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| Birth name | Samuel Stephen Forbert |
| Born | December 13, 1954 Meridian, Mississippi, United States |
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| Years active | 1978–present |
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| Website | www |
Samuel Stephen Forbert (born December 13, 1954)[1] is an American pop/folk singer-songwriter. His 1979 song "Romeo's Tune" reached No. 11 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and No. 13 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. It also spent two weeks at No. 8 in Canada.[2] Forbert's first four albums all charted on the Billboard 200 chart, with Jackrabbit Slim certified gold in Canada. In 2004, his Any Old Time album was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Traditional Folk category.[3] Forbert has released twenty studio and three live albums.
Forbert's songs have been recorded by several artists, including Rosanne Cash, Keith Urban, Marty Stuart and Webb Wilder.[4] In 2017, a tribute album, An American Troubadour: The Songs of Steve Forbert, was released, with covers of his songs by twenty-one artists.[5] Bob Harris of BBC Radio 2 said Forbert has "One of the most distinctive voices anywhere."[6]
In September 2018, he released his self-penned memoir, Big City Cat: My Life in Folk Rock, with editor Therese Boyd. It accompanied the release of his 19th studio album The Magic Tree on Blue Rose Music.
- ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Steve Forbert – Music Biography, Credits and Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
- ^ "Top Singles", Library and Archives Canada, April 19, 1980.
- ^ "GRAMMY Award Results for Steve Forbert". Grammy.com. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
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- ^ Harris, Bob (August 2018). "Steve Forbert speaks to Bob Harris". BBC Radio 2. Retrieved December 10, 2018.