Leland Martin
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Leland Martin is an American country
singer. Martin was one of nine children; his grandmother and father were both country singers. He held jobs as a truck driver
, house painter, and in a sawmill
before signing with Rival Records, who issued his debut album in 1998. Follow-up albums appeared in 2002, 2005, and 2008.
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. Martin was one of nine children; his grandmother and father were both country singers. He held jobs as a truck driver
Truck driver
A truck driver , is a person who earns a living as the driver of a truck, usually a semi truck, box truck, or dump truck.Truck drivers provide an essential service to...
, house painter, and in a sawmill
Sawmill
A sawmill is a facility where logs are cut into boards.-Sawmill process:A sawmill's basic operation is much like those of hundreds of years ago; a log enters on one end and dimensional lumber exits on the other end....
before signing with Rival Records, who issued his debut album in 1998. Follow-up albums appeared in 2002, 2005, and 2008.
Albums
| Title | Album details |
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| Home Is Where the Honky Tonk Is |
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| Simply Traditional |
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| Leland Martin |
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| I'll Pick the Guitar, You Drive the Truck |
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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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| 2002 | "If I Had Long Legs (Like Alan Jackson)" | 60 | Simply Traditional |
| 2003 | "Hey Love, No Fair" | 59 | |
| "Stone Cold Fingers" | — | ||
| "Simply Traditional" | — | ||
| 2004 | "Our American Heroes" | — | Leland Martin |
| 2005 | "Country as the Day Is Long" | — | |
| 2006 | "Same Ol' Song and Dance" (w/ Chalee Tennison Chalee Tennison Chalee Tennison is an American country music artist from the state of Texas. She has released three major-label studio albums in addition to charting six singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts... ) |
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| "The Wayfaring Stranger The Wayfaring Stranger (song) "The Wayfaring Stranger" , Roud 3339, is a well-known American spiritual/folk song likely originating in the early 19th century about a plaintive soul on the journey through life. It became one of Burl Ives's signature songs, included on his 1944 album The Wayfaring Stranger... " |
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| 2008 | "Royal Purple Peterbilt" | — | I'll Pick the Guitar, You Drive the Truck |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
Music videos
| Year | Video |
|---|---|
| 2002 | "Flags on the Christmas Tree" |
| 2004 | "Our American Heroes" |
| 2005 | "Country as the Day Is Long" |
| 2006 | "Same Ol' Song and Dance" (w/ Chalee Tennison Chalee Tennison Chalee Tennison is an American country music artist from the state of Texas. She has released three major-label studio albums in addition to charting six singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts... ) |