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* SillyLoveSongs: Most notably "Miami, My Amy" (also one of the great PunnyTitle moments in country history).
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: "Hard Livin'" sticks out, as it's a thumping Music/HankWilliamsJr-esque romper that's out of line with his usual style. Despite this, it was still a top 10 hit and, in many a fan's opinion, it indicated that he could perform hard-driving rockabilly just as well as anyone.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: "Hard Livin'" sticks out, as it's a thumping Music/HankWilliamsJr-esque romper that's out of line with his usual style. Despite this, it was still a top 10 hit and, in many a fan's opinion, it indicated that he could perform hard-driving hard-driving, uptempo rockabilly just as well as anyone.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: "Hard Livin'" sticks out, as it's a thumping Music/HankWilliamsJr-esque romper that's out of line with his usual style. Despite this, it was still a top 10 hit and, in many a fan's opinion, it indicated that he could perform hard-driving rockabilly just as well as anyone.
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Despite his death, Whitley had enough material in the vaults to keep charting and releasing albums as late as 1995. Some of his songs also appeared on the multi-artist album ''Keith Whitley: Tribute'', which otherwise consisted mainly of famous artists covering his songs. His career, though short-lived, was one of the most influential and critically-acclaimed in country music.
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Despite his death, Whitley had enough material in the vaults to keep charting and releasing albums as late as 1995. Some of his songs also appeared on the multi-artist album ''Keith Whitley: Tribute'', which otherwise consisted mainly of famous artists covering his songs. His career, though short-lived, was one of the most influential and critically-acclaimed in country music.
music. Some say that his 2022 induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame was long overdue.
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* ThePowerOfLove: Present in "It Ain't Nothin'", where a husband and wife who are both stressed out by their daily lives make each other feel better by professing their love to each other.
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Jackie Keith Whitley (July 1, 1955 – May 9, 1989) was a CountryMusic singer known for his honky-tonk stylings. Whitley started off small with a few gigs in bluegrass bands, one of which was the Clinch Mountain Boys. After moving to Nashville in TheEighties, he signed with Creator/RCARecords. His first few singles charted poorly, but by 1986, he had scored his first Top 10 hit with "Ten Feet Away". Whitley was long troubled with alcoholism and depression, and ended up meeting his untimely death at age 33 from alcohol poisoning.
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Jackie Keith Whitley (July 1, 1955 – May 9, 1989) was a CountryMusic singer known for his honky-tonk stylings. Whitley started off small with a few gigs in bluegrass bands, one of which was the Clinch Mountain Boys. After moving to Nashville in TheEighties, he signed with Creator/RCARecords. His first few singles charted poorly, but by 1986, he had scored his first Top 10 hit with "Ten Feet Away". Whitley was long troubled with alcoholism and depression, and ended up meeting his untimely death at age 33 from alcohol poisoning.
poisoning... shortly before his widow, Music/LorrieMorgan, began having a music career of her own.
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* {{Nepotism}}: Hinted at in "It Ain't Nothin'", which has the line "My boss is the boss's son."
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* ShoutOut: "[[http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/keithwhitley/buck.html Buck]]", from ''Wherever You Are Tonight'', is a plea for radio to start playing Music/BuckOwens again.
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* ShoutOut: "[[http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/keithwhitley/buck.html Buck]]", "Buck", from ''Wherever You Are Tonight'', is a plea for radio to start playing Music/BuckOwens again.
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* PosthumousCollaboration: Several with his widow, Lorrie Morgan, including "'Til a Tear Becomes a Rose" on his 1990 GreatestHitsAlbum.
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* PosthumousCollaboration: Several with his widow, Lorrie Morgan, including "'Til a Tear Becomes a Rose" on his 1990 GreatestHitsAlbum. Also an unofficial one, as when Music/AlisonKraussAndUnionStation's version of "When You Say Nothing at All" became a radio hit, one radio DJ spliced in the vocals from Whitley's original and fashioned a "duet".
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* WhenSheSmiles: Present in "When You Say Nothing at All": "The smile on your face lets me know that you need me..."
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* BSide: The B-sides of "Ten Feet Away", "Homecoming '63", and "I Wonder Do You Think of Me" — "Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her", "On the Other Hand", and "Brother Jukebox", respectively — were all recorded by other artists. (Music/GeorgeStrait, Music/RandyTravis, and Mark Chesnutt.)
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* BSide: The B-sides of "Ten Feet Away", "Homecoming '63", and "I Wonder Do You Think of Me" — "Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her", "On the Other Hand", and "Brother Jukebox", respectively — were all recorded by other artists. (Music/GeorgeStrait, Music/RandyTravis, and Mark Chesnutt.Music/MarkChesnutt.)
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* EarlyBirdCameo: His debut single "Turn Me to Love" featured a backing vocal from a then-unknown Patty Loveless.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: His debut single "Turn Me to Love" featured a backing vocal from a then-unknown Patty Loveless.Music/PattyLoveless.
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Jackie Keith Whitley (July 1, 1955 – May 9, 1989) was a CountryMusic singer known for his honky-tonk stylings. Whitley started off small with a few gigs in bluegrass bands, one of which was the Clinch Mountain Boys. After moving to Nashville in TheEighties, he signed with Creator/RCARecords. His first few singles charted poorly, but by 1986, he had scored his first Top 10 hit with "Ten Feet Away". Whitley was long troubled with alcoholism and depression, and met ended up meeting his untimely death at age 34 33 from alcohol poisoning.
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Jackie Keith Whitley (1954-1989) (July 1, 1955 – May 9, 1989) was a CountryMusic singer known for his honky-tonk stylings. Whitley started off small with a few gigs in bluegrass bands, one of which was the Clinch Mountain Boys. After moving to Nashville in TheEighties, he signed with Creator/RCARecords. His first few singles charted poorly, but by 1986, he had scored his first Top 10 hit with "Ten Feet Away". Whitley was long troubled with alcoholism and depression, and met his untimely death at age 34 from alcohol poisoning.
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* CoverAlbum: ''Keith Whitley: A Tribute Album'' is mostly this of his music by other artists, plus a few studio cuts and the first of his posthumous collaborations with Lorrie Morgan. It's where the [[Music/AlisonKraussAndUnionStation Alison Krauss]] version of "When You Say Nothing At All" comes from.
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Keith Whitley (1954-1989) was a CountryMusic singer known for his honky-tonk stylings. Whitley started off small with a few gigs in bluegrass bands, one of which was the Clinch Mountain Boys. After moving to Nashville in TheEighties, he signed with RCA Records. His first few singles charted poorly, but by 1986, he had scored his first Top 10 hit with "Ten Feet Away". Whitley was long troubled with alcoholism and depression, and met his untimely death at age 34 from alcohol poisoning.
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Keith Whitley (1954-1989) was a CountryMusic singer known for his honky-tonk stylings. Whitley started off small with a few gigs in bluegrass bands, one of which was the Clinch Mountain Boys. After moving to Nashville in TheEighties, he signed with RCA Records.Creator/RCARecords. His first few singles charted poorly, but by 1986, he had scored his first Top 10 hit with "Ten Feet Away". Whitley was long troubled with alcoholism and depression, and met his untimely death at age 34 from alcohol poisoning.
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* RecordProducer: His most critically-acclaimed albums were produced by Blake Mevis, who is more often a songwriter.
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* MenDontCry: "I Never Go Around Mirrors":
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* ShoutOut: "[[http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/keithwhitley/buck.html Buck]]", from ''Wherever You Are Tonight'', is a plea for radio to start playing Music/BuckOwens again.
* TrainSong: "Daddy Loved Trains".
* TrainSong: "Daddy Loved Trains".
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* EarlyBirdCameo: His debut single "Turn Me to Love" featured a backing vocal from a then-unknown Patty Loveless.
* EarlyBirdCameo: His debut single "Turn Me to Love" featured a backing vocal from a then-unknown Patty Loveless.
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* PosthumousCollaboration:''Keith Whitley: Tribute'' includes a posthumous duet Several with his widow, Lorrie Morgan (who also had several hits in the 90s).Morgan, including "'Til a Tear Becomes a Rose" on his 1990 GreatestHitsAlbum.
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Despite his death, Whitley had enough material in the vaults to keep charting and releasing albums as late as 1995. Some of his songs also appeared on the multi-artist album ''Keith Whitley: Tribute'', which otherwise consisted mainly of famous artists covering his songs. His career, though short-lived, was one of the most influential and critically-acclaimed in country music.
!Albums:
* ''A Hard Act to Follow'' (EP) (1984)
* ''L.A. to Miami'' (1985)
*''Don't Close Your Eyes'' (1988)
*''I Wonder Do You Think of Me'' (1989)
*''Kentucky Bluebird'' (1991)[[note]]composed mainly of rearranged demos, random snippets from ''Radio/AmericanCountryCountdown'' and other radio shows, and two tracks that previously appeared only on the CD release of ''Don't Close Your Eyes''[[/note]]
*''Wherever You Are Tonight'' (1995)[[note]]a second disc of cleaned-up demos[[/note]]
!Tropes present in his work:
* PosthumousCollaboration: ''Keith Whitley: Tribute'' includes a posthumous duet with his widow, Lorrie Morgan (who also had several hits in the 90s).
Despite his death, Whitley had enough material in the vaults to keep charting and releasing albums as late as 1995. Some of his songs also appeared on the multi-artist album ''Keith Whitley: Tribute'', which otherwise consisted mainly of famous artists covering his songs. His career, though short-lived, was one of the most influential and critically-acclaimed in country music.
!Albums:
* ''A Hard Act to Follow'' (EP) (1984)
* ''L.A. to Miami'' (1985)
*''Don't Close Your Eyes'' (1988)
*''I Wonder Do You Think of Me'' (1989)
*''Kentucky Bluebird'' (1991)[[note]]composed mainly of rearranged demos, random snippets from ''Radio/AmericanCountryCountdown'' and other radio shows, and two tracks that previously appeared only on the CD release of ''Don't Close Your Eyes''[[/note]]
*''Wherever You Are Tonight'' (1995)[[note]]a second disc of cleaned-up demos[[/note]]
!Tropes present in his work:
* PosthumousCollaboration: ''Keith Whitley: Tribute'' includes a posthumous duet with his widow, Lorrie Morgan (who also had several hits in the 90s).
