Keith Whitley
In a short five-year span in the 1980s, Keith Whitley ran a number of songs up the country charts and more than held his own among fellow New Traditionalists such as Randy Travis and George Strait. In the early '70s, as a 15-year-old bluegrass singer, he (and Ricky Skaggs) joined Ralph Stanley's Clinch Mountain Boys and later had a critically acclaimed stint fronting J.D. Crowe and the New South. His break-out came in the mid '80s with a solo contract for RCA and by 1988 he topped the charts with "Don't Close Your Eyes," the first of a handful of number ones. A lifelong battle with severe alcoholism ended with a fatal relapse in 1989.
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Albums
- (2007) A Tribute Album
- (2006) 16 Biggest Hits
- (2003) Platinum And Gold Collection
- (2002) RCA Country Legends
- (1997) Don't Close Your Eyes
- (1996) Super Hits
- (1996) The Essential Keith Whitley
- (1994) A Tribute Album
- (1990) Greatest Hits
- (1989) I Wonder Do You Think Of Me
Top Tracks
- When You Say Nothing At All
- Don't Close Your Eyes
- I'm No Stranger to the Rain
- Miami, My Amy
- I Wonder Do You Think of Me
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