Albums by Keith Whitley
ALBUMI Wonder Do You Think of MeKeith Whitley
ALBUMDon't Close Your EyesKeith Whitley
ALBUML.A. to MiamiKeith Whitley
ALBUMSad Songs & WaltzesKeith Whitley
ALBUMSecond GenerationKeith Whitley & Ricky Skaggs
Keith Whitley's Popular Music Videos
When You Say Nothing at All
Keith Whitley
Don't Close Your Eyes
Keith Whitley
Brotherly Love
Keith Whitley
Homecoming '63
Keith Whitley
It Ain't Nothin'
Keith Whitley
I'm No Stranger to the Rain
Keith Whitley
Hard Livin'
Keith Whitley
There's a New Kid In Town (with Keith Whitley) [Lyric Video]
Alan Jackson
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Keith Whitley Essentials
The country icon who inspired a generation.
Artist Biography
Country singer-songwriter Keith Whitley spent several years backing bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley as part of The Clinch Mountain Boys.
∙ Launching a solo career following a move to Nashville, Whitley released his first single, “Turn Me to Love,” which featured backing vocals from Reba McEntire.
∙ The 1985 album L.A. to Miami, which spawned his first hit song, “Miami, My Amy,” gave Whitley his first real taste of success.
∙ The first three singles from his breakthrough 1987 collection, Don’t Close Your Eyes, all hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart.
∙ I Wonder Do You Think of Me, released just a few months after Whitley’s untimely death in 1989, peaked at No. 2 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart.
∙ In 1989 and 1990, he won two consecutive posthumous Country Music Association Awards, including one for “Til a Tear Becomes a Rose,” a duet with his wife, Lorrie Morgan.
∙ Released in 1994, A Tribute Album featured covers of his songs by Alan Jackson, Diamond Rio, Ricky Skaggs, and Tanya Tucker.
Hometown
Ashland, KY, United States
Genre
Country