Kim Richey
































Kim Richey
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Background information
Born
(1956-12-01) 1 December 1956 (age 62)
Zanesville, Ohio, U.S.
Genres
Country, folk
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter
Instruments Vocals, guitar
Years active 1992–present
Labels
Mercury Nashville, Lost Highway, Vanguard, Lojinx

Kimberly "Kim" Richey is an American singer and songwriter.




Contents






  • 1 Career


    • 1.1 Compositions


    • 1.2 Recordings




  • 2 Discography


    • 2.1 Albums


    • 2.2 Singles


    • 2.3 EPs


    • 2.4 Music videos


    • 2.5 Contributed vocals to




  • 3 Songwriting collaborations


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Career


Richey came onto the music scene in the 1990s and entered her first recording contract at the age of 37.[1][2]



Compositions


Her songs have been recorded by Trisha Yearwood ("Believe Me Baby (I Lied)"), Radney Foster ("Nobody Wins"), and Brooks & Dunn ("Every River").[1][3]



Recordings


Her 1995 self-titled debut album was produced by Richard Bennett. It contained the singles "Just My Luck" and "Those Words We Said."[4]


Her follow-up album, Bitter Sweet was produced by Angelo and released in 1996.[5]


Glimmer was released in 1999. Produced by Hugh Padgham (XTC), the album also features guitarist Dominic Miller (Sting).[3][6]


Rise was released in 2002 and wss produced by Bill Bottrell.[7][8]


Her 2007 album Chinese Boxes was recorded in London and produced by Giles Martin.[2][9]


Wreck Your Wheels was released in 2010. It was produced by Neilson Hubbard in his studio.[10]


Released in 2013, Thorn In My Heart was again produced by Neilson Hubbard and features guest vocals from Trisha Yearwood.[11] A limited edition version of the album was released in 2014 as Thorn in My Heart: The Work Tapes with only Richey on guitar and vocals.[12]



Discography



Albums













































































Title
Album details
Peak chart positions

US Country

US Heat

US Folk

Kim Richey


  • Release date: May 9, 1995

  • Label: Mercury Nashville


72



Bitter Sweet


  • Release date: March 4, 1997

  • Label: Mercury Nashville


53



Glimmer


  • Release date: August 3, 1999

  • Label: Mercury Nashville






Rise


  • Release date: October 1, 2002

  • Label: Lost Highway Records






The Collection


  • Release date: May 18, 2004

  • Label: Lost Highway Records






Chinese Boxes


  • Release date: July 10, 2007

  • Label: Vanguard Records






Wreck Your Wheels


  • Release date: September 14, 2010

  • Label: Thirty Tigers US, Lojinx (Europe)






Thorn in My Heart


  • Release date: April 16, 2013

  • Label: Yep Roc Records (US), Lojinx (Europe)


55
26
20

Edgeland


  • Release date: March 30, 2018

  • Label: Yep Roc Records





"—" denotes releases that did not chart


Singles






































































































Year
Single
Peak positions
Album

US Country
[13]

US AAA
[14]

CAN Country
[15]

CAN AC
[16]
1995
"Just My Luck"
47

36


Kim Richey
"Those Words We Said"
59

50

1996
"From Where I Stand"
66



1997
"I Know"
72

71


Bitter Sweet
1999
"Come Around"

13

64

Glimmer
2000
"The Way It Never Was"




2002
"The Circus Song (Can't Let Go)"





Rise
2007
"Jack and Jill"





Chinese Boxes
2013
"Come On"[17]





Thorn in My Heart
2018
"Whistle on Occasion"
(featuring Chuck Prophet)[18]





Edgeland
"—" denotes releases that did not chart


EPs


  • 2007: Little Record (Vanguard) - promo EP containing non-album acoustic versions of "Chinese Boxes," "Drift," "Straight As The Crow Flies," "Mexico," and "A Place Called Home"


Music videos
































Year
Video
Director
1995
"Just My Luck"

Dani Jacobs
"Those Words We Said"
Pamela Springsteen
1997
"I Know"
Luke Scott
2000
"The Way It Never Was"

Jude Weng
2007
"Jack and Jill"
Stephanie B. Keane


Contributed vocals to



  • 1987: Bill Lloyd - Feeling the Elephant (East Side Digital)

  • 1992: Radney Foster - Del Rio, TX 1959 (Arista)

  • 1994: Bill Lloyd - Set to Pop (East Side Digital)

  • 1994: George Ducas - George Ducas (Liberty)

  • 1995: Radney Foster - Labor of Love (Arista)

  • 1995: Reba McEntire - Starting Over (MCA)

  • 1995: Rodney Crowell - Jewel of the South (MCA)

  • 1995: Trisha Yearwood - Thinkin' About You (MCA)

  • 1996: Jolene - Hell's Half Acre (Ardent)

  • 1996: Keith Stegall - Passages (Mercury)

  • 1996: Mary Chapin Carpenter - A Place in the World (Columbia)

  • 1996: Tammy Rogers - Tammy Rogers (Dead Reckoning)

  • 1996: Trisha Yearwood - Everybody Knows (MCA Nashville)

  • 1996: Various Artists - Rig Rock Deluxe (A Musical Salute To The American Truck Driver) (Upstart Sounds)

  • 2000: Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker (Bloodshot)

  • 2001: Brooks & Dunn - Steers & Stripes (Arista Nashville)

  • 2001: Will Kimbrough - This (Gravity)

  • 2002: Darden Smith - Sunflower (Dualtone)

  • 2007: Honeyroot - The Sun Will Come (Just Music)

  • 2012: Gretchen Peters - Hello Cruel World (Proper)

  • 2014: Jason Isbell - Southeastern (Southeastern)

  • 2015: Gretchen Peters - Blackbirds (Scarlet Letter)

  • 2015: Dean Owens - Into The Sea (Drumfire)



Songwriting collaborations




































































































































Year Artist Song Album
Collaborator
1992 Radney Foster "Nobody Wins" Del Rio, TX 1959
Radney Foster
1993 Dixie Chicks "Desire" Shouldn't a Told You That Steve Kolander
1994 Steve Kolander "Can't Undo What's Been Done"
Steve Kolander
1995 George Ducas "In No Time at All" George Ducas
George Ducas
Radney Foster "If It Were Me" Labor of Love
Radney Foster
Trisha Yearwood "Those Words We Said" Thinkin' About You
Angelo
"Believe Me Baby (I Lied)" Everybody Knows Angelo & Larry Gottlieb
1997 Patty Loveless "That's Exactly What I Mean" Long Stretch of Lonesome Tia Sillers
Mindy McCready "You'll Never Know" If I Don't Stay the Night Angelo
1998 Suzy Bogguss "From Where I Stand" Nobody Love, Nobody Gets Hurt Tia Sillers
Terri Clark "I'm Alright" How I Feel Angelo & Larry Gottlieb
1999 Jim Lauderdale "It's Just Like You" Onward Through It All
Jim Lauderdale
Mindy McCready "Lucky Me" I'm Not So Tough Tommy Lee James & Jennifer Kimball
Lorrie Morgan "Here I Go Again" My Heart
(sole writer)
2000 Terri Clark "Last Thing I Wanted" Fearless
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Trisha Yearwood "Where Are You Now"
Real Live Woman
2001 Brooks & Dunn "Every River" Steers & Stripes Angelo & Tom Littlefield
Cyndi Thomson "I'm Gone" My World
Chuck Prophet
2007 The Greencards "I Don't Want to Lose You" Viridian
Mike Henderson
"Travel On"


References





  1. ^ ab Staff writer (April 17, 2013). "Kim Richey On Mountain Stage". NPR. Retrieved January 19, 2017..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ ab Staff writer (Nov 22, 2007). "At Home in Nashville with Kim Richey". NPR. Retrieved Jan 19, 2017.


  3. ^ ab Dye, David (Jul 17, 2007). "Kim Richey: Sweetly Alluring, Folk-Friendly Country". NPR. Retrieved Feb 2, 2017.


  4. ^ archive (31 August 1995). "Kim Richey - Self-Titled". No Depression. Retrieved 3 April 2017.


  5. ^ Remz, Jeffery (1 May 1997). "Kim Richey hopes life is more sweet than bitter". Country Standard Time. Retrieved 3 April 2017.


  6. ^ Harrington, Richard (28 July 1999). "Kim Richey: 'Glimmer' Of Hope". Washington Post. Retrieved 3 April 2017.


  7. ^ Naylor, Brian (Oct 13, 2002). "Kim Richey". NPR. Retrieved Feb 2, 2017.


  8. ^ Himes, Geoffrey (8 November 2002). "Kim Richey: Rise: Lost Highway". The Washington Post. Retrieved 3 April 2017.


  9. ^ archive (31 May 2007). "Kim Richey - Chinese Boxes". No Depression. Retrieved 3 April 2017.


  10. ^ Betts, Stephen (15 September 2015). "Kim Richey Crafts a Beautiful 'Wreck'". The Boot. Retrieved 3 April 2017.


  11. ^ Horowitz, Steve (25 April 2013). "Kim Richey: Thorn in My Heart". PopMatters. Retrieved 3 April 2017.


  12. ^ uncredited. "Kim Richey's Thorn In My Heart: The Work Tapes". Yep Rock Records. Retrieved 4 April 2017.


  13. ^ "Kim Richey - Hot Country Songs". Billboard. Retrieved December 31, 2018.


  14. ^ "Kim Richey - Triple A Songs". Billboard. Retrieved December 31, 2018.


  15. ^ "Kim Richey - Country Singles". RPM. Retrieved December 31, 2018.


  16. ^ "Kim Richey - Adult Contemporary". RPM. Retrieved December 31, 2018.


  17. ^ "Kim Richey - Come On (Album Version)". Play MPE. April 15, 2013.


  18. ^ "Kim Richey (feat. Chuck Prophet) - Whistle on Occasion". Play MPE. January 9, 2018.




External links



  • Official website


  • Kim Richey at AllMusic


  • Kim Richey discography at Discogs









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