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Country
star Billy Dean wsg David Young
The Ark • Ann Arbor, Michigan • August 1, 2010
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BY JASON RZUCIDLO / ©AMERICAJR.com
Billy
Dean entertains the crowd at The Ark in Ann Arbor.
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Active as a recording artist since 1990, he has recorded a total
of eight studio albums (of which the first three have been certified
gold by the RIAA) and a greatest hits package which is also certified
gold.
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His
studio albums have accounted for more than twenty hit singles on
the Billboard country charts, including eleven Top Ten hits.
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Although he never reached the top of the Billboard country
charts on his own, he reached Number One in 2000 as one of two guest
vocalists on Kenny Rogers' "Buy Me a Rose", and had two
Number Ones on the RPM country charts in Canada.
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By
the time he was 20, Dean made the finals on the Wrangler Country
Star Search, followed by a Male Vocalist win on the television
competition Star Search six years later.
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He also worked as a demo singer and took acting lessons,
appearing in television commercials for McDonald's, Chevrolet
and Valvoline.
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