Bill LaBounty | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | May 22, 1948 |
| Origin | Wisconsin, U.S. [1] |
| Genres | |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, keyboards |
| Years active | 1978–present |
| Labels | Warner Bros./Curb, Noteworthy |
Bill LaBounty is an American musician. He was initially a singer-songwriter in the soft rock genre. [2] LaBounty was signed to RCA Records as part of the band Fat Chance when he was 19. Once he became a solo act, LaBounty went on to record over 9 studio albums with various record labels. [3] As a solo artist, LaBounty recorded six studio albums, including four on Curb/Warner Bros. Records. His first charting single, "This Night Won't Last Forever", was covered in 1979 by Michael Johnson, whose rendition was a top 20 pop hit that year, and eventually also covered by the country group Sawyer Brown in the late 1990s.
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LaBounty was born in Wisconsin and raised in Idaho. He attended Boise State University where he founded his first band Fat Chance, which recorded one album for RCA Records. [1]
In the mid-1980s, LaBounty married songwriter, Beckie Foster, and relocated to Nashville, Tennessee. LaBounty shifted his focus to country music and has co-written several songs for country music artists, including Steve Wariner's number one hits "Lynda", "The Weekend" and "I Got Dreams". [4] LaBounty signed to a songwriting contract with Curb Publishing in 2001. [5] Many of his songs were written with his wife, Beckie Foster. [6]
To date, Bill has had over one hundred songs released by other artists, garnering twenty-five BMI awards. [3]
In 2023, LaBounty met a few people in Paris at the New Morning club, Frederic Schwarcz, Jean-Luc Leonardon, and a group of talented Parisian musicians, that would creatively inspire the next album Love At The End Of The World. An album that is on par with LaBounty's best work, produced in Paris in the ensuing months [3] .
