Danielle
Peck (born September 14, 1978 in Jacksonville, North Carolina),
is an American country music singer-songwriter. Signed to the independent
Big Machine Records label in 2005, Danielle has released one studio
album to date (2006's Danielle Peck), in addition to charting four
singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.
Danielle Peck was born
in Jacksonville, North Carolina, but grew up in Coshocton, Ohio.
She is the daughter of a United
States Marine. Her parents
both came from musical backgrounds. Her mother's side of the family
traveled and sang in churches. Her father' parents and grandparents
were steeped in country music, playing dances in the area. Before
Peck was able to even speak, she was able to sing. The first song
she ever sang was Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues," which
she continues to perform in her live shows to this day. She wrote
her first song before the age of 10. She also sang in her church,
as solo and as part of a choir. At age 16, she joined a band called
The Neon Moon Band, which performed around the local area.
After graduating from high school, Danielle
Peck went out on the road and formed her band, that performed at festivals
and
other events. She
then moved to Nashville, Tennessee, finding work as a waitress while
pursuing a career in country music. While in Nashville, she met Clay
Myers, a publisher who signed her to a deal with as a songwriter
with Barbara Orbison's Still Working Music. Peck soon started writing
for her staff members.
Danielle Peck signed a recording contract with
DreamWorks Records, with executive Scott Borchetta. She was working
on her debut
album, when
DreamWorks folded and Borchetta founded his own record company entitled
Big Machine Records, also the present-day record company for teenage
country singer Taylor Swift as well as Trisha Yearwood.
In 2005, she released her very first single
from the album called "I
Don't". The song peaked at #28 on the Hot Country Songs chart.
Peck released her self-titled debut album in June 2006. Her debut
album, Danielle Peck, peaked at #23 on the U.S. Billboard Top Country
Albums charts. The album produced two more Top 30 singles in "Findin'
a Good Man" and "Isn't That Everything".
Danielle Peck released her fourth single
in early 2007. Titled "Bad
For Me", the single (which was co-written by Australian country
singer Sherrié Austin) was intended to be the lead-off to
an upcoming second album. "Bad For Me" failed to reach
Top 40; a release date for Peck's second album was initially reported
to be set for October 23, 2007; then was pushed to January 15, 2008,
and now has been set to "first quarter of 2008."
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Country
Singer Carrie Underwood
Music didn't run in the family,
but Carrie Underwood started
singing at church when she was 3. Once she was in school,
she sang
solo roles in student plays. By the seventh grade, people
were taking more notice of her voice as she entered local
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Musician
Kellie Pickler
"When I was a little older, my grandparents
bought me a little boom box, and I sang along with LeAnn Rimes,
Shania, Faith,
Tammy Wynette, and especially Dolly Parton. I have always loved Dolly Parton,
I felt like we had something in common" - Kellie Picker Pictures and Bio |
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Shania
Twain
Shania Twain often grabbed a guitar
and retreated to the solitude of her bedroom singing and writing
until her
fingers ached. "I grew up listening to Waylon, Willie, Dolly, Tammy,
all of them," she recalls. "But we also listened to the Mamas
and the Papas, and Stevie Wonder. Shania Twain Photos |
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Faith
Hill
Her first singing experience came as a
child in her family's Baptist church. As a young teenager, Hill
learned to play guitar, and by age 16 she had started her own
country band that played at a number of local fairs and rodeos. Faith
Hill Bio and Pictures |
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Julianne
Hough
Julianne Hough began
working almost immediately upon arriving in Los Angeles. She
was featured in two television commercials and was a "dancing" extra
in an episode of Cold Case. Julianne Hough Photo Gallery |
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Jessica
Simpson
Almost as soon as Jessica
Simpson was cast as cutoff-clad Southern
Belle Daisy Duke in the big screen remake of the fondly recalled
'70s series The
Dukes of Hazzard (2005) her star was shining even brighter than
ever. Jessica Simpson Bio |
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Avril
Lavigne
Lavigne is a Canadian rock
singer and musician. She has sold over twenty-six million
albums worldwide. In 2006, Canadian Business Magazine ranked
her the seventh most powerful Canadian in Hollywood. Avril Lavigne
Bio and Photos |
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