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Spotlight on Vince Gill

Dateline: 04/26/99
Spotlight on Vince Gill



Each month I will be spotlighting a different artist, with
links to several different web pages, sound clips,
facts, awards, and a discography.
This month the spotlight artist is:
Vince Gill.

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Vince Gill Facts
NAME: Vincent Grant Gill
DOB: April 12, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH: Norman, OK
HAIR: Black
EYES: Hazel
HEIGHT: 6'3"
RECORD LABEL: MCA-Nashville
INSTRUMENTS PLAYED: Superb guitarist; also plays banjo, piano, mandolin, fiddle and dobro
HOBBIES: Vince dreams of joining professional golf's Seniors Tour.
GOLD ALBUMS: Best of Vince Gill,
Never Knew Lonely,
The Key
PLATINUM ALBUMS: Let There Be Peace On Earth,
High Lonesome Sound
MULTI-PLATINUM ALBUMS: When I Call Your Name (Double),
Pocket Full of Gold (Double),
Souvenirs (Double),
When Love Finds You (Triple),
I Still Believe in You (Quadruple)

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Vince Gill's Discography
Album Cover Title Released
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Turn Me Loose 1984
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Things That Matter 1985
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The Way Back Home 1987
Best of Vince Gill Album Cover Best of Vince Gill 1989
When I Call Your Name Cover When I Call Your Name 1989
Pocket Full of Gold Album Cover Pocket Full of Gold 1991
I Never Knew Lonely Album Cover I Never Knew Lonely 1992
I Still Believe in You Cover I Still Believe in You 1992
Let There Be Peace On Earth Album Cover Let There Be Peace on Earth 1993
When Love Finds You Album Cover When Love Finds You 1994
Souvenirs Album Cover Souvenirs 1995
High Lonesome Sound Album Cover 1996
The Key Album Cover The Key 1991
Breath of Heaven Album Cover Breath of Heaven 1998

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Vince Gill's Audio Clips
RealAudio Clips courtesy of CD Now.


Winter Wonderland

The Christmas Song

Silver Bells

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Let it Snow

Do You Hear What I Hear?

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

One Bright Star

What Child is This?

Santa Claus is Coming To Town

I Never Knew Lonely

One Dance With You

High Lonesome Sound

Pretty Little Adriana

A Little More Love

Down to New Orleans

Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away

No Future in the Past

Nothing Like a Woman

Trying to Get Over You

Say Hello

Don't Come Crying to Me

If You Ever Have Forever in Mind

I Never Really Knew You

Kindly Keep it Country

All Those Years

Let Her In

What They All Call Love

I Quit

Look at Us

Take Your Memory With You

Pocket Full of Gold

The Strings that Tie You Down

Never Alone

When I Call Your Name

Liza Jane

I Will Always Love You

Oklahoma Swing

Oh Girl

Sight for Sore Eyes

What the Cowgirls Do

You Better Think Twice

Whenever You Come Around

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Vince Gill's Videography

Blue Christmas
If You Ever Have Forever In Mind
You And You Alone
A Little More Love
Worlds Apart
Go Rest High On That Mountain
When Love Finds You
What The Cowgirls Do
Tryin' To Get Over You
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
One More Last Chance
Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away
I Still Believe In You
Liza Jane
Look At Us
Pocket Full Of Gold
When I Call Your Name
Never Knew Lonely
Turn Me Loose (RCA)

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Vince Gill's Awards

Country Music Association Awards (17)
(Vince Gill has won more CMA Awards than any artist in history)

1996 Song of the Year - Go Rest High On That Mountain
1996 Vocal Event of the Year With Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You
1995 Male Vocalist of the Year
1994 Entertainer of the Year
1994 Male Vocalist of the Year
1994 Album of the Year - Common Threads: Songs of the Eagles
1993 Entertainer of the Year
1993 Album of the Year - I Still Believe in You
1993 Song of the Year - I Still Believe in You
1993 Male Vocalist of the Year
1993 Vocal Event of the Year George Jones' I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair
1992 Male Vocalist of the Year
1992 Song of the Year - Look at Us
1991 Male Vocalist of the Year
1991 Song of the Year - When I Call Your Name
1991 Vocal Event of the Year - Restless with Mark O'Conner and the New Nashville Cats
1990 Single of the Year - When I Call Your Name

Grammy Awards (13)
Vince Gill has tied Chet Atkins for the most Grammy Awards for a country artist. He is also the only country artist to win an award for 9 consecutive years.

1998 Best Country Vocal Performance Male - If You Ever Have Forever In Mind
1998 Best Country Instrumental Performance for the track - A Soldier's Joy with Randy Scruggs from Scruggs' album Crown Of Jewels
1997 Best Male Country Vocal Performance - Pretty Little Adriana
1996 Best Male Country Vocal Performance - Worlds Apart
1996 Best Country Collaboration W/ Vocals - High Lonesome Sound (featuring Alison Krauss & Union Station
1995 Best Country Song - Go Rest High On That Mountain
1995 Best Country Vocal Performance Male - Go Rest High On That Mountain
1994 Best Country Vocal Performance Male - When Love Finds You
1993 Best Country Instrumental Performance Collaboration with Asleep at the Wheel for Red Wing
1992 Best Country Vocal Performance Male - I Still Believe in You
1992 Best Country Song - I Still Believe in You
1991 Best Country Vocal Collaboration For the single Restless with Steve Wariner and Ricky Skaggs from the Mark O'Connor and the New Nashville Cats album
1990 Best Country Vocal Performance Male - When I Call Your Name

TNN/Music City News Awards (9)
As voted on by country-music's fans

1996 Best Vocal Collaboration - Go Rest High On That Mountain (with Patty Loveless and Ricky Scaggs)
1994 Instrumentalist of Year
1993 Album of the Year - I Still Believe in You
1993 Single of the Year - I Still Believe in You
1993 Instrumentalist of the Year
1993 The Minnie Pearl Award (For humanitarian efforts)
1992 Instrumentalist of the Year
1991 Single of the Year - When I Call Your Name
1991 Instrumentalist of the Year

Music City News Songwriter Awards

1994 Top 10 Song of the Year - Tryin' to Get Over You
1994 Top 10 Song of the Year - Whenever You Come Around
1993 Top 10 Song of the Year - One More Last Chance
1993 Top 10 Song of the Year - Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away
1992 Song of the Year - I Still Believe in You
1992 Top 10 Song of the Year - Look at Us
1991 Top 10 Song of the Year - Never Knew Lonely
1991 Top 10 Song of the Year - Pocket Full of Gold
1990 Top 10 Song of the Year - When I Call Your Name

BMI Songwriter Awards (20)

1997 Most Performed Songs - Pretty Little Adriana, Go Rest High On That Mountain
1996 Humanitarian Award
1996 Most Performed Songs - Which Bridge To Cross (Which Bridge To Burn), You Better Think Twice
1995 Songwriter of the Year
1993 Most Performed Songs - I Still Believe in You, Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away, Take Your Memory With You
1992 Songwriter of the Year
1992 Most Performed Songs - I Still Believe in You, Look at Us, Pocket Full of Gold, Liza Jane, Here We Are
1991 Most Performed Songs - When I Call Your Name, Oklahoma Swing, Never Knew Lonely
1987 Most Performed Songs - Oklahoma Borderline!, If It Weren't For Him

American Music Awards (AMA)

1994 Country Single of the Year - Whenever You Come Around

Academy of Country Music Awards(ACM) (4)

1993 Top Male Vocalist of the Year
1992 Song of the Year - I Still Believe in You
1992 Top Male Vocalist of the Year
1984 New Male Vocalist of the Year

Nashville Music Awards (8)
As voted on by the music lovers of Music City

1998 Male Vocalist of the Year
1997 Male Vocalist of the Year
1997 Artist/Songwriter of the Year
1996 Artist/Songwriter of the Year
1996 Male Vocalist of the Year
1995 Male Vocalist of the Year
1995 Song of the Year - Go Rest High on That Mountain
1994 Male Vocalist of the Year

Christian Country Music Association Awards

1996 Mainstream Country Artist
1996 Musician of the Year
1996 Video of the Year - Go Rest High On That Mountain

Entertainment Radio Network Country Radio Music Awards

1997 Song of the Year - Worlds Apart

Special Honors

1997 Oklahoma Hall of Fame
1997 Oklahoma Cowboy Hall of Fame
1997 Tennessee PGA Junior Golf Tour renamed the "Vince Gill Tennessee PGA Junior Golf Tournament"
1997 Orville H. Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award
1996 Nashville Arthritis Foundation Eighth Annual Tribute Evening Award
1995 VH-1 Award Recipient
1994 Tennessean of the Year (Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame)
1994 Outstanding Nashvillian of the Year (Kiwanis Club)
1993 Minnie Pearl Award
1993 Harmony Award

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Vince Gill Links

Vince Gill.com (Official)

Vince World

Vince Gill Fan Club Merchandise

Pictures from the 1998 Vinny

Vince Gill Fan Center

Vinny Fans

Vince Gill on MCA-Nashville

Vince Gill MIDI Files

Pollstar Tour Info on Vince

Vince Gill Concert Photos - Salem, Oregon (7/98)

Next week I'll be reviewing
George Strait's new CD, Always Never The Same

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