Artist:Darryl Worley
Song:Have You Forgotten?
Album:Have You Forgotten?
Singer songwriter Darryl Worley scored three number one country hits including the 2003 patriotic anthem Have You Forgotten?. The closing of DreamWorks Records killed his career and he has never recovered. He was born Oct. 31, 1964 in Memphis and he grew up in Pyburn, TN. His father was a Methodist preacher. He was planning to attend college on a basketball scholarship before he suffered a back injury. Worley earned a degree in biology at the University of North Alabama and worked in the chemical industry before pursuing a career in country music. He started out as a staff songwriter for FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals and moved to EMI Publishing in 1994. George Jones charted with one of Worley's songs. Worley signed with DreamWorks Records in 1999. James Stroud was head of DreamWorks Nashville. He used to be president of Giant Records. Stroud produced Worley's albums with veteran producer Frank Rogers. The 2002 single I Miss My Friend was Worley's first #1 country hit. This was followed by Have You Forgotten? in 2003. This topped the Country Singles chart for seven weeks. Of course this song is about 9/11. Worley wrote it with frequent songwriting partner Wynn Varble. Worley appeared on talk shows to explain the song. Typically these kind of songs have done well in the country market. But they don't age well. Fortunately DreamWorks released Have You Forgotten? on an album with Worley's other hits. There were four new songs. The guitar solo is by session musician J.T. Correnflos. After one more album and another #1 hit, DreamWorks Records closed. Worley released an album on Neal McCoy's 903 label and they closed. Then he released an album on James Stroud's Stroudavarious label in 2009 and they closed. Worley is still around. His 2019 album Second Wind: Latest and Greatest is a rerecording of his hits. It's on his own label distributed by Audium. Well, at least they won't go out of business. Here's the video by Have You Forgotten? by Darryl Worley.
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