Song:Someone Else's Star
Album:Greatest Hits
Bryan White scored four number one country music hits in the mid-90s. Someone Else's Star was his first number one hit in 1995. He was born Feb. 17, 1974 in Lawton, OK. His father taught him to play drums when he was age five. His parents led local bands. Mom had a rock band. Dad had a country band. As a teen, White played drums in both bands. His mom heard him sing and suggested he move to Nashville. And that's what White did after graduating high school. He knew guitarist Billy Joe Walker Jr. from his dad's band. Walker was a Nashville session musician. Walker introduced White to Warner Nashville house producer Kyle Lehning and White signed with Asylum Records. Lehning produced all of Randy Travis' albums. They produced White's 1994 debut album Bryan White. Someone Else's Star was the third single and it topped the Country Singles chart in 1995. The song was written by veteran Nashville songwriters Skip Ewing and Jim Weatherly and it was first recorded by Davis Daniel in 1994. The next single Rebecca Lynn also topped the charts and the album was certified Platinum. White's 1996 album Between Now and Forever was also certified Platinum. So Much For Pretending and Sittin' On Go were number one country hits. White also appeared on Shania Twain's 1997 hit From This Moment On. When White's 1997 album The Right Place did not do as well as previous albums, Asylum had White produce the 1999 album How Lucky I Am with Dann Huff and Derek George. Then Asylum closed their Nashville office. White was fading anyway. You can get all his hits on this comp. White's decline sent him into a depression. But he did return with a Christmas EP in 2006 and an album in 2009. Then he financed the EP Shine through Kickstarter. White continues to tour regularly. Obviously his days of hit singles are in the past. Here's Bryan White performing Someone Else's Star on the TNN show Music City Tonight Apr. 1994.
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