Vince Gill

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Vince Gill (born April 12, 1957) is an American country music musician, songwriter, and singer.

He was born in Norman, Oklahoma, the home of the University of Oklahoma Sooners and learned to play several instruments, including banjo and guitar before he started high school at Oklahoma City's Northwest Classen High School. After he graduated, he played in a number of bluegrass bands. He debuted on the national scene with the country rock band Pure Prairie League in 1979, appearing on that band's album Can't Hold Back. Gill is the lead singer on their hit song, "Let Me Love You Tonight" (1980), which he was still performing in concert years later - thus, he said, confusing many fans who knew him only from his subsequent solo work.

Gill appeared on two subsequent albums along with then-wife Janis Gill before signing as a solo with RCA Records in 1983. He first charted while on that label. In 1989 he switched to MCA Records where he recorded his breakthrough hit "When I Call Your Name." His 1998 album The Key received great critical acclaim. His other albums include Next Big Thing (2003) and Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye (2000).

Gill hosted the CMA Awards every year from 1992 to 2003. In 2004 he received a Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance. In 1997, he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

He married country singer Janis Gill of Sweethearts of the Rodeo fame, in 1980. The couple have one daughter, Jennifer Jerene Gill, born May 5 1982. Vince and Janis separated in the mid-1990's and eventually divorced in June 1998. Vince later began dating and eventually married Christian/pop singer Amy Grant in March of 2000. They have one daughter, Corrina Grant Gill born March 12 2001.

Dire Straits leader Mark Knopfler was a fan of Gill's, and had asked Gill to join the band full time. Gill turned down the invitation but did sing backup on one song ("The Bug") from Dire Straits' album On Every Street. Gill has also sung duets with numerous artists, including Dolly Parton ("I Will Always Love You"), Reba McEntire ("Oklahoma Swing," "The Heart Won't Lie," "It Just Has to Be That Way"). He also once considered buying a horse farm in Guthrie, Oklahoma with Reba, Amy Grant ("House of Love"), and Barbra Streisand ("If You Ever Leave Me"); his other credits as a backup vocalist have included "Girls With Guitars" by Wynonna Judd (written by Mary-Chapin Carpenter, who, coincidentally, had a country hit with her cover of "The Bug") and "Nothing Left Behind Us" by Richard Marx.

1 Discography
2 External links
3 Sources
4 See also

[edit] Discography

[edit] Studio albums

Turn me loose (1983) and (1994)
The Way Back Home (1987)
When I Call Your Name (1989)
Pocket Full of Gold (1991)
I Still Believe in You (1992)
I Never Knew Lonely (1992)
Let There Be Peace on Earth [1993] and (1999)
When Love Finds You (1994)
Souvenirs (1995)
Super Hits (1996)
High Lonesome Sound (1996) und (1997)
Vintage Gill (1997)
The Key (1998)
If You Ever Have Forever In Mind (1998)
Vince Gill & Friends (1998)
The Way Back Home (1999)
Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye (2000)
My Country Valentine (2000)
The Things That Matter (2000)
Next Big Thing (2003)
Vintage Gill (2004)
All American Country (2004)
High Lonesome Sound [HYBRID SACD] (2004)
Rock of Ages...Hymns & Faith with Amy Grant (2005)
Tis The Season (?) with Olivia Newton-John
These Days (2006)

[edit] Best of

The Best of Vince Gill (1989)
The Essential Vince Gill (1995) und (1996)
Platinum & Gold Collection (2003)

[edit] Christmas Collections

Let There Be Peace On Earth - (1996) song from The Dillard's Christmas Collection 1996
Wrangler Cowboy Christmas (Volume VI) (1998) with Reba McEntire and Trisha Yearwood
Hallmark Presents The Spirit of Christmas (2001) with Amy Grant and London Symphony Orchestra
Breath Of Heaven: A Christmas Collection (2002)
Christmas Collection (2006)
Christmas Collection (?) with Barry Manilow and Diana Ross and The Supremes
Country Christmas (?) with Alan Jackson and Trisha Yearwood
Classic Country Christmas Volume Three (?) with Reba McEntire and Alabama

[edit] Compilations

Dark as a Dungeon (2002) song with The Chieftains on the album Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions
Once In A While - (2001) song from the Soundtrack to The Prince of Egypt (Nashville)
Did you hear what I hear - (1995) song from The Stars Come Out At Christmas
I Can't Tell You Why - (?) song from Common Thread - The Songs of the Eagles
(Maverick) Ophelia - (?) song from Hollywood Soundtracks (Blockbuster Exclusive)
House Of Love - (2001) song from Friends for Life - Men and Women United in Harmony
Let's Heal with Altan- (2005) song from Hands Across the Water - A Benefit for the Children of the Tsunami
I Never Knew Lonely Vince Gill- (2000) song from My Country Valentine