Steve Fox (musician)

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Steve Fox (musician)
Birth nameSteve Fox
Origin Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Genres Country
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter
Years active1991–present
LabelsQuantum Records(1991)
True North Records (1993)
Dead Reckoning (1998)
Page Records(1999–2001)
Royalty Records (2004–present)

Steve Fox is a Canadian country music singer-songwriter based in Nashville. [1] [2] He is best known for writing Montgomery Gentry's hit song "Daddy Won't Sell the Farm", which went Platinum and Gold in the United States [2] and "Moving to a Small Town". [3] As an independent performing artist in Canada, he has toured with Kenny Rogers, opened for country stars including Dwight Yoakum and Michelle Wright, and headlined at festivals including the Calgary Stampede. [3] [2] He is credited as a songwriter on many albums [3] [2] and has worked with producer and publisher Joe Scaife, as well as Cal IV Entertainment. [4] [5]

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In 2001, Fox won the Canadian Country Music Association's Songwriter of the Year Award. [6] He was nominated for CD of the Year for his album Small World [2] and nominated for a Juno Award for Best Male Vocalist for his 1993 album, The Days of My Youth (True North/Sony). [2]

Early life and education

Fox grew up in a musical family in the Vancouver suburb of Coquitlam, British Columbia. [7] [2] [8] His father John worked in radio broadcasting, while his mother Ella was an oboe player in a chamber orchestra. [8] His three brothers later pursued careers in music and acting. [8] He left Coquitlam after graduating from Centennial Secondary, and traveled through Europe and the Middle East. [2]

Career

Fox moved to Toronto in the mid-1980s to pursue a career in music, performing and writing songs for several folk, R&B, and rockabilly bands, and working as a sound engineer. [7] [2] While fronting a rockabilly band called The Tin Eddies, he got his break with a solo rock LP, Where The Blue Moon Rises. [8] [9] In 1993, he had his first minor hit, The Days of My Youth, on the True North/Sony label, and was nominated for a Juno Award for Best Male Vocalist. [2] In 2001 he released Small World which went platinum and led to the notable singles "Small Town", "Cheap Red Wine" and "Couple On The Cake", a duet with Beverley Mahood, and a video featuring Leslie Nielsen. He released the album Lunch With Chet with the single "Dream On".[ citation needed ] He is noted for writing the Montgomery Gentry single "Daddy Won't Sell The Farm", which reached No. 13 on the Billboard music chart and No. 1 on CMT; it won the Canadian Country Music Association SOCAN song of the year award. [7] He wrote "24 X 24", recorded by Gord Bamford. [6]

Fox produced records for other artists, and released his own single, "If My Life Was a Movie" in January 2007.[ citation needed ]

Discography

Studio albums

TitleDetails
Steve Fox
Small World
  • Release date: July 15, 2002
  • Label: Page Records/EMI
Lunch with Chet
Harbour Town
  • Release date: September 9, 2008
  • Label: Good Spirit

Singles

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
CAN Country
1999"Why"39Steve Fox
"Down in the Mojave"48
"I Just Don't Know Anymore"23
2000"Somebody Loves Me"*
2001"Couple on the Cake"
(with Beverley Mahood)		*Small World
"Movin' to a Small Town"*
2002"Cheap Red Wine"*
"You'll Find Love"*
2003"Everything"*
"Land of the Loved"*
2004"Please"*Lunch with Chet
"The Road of Life"*
2005"Dream On"*
2006"Rewind"*
"Little Footprints"*
2007"If My Life Was a Movie"*Harbour Town
2008"5 Minutes"*
2009"Don't Grow Today"*
* denotes unknown peak positions

Music videos

YearVideoDirector
1999"I Just Don't Know Anymore"
2001"Couple on the Cake"
(with Beverley Mahood)		Terrance Odette
"Movin' to a Small Town"
2002"Cheap Red Wine"
2003"Everything"
2005"Dream On"
2006"Rewind"Antonio Hrynchuk
"Little Footprints"

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