Holly Dunn
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Holly Suzette Dunn (August 22, 1957 – November 14, 2016) was an American country music singer and songwriter.
Dunn appeared on MTM Records between 1985 and 1988, Warner Bros.
Records from 1988-1993 to 1993, as well as River North Records from 1995 to 1997.
She has released ten albums and charted 19 singles, as well as two duets on the Hot Country Songs charts.
"Are You Ever Gonna Love Me" and "You Really Had Me Going" were two of her single launches, and they went to No. 1. On this chart, there is a 1 on the top of the chart.
"Daddy's Hands" and "Maybe I Mean Yes" are two other songs for which she is well-known.
Chris Waters, Dunn's brother, is a songwriter and record producer who has performed with his sister and other musicians in these roles.
Dunn retired from music in 2003 and died of ovarian cancer in 2016.
Early years and MTM Records
Holly Suzette Dunn was born on August 22, 1957. Her parents were a Church of Christ minister and a landscape painter.
Dunn appeared in a group called Freedom Folk Singers, which toured the Southern United States while attending high school. She attended Abilene Christian University and was active in The Hilltoppers, a school-sponsored organization. Dunn produced songs with her brother, Chris Waters, who later became a well-known songwriter in Nashville, Tennessee. Cristy Lane's "Out of Sight, Not Out of Mind," was one of their collaborations. Dunn, a student, moved to Nashville, where she performed as a demo performer before both Waters and Shebe became songwriters at CBS Records and then MTM Records. Louise Mandrell co-wrote "I'm Not Through Loving You" in 1984, a top-ten hit for the two authors. Dunn had already signed to a record deal with MTM by 1985.
Both Dunn's first two releases, "Playing for Keeps" and "My Heart Holds On," failed to make the Top 40 on the Hot Country Songs charts, while "Two Too Many" peaked at No. 2. 39. When "Daddy's Hands," a nod to her father, reached No. 1, she was her first Top ten hits in 1986. That chart has a 7 on it. Dunn, a writer who wrote "Daddy's Hands" singlehandedly, wrote that the album's success resulted in many people sharing positive experiences about their own fathers with her. The song appeared on her self-titled debut, after which it debuted as the final single. She performed guest vocals on Michael Martin Murphey's Top 5 hit "A Face in the Crowd," her album Americana. She was named as the Best New Female Vocalist in 1986 by the Academy of Country Music, and later the recipient of the Country Music Association's Horizon Award in 1987.
Cornerstone, MTM's second MTM album, has three top-ten hits including "Love Someone Like Me," "Only When I Love," and "Strangers Again." The singles "That's What Your Love Does to Me" and "It's Always Gonna Be" were among the Rio Grande's hits in 1988, well before MTM Records filed for bankruptcy and closed.
Dunn's 1989 move to Warner Bros. Records' Nashville division. In "Are You Ever Gonna Love Me," followed by "There Goes My Heart Again" at number four, her first appearance for the brand. Joe Diffie, a young boy who also sang backing vocals on it, co-wrote the latter. In 1989, she became a member of the Grand Ole Opry. She performed on Kenny Rogers' late 1990 hit "Maybe" from his album Something Inside is Strong.
Heart Full of Love, Dunn's second Warner Bros. album, was released in 1990. Although its lead single "My Anniversary of Being a Fool" didn't make the top 40, the sequel "You Really Had Me Going" became her second and final number-one hit, with the title track being a top-20 hit.
Milestones: The Greatest Hits, Dunn's first greatest hits collection, was released in 1991. It contained the latest "Maybe I Mean Yes" album, which became outraged due to some listeners' interpretation of the song as condoning date rape. Dunn requested that the single be removed from rotation as a result. Getting It Dunn, Warner Bros.'s last attempt at a top-40 hit, but she left the company in 1993.
Dunn signed to River North Records in 1995 and released two albums: Life and Love and All the Stages in 1995 and Leave One Bridge Two years later. "I Am Who I Am" was the former's final chart entry. She appeared on national radio station WWW in Detroit, Michigan, shortly before the unveiling of Leave One Bridge Standing as the morning host. It was not her first time behind the radio microphone, as she had worked as a DJ during her college years. However, the decision prompted her to stop touring for a while. In 1999–2002, she co-hosted Opry Backstage on the Nashville Network.
Dunn said in 2003 that she resigned from her musical career and released Full Circle, her only gospel album, to devote full time to her new passion, art. Her paintings are mainly based on subjects from the Southwestern United States.
Dunn died of ovarian cancer in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at the age of 59. Melissa Taylor's mother and her brothers, Chris, Jerry, and Rodney, were able to survive.