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Other peopleBLP sources|date=September 2008Infobox musical artist| name = Jack Ingram|image=Jack Ingram 20070810.jpg| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Jack Owen Ingram| birth_date = birth date and age|1970|11|15| origin = The Woodlands, Texas , United States|U.S. | instrument = Singing|Vocals , guitar | genre = Country music|Country | occupation = Singer-songwriter | years_active = 1992present| label = Rhythmic, Rising Tide Records|Rising Tide , Lucky Dog, Columbia Records|Columbia , Big Machine Records|Big Machine | associated_acts = Hinder , Jeremy Stover| website = http://www.jackingram.net Official website Jack Owen Ingram (born November 15, 1970) is an American Texas Country artist signed to Big Machine Records , an independent record label . He has released eight studio album s, one extended play , six live album s and 18 single (music)|singles . Although active since 1992, Ingram did not reach the U.S. country Top 40 until the late 2005 release of his single " Wherever You Are (song)|Wherever You Are ". A number one hit on the Billboard (magazine)|Billboard country charts, it was also his first release for Big Machine and that label's first Number One hit. Besides this song, Ingram has sent six other songs into the country Top 40: " Love You (Jack Ingram song)|Love You ," a cover version of Hinder 's " Lips of an Angel ," "Measure of a Man," "Maybe She'll Get Lonely," " That's a Man " and " Barefoot and Crazy ."
Biography
Expand section|Critical reception, more info on each album|date=May 2009Ingram was born in The Woodlands, Texas . He started writing songs and performing while studying psychology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas where he was an Alpha Tau Omega .
Musical career
Jack Ingram began his music career singing at a privately owned bar near the TCU campus of Fort Worth, Texas which was owned by his friend John Clay Wolfe . Later, during the early 1990s, Jack toured the state of Texas opening for Mark Chesnutt and other acts.cite web|url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p89255|pure_url=yes|title=Jack Ingram biography|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|work= Allmusic |accessdate=2009-05-28 His first release was the self-titled Jack Ingram in 1992 via the Rhythmic label, followed by Lonesome Question in 1995. Warner Bros. Records eventually signed him and released a live album entitled ''Live at Adair's , and re-issued his first two indie albums.
In 1997, he released '' Livin' or Dyin' via Rising Tide Records , which produced his first chart single in the #51-peaking "Flutter". Two years later came Hey You via Lucky Dog, a division of Epic Records , which accounted for a #64 country single in "How Many Days". In 2000, he collaborated with Charlie Robison and Bruce Robison for the live album Unleashed Live .
Electric (Jack Ingram album)|Electric , his second album for Lucky Dog, was also his first album to enter Top Country Albums , despite not producing a chart single. This album was supplemented a year later by an extended play|EP entitled Electric: Extra Volts before he left Lucky Dog. Two more live albums followed before he signed to Columbia Records for the release of Young Man in 2004, which accounted for no singles. Another live album, Acoustic Motel , was issued in 2005.
2005-present: Big Machine Records
In 2005, Ingram signed to the independent record label Big Machine Records . Under the Big Machine banner, Ingram released a predominantly live album entitled Live: Wherever You Are . His first single release on that record label, " Wherever You Are (song)|Wherever You Are ", became Ingram's first top 40, and later his first Number One single on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, as well as the first Number One for the Big Machine label. " Love You (Jack Ingram song)|Love You ", the only other studio track on Live: Wherever You Are , was also released as a single, peaking at #12 on the charts. This song was also recorded by Trent Summar & The New Row Mob (whose frontman, Trent Summar, co-wrote it) on their 2005 album Horseshoes & Hand Grenades .
In late 2006, Ingram released a cover of Hinder 's song " Lips of an Angel ". Ingram's cover peaked at #16 on the country charts "Lips of an Angel" was the lead-off single to This Is It , his second album for Big Machine. This album also produced the #18 "Measure of a Man" (a Radney Foster co-write) and the #24 "Maybe She'll Get Lonely".
He won the Academy of Country Music award for top new male vocalist on May 19, 2008. Ingram also filled in for radio host Bob Kingsley on the countdown show " Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40 " for the week of September 2021, 2008.
According to Country Music Television|CMT , Ingram's Big Dreams & High Hopes album has "more guts" and Ellis Paul 's "The World Ain't Slowing Down" may be the song that takes Ingram to the "next level".Shelburne, Craig. http://blog.cmt.com/2008-09-29/jack-ingrams-new-music-will-have-more-guts Jack Ingrams New Music Will Have More Guts. CMT Blog, Sept. 29, 2008. Retrieved Oct. 29, 2008. Ingram says "It'll be fun for me to expose people to a fantastic song from an artist who's had a 20-year career of being a very successful folk artist."Mansfield, Brian. http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/life/20081226/jackingram26_st.art.htm Ingram has 'Big Dreams' for album. USA Today , December 26, 2008. Retrieved January 6, 2009. The song was cut from the album. Its lead-off single " That's a Man " charted in the Top 20, followed by " Barefoot and Crazy ," which became his second Top 10 hit. The album's next three singles all failed to make Top 40: "Seeing Stars" (a duet with Patty Griffin ), "Free" and a re-recording of "Barbie Doll" with guest vocals from Dierks Bentley .
On August 26, 2009, Ingram set a Guinness Book of World Records|Guinness record for the most radio interviews in one day, when he was interviewed 215 times.cite web|url= http://www.roughstock.com/blog/jack-ingram-breaks-guinness-book-world-record-|title=Jack Ingram breaks Guinness book world record|last=Bjorke|first=Matt|date=2008-08-26|work=Roughstock|accessdate=2009-08-27
Discography
Studio albums
Title
Album details
Peak chart positions
US Country
US
US Heat
Jack Ingram
Release date: September 30, 1995
Label: Crystal Clear
Lonesome Questions
Release date: December 12, 1995
Label: Crystal Clear
'' Livin' or Dyin'
Release date: March 25, 1997
Label: Rising Tide Records
Hey You
Release date: September 21, 1999
Label: Lucky Dog Records
Electric
Release date: June 4, 2002
Label: Lucky Dog Records
This Is It
Release date: March 27, 2007
Label: Big Machine Records
Big Dreams & High Hopes
Release date: August 25, 2009
Label: Big Machine Records
"" denotes releases that did not chart
EPs
Title
Album details
Electric: Extra Volts
Release date: March 11, 2003
Label: Sony BMG
Live albums
Title
Album details
Peak chart positions
US Country
US Heat
''Live at Adair's
Release date: November 21, 1995
Label: Crystal Clear
''Live at Billy Bob's Texas
Release date: October 14, 2003
Label: Smith Music Group
Live at Gruene Hall: Happy Happy
Release date: December 14, 2004
Label: RAM
Acoustic Motel
Release date: February 14, 2005
Label: RAM
Live: Wherever You Are
Release date: January 10, 2006
Label: Big Machine Records
"" denotes releases that did not chart
Compilation albums
Title
Album details
Young Man
Release date: March 9, 2004
Label: Columbia Records|Columbia Nashville
Collaborative albums
Title
Album details
Unleashed Live (with Bruce Robison and Charlie Robison )
Release date: 2000
Label: Lucky Dog Records
Singles
1990s
Year
Single
Peak chart positions
Album
US Country
CAN Country
1997
89
''Livin' or Dyin
"Flutter"
1999
64
Hey You
"Mustang Burn"
"" denotes releases that did not chart * denotes unknown peak positions
2000s
Year
Single
Peak chart positions
Album
US Country
US
US Pop
2000
Hey You
2002
Electric
2003
''Live at Billy Bob's Texas
"Keep On Keepin' On"
2005
1
63
Live: Wherever You Are
2006
12
87
Lips of an Angel "
2007
18
108
"Maybe She'll Get Lonely"
2008
18
104
Big Dreams & High Hopes
2009
10
64
"Seeing Stars" (with Patty Griffin )
2010
42
"Barbie Doll" (re-recording)
"" denotes releases that did not chart * denotes unknown peak positions
Vocal Event of the Year "Seeing Stars" (with Patty Griffin )
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References
Reflist
External links
http://www.jackingram.net/ Official Website
http://www.myspace.com/jackingram Jack Ingram on MySpace
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