Brice Long
{{short description|American country music singer-songwriter (born 1971)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Brice Long
| image = File:Brice Long.jpg
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| birth_name = Brice Long
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Hopkinsville, Kentucky, United States
| instrument = Vocals
| genre = Country
| occupation = Singer-songwriter
| years_active = 1996–present
| label = Columbia
| associated_acts = Gary Allan, Chris Cagle, Randy Houser
}}
Brice Long Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. He graduated from Christian County High SchoolKentucky Birth Index, 1911–1999 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2006. is an American country music singer-songwriter. Signed to Columbia Records in 2005, Long charted one single on the Billboard country chart that year: "Anywhere but Here", which was also released by Chris Cagle a year later. In addition, Long co-wrote Gary Allan's 2004 Number One single "Nothing On but the Radio", Jon Pardi's Number One single "Heartache on the Dance Floor" and Randy Houser's singles "Anything Goes" and "Like a Cowboy".
Biography
Brice Long was born and raised in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|page=244|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}} In the 1990s, he pursued a career in the rodeo, until his father persuaded him to pursue musical goals instead.[http://blog.sonymusic.com/sonybmg/archives/007758.html Columbia Records Nashville signs Brice Long] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211093611/http://blog.sonymusic.com/sonybmg/archives/007758.html |date=February 11, 2007 }} For the next several years, Long toured as an opening act for other artists, including Eddie Rabbitt. Rabbitt's manager persuaded Long to move to Nashville, Tennessee; he did so in 1993, after graduating from Middle Tennessee State University.[http://www.wma.com/brice_long/Bio/brice_long.pdf bricelong.pdf]
Three years later, he was signed to a songwriting contract at the publishing division of Reba McEntire's Starstruck Entertainment Company. While in internship, Long was roommates with Darryl Worley, who later achieved success as a singer-songwriter himself. Long has had his songs recorded by George Strait, Garth Brooks, Chris Young, Randy Houser, Jon Pardi, Cody Johnson, Hank Williams Jr, Reba McEntire, Casey James and Chris Stapleton. Additionally, Long sang harmony vocals on Gary Allan's 1999 album "Smoke Rings in the Dark".
In 2005, Long was signed to Columbia Records. His debut single, "It's Only Monday", was released but did not chart. "Anywhere but Here", his second single, peaked at No. 51 on Hot Country Songs. Long also issued a third single, entitled "Meat and Potato Man".
Long performed at the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony in 2006.[http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-5169595/Hopkinsville-Native-Brice-Long-to.html Hopkinsville Native Brice Long to Perform at 2006 KY Hall of Fame Inductions. (Brief article)] He also co-wrote Casey James' "Let's Don't Call It a Night", Allan's 2009 single "Today" and Jon Pardi's "What I Can't Put Down".
Singles
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Single ! colspan="1"| Peak positions |
|---|
| style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="65"| US Country |
| rowspan="2"| 2005
! scope="row"| "It's Only Monday" | — |
| scope="row"| "Anywhere but Here"
| 51 |
| 2006
! scope="row"| "Meat and Potato Man" | — |
| 2021
! scope="row"| "Hensel Phelps ft. Diego" | — |
| colspan="3" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |