Amy Dalley is an American

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artist. Signed to

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in 2003, she left the label in 2008. Dalley has released seven singles, of which five have entered the U.S. ''Billboard''

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charts despite never releasing an album. Her highest-peaking single is " Men Don't Change", which reached a peak of number 23 in 2004. In addition to her own music, Dalley co-wrote

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's single "My Sister". Her album, ''It's Time'', was issued independently via digital retailers and as well as a physical copy in 2009.

Biography

Dalley's first musical performance was at a talent show at her high school. She continued to perform around her hometown of

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, she went on to perform at the

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amusement park. In 1994, she moved to

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and formed a band called the Gypsy Hillbillies, which toured nationally. She was later signed to a publishing deal at Hamstein Music. One of her songs, "Dream Too Small", was featured in an episode of ''

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''. Dalley's first single, "Love's Got an Attitude (It Is What It Is)", was released in 2003, peaking at No. 27 on the country charts. It was followed by "I Think You're Beautiful" at No. 43 and her highest-charting single, "Men Don't Change" at No. 23. Her fourth single, the No. 29 "I Would Cry", charted in 2005, and her album was delayed again. Later that same year,

charted the single " My Sister", which Dalley co-wrote with

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. In 2006, Dalley released "Good Kind of Crazy", which spent one week at No. 60 on the charts, and "Let's Try Goodbye", which did not chart either. She left Curb in 2008. She finally released her album ''It's Time'' through her label Mad Jack Records, on January 19, 2009, through online musical vendors. The album was produced by Dalley and Jack Sizemore and included re-recordings of her singles "I Think You're Beautiful", "Let's Try Goodbye", and "Men Don't Change". Dalley released her second album ''Coming Out of the Pain'' on her label Mad Jack Records in 2011. It was re-released in 2012 on Rock Ridge Records.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Music videos

References

External links

Official websiteAmy Dalley's Mom's Making Music Site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dalley, Amy Living people People from Kingsport, Tennessee American women country singers American country singer-songwriters Curb Records artists East Tennessee State University alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Singer-songwriters from Tennessee Country musicians from Tennessee 21st-century American women