Name | Doug Stone |
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Caption | Doug Stone in June 2010 |
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Background | solo_singer |
Birth name | Douglas Jackson Brooks |
Born | June 19, 1956 |
Origin | Marietta, Georgia, U.S. |
Instrument | Vocals |
Genre | Country |
Occupation | Singer, actor |
Years active | 1990–present |
Label | EpicColumbiaAtlanticKoch/AudiumLofton Creek |
Associated acts | James Stroud |
Website | http://www.dougstone.com |
Stone moved to Columbia Records to record Faith in Me, Faith in You, which did not produce a Top Ten among its three singles. After suffering a heart attack and stroke in the late 1990s, he exited the label and did not release another album until Make Up in Love in 1999 on Atlantic Records. After it came The Long Way on the Audium label (now part of E1 Music) and two albums on the independent Lofton Creek Records.
Stone has charted twenty-two singles on Hot Country Songs, with his greatest chart success coming between 1990 and 1995. In this timespan, he charted four Number Ones: "In a Different Light," "A Jukebox with a Country Song," "Too Busy Being in Love" and "Why Didn't I Think of That," and eleven more Top Ten singles.
Brian Mansfield gave Doug Stone a four-and-a-half star rating out of five in his review for Allmusic. His review praised "I'd Be Better Off" in particular, calling the song a "towering expression of self-pity that most singers could spend a career trying to top," also saying that Stone "came close" to matching that song's quality in the album's ballads.
In early 1992, Stone had found that one of the arteries in his heart was almost entirely blocked, after having suffered dizziness and pain in one of his arms. He underwent quadruple bypass surgery and took time off to recover, just as his third album, From the Heart, was released. With a gold certification for shipments of 500,000 copies, From the Heart included two Number Ones among its four singles: "Too Busy Being in Love" and "Why Didn't I Think of That." The other two singles were "Warning Labels" and "Made for Lovin' You," at #4 and #6 respectively. One month after From the Heart, Stone released a Christmas album titled The First Christmas.
Starting in June 1994, Stone discovered that he was having breathing problems which were affecting his singing. He consulted throat doctors at Vanderbilt University's medical center, who failed to find any problems in his throat. A second consultation revealed that Stone had a lump in his left nostril which was his breathing problems. Upon discovery of the lump, Stone feared that he might see his career ending with a bout of cancer; later testing proved that it was not cancerous. Stone also told Country Weekly magazine that he quit smoking immediately after the surgery.
While Stone was undergoing treatment, his Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 compilation was released in late 1994. This album included the new song "Little Houses," which debuted on the charts in October 1994 and peaked and peaked at #7 in early 1995. After the release of his Greatest Hits package, Stone made his acting debut in the 1995 film Gordy, in which he starred as Luke McAllister, a struggling musician. Several of the songs from More Love were also featured in this film, most notably "More Love."
Following a switch from Epic to the Columbia Records label, Stone released Faith in Me, Faith in You in 1995. This album's three singles were comparatively less successful than his previous singles, with none reaching Top 10: the title track peaked at #13, followed by "Sometimes I Forget" at #41 (his first single to miss the Top 40) and "Born in the Dark" at #12. Stone suffered a nearly-fatal heart attack in December 1995, and as a result, further recordings for Columbia Records were delayed. His last charting single for Columbia was "Gone Out of My Mind," which he recorded for a multi-artist compilation titled A Tribute to Tradition. Also in the mid-1990s, Stone suffered a mild stroke, further reducing his ability to record and tour.
Stone signed to Audium Entertainment in 2002 and recorded The Long Way. The album failed to produce any chart singles. His next album did not come out until 2005, when he signed to the independent label Lofton Creek Records, recording the album In a Different Light. The album's title track was a re-recording of the early-1990s single of the same name.
In 2005, the singer was sentenced to six months in jail for civil and criminal contempt for failing to release his financial records and failing to pay alimony and child support. Afterward, a second album for Lofton Creek Records, titled My Turn, was released in September 2007.
Stone was arrested on April 9, 2009 in Panama City, FL, for domestic violence against his 22-year-old son, Dustin Brooks. They reportedly engaged in a heated dispute over his son's disabled car and Stone's drinking. Dustin was battered and wished to press charges against his father, according to Maj. Dave Humphreys of the Panama City Beach police.
Category:1956 births Category:Living people Category:American male singers Category:American country singers Category:Epic Records artists Category:Lofton Creek Records artists Category:Musicians from Georgia (U.S. state) Category:People from Marietta, Georgia
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