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Jun 5, 2021 · By Courtney Campbell | June 5, 2021. Country singer Chely Wright was an early trailblazer for the LGBTQ community as one of the first artists in country music history to ever publicly come out ...
Chely Wright: Queer Country Pioneer Looks Back. By James Barker, Staff Writer. Ten years ago, after a string of commercially and critically successful albums, Chely Wright came out as gay. The impact of this courageous gesture cannot be overstated: Wright was the first established country star to come out, putting her career on the line to make ...
- "Back of The Bottom Drawer"
- "I Already Do"
- "Picket Fences"
- "Like Me"
- "Jezebel"
- "He's A Good Ole Boy"
- "Feelin' Single and Seein' Double"
- "The Bumper of My SUV"
- "Shut Up and Drive"
- "Single White Female"
Wright's 2005 studio album The Metropolitan Hotel — also featuring "I Got Him Ready For You," "The River" and her cover of "C'est La Vie" — includes this sentimental ballad about a woman's box of knick-knacks that reminds her of the mistakes that prepared her to become the right woman for her current partner.
This Gary Burr co-write from 1997 introduced country music to a balladeer capable of performing powerful love songs that broke from the pop and rock-influenced trends of late '90's country radio.
The country star's gorgeous song for folks who don't fit the mommy, daddy and a white picket fence cliche carries a different meaning now that she's living her truth. Even without the benefit of hindsight, this was always one of her most poignant songs.
This singer-songwriter confessional from Wight's Rodney Crowell-produced 2010 album Lifted Off the Groundcame out around the same time as her coming out, her autobiography Like Me: Confessions of a Heartland Country Singerand the 2011 documentary Wish Me Away. It best represents the lyrical depth of her more recent material.
For something upbeat enough to make a separate Little Big Towncover song wish list, give this high-octane, modern version of "Jolene" from Wright's 2001 Never Love You Enoughalbum a spin. Read More: The 10 Best Don Williams Songs, Ranked
Wright's lesser-known material from her mid-'90s years with Polydor allowed her barely buried roots to show. This 1994 cut from the Harold Sheddco-produced Woman in the Moonwas penned by none other than Harlan Howard.
Despite the staying power of the introspective material that dominates the first half of this list, Wright shone brighter with fun throwbacks like this spunky cover of a George Jonesclassic.
A lot of fans skipping 2016's I Am the Rainand subsequent releases for socio-political reasons must've lost sight of Wright's staunch pro-military stance. In this heartfelt hit, she wrote about an angry motorist's reaction to a bumper sticker Wright displayed in honor of her Marine brother.
Anyone who tries to shout down Wright with the predictable "shut up and sing!" insult misses out on the encouraging "Shut Up" request they should be hollering from the front row. With flashes of old school honky-tonk and Latin flavor, Wright cut this modern classic for her breakthrough 1997 album Let Me In.
The Top 40 hit that pointed new ears toward the rest of an artist's catalog often qualifies as that artist's most important (and sometimes their best) single. In Wright's case, her obvious hit allowed her to speak to women in and beyond her established country audience. This story was originally published in 2018.
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Apr 10, 2019 · This was 13 years after Ellen, but what happened next was predictable enough. Some of Wright’s fans left, even as she was praised for what she’d done. She was a trailblazer, sure. But, she says, “The first mouse seldom gets the cheese.”. A decade later, Wright looks out over a changed country music landscape with no regrets. “I signed ...
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Oct 18, 2016 · In 2010, Chely Wright made history as the first major country music singer to come out as gay.Shortly after, she faced backlash from the Nashville community — and her own family.
Jan 11, 2011 · The Kansas City, Mo. born 39-year-old singer songwriter with the strong Christian background first garnered boot-stomping raves with her 1994 debut album Woman in the Moon, helping Wright nab the ...
Jun 11, 2001 · Chely Wright knows that Fan Fair week can be one of the most trying in a country singer’s yearly cycle, ... "Never Love You Enough," and on June 21 she’ll debut a new video, shot in a Hawaiian ...
