Artist:John Schneider
Song:Country Girls
Album:Greatest Hits
Of course most folks should remember John Schneider from the hit TV show Dukes of Hazzard. Schneider and his co-star Tom Wopat launched music careers after the success of the show. Schneider scored four #1 country hits including the 1984 single Country Girls. He was born Apr. 8, 1960 in Mount Kisco, NY. He was the youngest of three boys. As a child, he put on magic shows and got into trouble for attempting to emulate Harry Houdini. His family moved to Atlanta and he attended high school there. At age 18, Schneider won the role of Bo Duke in the TV series Dukes of Hazzard alongside another newcomer Tom Wopat and veteran character actors James Best and Sorrell Brooke. At the height of the show's popularity, Schneider and Wopat both launched singing careers. Schneider was the more successful of the two. Schneider signed with Scotti Bros. Records with Columbia distribution. Scotti Bros. was home for the band Survivor. Schneider scored a top five country hit and top 20 pop hit with his 1981 cover of the Elvis Presley classic It's Now or Never. That was his biggest overall hit. But subsequent singles and the four Scotti Bros. albums didn't do well. So Schneider moved to MCA. And the key guy was veteran Nashville producer Jimmy Bowen. He produced all of Schneider's MCA albums. The 1984 single Country Girls was one of four #1 country hits for Schneider. That song was written by veteran songwriters Troy Seals and Eddie Setser. Seals is the brother of Jimmy Seals of Seals and Crofts and Dan Seals but he has had a lot of success as a songwriter. You can get all of Schneider's MCA hits on this comp. Of course Schneider has had a long acting career in TV and films. He still records for his own label. He was inactive after he left MCA in the late 80s but got back into music in recent years. Here's John Schneider performing Country Girls on a 1985 episode of Austin City Limits.
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