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Bill LaBounty
Background information
Origin	U.S.
Genres	Country Soft rock
	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, keyboards
	1978-present
Labels	Warner Bros./Curb, Noteworthy
	Fat Chance Lonestar Steve Wariner

Bill LaBounty is an American musician. He was initially a singer-songwriter in the soft rock genre, first as a member of the band Fat Chance, and later as a solo artist.^[1] As a solo artist, LaBounty recorded six studio albums, including four on Curb Records/Warner Bros. Records. His first chart single, "This Night Won't Last Forever", was covered in 1979 by Michael Johnson, whose rendition was a Top 20 pop hit that year.

In the 1990s, LaBounty shifted his focus to country music and has co-written several songs for country music artists, including Steve Wariner's Number One hits "Lynda", "The Weekend" and "I Got Dreams".^[2] LaBounty signed to a songwriting contract with Curb Publishing in 2001.^[3]

Discography

Albums

• Promised Love (1975, Warner/Curb)
• This Night Won't Last Forever (1978, Warner/Curb)
• Rain in My Life (1979, Warner/Curb)
• Bill LaBounty (1982, Warner/Curb)
• Right Direction (1994, Noteworthy)
• Best Selection (2004, Columbia)
• Back To Your Star (2009, Chill Pill Records (USA), T.a.c.s Records (Japan))
• Time starts now (2012, box 4 CDs with unreleased tracks)
• Into Something Blue" (2014)

Singles

List of singles co-written by LaBounty

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• Brooks & Dunn - "Rock My World (Little Country Girl)"
• Robbie Dupree - "Hot Rod Hearts"
• Michael Johnson - "This Night Won't Last Forever" (later covered by Sawyer Brown)
• Lonestar - "Tequila Talkin'", "Heartboke Every Day"
• Eddy Raven - "Sooner or Later"
• Sawyer Brown - "Used to Blue", "Heart Don't Fall Now"
• Shenandoah - "I Want to Be Loved Like That", "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart" (with Alison Krauss)
• Tanya Tucker with Delbert McClinton - "Tell Me About It"
• Steve Wariner - "Lynda", "The Weekend", "I Got Dreams", "The Domino Theory", "Drive"
• Jimmy Buffett with Steve Goodman- "Where's the Party"

References

External links

• Bill LaBounty's official website
• Interview with Bill LaBounty on Yuzu Melodies