Teddy Gentry

Quick Facts

Full Name	Teddy Gentry
Occupation	Musical Artist
Date Of Birth	Jan 22, 1952(1952-01-22)
Age	72
Birthplace	Fort Payne
Country	United States
Birth City	Alabama
Horoscope	Capricorn

Teddy Gentry Biography

Teddy Gentry is one of the most popular and richest Musical Artist who was born on January 22, 1952 in Fort Payne, Alabama, United States. Alabama was founded by two guitarists Randy Owen and Jeff Cook along with the bassist Teddy Gentry, three cousins who were born and raised in Fort Payne, Alabama, an area that has strong roots in country music. Owen and Gentry lived at separate cotton fields located on Lookout Mountain (a plateau that extends across the northeastern part of Alabama as well as northwest Georgia and on into Tennessee) and began learning the guitar as well as singing at church prior to reaching the age of 6. Gentry and Owen performed in a variety of bands in the 1960s, which ranged from bluegrass to pop. Cook joined the group in 1969 and formed Young Country. Young Country, which first was formed during the time of Christmas. Cook was also a part of many other bands as well as a disk jockey. Three cousins had vocal roles along alongside another cousin, the drummer Jackie Owen, completing the group’s first line-up. The first time the group performed was in a high school talent competition (playing an original Merle Haggard tune) and they took home the top prize, as well as tickets to Grand Ole Opry. However, they were too busy with other obligations to pursue music: Owen still in high school, Cook working for Western Electric and Gentry performing full-time as a carpet lay-up. The group slowed down as Cook attended college and Owen was drafted into the military.

The band’s inclusion in their music inspired groups like Restless Heart, Shenandoah, Exile, Diamond Rio, Lonestar, Ricochet, and the Mavericks. As per Irwin Stambler and Grelun Landon who are the authors of Country Music: The Encyclopedia the band’s decline in sales during the 1980s were due to competition from the country groups that might not have been recognized without Alabama making the first step. They also said that the groups were credited by Alabama for having a huge impact in their career. Prior to Alabama’s astronomical chart success, the majority of country hits were performed by duets or solo artists. A lot of Alabama albums and singles had crossover appeal on pop charts.

By the late 1980s, Alabama’s sales slowed down considerably, with only their major albums going gold. The group’s popularity was mostly eclipsed by more traditional-sounding artists such as Ricky Skaggs, Randy Travis, George Strait, and Dwight Yoakam. Despite this, they continued to be a popular touring act, and the band issued their first live album, Alabama Live, in

1988. For 1989’s Southern Star, the band decided to part ways with longtime producer Shedd, instead splitting production duties between Josh Leo and Larry Lee, and the other half with Barry Beckett. “Song of the South” was another number one, and the album’s remaining singles—”If I Had You”, “High Cotton”, and “Southern Star”—were number ones in both the U.S. and Canada. That year, Alabama were named by Billboard the Country Artist of the 1980s and the ACA voted the band the Artist of the Decade.

The group’s next single, “My Home’s in Alabama”, received an even better response, reaching the top 20. Their early chart successes led to an invitation to appear at the “New Faces” show at Nashville’s annual Country Radio Seminar, along with other new acts, such as Reba McEntire. The band had to perform with studio musicians, rather than as a band, and left the session believing they had destroyed their chances. Despite this, the group drew interest from several labels, among those RCA Records, with whom they signed in April 1980. Their first single on RCA, “Tennessee River”, was produced by Harold Shedd and was their first to hit number one on the Billboard country chart, beginning a streak of over 30 number one hits. Cashbox named the band the New Vocal Group of the Year, marking the band’s first award. In July 1980, the band left their long-time gig at the Bowery, promoting their single which they initially believed to be fluke. The success took the band by surprise and soon became “all but consuming.”

The band sent recordings of their demos to recording labels but got no response until GRT Records’ executives GRT Records signed the band to a one- record agreement and released their first single “I Want to Be with You Tonight”, in 1977. GRT did not seem to be as interested in the group as songwriters, and pushed that the band to name their group the Alabama Band and later changed it to Alabama. The track only reached the no. 78 on Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in the year 2000, and GRT went bankrupt the next year. Because of a clause hidden of their contract Alabama were not allowed to record under a different label. In the following 2 years the group collected money to pay off their contract. They started recording again in 1979. The self-recorded album follows Wildcountry (1976) in addition to Deuces Wild (1977), Alabama Band No. 3 was the group’s third album. The group played more than 300 concerts on the road during in the year. The band hired independent radio promoters who would get radio plays for the song “I Wanna Come Over” and then they wrote handwritten letters to DJs and program directors all over the country. The song was noticed by the Dallas-based MDJ Records, who signed the group. Scott quit the band at the time to be replaced Mark Herndon, a rock drummer later recognized for giving the group their distinctive sound. “I Wanna Come Over” was one of their radio hits hitting the top 40 of the Billboard chart of country.

Teddy Gentry Net Worth

Teddy Gentry is one of the richest Musical Artist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Teddy Gentry 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Alabama It is an American country and Southern rock group that was that was formed at Fort Payne, Alabama, in 1969. The group was started in 1969 by Randy Owen (lead vocals, rhythm guitar) and his cousin Teddy Gentry (bass, backing vocals). They soon were joined by a third close friend, Jeff Cook (lead guitar fiddle, keyboards, and lead vocals). The band first began operating under the moniker Wildcountry The group performed on across the Southeast bar circuit during the 1970s and then began writing their own songs. Their name was changed to Alabama in 1977 and , following the success of two chart-topping singles, were approached RCA Records for a record deal.

The group was formally established as an official band in the year 1972, with drummer Bennett Vartanian . They also changed the name of their group to Wildcountry. In the same year they were offered an invitation to perform at the adjacent Canyonland themed park. The park would attract famous stars, like Jerry Wallace, Bobby Bare and Narvel Felts. The band would support the stars, and then perform an hour-long dance show. After a few months, and chances for the band to slow to develop, a depressed Cook accepted a job in the federal government located in Anniston, Alabama. Owen was enrolled in English on the campus of Jacksonville State University, and Cook was employed in electronics. The group lived in a $56 per month apartment in Anniston and struggled in order to stay running with weekend and night-time gigs. The band decided to turn into professionally-trained musicians around 1973 and began playing in bars across the Southeast. Then, in March of 1973, the group moved in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina where they performed six nights a week in a nightclub called The Bowery for tips. They earned their most money by covering songs by Lynyrd Skynyrd as well as Merle Haggard. The group couldn’t sign a contract for their music and they began self-financing their recordings. The group took out a loan of $4,000 from an Fort Payne bank to record and release their own albums, which they sold at concerts. Vartanian was dropped from the group and, following the rotation of four additional drummers, they decided to go with Rick Scott in 1974.

By the mid-1980s, the band increasingly moved toward a general pop-rock sound, “going for splashier productions with a more heavily amplified sound.” Alabama’s lyrics often centered on their homeland. Their first hit single, “Tennessee River”, recounts being “born across the river in the mountains I call home,” while “Dixieland Delight” chronicles cruising down a rural Tennessee byway.

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Alabama is among the world’s best-selling bands of all time, having sold a combined 75 million records worldwide. Alabama’s best-selling studio album is Mountain Music (1982), while two greatest hits albums — Greatest Hits (1986) and For the Record (1998) — are among their highest in individual sales, with all three totaling five million in sales. Alabama received multiplatinum success for several albums; albums currently certified quadruple platinum include Feels So Right, The Closer You Get…, and Roll On, while Alabama’s double platinum albums include My Home’s in Alabama, 40-Hour Week, Alabama Christmas and Greatest Hits Volume III.

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Teddy Ranked on the list of most popular Musical Artist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Teddy Gentry celebrates birthday on January 22 of every year.

The Closer You Get…, released in March 1983, was certified platinum within two months, and also won the Grammy for Best Country Performance. Each of the album’s singles—”Dixieland Delight”, “The Closer You Get”, and “Lady Down on Love”—were number ones in both the U.S. and Canada. Roll On was Alabama’s next LP, and its four singles, “Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)”, “When We Make Love”, “If You’re Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)”, “(There’s A) Fire in the Night”, all went to the top in both countries. 40-Hour Week (1985) continued the band’s string of multinational successes, with “40 Hour Week (For a Livin’)” and “Can’t Keep a Good Man Down” peaking at number one in both territories, with only the lead single, “There’s No Way”, falling short in Canada (although it peaked at number two). 40-Hour Week was one of Alabama’s most popular albums, crossing over in the pop album charts. Alabama Christmas, a collection of nine holiday songs plus “Christmas in Dixie”, became Alabama’s first release on compact disc that September; it was also the centerpiece of a retail and television promotion (sponsored by the Nashville Network).