Jeff Chance
{{short description|American singer-songwriter}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Jeff Chance
| image =
| birth_name = Jeffrey Barosh Sr.
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1954|12|13}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2008|12|12|1954|12|13}}
| birth_place = El Campo, Texas, United States
| death_place = El Campo, Texas, United States
| instrument = Vocals, fiddle
| genre = Country
| occupation = Singer
| years_active = 1985–1992, 2008
| label = Mercury Nashville, Curb, Music Master
| past_member_of = Chance
}}
Jeffrey Barosh Sr. (December 13, 1954 in El Campo, Texas – December 12, 2008) was an American country music singer, known professionally as Jeff Chance. He was initially a member of the five-piece band "Texas Pride" which later became Chance recording one album for Mercury Records in 1985. As a solo artist he recorded four albums "Picture on the Wall" 1991 and "Walk Softly on the Bridges" 1992 for Mercury Records Nashville and "Back Again" 2008 and "Between the Sheets" 2013 for Music Master and charted five country singles in the mid-1980s. The second album included backing vocals from Shania Twain.
Discography
=Albums=
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| style="width:16em;"| Title
! style="width:18em;"| Album details |
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| scope="row"| Picture on the Wall
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| scope="row"| Walk Softly on the Bridges
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| scope="row"| Back Again
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| scope="row"| Between the Sheets
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=Singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Single ! colspan="2"| Peak chart ! rowspan="2"| Album |
|---|
| style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="45"| US Country ! width="45"| CAN Country |
| rowspan="3"| 1988
! scope="row"| "So Far Not So Good" | 64 | — | rowspan="6"| Picture on the Wall |
| scope="row"| "Hopelessly Falling"
| 52 | — |
| scope="row"| "Let It Burn"
| 57 | — |
| 1990
! scope="row"| "Talkin' to Your Picture" | — | — |
| rowspan="2"| 1991
! scope="row"| "Strangers on the Street"{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1991/BB-1991-02-16.pdf|title=Single Reviews|date=February 16, 1991|page=71|magazine=Billboard}} | — | — |
| scope="row"| "30 Days in 20 Years"{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1991/BB-1991-07-06.pdf|title=Single Reviews|date=July 6, 1991|page=63|magazine=Billboard}}
| — | — |
| rowspan="2"| 1992
! scope="row"| "A Heartache on Her Hands" | — | 63 | rowspan="2"| Walk Softly on the Bridges |
| scope="row"| "Walk Softly on the Bridges"
| — | — |
| 2008
! scope="row"| "Soul of the Wine" | — | — | Back Again |
| 2013
! scope="row"| "Sad Eyed Lady" | — | — | Between the Sheets |
| colspan="5" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |
=Music videos=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Video ! Director |
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| 1990
| "Talkin' to Your Picture" | Tim Newman |
| rowspan="2"| 1992
| "A Heartache on Her Hands" | Jeffrey C. Phillips |
| "Walk Softly on the Bridges"
| Michael Merriman |
References
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- [https://archive.today/20120713111615/http://obits.victoriaadvocate.com/VictoriaAdvocate/Obituaries.asp?Page=Notice&PersonID=121335013 Victoria Advocate Obituaries]
- [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p1552/biography|pure_url=yes}} Jeff Chance biography] at Allmusic
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Category:American country fiddlers
Category:American country singer-songwriters
Category:Country musicians from Texas
Category:20th-century American singer-songwriters