It was released in August 2004 as the third single and title track from Dean's album Let Them Be Little. The song reached 8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in March 2005, becoming his last Top 40 single. It was also Dean's only solo entry on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at 68. The song was written by Dean and Richie McDonald, lead vocalist for Lonestar.
Country Airplay is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States since January 20, 1990.
