Quick Facts

Full Name	Darius Rucker
Occupation	Pop Singer
Date Of Birth	May 13, 1966(1966-05-13)
Age	58
Birthplace	Charleston
Country	United States
Birth City	South Carolina
Horoscope	Taurus

Darius Rucker Biography

Darius Rucker is one of the most popular and richest Pop Singer who was born on May 13, 1966 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. The lead singer of the pop band Hootie & the Blowfish, the group is known for its songs such as “Only Wanna Be With You” and “Hold My Hand.” As a solo artist the singer is most famous for the hit song “Wagon Wheel” off his album, True Believers.

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Darius Rucker has been the lead singer of Hootie & the Blowfish since its formation in 1986. He met fellow band members Mark Bryan, Jim “Soni” Sonefeld, and Dean Felber while attending the University of South Carolina. Bryan first heard Rucker singing in the shower, and the two became a duo, playing R.E.M. covers at a local venue. They later recruited Felber and finally Sonefeld joined in 1989. As a member of Hootie & the Blowfish, Rucker has recorded six studio albums: Cracked Rear View – 1994, Fairweather Johnson – 1996, Musical Chairs – 1998, Scattered, Smothered & Covered – 2000, Hootie & the Blowfish and Looking for Lucky – 2005, also charting within the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 six times. All six albums feature songs that Rucker, Bryan and Felber wrote. As the frontman, Rucker began to be called simply “Hootie” by fans, though the band title combines the nicknames of his college friends. Before his rise to fame, he lived in the basement of the Sigma Phi Epsilon house at the University of South Carolina, attempting to launch his career through the college bar scene.

Rucker’s mother died in November 1992 of a heart attack. His grief inspired two Hootie & the Blowfish songs: “I’m Goin’ Home” and “Not Even the Trees.” On April 21, 1995, his girlfriend (Elizabeth Ann Phillips) gave birth to Rucker’s first child, Carolyn Pearl Phillips. His second daughter, Daniella Rose, was born to his wife, Beth, on May 16, 2001. They had a son, Jack, in 2005. The Hootie song “Where Were You” is about Rucker’s strained relationship with his father, and was released only in Europe, where Rucker thought that his father would be unlikely to hear it. His country single “Alright” was inspired by his marriage.

He was engaged to Beth Leonard on December 9 1999. Leonard and Leonard share three daughters, named Daniella, Caroline and Jack.

Darius Rucker Net Worth

Darius Rucker is one of the richest Pop Singer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Darius Rucker 's net worth $12 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In his early years, 19 relatives of the family lived under a three-bedroom house. He was a part of the formation of Hootie & the Blowfish in 1986.

His first R&B album called Back to Then in 2002.

Darius Carlos Rucker (born May 13, 1966) is an American singer and songwriter. He first gained fame as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of rock band Hootie & the Blowfish, which he founded in 1986 at the University of South Carolina along with Mark Bryan, Jim “Soni” Sonefeld, and Dean Felber. The band released five studio albums with him as a member and charted six top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100. Rucker co-wrote most of the songs with the other members.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Darius Rucker Dating?

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In early 2008, Rucker signed to Capitol Records Nashville as the beginning of a career in country music. His first solo single, “Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It” (which he co-wrote with Clay Mills) debuted at No. 51 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts for the week of May 3, 2008. It is the first single from his second album, Learn to Live. For this album, Rucker worked with Frank Rogers, a record producer who has also produced for Brad Paisley and Trace Adkins. Rucker also made his Grand Ole Opry debut in July

2008. The single reached number one in September, making Rucker the first solo, African-American artist to chart a number one country hit since Charley Pride’s “Night Games” in 1983.

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Learn to Live was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on February 6, 2009, and received a platinum certification on August 7, 2009. The album’s second single, “It Won’t Be Like This for Long”, spent three weeks at the top of the country chart in mid-2009. Its follow-up, “Alright”, became Rucker’s third straight No. 1 hit, making him the first singer to have his first three country singles reach No. 1 since Wynonna in

1992. The album’s fourth single, “History in the Making” was released in September and peaked at No. 3. The singles also crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at 35, 36, 30 and 61.

What happened to Hootie and the Blowfish?

Hootie & the Blowfish took a hiatus for a decade before coming back with an album and a tour in 2019. Rucker said that touring in 2019 was totally different than touring with his band in the ’90s. “When we went out in 2019 it was the first time we’d all gone out with families. It was the first time we’d done that.

What is Darius Rucker's most famous song?

• “Candy Cane Christmas” …
• “Homegrown Honey” …
• “It Won’t Be Like This for Long” …
• “Lost in You” …
• “Come Back Song” From: 2010’s ‘Charleston, SC 1966’ …
• “Alright” From: 2008’s ‘Learn to Live’ …
• “Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It” From: 2008’s ‘Learn to Live’ …
• “Wagon Wheel” From: 2013’s ‘True Believers’

What does Darius Ruckers wife do?

Beth Leonard is an American philanthropist and former event manager at VH1. She is famously known for having been married to the famous country singer and songwriter, Darius Rucker. Darius Rucker married Beth Leonard in 2000, but after 20 years of marriage, the couple separated in July 2020.

Why did Darius Rucker turn country?

“Back in 1989, this guy Radney Foster came out with a record called ‘Del Rio, TX, 1959’ and it’s one of those records that changed the way I heard music ,” Rucker said. “It really hit me hard and I loved it… and I kept always saying, ‘One day, I’m going to make a country record. ‘”

What was Hootie and the Blowfish biggest hit?

1 – I Only Wanna Be With You We close out our top 10 Hootie & The

Blowfish songs list with the band’s biggest hit of their career. The song I Only Wanna Be With You was the group’s highest charting song peaking at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1995.