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Birth name
  
Gary Gwyn Morris

Name
  
Gary Morris

Occupation(s)
  
Singer, Actor

Role
  
Musical Artist

Instruments
  
Vocals

Siblings
  
Carey, Mark

Years active
  
1981–present


Gary Morris GARY MORRIS CELEBRATES LES MISERABLES

Born
  
December 7, 1948 (age 75) Fort Worth, Texas, USA (
1948-12-07
)

Genres
  
Countrypolitan, country, soft rock

Spouse
  
Terry Proveaux Morris (m. 2007)

Children
  
Matt Morris, Sam Morris, Garon Morris, Hunter Morris, Chandler Morris

Albums
  
Anything Goes, What If We Fall in Love?

Similar People
  
Crystal Gayle, Matt Morris, Philip Quast, Juice Newton, Lynn Anderson

Profiles

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Gary Gwyn Morris (born December 7, 1948) is an American country music artist who charted a string of countrypolitan-styled hit songs throughout the 1980s.

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Morris is known for the 1983 ballad "The Wind Beneath My Wings", although his credits include more than twenty-five other chart singles on the Billboard country charts, including five No. 1 hits. He has also released nine studio albums, with his 1983 album Why Lady Why having earned a gold certification from the RIAA.

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Early life

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Morris has two siblings, a twin sister (Carey) and younger brother, Mark. Even though Morris was best known for pop-oriented hits in the 1980s, he was descended from a long line of traditional country singers, who sang hard-twang country and also gospel.

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Gary's family moved from Fort Worth, Texas to North Richland Hills, Texas in the late 1950s. While in the third grade, Morris and his sister won a talent show after singing their rendition of the pop hit "This Old House," originally popularized by Rosemary Clooney. Morris, a good athlete, played four sports at Richland High School, which led to a scholarship with Cisco Junior College in Texas. It was during college that singing became Morris's chosen vocation, and he decided to move to Colorado. He and his two friends formed a trio, and asked a Colorado Springs bartender if they could get up on the bandstand and perform a few songs, and the audience's response (and tips) convinced Morris to put his college plans on hold and to pursue a performing career.

In the early 1970s, Morris made a living by singing in nightclubs in Denver, Colorado. He also wrote a few commercial jingles for Frontier Airlines. In 1976, Morris signed on with Jimmy Carter's presidential campaign and sang at fundraisers during Carter's campaign. This job led to Morris' performing at the White House following Carter's election. In the audience was Nashville country music producer Norro Wilson, to whom Morris later gave a demo tape. Wilson liked what he heard, and soon signed Morris to his label Warner Bros. Records.

Recording career

Morris signed his recording contract with Warner Bros. in 1980. After a pair of minor hits landed just inside the top 40 of the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, he scored his breakthrough hit with "Headed for a Heartache"; that song reached No. 8 on the country chart in late 1981. Two follow-up singles also reached the top 15.

Morris' 1983 album, Why Lady Why focused more on ballads. One of the album's four singles was "Wind Beneath My Wings," which showcased Morris' soaring tenor. Written by Larry Henley and Jeff Silbar, the song about heroes — which Morris recorded as a ballad — became one of the earliest hit versions of the song; a better-known version by Bette Midler would top the Billboard Hot 100 in 1989. The Why Lady Why album also featured the ballad "The Love She Found in Me," the mid-tempoed "Velvet Chains" and the up-tempoed title track as singles; all of them peaked in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. Also during this time, Morris recorded a duet with Lynn Anderson called "You're Welcome to Tonight," which became a top 10 hit.

After two more top 10 hits in 1984 — "Between Two Fires" and "Second Hand Heart" — Morris scored his first No. 1 country hit in March 1985 with "Baby Bye Bye." During what was his most prolific hitmaking part of his career, Morris had three more solo No. 1 hits during the next two years: "I'll Never Stop Loving You," "100% Chance of Rain" and "Leave Me Lonely." He also recorded a chart-topping duet with Crystal Gayle, "Makin' Up For Lost Time (The Dallas Lovers Song)." Although he rarely saw any success outside country music, many of Morris' hit songs were in the pop-country vein during the height of his career.

Morris had two more hits in 1987: the solo "Plain Brown Wrapper" and another duet with Gayle called "Another World." The latter song was used for many years as the theme for the NBC soap opera. After that, Morris' success on the country charts began to fade, as tastes switched once again to neo-traditional country music. Morris later opened a music publishing office in Nashville, with one of his employees being future star Faith Hill.

In early 2008, Morris released two Gospel CDs. His most recent CD is called, "Faith and Freedom," dedicated to the military troops. Gary Morris performed two songs featured on Juice Newton's album Duets: Friends & Memories, which was released in October 2010.

Acting career and life today

Morris took a break from touring to pursue a serious acting career. One of his first big roles was in the Broadway production of Les Misérables, as Jean Valjean. The full symphonic recording of Les Misérables is a platinum-selling, Grammy Award-winning album and features Morris' vocals throughout in the role of Valjean, including his version of the song "Bring Him Home." Morris has also appeared in a production of Puccini's opera La Boheme with fellow country/pop singer Linda Ronstadt.

In the 1980s, he did a stint on The Colbys as a blind country music singer signed to Dominique Deveraux's label.

In the 1990s, he spent a great deal of time working on music projects, such as the PBS special concert production, in Moscow, Russia, in the famous Tretyakov Gallery. He returned to country music in the 1990s, performing in concerts and as a record producer. Morris hosted and also produced the Nashville network's The North American Sportsman.

Filmography

Actor
2007
Comedy Lab (TV Series)
- Swizzcall (2007)
1995
A Place to Grow as
Matt Walker
1992
Designing Women (TV Series) as
Dr. Dan Hacker
- A Little Night Music (1992) - Dr. Dan Hacker
1988
Stage by Stage: Les Misérables (Documentary) as
Jean Valjean
1987
The New Mike Hammer (TV Series) as
Brian
- The Last Laugh (1987) - Brian
1986
Gary Morris: 100% Chance of Rain (Music Video) as
Gary Morris
1986
The Colbys (TV Series) as
Wayne Masterson
- Anniversary Waltz (1986) - Wayne Masterson
- The Reckoning (1986) - Wayne Masterson
- The Honeymoon (1986) - Wayne Masterson
- My Father's House (1986) - Wayne Masterson
- Burden of Proof (1986) - Wayne Masterson
- The Trial (1986) - Wayne Masterson
- Fallon's Choice (1986) - Wayne Masterson
- The Pact (1986) - Wayne Masterson
- Thursday's Child (1986) - Wayne Masterson
- The Letter (1986) - Wayne Masterson
- Fallen Idol (1986) - Wayne Masterson
1984
Gary Morris: Second Hand Heart (Music Video) as
Gary Morris
1972
Asylum of Satan
1967
The Way West as
Paw-Kee Mah (uncredited)
Composer
1995
A Place to Grow
Music Department
1990
The Giant of Thunder Mountain (special vocal performances)
Soundtrack
1987
Another World (TV Series) (performer - 1,002 episodes)
- Merry Christmas Grandma (1996) - (performer: "Another World")
- Felicia & Mitch's wedding day. (1988) - (performer: "Another World")
1995
A Place to Grow (arranger: "Amazing Grace") / (performer: "A Place to Grow", "Where Were You", "Empty", "Laura's Song", "Amazing Grace", "The Window") / (writer: "Where Were You", "Empty")
1992
Country Music Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary Celebration (TV Special documentary) (performer: "Love Hurts")
1990
The Giant of Thunder Mountain (performer: "Now I Have Everything")
1987
Blind Date (performer: "Simply Meant to Be")
1985
Rustlers' Rhapsody (performer: "Lasso The Moon")
Self
2005
Mississippi Rising (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
1993
The Academy of Country Music's Greatest Hits (TV Special) as
Self
1993
Vicki! (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 5 January 1993 (1993) - Self
1984
Hee Haw (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #23.22 (1992) - Self
- Episode #18.21 (1987) - Self
- Episode #16.10 (1984) - Self
1992
Country Music Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary Celebration (TV Special documentary) as
Self
1992
One on One with John Tesh (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.119 (1992) - Self
1991
Hot Country Nights (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 22 December 1991 (1991) - Self
1991
All-Star Salute to Our Troops (TV Special) as
Self
1989
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) as
Self - Musical Guest / Self / Self - Guest
- David Steinberg, Sophamae Landry, Gary Morris (1991) - Self
- Episode #29.15 (1990) - Self - Musical Guest
- Episode dated 13 December 1989 (1989) - Self - Guest
- Episode #28.105 (1989) - Self - Musical Guest
1989
From the Heart... The First International Very Special Arts Festival (TV Special) as
Self
1989
The Pat Sajak Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.117 (1989) - Self
1989
The Songwriter's Hall of Fame 20th Anniversary... The Magic of Music (TV Special) as
Self
1988
Christmas in Washington (TV Special) as
Self
1987
Farm Aid '87 (TV Special) as
Self
1987
Another World (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.5787 (1987) - Self
1987
Nightlife (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.106 (1987) - Self
1987
The 44th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Presenter
1986
20th Annual Country Music Awards (TV Special) as
Self
1970
That Good Ole Nashville Music (TV Series) as
Self - Guest Performer

References

Gary Morris Wikipedia


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