Rich McCready

{{short description|American country music singer-songwriter (born 1970)}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Rich McCready

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|02|09}}

| origin = Seneca, Missouri

| instrument = Guitar

| genre = Country

| occupation = Singer-songwriter

| years_active = 1996–present

| label = Magnatone, American Originals, KP Records

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| website = {{official website|http://www.richmccready.com/}}

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Rich McCready (born February 9, 1970, in Seneca, Missouri{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|page=267|year=2008|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}) is an American country music singer-songwriter. McCready signed to Magnatone Records in 1995 and recorded two albums for the label.[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p173285|pure_url=yes}} Rich McCready] at Allmusic His highest-charting single, "Thinkin' Strait," peaked at number 53 in 1996.

Discography

=Albums=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
style="width:14em;"\| Title ! style="width:20em;"\| Album details
scope="row"\| Rich McCready \| Release date: February 20, 1996 Label: Magnatone Formats: CD, Cassette
scope="row"\| That Just About Covers It \| Release date: June 17, 1997 Label: Magnatone Formats: CD, Cassette
scope="row"\| 2005 \| Release date: September 21, 2004 Label: American Originals Formats: CD
scope="row"\| Ride On \| Release date: June 1, 2011 Label: KP Records Formats: CD

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style="width:14em;"| Title

! style="width:20em;"| Album details

scope="row"| Rich McCready

Release date: February 20, 1996
Label: Magnatone
Formats: CD, Cassette

scope="row"| That Just About Covers It

Release date: June 17, 1997
Label: Magnatone
Formats: CD, Cassette

scope="row"| 2005

Release date: September 21, 2004
Label: American Originals
Formats: CD

scope="row"| Ride On

Release date: June 1, 2011
Label: KP Records
Formats: CD

=Singles=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2"\| Year ! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"\| Single ! Peak positions ! rowspan="2"\| Album
style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="65"\| US Country
1995 ! scope="row"\| "Hangin' On" \| 58 \| align="left" rowspan="3"\| Rich McCready
rowspan="2"\| 1996 ! scope="row"\| "Thinkin' Strait" \| 53
scope="row"\| "When Hell Freezes Over" \| —
rowspan="2"\| 1997 ! scope="row"\| "That Just About Covers It" \| 74 \| align="left" rowspan="2"\| That Just About Covers It
scope="row"\| "Let Me Take That Ol' Heartache" \| —
2005 ! scope="row"\| "Wish I Was in Wichita" \| — \| align="left" rowspan="2"\| 2005
2006 ! scope="row"\| "Intergalactic Cowboy" \| —
colspan="4" style="font-size:8pt"\| "—" denotes releases that did not chart

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! rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Single

! Peak positions

! rowspan="2"| Album

style="font-size:smaller;"

! width="65"| US Country

1995

! scope="row"| "Hangin' On"

| 58

| align="left" rowspan="3"| Rich McCready

rowspan="2"| 1996

! scope="row"| "Thinkin' Strait"

| 53

scope="row"| "When Hell Freezes Over"

| —

rowspan="2"| 1997

! scope="row"| "That Just About Covers It"

| 74

| align="left" rowspan="2"| That Just About Covers It

scope="row"| "Let Me Take That Ol' Heartache"

| —

2005

! scope="row"| "Wish I Was in Wichita"

| —

| align="left" rowspan="2"| 2005

2006

! scope="row"| "Intergalactic Cowboy"

| —

colspan="4" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart

=Music videos=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! Year ! style="width:18em;"\| Video ! Director
1995 ! scope="row"\| "Hangin' On" \| Richard Murray
rowspan="2"\| 1996 ! scope="row"\| "Thinkin' Strait" \| Steven Goldmann
scope="row"\| "When Hell Freezes Over" \| David Blood
1997 ! scope="row"\| "That Just About Covers It" \| Richard Murray

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! Year

! style="width:18em;"| Video

! Director

1995

! scope="row"| "Hangin' On"

| Richard Murray

rowspan="2"| 1996

! scope="row"| "Thinkin' Strait"

| Steven Goldmann

scope="row"| "When Hell Freezes Over"

| David Blood