Genres Country Role Musical Artist | Name John Ryles Instruments Vocals
Guitar | |
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Born December 2, 1950 (age 73) ( 1950-12-02 ) Origin Bastrop, Louisiana, U.S. Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Session musician Years active 1968–1971, 1976–present Albums Country Woman, Tragedy, Reconsider Me, Josh Vogel's Country Blues, Greatest Hits, Tell It Like It Is Record labels MCA Records, Columbia Records, Warner Bros. Records, Dot Records, ABC Records, 16th Avenue Records Similar People Billy Joe Walker - Jr, Glenn Worf, Reggie Young, Shania Twain, Mark Casstevens | ||
Also known as John Wesley Ryles I | ||
Kay , John Wesley Ryles , 1968
John Wesley Ryles (born December 2, 1950) is an American country music artist. Ryles recorded a string of hit country songs, beginning in 1968 when he was still a teenager, and continuing through the 1980s. He no longer records as a headline artist but remains active in the music industry as a session musician.
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At age 17, he made his debut in 1968 with the single "Kay", a Top Ten hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles (now Hot Country Songs) charts, and the title track to his debut album for Columbia Records.
Ryles later recorded one album, Reconsider Me, for the Plantation label, which produced a No. 39 single in its title track. It was followed by two non-album singles, "Tell It Like It Is" and "When a Man Loves a Woman," both on the Music Mill label in 1976.
He then moved to ABC Records, releasing three albums for them as well as his highest-peaking single, the No. 5 "Once in a Lifetime Thing." When that label merged with MCA Records, he issued the album Let the Night Begin there. It included a rendition of "Always on My Mind."
Two more singles followed on the Primero label: "We've Got to Start Meeting Like This" and "Just Once," followed by "She Took It Too Well" on 16th Avenue Records in 1984. The last label for which he recorded was Warner Bros. Records between 1987 and 1988. Although he reached Top 20 with "Louisiana Rain" during his stay on Warner, he did not release an album for the label.
Since the release of his last single in 1988, Ryles has worked primarily as a background vocalist and demo singer.