Holly Dunn
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Holly Suzette Dunn (born on August 22, 1957) was an American country singer-songwriter and one of the most beloved voices in the genre. Hailing from San Antonio, Texas, Dunn moved to Nashville right after graduating from college to try her luck in the music industry, following her brotherâs footsteps. She was signed to MTM records and released her debut singles âPlaying for Keepsâ and âMy Heart Holds Onâ in 1985, both of which became minor hits. Dunn had her breakthrough moment in 1986 with her eponymous studio debut and the single âDaddyâs Hands,â which peaked at Number 7 on Billboardâs Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The albumâs success earned Dunn a Top New Female Vocalist award by the Academy of Country Music and a Horizon award as well. Hot on the heels of her debut, she delivered a one-two punch with Cornerstone (1987) and Across the Rio Grande (1988), with the former getting three singles into the Country Top Ten singles list: âLove Someone Like Me,â âOnly When I Love,â and âStrangers Again.â The Blue Rose of Texas (1989), her first album for Warner Brothers, featured guest appearances by Dolly Parton and Joe Diffie, and earned Dunn her first Number 1 country single with âAre You Ever Gonna Love Me.â Although Heart Full of Love (1990) did not fare as well as its predecessor, Dunn still managed to get a Number 1 single with âYou Really Had Me Going,â which topped Billboardâs US Hot Country Songs chart. Following the commercial failure of Getting It Dunn (1992), she released two albums via River North Records: Life and Love and All the Stages (1995), which spawned the single âI Am Who I Am,â and Leave One Bridge Standing (1997). In 2003, Dunn simultaneously announced her retirement and the release of the gospel-influenced Full Circle, her final album. In subsequent years, Dunn fully devoted herself to her art, before succumbing to ovarian cancer in 2016.
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Top Tracks
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- Daddy's Hands
- Are You Ever Gonna Love Me
- There Goes My Heart Again
- You Really Had Me Going
- 1001 Ways
- (It's Always Gonna Be) Someday
- A Face In The Crowd
- City Limit
- Burnin' Wheel
- Only When I Love
- Cowboys Are My Weakness
- For Your Love
- Don't Break the Wings
- Love Someone Like Me
- Have a Heart
- I Am Who I Am
- Hideaway Heart
- I'm Not Through Loving You Yet
- I'd Know That Heartache Anywhere
- If Nobody Knew My Name
- When No Place is Home
- Just Across the Rio Grande
- It's Not About Blame
- Broken Heartland
