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Infobox musical artist | name = Mark Collie| image = MarkCollie.jpg| caption =| image_size =| background = solo_singer| birth_name = George Mark Collie cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|page=99|isbn=0-89820-177-2| Born = birth date and age|1956|1|18cite web |url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p1561|pure_url=yes |title=Mark Collie biography |accessdate=2008-09-15 |last=Huey |first=Steve |work= Allmusic | origin = Waynesboro, Tennessee , U.S.| instrument = Singing|Vocals , guitar | genre = country music|Country | occupation = Singer-songwriter | years_active = 1982present| label = MCA Nashville , Giant Records (Warner Bros. subsidiary label)|Giant , Highway 64| associated_acts = Archer/Park , Aaron Tippin , Billy Ray Cyrus | website = http://www.markcollie.com George Mark Collie (born January 18, 1956) is an United States|American country music artist and occasional actor . He has released eight albums, and has charted 16 singles on the Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. His highest peaking singles are "Even the Man in the Moon Is Cryin'" at #5, and "Born to Love You" at #6, from 1992 and 1993 respectively. Collie has also appeared in several films and television series, and has written songs for George Jones , Tim McGraw , Aaron Tippin and Garth Brooks .
Biography
George Mark Collie was born January 18, 1956 in Waynesboro, Tennessee , one of six siblings. Inspired by acts on the Sun Records roster, he learned how to play piano and guitar at an early age,cite web|url= http://www.oldies.com/artist-biography/Mark-Collie.html|title=Mark Collie biography|work=Oldies.com|accessdate=2009-05-27 and founded his first band at age twelve.
Later, Collie worked as a disc jockey . He volunteered to join the U.S. Army, but was rejected, reputedly due to his diabetes . Collie made his living as a musician in the late 1970s and early 1980s, with Ray Pillow recording one of his songs in 1977.Kingsbury, Paul, The encyclopedia of country music: the ultimate guide to music, USA, pg. 103 The song, "Nighttime Masquerade", was the b-side to Pillow's 1979 single "Super Lady".Whitburn, p. 326
Musical career
1989-1991: Hardin County Line
Collie signed to MCA Records in 1989 and released his debut album Hardin County Line a year later. This album included four singles. First was "Something with a Ring to It," an Aaron Tippin co-write (later covered by Garth Brooks ) which peaked at #50. After it were "Looks Aren't Everything", the title track, and "Let Her Go."
1991-1992: Born & Raised in Black & White
Born & Raised in Black & White followed in 1991. Of its singles "Calloused Hands," "She's Never Comin' Back," and "It Don't Take a Lot" only "She's Never Comin' Back" reached Top 30, although "Calloused Hands" was a #19 country hit in Canada. The album itself failed to chart.
1992-1994: Mark Collie
His most successful album, 1993's Mark Collie (album)|self-titled album , produced his biggest chart hits in "Even the Man in the Moon Is Cryin'" and "Born to Love You," which respectively reached #5 and #6 on the country charts. After this came the lesser hits "Shame Shame Shame Shame" and "Something's Gonna Change Her Mind," This was also his only album to chart on The Billboard 200 and Top Heatseekers , at #156 and #6 respectively. In mid-1994, the duo Archer/Park charted in the Top 40 with the song "Where There's Smoke," which Collie co-wrote.
1994-1995: Unleashed and exit from MCA Records
1994's Unleashed saw its lead-off single "It Is No Secret" miss Top 40, although the follow-up, "Hard Lovin' Woman," peaked at #13 in 1995. Despite the success of the latter single, however, he exited MCA that year.
1995-1996: Signing to Giant Records and releasing Tennessee Plates
The same year, he signed to Giant Records (Warner Bros. subsidiary label)|Giant Records , releasing Tennessee Plates near the end of the year. Although this album produced two more chart singles in "Three Words, Two Hearts, One Night" and "Steady as She Goes," he nonetheless exited Giant after only one album. His final chart entry was 1996's "Love to Burn" from the compilation album NASCAR: Hotter Than Ashpalt . A live compilation called Even the Man in the Moon Is Cryin followed in 1998.
1997-1999: Even The Man In The Moon Is Cryin ' and Double Barrel Country
In 1998 the compilation album Even The Man In The Moon Is Cryin ' was released which included: Even The Man In The Moon Is Cryin, Hardin County Line, Let Her Go, Calloused Hands, and others. In 1999 the album with David Lee Murphy Double Barrel Country was released. In that album the first five songs were by Mark and the rest by David Lee Murphy .
2006: Independent Record label Highway 64 and releasing Rose Covered Garden
In 2006 Collie wrote, performed, and produced Rose Covered Garden http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp? pid=7354309. It is his first album with the new independent family-owned record label Highway 64 Records. The album did not chart http://www.billboard.com/#/album/mark-collie/rose-covered-garden/970888.
Personal life
On October 24, 2009, Collie married longtime girlfriend, Tammy, at a private ceremony in Columbia, Tennessee . http://www.theboot.com/2009/10/29/mark-collie-married/ Mark Collie Ties the Knot in Tennessee
Film and television
In 1998, Collie appeared as Johnny Cash in the short film I Still Miss Someone , in which he also co-wrote the screenplay with the film's director John Lloyd Miller. Shot mostly in black and white, it captures a moment in time during Cash's darkest years of the mid 1960s. He has appeared in episodes of television shows such as JAG (TV series)|JAG , Walker, Texas Ranger and The Strip (U.S. TV series)|The Strip . Films in which he has appeared include The Punisher (2004 film)|The Punisher (playing the role of Harry Heck, a guitar strumming assassin sent to kill Frank Castle) and Fire Down Below (1997 film)|Fire Down Below .
Discography
Albums
Title
Album details
Peak chart positions
US Country
US
US Heat
CAN Country
Hardin County Line
Release date: March 29, 1990
Label: MCA
Born and Raised in Black & White
Release date: July 23, 1991
Label: MCA
Mark Collie
Release date: January 5, 1993
Label: MCA
Unleashed
Release date: July 19, 1994
Label: MCA
Tennessee Plates
Release date: July 18, 1995
Label: Giant
Even the Man in the Moon Is Cryin
Release date: January 13, 1998
Label: MCA
Rose Covered Garden
Release date: November 22, 2006
Label: Highway 64
"" denotes releases that did not chart
Singles
Year
Single
Peak chart positions
Album
US Country
CAN Country
1982
Single only
1990
54
Hardin County Line
"Looks Aren't Everything"
"Hardin County Line"
1991
18
15
" Calloused Hands "
1992
28
38
"It Don't Take a Lot"
" Even the Man in the Moon Is Cryin' "
1993
6
5
"Shame Shame Shame Shame"
"Something's Gonna Change Her Mind"
1994
53
59
Unleashed
"God Didn't Make Me That Strong"
" Hard Lovin' Woman "
1995
25
42
Tennessee Plates
"Steady as She Goes"
1996
72
88
NASCAR: Hotter Than Asphalt
"Lipstick Don't Lie"
1997
Jim Croce: A Nashville Tribute
"" denotes releases that did not chart
Music videos
Year
Video
Director
1990
John Lloyd Miller
"Looks Aren't Everything"
"Hardin County Line"
1991
1992
"Even the Man in the Moon Is Crying"
1993
"Shame Shame Shame Shame"
1994
John Lloyd Miller
1995
"Three Words, Two Hearts, One Night"
1996
Steven T. Miller/ R. Brad Murano
1997
Steven R. Monroe
"Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy)"
References
reflist
External links
http://www.markcollie.com Official website
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