Heather Myles
Encyclopedia
Heather Myles is a country
singer. Her honky tonk
singing is in the Bakersfield sound
-style and has been likened by many to that of Dwight Yoakam
. She has had her songs featured in a major feature film.
She was born in Riverside, California
, where her parents bred and trained horses for racing
. Heather had a job in the family business until the lure of the honky-tonks called her away.
Myles has released five albums as of May 2007 - including two on HighTone Records, and two on Rounder.
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
singer. Her honky tonk
Honky tonk
A honky-tonk is a type of bar that provides musical entertainment to its patrons...
singing is in the Bakersfield sound
Bakersfield sound
The Bakersfield sound was a genre of country music developed in the mid- to late 1950s in and around Bakersfield, California. The many hit singles were largely produced by Capitol Records country music head, Ken Nelson. Bakersfield country was a reaction against the slickly produced, string...
-style and has been likened by many to that of Dwight Yoakam
Dwight Yoakam
Dwight David Yoakam is an American singer-songwriter, actor and film director, most famous for his pioneering country music...
. She has had her songs featured in a major feature film.
She was born in Riverside, California
Riverside, California
Riverside is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, and the county seat of the eponymous county. Named for its location beside the Santa Ana River, it is the largest city in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan area of Southern California, 4th largest inland California...
, where her parents bred and trained horses for racing
Horse racing
Horse racing is an equestrian sport that has a long history. Archaeological records indicate that horse racing occurred in ancient Babylon, Syria, and Egypt. Both chariot and mounted horse racing were events in the ancient Greek Olympics by 648 BC...
. Heather had a job in the family business until the lure of the honky-tonks called her away.
Myles has released five albums as of May 2007 - including two on HighTone Records, and two on Rounder.
Studio albums
| Title | Album details |
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| Just Like Old Times Just Like Old Times Just Like Old Times is the début album by singer-songwriter Heather Myles.-Track listing:#"Love Lyin' Down" – 3:06#"Why I'm Walking" – 2:46#"Changes" – 3:33... |
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| Untamed Untamed (Heather Myles album) Untamed is the second album by Heather Myles. Most of its songs were either written or co-written by Myles. It includes such tunes as "Cadillac Cowboy," "Indigo Moon," and a cover of the Marty Robbins tune, "Begging to You."-Track listing:... |
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| Highways and Honky Tonks Highways and Honky Tonks Highways & Honky Tonks is the fourth album by Heather Myles, and the first with her new record company Rounder Records. There is a cover of the old Charley Pride song "Kiss an Angel Good Morning," and Merle Haggard drops in for a guest appearance on the duet "No One Is Gonna Love You Better." Myles... |
Rounder Records Rounder Records, originally of Cambridge, Massachusetts, but now based in Burlington, Massachusetts, is a record label founded in 1970 by Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin and Marian Leighton-Levy, while all three were still university students... |
| Sweet Talk and Good Lies Sweet Talk and Good Lies Sweet Talk and Good Lies is the fifth album by Heather Myles. Highlights include the title song, "Sweet Talk and Good Lies, " "Nashville's Gone Hollywood," in which she excoriates the current blandness of the country music scene, and "Little Chapel," a duet with fellow honky-tonker Dwight Yoakam... |
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| In the Wind |
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Live albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Sweet Little Dangerous Sweet Little Dangerous: Live at the Bottom Line Recorded live on August 9, 1995 at the Bottom Line in Shepard's Bush, London, England, Sweet Little Dangerous is the third album by Heather Myles. Most of its songs are live versions of studio recordings on her other albums, both past and future... |
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| Live @ Newland, NL |
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Compilation albums
| Title | Album details |
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| Rum and Rodeo |
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Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales... |
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| 1998 | "True Love" | — | Highways & Honky Tonks |
| 1999 | "Love Me a Little Bit Longer" | 75 | |
| 2002 | "Never Had a Broken Heart" | — | Sweet Talk and Good Lies |
| 2010 | "Mama's a Star" | — | In the Wind |
| 2011 | "Pretty Poison" | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
Music videos
| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | "Changes" | Dana Green |
| 1998 | "True Love" | Jean Pellerin |
| 1999 | "Love Me a Little Bit Longer" | Carl Himmelman |