Bill LaBounty is an American musician. He was initially a singer-songwriter in the soft rock genre.[2] As a solo artist, LaBounty recorded six studio albums, including four on Curb/Warner Bros. Records. His first charting single, "This Night Won't Last Forever", was covered in 1979 by Michael Johnson, whose rendition was a top 20 pop hit that year, and eventually also covered by the country group Sawyer Brown in the late 1990s.
Bill LaBounty | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Wisconsin, U.S.[1] |
| Genres | Country, soft rock |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, keyboards |
| Years active | 1978–present |
| Labels | Warner Bros./Curb, Noteworthy |
LaBounty was born in Wisconsin and raised in Idaho. He attended Boise State University where he founded his first band Fat Chance, which recorded one album for RCA Records.[1]
In the mid-1980s, LaBounty shifted his focus to country music and has co-written several songs for country music artists, including Steve Wariner's number one hits "Lynda", "The Weekend" and "I Got Dreams".[3] LaBounty signed to a songwriting contract with Curb Publishing in 2001.[4] Many of his songs were written with his wife, Beckie Foster.[5]
Discography
editAlbums
edit- Promised Love (1975, Warner/Curb)
- This Night Won't Last Forever (1978, Warner/Curb)
- Rain in My Life (1979, Warner/Curb)
- Bill LaBounty (1982, Warner/Curb)
- The Right Direction (1991, Noteworthy)
- Best Selection (2004, Columbia)
- Back to Your Star (2009, Chill Pill Records (US), T.a.c.s Records (Japan))
- Time Starts Now (2011, 4 CD boxset with unreleased tracks)
- Into Something Blue (2014)
Singles
edit| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
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| US AC | US [6] |
CAN | |||
| 1976 | "Lie to Me" | — | 109 | — | Promised Love |
| 1978 | "This Night Won't Last Forever" | 46 | 65 | 81 | This Night Won't Last Forever |
| "In 25 Words or Less" | 36 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | "Never Gonna Look Back" | 22 | 110 | — | Bill LaBounty |
List of singles co-written by LaBounty
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- Brooks & Dunn – "Rock My World (Little Country Girl)"
- Robbie Dupree – "Hot Rod Hearts", "Brooklyn Girls"
- Michael Johnson – "This Night Won't Last Forever" (later covered by Moe Bandy and Sawyer Brown), "Trail to Your Heart (Sailing Without a Sail)," "Dancin' Tonight," "Twenty Five Words or Less," "Don't Ask Why", "Leave It Alone," "Old Fashioned Love"
- Lonestar – "Tequila Talkin'", "Heartbroke Every Day"
- Eddy Raven – "Sooner or Later"
- Sawyer Brown – "Used to Blue", "Heart Don't Fall Now", "This Night Won't Last Forever"
- Shenandoah – "I Want to Be Loved Like That", "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart" (with Alison Krauss)
- Tanya Tucker duet with Delbert McClinton – "Tell Me About It"
- Steve Wariner – "Lynda", "The Weekend", "I Got Dreams", "The Domino Theory", "Drive"
- Jimmy Buffett with Steve Goodman – "Where's the Party"
- Gino Vannelli – "Total Stranger"
- Ronnie Milsap – "She Loves My Car"
- Bobby Caldwell – "She Loves My Car"
- Van Zant – "You've Got to Believe in Love"
- Agnetha Fältskog – "Let It Shine"
- Randy Crawford – "Look Who's Lonely Now", This Night Won't Last Forever, I Hope You'll Very Unhappy Without Me, In Real Life,
- Shaun Cassidy – "Lie to Me"
- Conway Twitty - "When the Magic Works"
References
edit- ^ a b "Steve Wariner dances up the charts with McLaughlin, LaBounty's 'Lynda'". The Tennessean. November 8, 1987. p. 59. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
- ^ "Bill LaBounty". Steve Lukather.net. Archived from the original on April 5, 2008. Retrieved January 25, 2008.
- ^ "Bill LaBounty: The Right Direction". Perigord.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2007. Retrieved January 25, 2008.
- ^ Stark, Phyllis (April 1, 2001). "Nashville Scene". Billboard. p. 39.
- ^ "Eddy Raven flies high in country". The Tennessean. March 11, 1990. p. 35. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2011). Top Pop Singles 1955–2010. Record Research, Inc. p. 504. ISBN 978-0-89820-188-8.