Patricia Conroy
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Patricia Conroy is a Canadian country music
singer. In her career, she has released five studio albums and a one compilation album. Several of her singles have charted on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart, most notably her number one hits "Somebody's Leavin'
" and "What Else Can I Do
" from 1994 and 1995.
. Conroy was born to musical family which was influenced by her mother's Maritime country background and her father's Irish roots. As a young girl her musical interests led to piano and vocal lessons and performances in a local church and with her family band, the Shamrock Ceili Band. In the late 1980s, Conroy hooked up with local musicians in Vancouver, British Columbia and eventually entered a Battle of the Bands contest. Conroy ultimately won and received $10,000, which gave her the opportunity to record demos of some of her original material. By 1990, Conroy was approached by executives at Warner Music Canada
, who signed her a record contract.
, was released later the same year. Two singles from the album, "This Time" and "Take Me With You", both reached the top 10 in Canada.
Patricia's second album, Bad Day for Trains
, was released in 1992. It contained four top 10s, including "Bad Day for Trains", "What You You Care", "Blank Pages" and "My Baby Loves Me (Just the Way That I Am)
", later recorded by Martina McBride
.
Her most successful album to date, You Can't Resist
, was released in 1994. The first two songs released from the album, "Somebody's Leavin'
" and "What Else Can I Do
", both reached #1. Follow-up singles "You Can't Resist It", "I Don't Wanna Be the One" and "Keep Me Rockin'" all reached the top 10.
Patricia signed with Shoreline Records
in 1998 for the release of her fourth album, Wild As the Wind
. She continued her streak of hits with the songs "Direction Of Love" and "Ain't Nobody Like You". Her Greatest Hits
was released two years later, along with the top 40 song "Nobody's Fault".
In 2005, Patricia returned with her new video, "When", which was the first single off her new album. In 2007, Patricia signed with 306 Records
/Angeline Entertainment
for the release of her first full length studio album in 9 years, Talking to Myself
. Three singles have been released from the album so far, "When", "Talking to Myself" and "Ray of Sun."
In a statement made on her official website in June 2008, Patricia said she's taking time to write songs for Lisa Brokop
, Jimmy Rankin
, Chad Brownlee
and Michelle Wright
for their upcoming projects. She has songwriting credits on The Rankin Family
's latest album, These Are the Moments
, released February 3, 2009. "Just By Being You (Halo and Wings)
", a song co-written by Conroy, was released by American country duo Steel Magnolia
in 2010.
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. In her career, she has released five studio albums and a one compilation album. Several of her singles have charted on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart, most notably her number one hits "Somebody's Leavin'
Somebody's Leavin'
"Somebody's Leavin" is a single by Canadian country music artist Patricia Conroy. Released in 1994, it was the first single from her album You Can't Resist. The song reached #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in December 1994.-Chart performance:...
" and "What Else Can I Do
What Else Can I Do
"What Else Can I Do" is the title of a country music song written by Tony Arata and Scott Miller. It was recorded by Patricia Conroy on her 1994 album You Can't Resist. In Canada, the song was released in 1995 by Warner Music Canada as the album's second single...
" from 1994 and 1995.
Early life
Patricia Conroy was born in Montreal, Quebec, CanadaCanada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Conroy was born to musical family which was influenced by her mother's Maritime country background and her father's Irish roots. As a young girl her musical interests led to piano and vocal lessons and performances in a local church and with her family band, the Shamrock Ceili Band. In the late 1980s, Conroy hooked up with local musicians in Vancouver, British Columbia and eventually entered a Battle of the Bands contest. Conroy ultimately won and received $10,000, which gave her the opportunity to record demos of some of her original material. By 1990, Conroy was approached by executives at Warner Music Canada
Warner Music Canada
Warner Music Canada is the Canadian division of Warner Music Group. The label previously operated as WEA Canada, the Canadian subsidiary of WEA International, which later changed its name to Warner Music International in 1990. It was founded in 1967 as Warner Reprise Canada Ltd...
, who signed her a record contract.
Career
Her first album for the label, Blue AngelBlue Angel (Patricia Conroy album)
Blue Angel is the debut album by Canadian country music singer-songwriter Patricia Conroy, and was released in 1990 by Warner Music Canada.-Track listing:# This Time - 3:33# Blue Angel - 3:35# How Many Horses - 3:14# Disappointed By You - 2:10...
, was released later the same year. Two singles from the album, "This Time" and "Take Me With You", both reached the top 10 in Canada.
Patricia's second album, Bad Day for Trains
Bad Day for Trains
Bad Day for Trains is the second studio album by Canadian country music singer/songwriter Patricia Conroy, and was released in 1992 by Warner Music Canada...
, was released in 1992. It contained four top 10s, including "Bad Day for Trains", "What You You Care", "Blank Pages" and "My Baby Loves Me (Just the Way That I Am)
My Baby Loves Me (Just the Way That I Am)
Martina McBride covered the song in 1993 under the title of "My Baby Loves Me". Her rendition was released in July 1993 as the first single from her 1993 album The Way That I Am and peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and reached number-one on the Canadian RPM Country...
", later recorded by Martina McBride
Martina McBride
Martina McBride is an American country music singer and songwriter. McBride has been called the "Céline Dion of Country Music" for her big-voiced ballads and soprano range....
.
Her most successful album to date, You Can't Resist
You Can't Resist
You Can't Resist is the third studio album by Canadian country music singer/songwriter Patricia Conroy, and was released in 1994 by Warner Music Canada.On March 5, 1996, Intersound Records released the album in the United States.-Track listing:...
, was released in 1994. The first two songs released from the album, "Somebody's Leavin'
Somebody's Leavin'
"Somebody's Leavin" is a single by Canadian country music artist Patricia Conroy. Released in 1994, it was the first single from her album You Can't Resist. The song reached #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in December 1994.-Chart performance:...
" and "What Else Can I Do
What Else Can I Do
"What Else Can I Do" is the title of a country music song written by Tony Arata and Scott Miller. It was recorded by Patricia Conroy on her 1994 album You Can't Resist. In Canada, the song was released in 1995 by Warner Music Canada as the album's second single...
", both reached #1. Follow-up singles "You Can't Resist It", "I Don't Wanna Be the One" and "Keep Me Rockin'" all reached the top 10.
Patricia signed with Shoreline Records
Shoreline Records
Shoreline Records is an independent record label based in Kingsville, Ontario, Canada. The music label was established in 1996 by Matthew Nettleton. It is distributed through the Universal Music Group.-Artist Roster:* Barra MacNeils* Chunk...
in 1998 for the release of her fourth album, Wild As the Wind
Wild As the Wind
Wild as the Wind is the fourth studio album by Canadian country music singer-songwriter Patricia Conroy. The album was released album by Sunset Records in 1998 and includes the singles "Ain't Nobody Like You" and "Direction of Love."-Track listing:...
. She continued her streak of hits with the songs "Direction Of Love" and "Ain't Nobody Like You". Her Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits (Patricia Conroy album)
Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits compilation by Canadian country music singer/songwriter Patricia Conroy. The album was released album by Koch Records in 2000.-Track listing:# "Bad Day for Trains" - 3:46...
was released two years later, along with the top 40 song "Nobody's Fault".
In 2005, Patricia returned with her new video, "When", which was the first single off her new album. In 2007, Patricia signed with 306 Records
306 Records
306 Records is a Canadian country music record label established by Louis O'Reilly in 2005. It was named Record Company of the Year at the 2008 Canadian Country Music Association Awards.-Acts on 306 Records:* Ambush* Larry Berrio* Lisa Hewitt* Shari Lynn...
/Angeline Entertainment
Angeline Entertainment
Angeline Entertainment, in association with Universal Music Group, is a Canadian record label and marketing consultation company established in 2006 and distributed through Fontana Distribution. Angeline's founder is Jill Snell who has been in the Canadian label business since 1989...
for the release of her first full length studio album in 9 years, Talking to Myself
Talking to Myself
Talking to Myself is the fifth studio album by Canadian country music singer/songwriter Patricia Conroy. The album was released album by Angeline Entertainment on January 29, 2007.-Track listing:# "Ray of Sun" - 3:39...
. Three singles have been released from the album so far, "When", "Talking to Myself" and "Ray of Sun."
In a statement made on her official website in June 2008, Patricia said she's taking time to write songs for Lisa Brokop
Lisa brokop
Lisa Brokop is a Canadian country music singer/songwriter and actress. Active since 1990 in the country music field, she has released a total of six studio albums, and has charted more than twenty singles on the country music charts in her native Canada...
, Jimmy Rankin
Jimmy Rankin
Jimmy Rankin is a Canadian country and folk artist. A member of The Rankin Family, Rankin has also released four solo studio albums. As a solo artist, Rankin was named Roots Artist of the Year in 2002 by the Canadian Country Music Association...
, Chad Brownlee
Chad Brownlee
Chad Brownlee is a Canadian country music artist and ice hockey defenceman. Brownlee was a draft pick for the Vancouver Canucks in 2003, going in the sixth round #190th overall...
and Michelle Wright
Michelle Wright
Michelle Wright is a Canadian country music artist. She is one of the country's most widely recognized and awarded female country singers of the 1990s, winning the Canadian Country Music Association's Fans' Choice Award twice...
for their upcoming projects. She has songwriting credits on The Rankin Family
The Rankin Family
The Rankin Family is a Canadian musical family group from Mabou, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. The group has won many Canadian music awards, including 15 East Coast Music Awards, six Juno Awards, four SOCAN Awards, three Canadian Country Music Awards and two Big Country Music Awards.- Career...
's latest album, These Are the Moments
These Are the Moments
These Are the Moments is the seventh studio album by Canadian folk music group The Rankin Family. It was released by MapleMusic Recordings on February 3, 2009...
, released February 3, 2009. "Just By Being You (Halo and Wings)
Just By Being You (Halo and Wings)
"Just By Being You " is the title of a song written by Britton Cameron and Canadian country singer Patricia Conroy and recorded by American country music duo Steel Magnolia. The song was released in July 2010 as their second single release...
", a song co-written by Conroy, was released by American country duo Steel Magnolia
Steel Magnolia
Steel Magnolia is an American country music duo that won season two of the television talent show Can You Duet. The duo consists of Meghan Linsey and her fiance, Joshua Scott Jones. After becoming the top winner on the show, the duo signed a recording contract with Big Machine Records, and released...
in 2010.
Albums
| Year | Album details | Chart Positions |
|---|---|---|
| CAN Country | ||
| 1990 | Blue Angel Blue Angel (Patricia Conroy album) Blue Angel is the debut album by Canadian country music singer-songwriter Patricia Conroy, and was released in 1990 by Warner Music Canada.-Track listing:# This Time - 3:33# Blue Angel - 3:35# How Many Horses - 3:14# Disappointed By You - 2:10...
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| 1992 | Bad Day for Trains Bad Day for Trains Bad Day for Trains is the second studio album by Canadian country music singer/songwriter Patricia Conroy, and was released in 1992 by Warner Music Canada... |
20 |
| 1994 | You Can't Resist You Can't Resist You Can't Resist is the third studio album by Canadian country music singer/songwriter Patricia Conroy, and was released in 1994 by Warner Music Canada.On March 5, 1996, Intersound Records released the album in the United States.-Track listing:... |
3 |
| 1998 | Wild As the Wind Wild As the Wind Wild as the Wind is the fourth studio album by Canadian country music singer-songwriter Patricia Conroy. The album was released album by Sunset Records in 1998 and includes the singles "Ain't Nobody Like You" and "Direction of Love."-Track listing:... |
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| 2000 | Greatest Hits Greatest Hits (Patricia Conroy album) Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits compilation by Canadian country music singer/songwriter Patricia Conroy. The album was released album by Koch Records in 2000.-Track listing:# "Bad Day for Trains" - 3:46... Koch Records E1 Music , the primary subsidiary of E1 Entertainment LP, is the largest independent record label in the United States. It is also distributed by the Universal Music Group in Europe under the name E1 Universal... |
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| 2007 | Talking to Myself Talking to Myself Talking to Myself is the fifth studio album by Canadian country music singer/songwriter Patricia Conroy. The album was released album by Angeline Entertainment on January 29, 2007.-Track listing:# "Ray of Sun" - 3:39... Angeline Entertainment Angeline Entertainment, in association with Universal Music Group, is a Canadian record label and marketing consultation company established in 2006 and distributed through Fontana Distribution. Angeline's founder is Jill Snell who has been in the Canadian label business since 1989... |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart * denotes unknown peak positions |
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Singles
| Year | Single | Chart Positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAN Country | |||
| 1987 | "My Heart's on Fire" | — | single only |
| 1989 | "Come on Back" | — | |
| 1990 | "A Thousand Rails" | 56 | |
| "This Time" | 10 | Blue Angel | |
| 1991 | "Take Me with You" | 8 | |
| "Blue Angel" | 44 | ||
| "Why I'm Walkin'" | 73 | ||
| 1992 | "My Baby Loves Me (Just the Way That I Am) My Baby Loves Me (Just the Way That I Am) Martina McBride covered the song in 1993 under the title of "My Baby Loves Me". Her rendition was released in July 1993 as the first single from her 1993 album The Way That I Am and peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and reached number-one on the Canadian RPM Country... " |
8 | Bad Day for Trains |
| "Bad Day for Trains" | 7 | ||
| 1993 | "What Do You Care" | 8 | |
| "Blank Pages" | 7 | ||
| "Here We Go Again" | 12 | ||
| 1994 | "Somebody's Leavin' Somebody's Leavin' "Somebody's Leavin" is a single by Canadian country music artist Patricia Conroy. Released in 1994, it was the first single from her album You Can't Resist. The song reached #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in December 1994.-Chart performance:... " |
1 | You Can't Resist |
| 1995 | "What Else Can I Do What Else Can I Do "What Else Can I Do" is the title of a country music song written by Tony Arata and Scott Miller. It was recorded by Patricia Conroy on her 1994 album You Can't Resist. In Canada, the song was released in 1995 by Warner Music Canada as the album's second single... " |
1 | |
| "You Can't Resist It" | 5 | ||
| "I Don't Wanna Be the One" | 8 | ||
| 1996 | "Keep Me Rockin'" | 3 | |
| "What Else Can I Do" (US release) | — | ||
| 1997 | "Mary on the Dashboard" | 77 | Wild As the Wind |
| 1998 | "Direction of Love" | 8 | |
| 1999 | "Ain't Nobody Like You" | 9 | |
| "Don't You Forget (Who You're Talkin' To)" | — | ||
| 2000 | "Nobody's Fault" | 27 | Greatest Hits |
| 2005 | "When" | * | Talking to Myself |
| "It's Almost Christmas" | * | A Canadian Country Christmas | |
| 2006 | "Talking to Myself" | * | Talking to Myself |
| 2007 | "Ray of Sun" | * | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
Music videos
| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | "Bad Day for Trains" | Steven Goldmann Steven Goldmann Steven Goldmann is a Canadian music video and film director. He has directed over 200 music videos. Goldmann also directed the movies Broken Bridges and Trailer Park of Terror, and has additionally directed several television programs.-1990-1999:... |
| "What Do You Care" | ||
| 1994 | "Somebody's Leavin'" | Steven Goldmann |
| 1995 | "What Else Can I Do" | |
| "You Can't Resist It" | ||
| "I Don't Wanna Be the One" | Tara Johns | |
| 1996 | "Keep Me Rockin'" | Tom Bevins |
| 1997 | "Mary on the Dashboard" | |
| 1998 | "Direction of Love" | |
| 1999 | "Ain't Nobody Like You" | |
| 2005 | "When" | Tony Hrynchuk |
| "It's Almost Christmas" | ||
| 2006 | "Talking to Myself" |
Canadian Country Music Awards
- Vista Rising Star (1990)
- Album of the Year, Bad Day for Trains (1993)
- Female Artist of the Year (1994)
- Independent Artist of the Year (1999, 2000)
- Independent Female Artist of the Year (2006)
British Columbia Country Music Awards
- Ray McAuley Horizon Award (1988)
- Female Vocalist of the Year (1988, 1989, 1990, 1991)
- Entertainer of the Year (1989, 1991, 1993, 1994)
- Album of the Year, Blue Angel (1991)
- Song of the Year, "Bad Day for Trains" (1993)
- Single of the Year, "Bad Day for Trains" (1993)
- Album of the Year, Bad Day for Trains (1993)
- Song of the Year, "Blank Pages" (1994)
- International Achievement (1997)