John Berry (musician)
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John Berry
Background information
Birth name	John Edward Berry
Born	September 14, 1959 (1959-09-14) (age 48)[1]
Origin	Aiken, South Carolina, USA
Genre(s)	Country
Occupation(s)	singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals Acoustic guitar
Years active	1979-present
Label(s)	Liberty/Patriot Capitol Nashville Lyric Street Clear Sky
Website	John Berry official web site

John Berry (born John Edward Berry, September 14, 1959 in Aiken, South Carolina) is an American country music singer-songwriter. Active as a recording artist since 1979, he has recorded more than fifteen studio albums to date. Of these, his self-titled 1995 album has been certified platinum, while 1995's Standing on the Edge and 1997's Faces have both been certified gold.

In his career, Berry has also charted nineteen songs on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including the Number One single "Your Love Amazes Me" (1994) and six additional Top Ten hits: "What's In It for Me" (#5, 1994), "You and Only You" (#4, 1995), "Standing on the Edge of Goodbye" (#2, 1995), "I Think About It All the Time" (#4, 1995), "Change My Mind" (#10, 1996), and "She's Taken a Shine" (#2, 1997).

Biography

John Edward Berry was born on September 14, 1959 in Aiken, South Carolina, to James and Marie Berry, and raised in the Atlanta, Georgia area. His father listened to concert pianist Van Cliburn, his mother had a strong taste for gospel, and his brother became an opera singer. John gravitated to both soul and country music and began recording his own albums at home in 1979. Two years later, John started performing solo acoustic shows in northeast Georgia,including performing in the parking lot of Sanford Stadium after Georgia Bulldogs home football games, then expanded around the southeast, building a strong name and following. He eventually made six self-produced albums, with the last one selling over 10,000 copies. He was finally signed to Liberty Records/Capitol Records in 1992.

Berry has contributed to children's charities, and lent his name to such causes as adult literacy and Cystic Fibrosis.

John has been actively recording his own albums with his new independent label, Clear Sky Records. His album Songs and Stories was released in May 2002, and has sold over 25,000 copies at shows, online, and through his Fan Club. For the 2003 holiday season, he re-released his live Christmas CD, O Holy Night Live (formerly titled Christmas Live).

In 2008 John self published his music through indie digital distributor Speakerheart. His 2008 album Those Were the Days, 2007 Hits and his 2006 release I Give My Heart are all now available digitally.

Discography

Albums

^AThings Are Not the Same was recorded in 1986 but unreleased until 1994.

Specialty and compilation albums

Singles

• ^AFailed to chart.

References

External links

• John Berry Official Website