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Royal Wade Kimes

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Royal Wade Kimes
Birth nameRoyal Wade Kimes[1]
Born (1951-03-03) March 3, 1951 (age 73)[2]
Chester, Arkansas, U.S.[1]
OriginNashville, Tennessee, U.S.
GenresCountry
OccupationSinger-songwriter
InstrumentVocals
Years active1996–present
LabelsAsylum, Wonderment

Royal Wade Kimes (born March 3, 1951) is an American country music singer.

Biography

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Kimes was the last cowboy to ride the Ark/Ok. border country, running cattle on the open range. He and his father ran a sawmill until he moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1983. He also worked at Loretta Lynn's dude ranch and later began recording demos through the encouragement of Eddy Arnold. Kimes also wrote the cut "We Bury the Hatchet" on Garth Brooks' album Ropin' the Wind, and signed with Asylum Records in 1996. The label released the single "Leave My Mama Out Of This",[1] followed by his debut album Another Man's Sky.[3]

Following Leave My Mama Out Of This was the album's title track, which was made into a music video.[4] The album's third single, "Guardian Angel", received a positive review in Billboard, which called it "country to the core" and praised Kimes as a "talented songwriter".[5] After Kimes left Asylum, he began recording for Wonderment Records. Kimes charted at number 60 on the Hot Country Songs chart dated January 3, 2004 with "Mile High Honey".[2] Following the song Mile High Honey Kimes began having hits abroad on Hot Disc Top 40/1st release On The Border topped the chart at no.1 followed by Ride at no.1 His song Cut The Line top out at no 2 and more followed.

Discography

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Albums

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Title Album details
Another Man's Sky
A Dyin' Breed
  • Release date: 2002
  • Label: Wonderment Records
Cowboy Cool
  • Release date: 2004
  • Label: Wonderment Records
Snow
  • Release date: 2005
  • Label: Wonderment Records
  • Release Date: 2000
  • Label: Wonderment Records
Hangin' Around the Moon
  • Release date: 2005
  • Label: Wonderment Records
Strikin' Matches
  • Release date: 2006
  • Label: Wonderment Records
How the West Was Sung
  • Release date: 2008
  • Label: Wonderment Records
White Light
  • Release date: 2009
  • Label: Wonderment Records
Crossing the Roads
  • Release date: 2011
  • Label: Wonderment Records
A Proud Land
  • Release date: 2012
  • Label: Wonderment Records
  • Release Date: 2015
  • Label: Wonderment Records
Shadows Of Time
  • Release date: 2017
  • Label: Wonderment Records
Love Of A Cowboy

Singles

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Year Single Peak chart
positions
Album
US Country
1996 "Leave My Mama Out of This" Another Man's Sky
1997 "Another Man's Sky"
"Guardian Angel"
2002 "There Ain't Enough Miles" A Dyin' Breed
2003 "Night Birds" (with Garth Brooks)
"Mile High Honey" 60
2004 "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" Cowboy Cool
"Feelin' Stud"
2006 "I've Got Your Back" Strikin' Matches
2011 "I'm an Ole Song" Crossing the Roads
"500 Miles Away from Home"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

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Year Title Director
1997 "Another Man's Sky" Norry Niven
2000 "On The Border"
2002 "There Ain't Enough Miles"
"In My Land"
2006 "Strikin' Matches In The Rain"
2011 "Cold Country"

References

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  1. ^ a b c Price, Deborah Evans (September 28, 1996). "Sky's the Limit for Royal Kimes". Billboard. pp. 33, 35.
  2. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 225. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  3. ^ "Royal Wade Kimes".
  4. ^ "Production notes". Billboard. June 14, 1997. p. 84.
  5. ^ "Single reviews: Country". Billboard. June 28, 1997. p. 75.