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Infobox musical artist| name = Hal Ketchum| image = Hal2008b.jpg| caption = Hal Ketchum in 2008| image_size = 240| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Hal Michael Ketchum| birth_date = birth date and age|1953|4|9| origin = Greenwich (town), New York|Greenwich, New York , USA | instrument = singing|Vocals Rhythm guitar | genre = country music|Country | occupation = Singer-songwriter | years_active = 1986, 1991present| label = Watermelon MCG- Curb Records|Curb Curb Asylum Records|Asylum -Curb| associated_acts = Lisa Brokop Gary Burr The Vogues | website = http://www.halketchum.com Hal Michael Ketchum (born April 9, 1953) is an American country music artist. He has released ten studio albums since 1986, including nine for the Curb Records|Curb and Asylum Records|Asylum -Curb labels. Ketchum's 1991 album Past the Point of Rescue is his most commercially successful, having been music recording sales certification|certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America . Between 1991 and 2006, Ketchum also made seventeen entries on the Hot Country Songs charts. Three of his singles "Small Town Saturday Night," "Past the Point of Rescue" and "Hearts Are Gonna Roll" all reached number 2 on this chart, and three more charted within the Top Ten: "Sure Love" at number 3, and "Mama Knows the Highway" and "Stay Forever," both at number 8.
Career
Ketchum was born in Greenwich (town), New York|Greenwich, New York .cite web |url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p1681|pure_url=yes |title=Hal Ketchum Biography |accessdate=2008-01-07 |last=Brennan |first=Sandra |work= Allmusic At the age of 15, he began performing in clubs as a drummer with a rhythm and blues trio. In 1981, Ketchum moved to Austin, Texas where he began to visit Gruene Hall , a small dance hall near his home. This influenced him to try his hand at singing and songwriting, and by 1985 he was playing at small Texas clubs. In 1986, Ketchum recorded 11 of his self-penned songs under his full name Hal Michael Ketchum. This album, Threadbare Alibis , was released in 1988 under the small Texas label Watermelon Records.
Ketchum then moved to Nashville, Tennessee and signed a record deal with Curb Records . In 1991, Ketchum released his Curb debut album Past the Point of Rescue , with both his debut single "Small Town Saturday Night" and the title track " Past the Point of Rescue (song)|Past the Point of Rescue " reaching number 2 on the Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs ) charts, launching him to stardom.cite web|url=Allmusic|class=album|id=r202356|pure_url=yes|title=Hal Ketchum Every Little Word |last=McCall|first=Michael|date=|work=Allmusic|accessdate=2009-08-26 This album was later certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America .cite web|url= http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php? table=SEARCH_RESULTS& artist=Hal%20Ketchum& format=ALBUM& go=Search& perPage=50|title=RIAA - Gold & Platinum - August 23, 2010: Hal Ketchum certified albums|publisher= Recording Industry Association of America |accessdate=August 23, 2010
He released the album Sure Love the following year, with the title track reaching number 3 on the country charts, scoring another number 2 with "Hearts Are Gonna Roll", and "Mama Knows the Highway" charting at number 8.cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|page=224|isbn=0-89820-177-2
In 1994, Ketchum released the album Every Little Word , generating several more hits, including the Benmont Tench -penned "Stay Forever" which reached number 8. Hal was also inducted as the 71st Member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1994.
Two years later came a greatest-hits package entitled The Hits . This album included the non-charting single "Hang In There Superman." Ketchum did not appear on the charts again until 1998, when he reached number 6 with a cover of Todd Rundgren 's " I Saw the Light (Todd Rundgren song)|I Saw the Light ", from his next album, also entitled I Saw the Light .
In 2001, Ketchum released Lucky Man . This album included only one charting single in the number 40 "She Is". Awaiting Redemption followed in 2002 without a charting single, and King of Love in 2004 with only the number 60 "My Love Will Not Change" to its credit. One More Midnight , released only in the United Kingdom , produced a number 47 country hit in the United States with "Just This Side of Heaven (Hal-Lelujah)", although the album itself never was released in the U.S. His most recent US release is Father Time in 2008.
Acting career
Ketchum appeared in the 1988 film Heartbreak Hotel (film)|Heartbreak Hotel . Ketchum also made a cameo appearance as a bank robber in the 1994 film Maverick (film)|Maverick .
Personal life
In June 1998, Ketchum was diagnosed with a neurological disorder called Transverse Myelitis|Acute Transverse Myelitis , an ailment of the spinal column, which left Ketchum without the use of the left side of his body. Billboard magazine|Billboard , July 4, 1998 He had to relearn basic tasks, including how to walk and play the guitar. He has since been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis ,Interview http://americanmusicchannel.com/features/comversation_corner/4-24-2009/conversation-corner-hal-ketchum by American Music Channel: 04-24-09 which his mother died of.
Ketchum is also a painter and his work has been shown in Santa Fe, New Mexicos Pena Gallery, where he had an art-show opening in 2002. He also is a master carpenter and enjoys making toys. http://www.gactv.com/gac/ar_artists_a-z/article/0,,gac_26071_4735954,00.html GAC: Hal Ketchum Biography
Discography
Studio albums
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Threadbare Alibis
Release date: 1988
Label: Watermelon Records
Past the Point of Rescue
Release date: May 7, 1991
Label: Curb Records
Recording Industry Association of America|US : GoldCertification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=albums|title=Past the Point of Rescue|artist=Hal Ketchum
Sure Love
Release date: September 22, 1992
Label: Curb Records
Every Little Word
Release date: May 31, 1994
Label: MCG/Curb Records
I Saw the Light
Release date: May 19, 1998
Label: MCG/Curb Records
Awaiting Redemption
Release date: May 18, 1999
Label: Curb Records
Lucky Man
Release date: September 4, 2001
Label: Curb Records
King of Love
Released: January 20, 2003
Label: Curb Records
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Release date: February 12, 2007
Label: Asylum-Curb Records
Father Time
Release date: September 9, 2008
Label: Asylum-Curb Records
"" denotes releases that did not chart
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A #ref_A| ^ One More Midnight is only available in the United Kingdom .
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The Hits
Release date: May 7, 1996
Label: MCG/Curb Records
Greatest Hits
Release date: May 6, 2008
Label: Asylum-Curb Records
"" denotes releases that did not chart
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1991
2
Past the Point of Rescue
" I Know Where Love Lives "
1992
2
1
" Five O'Clock World "
Sure Love "
1993
2
6
" Mama Knows the Highway "
" Someplace Far Away (Careful What You're Dreaming) "
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