William Harold Dean Jr. Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
William Harold "Billy" Dean, Jr. (born April 2, 1962, in Quincy, Florida) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Billy Dean first gained national attention after appearing on the television talent competition Star Search. 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. His studio albums have accounted for more than twenty hit singles on the Billboard country charts, including eleven Top Ten hits. 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. He resides in Liberty, Tennessee.
Had a string of country hits in the early- and mid-1990s, the biggest of which included "Only Here for a Little While," "Somewhere in My Broken Heart" and "You Don't Count the Cost" (all 1991); "Only the Wind," "Billy the Kid" and "If There Hadn't Been You" (1992); "Trying to Hide a Fire in the Dark" (1993); "We Just Disagree" (1994); and "It's What I Do" and "That Girl's Been Spying on Me" (1996).
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Returned to the country charts in 2001, when he scored a minor country hit, with Suzy Bogguss and Jillian Hall, called "Please Keep Mom and Dad in Love".
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Country Music singer.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Decision
2012
Steve Connors
Blue Valley Songbird
1999
TV Movie
Bobby
A Face to Kill for
1999
TV Movie
Sam
How a Gentleman Should Treat a Lady
1998
TV Movie
Host
Wings
1997
TV Series
Jack Gordon
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1996
TV Series
Red Dixon
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Kenny Rogers: The First 50 Years
2011
TV Movie performer: "Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town"
Blue Valley Songbird
1999
TV Movie performer: "I Hope You're Never Happy", "We Might Be In Love", "Runaway Feeling"
Donny & Marie
1999
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Maverick
1994
performer: "Amazing Grace"
One Life to Live
1968
TV Series performer: "Here We Are, My Friend"
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Good Day L.A.
2013
TV Series
Himself
The Country Vibe with Chuck and Becca
2011
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Kenny Rogers: The First 50 Years
2011
TV Movie
Himself
Donny & Marie
1999
TV Series
Himself
Diagnosis Murder
1997
TV Series
Himself
ABC in Concert Country
1994
TV Series documentary
Host
Hot Country Jam '94
1994
TV Special
Himself
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1993
TV Series
Himself
The Best of Country '92: Countdown at the Neon Armadillo
1992
TV Special
Himself
The 27th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards
1992
TV Special
Himself
Hee Haw
1992
TV Series
Himself
Hot Country Nights
1992
TV Series
Himself
Known for movies
Maverick (1994) as Soundtrack
One Life to Live as Soundtrack
Blue Valley Songbird (1999) as Bobby
Kenny Rogers: The First 50 Years (2011) as Himself
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