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William Neal Browder (born July 20, 1944)[1] is an American country music singer-songwriter, known professionally as T. G. Sheppard. He had 14 number-one hits on the US country charts between 1974 and 1986, including eight consecutive number ones between 1980 and 1982.

Early life

Browder was born in Humboldt, Tennessee, United States.[2] He dropped out of high school at age 15 and ran away from home to become involved in the music industry in Memphis, Tennessee.

Career

William Browder, as he was then known, first recorded for

Motown Records. He used the stage name T.G. Sheppard to avoid jeopardizing his job with RCA, due to his recording material with a different label. According to Browder, "The T.G. in my stage name is really and truly just initials. A lot of people through the years have had fun putting what they want the initials to stand for, but they really don't mean anything, they are just initials."[3]

He recorded the song "

Hot Country Singles chart and also became a top 60 Pop hit in 1975.[1] The follow-up, "Tryin' to Beat the Morning Home", also went to No. 1 and cracked the top 100 during the summer of 1975.[1] Several subsequent releases during 1975–77 made the top 10
like "Motels and Memories" and "Show Me a Man".

In 1977, Sheppard signed with

Slow Burn". "I Loved 'Em Every One" also reached the top forty on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. In 1984 he recorded, as a duet with Judy Collins, the title track of Home Again
, her final album for Elektra Records.

In 1985, he moved from Warner Bros. to

Strong Heart
" (the last of his No. 1 hits, as it turned out). Three more songs peaked at No. 2 in 1987: "Half Past Forever (Till I'm Blue in the Heart)", "You're My First Lady", and "One for the Money".

Sheppard's success continued until about 1988, when rootsy

Billy Bob's, found Sheppard performing his classic hits for an enthusiastic crowd at the famed honky tonk in Fort Worth, Texas. Sheppard released Timeless in 2004, an album that had him singing songs from the big band era. In the mid to late 1980s, he was an associate sponsor on the No. 25 Folgers Chevrolet driven on the NASCAR Cup Series by Tim Richmond and Ken Schrader. In 1990, the Folgers sponsorship moved to Roush racing and driver Mark Martin.[4]

T.G. Sheppard currently tours throughout the year and, after a two-decade hiatus, he released a new single "I Wanna Live Like Elvis" in January 2019 with a new album set to be released at a later date.[5]

Sheppard was a friend of Elvis Presley's and hosts his own show on Sirius XM's Elvis Radio. Sheppard's show was created to replace new broadcasts of disc jockey and Presley friend George Klein's show after Klein's death in 2019.

Personal life

Sheppard is married to singer-songwriter Kelly Lang and resides in Hendersonville, Tennessee.[6] Sheppard owned a small chain of now-defunct restaurants under the name of "T.G.'s North of the Border Cafe and Cantina" in Tennessee. The restaurant had locations in Gatlinburg and Chattanooga.[citation needed]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1974 The Second Coming of Suzanne John
1983 Twice Upon a Time Rusher of Din – Office Executive

Discography

Main article: T. G. Sheppard discography

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 0-85112-726-6
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  2. ^
    ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2
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  3. ^ "T.G. Sheppard". Ourbrowncounty.com. October 19, 1999. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  4. ^ "Roush Fenway Racing". topspeed.com. October 2, 2007. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
  5. ^ "Priscilla Presley Embraces New Single". mynewsletterbuilder.com. January 8, 2019. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
  6. ^ Watts, Cindy (October 15, 2018). "Kelly Lang creates alter ego XOXO to bring laughter to fellow breast cancer patients". The Tennessean. Retrieved November 29, 2020.

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