Ronna Renee Reeves (born September 21, 1966) is an American country music singer. Between 1990 and 1998, she released five studio albums, including three on Mercury Records; she has also charted five singles on the Hot Country Songs charts. She was also nominated for Top New Female Vocalist at the Academy of Country Music Awards in 1992. Her highest-charting single was "The More I Learn (The Less I Understand About Love)", which reached No. 49 in 1992.[1]
Ronna Reeves | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Ronna Renee Reeves |
| Born | September 21, 1966 Big Spring, Texas, U.S. |
| Genres | Country |
| Occupation | singer |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 1990–1999, 2016-present |
| Labels | Mercury Nashville River North Enterprise Music |
In 1993, she was named one of the New Faces of Country Music by the Country Radio Seminar.[2]
After leaving Mercury in 1994, Reeves signed to River North Records and released two more albums. The second album she recorded for River North Records, Day 14, was more pop-oriented and she simply went by Ronna. She recorded a duet "There's Love on the Line" with Sammy Kershaw on her album The More I Learn as well a duet with Peter Cetera, on a cover of ABBA's "SOS", on his album One Clear Voice.[3]
She is perhaps best remembered as a regular on The Statler Brothers Show during the mid-1990s, as well as opening act on many of their tours.
Since 2010, Reeves has owned Showbiz-Ro Music, an independent Songplugging & Writer Management Service, in Nashville, Tennessee, alongside Liz Morin.
Discography
editAlbums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak positions |
|---|---|---|
| US Country | ||
| Only the Heart | — | |
| The More I Learn |
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72 |
| What Comes Naturally |
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— |
| After the Dance |
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— |
| Day 14 |
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— |
Compilation albums
edit| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Ten Best |
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Singles
edit| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | CAN Country | |||
| 1990 | "Sadly Mistaken"[4] | — | — | Only the Heart |
| "The Letter"[5] | — | — | ||
| 1991 | "That's More About Love (Than I Wanted to Know)"[6] | — | — | |
| "Ain't No Future in the Past" | — | — | ||
| 1992 | "The More I Learn (The Less I Understand About Love)" | 49 | 89 | The More I Learn |
| "What If You're Wrong" | 70 | 75 | ||
| "We Can Hold Our Own" | 71 | 86 | ||
| 1993 | "Never Let Him See Me Cry" | 73 | 85 | What Comes Naturally |
| "He's My Weakness" | 74 | — | ||
| 1996 | "My Heart Wasn't in It"[7] | — | — | After the Dance |
| "Collect from Wichita" | — | — | ||
| "Rodeo Man"[8] | — | — | ||
| 1998 | "Sweet Pretender" | — | — | Day 14 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
Music videos
edit| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | "The More I Learn (The Less I Understand About Love)" | Peter Lippman |
| "What If You're Wrong" | Thom Ferrell | |
| "We Can Hold Our Own" | Steve McWilliams | |
| 1993 | "Never Let Him See Me Cry" | Alan Chebot |
| "He's My Weakness" | Sara Nichols | |
| 1996 | "My Heart Wasn't in It" | Sara Nichols |
| "Rodeo Man" | Steven R. Monroe | |
| 1998 | "Sweet Pretender" |
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Organization | Award | Nominee/Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Academy of Country Music Awards | Top New Female Vocalist | Ronna Reeves | Nominated |
References
edit- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 346. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
- ^ "New Faces of Country Music". Country Radio Seminar.
- ^ Loftus, Johnny. "Ronna Reeves biography". AllMusic. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
- ^ "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. April 21, 1990.
- ^ "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. October 13, 1990.
- ^ "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. January 26, 1991.
- ^ "Single Reviews" (PDF). Cashbox. March 23, 1996.
- ^ "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. August 10, 1996.
