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George Mark Collie (born January 18, 1956) is an American
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singer, songwriter, musician, actor, record producer, and fundraiser for Type 1
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study. He has won awards and acclaim for his music, his acting, and his philanthropy. His singing career has included five major-label albums: four for MCA Nashville and one for Giant Records. Sixteen of his singles have charted on
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, including the top ten hits " Even the Man in the Moon Is Cryin'" and " Born to Love You". Collie has also written songs for Aaron Tippin,
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,
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,
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, and JT Hodges. His acting career includes roles in '' Fire Down Below'', '' The Punisher'', '' Kill Switch'' and '' Landman''.


Singing career

From the beginnings of his performing and recording career, Collie's singing and performing style drew comparisons to
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and
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as a result of Collie’s combination of Rockabilly energy, intensity, and clever songwriting.


''Hardin County Line'' and ''Born and Raised in Black & White''

Collie began his career on
MCA Records MCA Records was an American record label owned by MCA Inc. established in 1972, though MCA had released recordings under that name in the UK from the 1960s. The label achieved success in the 1970s through the 1980s, often by acquiring other ...
in 1989 after being discovered by label representatives. Tony Brown, then-president of the label, helped Collie secure his contract. His debut album '' Hardin County Line'' was released in 1990, with Brown and Doug Johnson co-producing. The album produced four singles: "Something With a Ring to It", "Looks Aren't Everything", the title track, and " Let Her Go", which was the highest-charting of the four, at #18 on
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. Its
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, "Where There's Smoke", was later a Top 40 single for Archer/Park in 1994. His second album, '' Born and Raised in Black & White'', produced Top 40 singles in "Calloused Hands" and "She's Never Comin' Back", while "It Don't Take a Lot" peaked at #70. Steve Huey of
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described the album as "more polished" than its predecessor.


''Mark Collie'' and ''Unleashed''

Collie's third album for MCA, '' Mark Collie'', was produced by Don Cook. It accounted for his two highest-charting singles: " Even the Man in the Moon Is Cryin'" at #5, and " Born to Love You" at #6. After those two songs, "Shame Shame Shame Shame" and "Something's Gonna Change Her Mind" both made top 30 as well.
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wrote that the album was "At once a move to the mainstream and a return to Collie's West Tennessee rockabilly roots." '' Unleashed'', was released in 1994. Its first single, "It Is No Secret", failed to make Top 40, while the only other release, " Hard Lovin' Woman", made #13. The album included guest vocals from Deborah Allen,
Carlene Carter Carlene Carter (born Rebecca Carlene Smith; September 26, 1955) is an American country music singer and songwriter. She is the daughter of June Carter Cash and her first husband, Carl Smith (country musician), Carl Smith. Since 1978, Carter has ...
, and James House.


Mid 1990s-present

Collie signed to Giant Records in 1995. His only album for the label was '' Tennessee Plates'', which Collie co-produced with
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. Its two charting singles were "Three Words, Two Hearts, One Night", his last Top 40 entry on the country chart, and "Steady as She Goes". After these two songs, he charted at #72 with "Love to Burn", which he recorded for the
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multi-artist compilation ''
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: Hotter than Asphalt''. Collie covered
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's "Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy)" on the 1997 tribute album '' Jim Croce: A Nashville Tribute''. In 1998, MCA released a budget-line compilation titled ''Even the Man in the Moon Is Cryin'', which comprised several of his MCA singles. He did not release another album until ''Rose Covered Garden'' in 2006. A live album, ''Alive at Brushy Mountain'', was released in 2012. He has performed onstage with many artists including
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,
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, and
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. He continues to tour actively both in the U.S. and Europe. In September 2013 Collie signed to 101 Ranch records and was the first artist signed to them. "I'm thrilled to have a new home with 101 Ranch Records and to be working with a terrific team with Doug, Bob and Tammy," says Mark Collie. "There are some new and exciting projects coming up on the horizon that I look forward to debuting with the label."


Songwriting and producing

Collie's songwriting credits include
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,
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,
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, and
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. He is also noted with writing songs for Hollywood Movies such as
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's The Punisher starring
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and '' Fire Down Below'' starring
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. In addition to his own recordings, Collie has produced or co-produced albums for Brandt Vogel, JT Hodges, Kyle Sherman, and the Horn Family.


Acting

Collie has acted in television series and movies, independent features and Hollywood feature films. Starting in 1994 and continuing to present Collie has played a variety of characters including in 1999,
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in the short ''I Still Miss Someone'' which he also co-wrote and co-produced with filmmaker John Lloyd Miller. Collie has appeared as Frankie Gray on the ABC series ''
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''. Collie had a small role as assassin Harry Heck, where he played a song called "In Time" in front of Castle, in 2004's '' The Punisher''.


Philanthropy

Collie was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes as a teenager and in the early 1990s after finding success as a country music singer. Collie began a series of celebrity/NASCAR events that included Legend Car races and concerts that have raised millions of dollars for research into a cure for Type 1 juvenile diabetes. Collie's efforts have resulted in a research Chair at Vanderbilt University, The Mark Collie Chair in Diabetes Research, and his Mark Collie Foundation continues to generate donations. In February 1991 Collie was part of a filmed benefit concert in Nashville's Centennial Park along with George Jones to salute American troops in Operation Desert Storm. The concert was filmed by director John Lloyd Miller and distributed for free to Armed Forces Television and to United States troops throughout the Middle East. On April 3, 1996, Aaron Tippin and Mark Collie helped organize and load a cargo plane with 25,000 country cassettes for free distribution to United States troops in Bosnia and was later awarded The American Spirit Award by the
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for his efforts. Collie has performed at benefits throughout his career for a diverse collection of causes including The Nashville Food Bank, The Blue Note Fund, Fallen Police, and Victims of Domestic Violence among others.


Personal life

In February 2001 Mark Collie delivered the eulogy for race car legend
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at a memorial service that included performances by
Vince Gill Vincent Grant Gill (born April 12, 1957) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He played in a number of local bluegrass music, bluegrass bands in the 1970s, and from 1978 to 1982, he achieved his first mainstream attention after ta ...
and Steve Wariner at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in
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. According to ''American Profile'', Collie married singer-songwriter and actress Coley McCabe in October 2003. The two previously starred in the romantic comedy ''Roper and Goodie'', also known as ''Alabama Love Story''. Collie married longtime girlfriend Tammy Stewart at a private ceremony in Columbia, Tennessee, on October 24, 2009. The two split their time between their home in Fort Worth, Texas, and Nashville, Tennessee.


Discography


Studio albums


Compilation albums


Singles


Miscellaneous appearances


Filmography


Film


Television


Music videos


Awards

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References


External links


Official website
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