Robert Keith Stegall (born November 1, 1955[2]) is an American country music recording artist and record producer. Active since 1980, Stegall has recorded two major-label studio albums: 1985's Keith Stegall and 1996's Passages, although he is mainly known for his production work.
Keith Stegall | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Robert Keith Stegall[1] |
| Born | November 1, 1955 |
| Origin | Wichita Falls, Texas, United States |
| Genres | Country |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter record producer |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals acoustic guitar keyboard banjo |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Labels | Capitol Epic Mercury |
| Website | www |
Musical career
editRobert Keith Stegall was born in Wichita Falls, Texas, in 1955. He performed in local bands, spent a short time in northwestern Louisiana (in the mid-1970s) where he operated a small-time music recording business, then moved to Nashville, Tennessee, at the persuasion of Kris Kristofferson.[3]
Stegall charted thirteen singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, with the highest-peaking being 1985's "Pretty Lady", a No. 10 hit.[2] Starting in the late 1980s, Stegall has been active primarily as a record producer for several recording acts, most notably Alan Jackson, George Jones, Zac Brown Band, and Clay Walker.[2] Stegall has also written several of Jackson's singles, as well as George Strait's Number one hit "I Hate Everything" and Dr. Hook's "Sexy Eyes".
In 2008, Stegall co-founded the label Bigger Picture Music Group.[4] The label closed in 2014.
In 2016, Stegall launched a Nashville-based production, management, and publishing firm, Dreamlined Entertainment Group, with Scott Miller of Miller Investment Management.[5]
In October 2017, Fangate Music, a label run by Australian country music promoter Rob Potts, in conjunction with Sony Music Australia, announced their partnership with Stegall's Dreamlined Entertainment Group.[6]
Discography
editAlbums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak positions |
|---|---|---|
| US Country | ||
| Keith Stegall |
|
45 |
| Passages |
|
— |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||
Singles
edit| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | CAN Country | |||
| 1980 | "The Fool Who Fooled Around" | 58 | — | — |
| 1981 | "Anything That Hurts You (Hurts Me)" | 55 | — | |
| "Won't You Be My Baby" | 65 | — | ||
| 1982 | "In Love with Loving You" | 64 | 40 | |
| 1984 | "I Want to Go Somewhere" | 25 | — | Keith Stegall |
| "Whatever Turns You On" | 19 | — | ||
| 1985 | "California" | 13 | 11 | |
| "Pretty Lady" | 10 | 12 | ||
| "Feed the Fire" | 45 | — | ||
| 1986 | "I Think I'm in Love" | 36 | 50 | — |
| "Ole Rock and Roller (With a Country Heart)" | 52 | 48 | ||
| 1996 | "1969" | 43 | 36 | Passages |
| "Fifty-Fifty"A | 75 | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
- AB-side to "1969."
Music videos
edit| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | "California" | — |
| 1996 | "1969" | Piers Plowden |
| "Fifty-Fifty" | ||
| "Roll the Dice" |
References
edit- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 401. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
- ^ a b c Huey, Steve. "Keith Stegall biography". Allmusic. Retrieved January 7, 2008.
- ^ "Keith Stegall". Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
- ^ "News: The Producer's Chair: Keith Stegall | Bigger Picture Group Artist Services". Archived from the original on May 9, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
- ^ "Keith Stegall Launches Dreamlined Entertainment Group". Jessica Nicholson. February 1, 2016.
- ^ "Sony Music Australia & Fangate Music partner with Dreamlined Entertainment". Tyler Jenke. October 17, 2017.