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Born: 1982 08 28
iSound Site: www.isound.com/leann_rimes
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| Born Margaret LeAnn Rimes, in Jackson, Mississippi on August 28th 1982, LeAnn has shown from an early age that she possessed a talent for performing, and is said to have been singing from the age of two years. At age five, LeAnn had entered and won her first song and dance c |
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| Can't Fight the Moonlight
by LeAnn Rimes
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Label: EMI Int'l
2001-02-27
Media: Audio CD
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Born Margaret LeAnn Rimes, in Jackson, Mississippi on August 28th 1982, LeAnn has shown from an early age that she possessed a talent for performing, and is said to have been singing from the age of two years. At age five, LeAnn had entered and won her first song and dance competition with a version of "Getting To Know You" and told her parents, Wilbur and Belinda, that she wanted a life in show business. The family moved to Texas when LeAnn was six to pursue that dream and she subsequently auditioned (and nearly snagged) the lead in "Annie II" on Broadway. At seven, she made her stage debut in a Dallas musical production of "A Christmas Carol", playing the lead role of Tiny Tim. LeAnn was a two-week champion on the television show, "Star Search", when she was eight, and was a regular on Johnnie High's Country Music Review" in Fort Worth.
How many 18-year-olds can boast that they have won two Grammys; three Academy of Country Music Awards; a CMA "Horizon Award", four Billboard Music Awards; a prestigious BBC "Rising Star" award; have authored a book; starred on syndicated television and in a blockbuster movie; sold over 20 million records and have even performed for the Pope? Only LeAnn Rimes.
She built a dedicated following in Texas via her powerful a Capella performances of "The Star Spangled Banner" at Dallas Cowboy games and various other events. She also opened for Randy Travis at Starplex in Dallas, among other concert appearances. She was the youngest ever nominee at the 1996 CMA Awards, although it was not until the 1997 event that she picked up the Horizon Award. In October 1998, "How Do I Live" became the most successful US single of all-time completing 69 straight weeks on the Billboard chart (with a peak position of number 2).
At 11, LeAnn recorded her first album “All That”, produced by Wilbur and released on the independent label, Nor VA Jak. The LP featured a version of "Blue". Through the buzz created by that album, sold locally in the Dallas area, LeAnn came to the attention of Curb Records and soon recorded and released the "Blue" album. The rest, as they say, is history. Sounding remarkably like Patsy Cline, Rimes's voice slices into each song like a hot knife through butter. At the age of 13, Rimes became country's brightest new star upon the release of this impressive debut. Her balanced blend of traditional and new country owes as much to Cline as it does 1990s' style. In 1997 also marked LeAnn’s acting debut, when she starring in the ABC-TV movie, Holiday In Your Heart, which aired to public and critical acclaim. The show was based on the book of the same title, which LeAnn co-wrote with Tom Carter. Her hit song “Blue” originally written for Patsy Cline, topped the country charts. For six years after her stunning debut, LeAnn Rimes was battling her father for control of her career. In 2000, Rimes also began two major legal battles. She sued her father, Wilbur Rimes, and former co-manager Lyle Walker for mismanagement, claiming the two had cheated her out of $7 million. After turning 18, Rimes also sued Curb Records, asking a Tennessee court to release her from the long-term contract that she and her parents signed when she was 12. The judge upheld the contract in March 2001, but Rimes is appealing the ruling. The couple had been dating since last May, and they announced their engagement in December. "What a wonderful, wonderful man," LeAnn wrote on her website after the engagement news. "I'm very, very happy.” LeAnn made her motion picture debut in 2000 in the film "Coyote Ugly," stunning audiences with a fresh look and sound that are reflective of her growth as a young adult.
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