Paul Overstreet
(born March 17, 1955, in Newton, Mississippi) is a country music singer and songwriter. He recorded 10 studio albums between 1982 and 2005, and charted 16 singles on the Billboard
country charts, including two #1 hits. He has also written singles for several other country acts, including #1 hits for Randy Travis, Blake Shelton, and Keith Whitley, as well as hits for The Judds and Kenny Chesney. Prior to his solo success, he was one third of the trio Schuyler, Knobloch, & Overstreet, in which he recorded one studio album before departing and being replaced with Craig Bickhardt.
|
PAUL OVERSTREET TICKETS
|
Songwriter
During his illustrious songwriting career, primarily in the Country genre, Overstreet has written or co-written 27 Top Ten songs. During this time, he has won two Grammy Awards and also won ACM and CMA Song of the Year Awards (1987 and 1988). Overstreet was named the BMI Songwriter of the Year five straight years, from 1987-1991, an achievement on music row that has not been achieved before or since.
He is well-known for co-writing three classic country songs, "
Love Can Build a Bridge" by the Judds (1990), and "
Forever and Ever, Amen" by
Randy Travis. Other well-known hits of recent years he is known for are "
She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" by
Kenny Chesney and "
Some Beach" by
Blake Shelton, which was a Number One hit in 2004.
Paul Overstreet is best known for writing country hit songs songs such as "
Forever and Ever, Amen"
[1] and "On the Other Hand", both of which were Number Ones for
Randy Travis. He also co-wrote "
When You Say Nothing at All" which was a Number One hit at the end of 1988 for
Keith Whitley, and later a Top Five hit in 1995 for
Alison Krauss.
Singer
Overstreet was first signed as a singer in 1982. His debut single, "Beautiful Baby", peaked at #76 on the country charts that year, and was the first single from his self-titled debut album. After co-writing
Tanya Tucker's 1987 single "I Won't Take Less Than Your Love" with
Paul Davis, Davis and Overstreet were added as guest vocalists on the song, which became a Number One hit that year.
Also in 1987, Overstreet founded the trio
Schuyler, Knobloch & Overstreet (also known as S-K-O) with
Thom Schuyler and
Fred Knoblock, both former solo singers themselves. S-K-O charted three singles with Overstreet as a member, including the Number One "Baby's Got a New Baby". Overstreet left the trio after its first album, and was replaced by Craig Bickhardt.
In 1988, Overstreet signed to
RCA Records as a solo artist. His second solo album,
Sowin' Love
, accounted for five straight Top 10 hits on the country charts: "Love Helps Those", the title track, "All the Fun", "Seeing My Father in Me" and "Richest Man on Earth." His second album, 1990's
Heroes
, produced his only solo Number One in its lead-off single "
Daddy's Come Around", which was followed by the Top Tens "Heroes" and "Ball and Chain". However, his chart success soon waned, with "If I Could Bottle This Up" peaking at #30 and "Billy Can't Read" falling short of Top 40. A third RCA album,
Love Is Strong
, produced the #22 "Me and My Baby" and two more singles which missed the charts. He did not chart again after "We've Got to Keep on Meeting Like This" in 1996.
Solo discography
Albums
Year
| Album
| Chart Positions
| Label
|
US Country
| US Christian
| US
|
1982
| Paul Overstreet
|
|
|
| RCA
|
1989
| Sowin' Love
| 13
| 31
|
|
1991
| Heroes
| 17
| 21
| 163
|
1992
| Love Is Strong
| 60
| 28
|
|
1994
| The Best of Paul Overstreet
|
| 16
|
|
1995
| Time
|
| 37
|
| Scarlet Moon
|
1999
| A Songwriter's Project Vol. 1
|
|
|
|
2001
| Living by the Book
|
|
|
|
Christmas: My Favorite Time of the Year
|
|
|
|
2005
| Forever and Ever Amen
|
|
|
|
Singles
Year
| Single
| Chart Positions
| Album
|
US Country
| CAN Country
|
1982
| "Beautiful Baby"
| 76
| —
| Paul Overstreet
|
1988
| "Love Helps Those"
| 3
| —
| Sowin' Love
|
1989
| "Sowin' Love"
| 9
| 41
|
"All the Fun"
| 5
| 10
|
1990
| "Seein' My Father in Me"
| 2
| 2
|
"Richest Man on Earth"
| 3
| 4
|
"Daddy's Come Around"
| 1
| 2
| Heroes
|
1991
| "Heroes"
| 4
| 6
|
"Ball and Chain"
| 5
| 5
|
"If I Could Bottle This Up"
| 30
| 33
|
1992
| "Billy Can't Read"
| 57
| 51
|
"Me and My Baby"
| 22
| 27
| Love Is Strong
|
"Still Out There Swinging"
| 57
| 84
|
1993
| "Take Another Run"
| 60
| —
|
1996
| "We've Got to Keep On Meeting Like This"
| 73
| —
| Time
|
Guest singles
Year
| Single
| Artist
| Chart Positions
| Album
|
US Country
| CAN Country
|
1987
| "I Won't Take Less Than Your Love"
| Tanya Tucker (with Paul Davis)
| 1
| 10
| Love Me Like You Used To
|
References
- Forever and Ever Amen