Melodie Crittenden Explained

Melodie Crittenden
Background:solo_singer
Birth Date: September 13, 1968[1]
Origin:Shawnee, Oklahoma, US
Instrument:Vocals
Genre:Country, Christian
Occupation:Singer-songwriter
Years Active:1992–present
Label:Asylum/Elektra, Sandman (solo)
Curb (in Selah)

Melodie Crittenden (born September 13, 1968) is an American country and Christian music artist.

Career

Her first album was recorded at the age of nine in Norman, Oklahoma, and was titled Melodie Sings. She traveled around Oklahoma with her family band "The Crittendens", performing at crusade events with evangelist Larry Jones (founder of the "Feed The Children" charity).

Later, she recorded a self-titled debut album for Asylum/Elektra Records in 1998, the same year that she charted with her rendition of "Bless the Broken Road" (her version was titled simply "Broken Road");[2] she would later record the song a second time as a member of the gospel group Selah.

Crittenden has released two studio albums, starting with her self-titled debut in 1998.[2] A third album, entitled The Woman I Am, was slated for release around 2004[3] but was never released.

As of 2016, Crittenden is a member of the Eagles tribute band Eaglemaniacs, which also includes Ron Hemby, formerly of The Buffalo Club.[4]

Discography

Albums

TitleAlbum details
Melodie Crittenden
Dream with Me Tonight: Lullabies for All Ages
  • Release date: September 18, 2001
  • Label: Sandman Records

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart
positions
Album
US CountryCAN Country
1998"Broken Road"4248Melodie Crittenden
"I Should've Known"72
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. 2008. 107. 978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. Web site: Shawnee native making dream come true in Nashville . December 30, 2007 . February 2, 1998. The Shawnee News-Star . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20041104194000/http://www.news-star.com/stories/022298/art_crittendon.html . November 4, 2004 .
  3. Web site: Melodie Crittenden . December 30, 2007 . The Crittenden Connection . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080116013021/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ian.cruttenden1/modern/melodie_crittenden.htm . January 16, 2008 .
  4. Web site: The Eaglemaniacs – Band. Eaglemaniacsnashville.com. January 22, 2020.