| Danny Shirley | |
| Birth Date: | 12 August 1956 |
| Birth Place: | Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Origin: | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Genre: | Country |
| Years Active: | 1984–present |
| Label: | Amor |
| Current Member Of: | Confederate Railroad |
Danny Shirley (born August 12, 1956) is an American country music singer and songwriter. He is best known as the lead singer of the country rock band Confederate Railroad, a role he has held since its formation in 1987.
Before the band was founded, Shirley recorded for Amor Records and charted five singles of his own.[1]
In 1994, Shirley co-wrote and sang guest vocals (along with Mark Collie) on "Redneck Heaven", a track from Billy Ray Cyrus's Storm in the Heartland album.[2]
Shirley is a 1974 graduate of Hixson High School in the Chattanooga suburb of Hixson.[3]
| Title | Album details |
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| Local Legend |
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| I Make the Living |
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| Far From Over |
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| The Pyramid Collection |
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| Year | Single< | --some singles from http://www.rocky-52.net/chanteursc/confederate_railroad.htm --> | Peak chart positions |
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| US Country | |||
| 1982 | "Jack Daniels Haze" | — | |
| 1984 | "Time Off for Bad Behavior" | — | |
| "Love and Let Love" | 72 | ||
| "Christmas Needs Love to Be Christmas" | — | ||
| 1985 | "Yo Yo (The Right String, but the Wrong Yo-Yo)" | 93 | |
| "The Ballad of Whitwell Mine" | — | ||
| "One for the Gipper" | — | ||
| 1987 | "Deep Down (Everybody Wants to Be from Dixie)" | 82 | |
| "Going to California" | 81 | ||
| 1988 | "I Make the Living (She Makes the Living Worthwhile)" | 76 |