Joe Barnhill

{{short description|American country music singer-songwriter|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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| origin = Turkey, Texas, US

| instrument = Vocals

| genre = Country

| occupation = Singer-songwriter

| years_active = 1989–1997, 2012

| label = Universal, Capitol, Avion

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Joe Barnhill (born June 13, 1965, in Turkey, Texas) is an American country music singer-songwriter. Between 1990 and 1997, Barnhill released 2 studio albums. He also charted two singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. His highest charting single, "Your Old Flame's Goin' Out Tonite," peaked at No. 56 in 1989.

His self-titled debut album was praised by one critic for its "excellent" selections of songs including a cover of Paul Overstreet's "Becky Morgan (Cotton Pickin' Time)".{{cite news |last1=Nichols |first1=Lee |title=Worth a note |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72089627/worth-a-note/ |access-date=February 26, 2021 |work=Austin American-Statesman |date=July 5, 1990}}

As a songwriter, Barnhill along with Wayne Perry wrote "Not a Moment Too Soon," a No. 1 hit for Tim McGraw in 1994.

Discography

=Albums=

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scope="row"| America's Musical Highway

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  • Release date: September 23, 1997
  • Label: Avion Records

=Singles=

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! width="45"| US Country
{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/joe-barnhill/chart-history|title=Joe Barnhill – Chart History|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=January 29, 2018}}

! width="45"| CAN Country

rowspan="3"| 1989

! scope="row"| "Becky Morgan (Cotton Pickin' Time)"{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1989/BB-1989-05-06.pdf|title=Single Reviews|magazine=Billboard|page=85|date=May 6, 1989}}

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scope="row"| "Your Old Flame's Goin' Out Tonite"

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| 75

scope="row"| "Good as Gone"

| 57

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1990

! scope="row"| "Any Ole Time"

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Notes:

  • A "Any Ole Time" did not chart on Hot Country Songs, but peaked at No. 8 on Hot Country Radio Breakouts.{{cite magazine|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1990/BB-1990-04-21.pdf|title=Hot Country Radio Breakouts|date=April 21, 1990|magazine=Billboard}}

References