Rob Crosby (born Robert Crosby Hoar; April 25, 1954) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Between 1990 and 1996, Rob charted eight singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. He has also recorded six studio albums, with his most recent, Catfish Day, being released in 2007. He also co-wrote Eric Paslay's 2014 single "Friday Night", The Common Linnets' 2014 single "Calm After the Storm", Martina McBride's 2003 single "Concrete Angel", Andy Griggs' 2000 single "She's More" and Lee Greenwood's 1990 single "Holdin' a Good Hand" and has written songs for Luke Combs, Lady Antebellum, Carl Perkins, Paul Simon, Brooks & Dunn, Restless Heart, Blackhawk, Darryl Worley, Boy Howdy, Ty Herndon, Don Williams, Ilse DeLange, Trace Adkins, Lee Brice and more.

Biography Early life Robert Crosby was born and raised in Sumter, South Carolina, graduating in the Sumter High School class of 1972. He wrote his first song when he was nine years old; by the time he started the fifth grade, he had his own band, The Radiations. During high school and college, he performed in South Carolina, and eventually across the Southeast. In 1984, Crosby moved to Nashville with his family and began playing in local clubs.

Songwriter In 1984, an Atlanta businessman offered Crosby $700 a month for a cut in his future songwriting royalties. After getting a job as a staff writer, country music group Chance took his song "She Told Me Yes" to the top 30 in 1985. Since then, many songs written by Crosby have reached the Billboard top 10, including "Friday Night" by Eric Paslay, "Concrete Angel" by Martina McBride, "She's More" by Andy Griggs and "Holdin' a Good Hand" by Lee Greenwood. Crosby's songs have been recorded by Blackhawk, Brooks & Dunn, Ty Herndon, Paul Overstreet, Carl Perkins, Restless Heart, Ricochet, Paul Simon, The Wilkinsons and Darryl Worley, among others.

Music career In the 1970s and '80s, Rob recorded music for independent labels: Guru Records and Southern Tracks Records. After a performance at a songwriter's night, Crosby was signed to Arista Nashville. The label released his debut album, Solid Ground, in 1991. The first three singles, "Love Will Bring Her Around," "She's a Natural" and "Still Burnin' for You," all reached the top 20 on Billboard'''s Hot Country Songs chart. But after two commercially unsuccessful albums, Crosby was dropped from Arista in 1993. In 1995, he signed with River North and released his third album, Starting Now. Both singles released from the project peaked outside of the top 60 on Billboard. The same year, he was offered a chance to join the country music band Burnin' Daylight (which featured former members of Southern Pacific and Exile); however, he decided to focus on his solo career instead.

Crosby returned to CSC Records in 2003 with One Light in the Dark, a collection of original songs. He has released two albums since, 2003's Time Is a Gypsy and 2007's Catfish Day.''

In 2014, Rob joined dutch band 'The Common Linnets', together with his son Matthew. The band consisted of popular dutch singer/songwriters Ilse DeLange and Waylon. They released two successful albums. Ilse and Waylon contended in 2014's Euro Song Contest and finished second with a song Rob co-wrote "Calm After The Storm".

Discography Albums Title Album details Peak positions US Country Rob Crosby Release date: 1979 Label: Guru Records — Solid Ground Release date: January 8, 1991 Label: Arista Nashville 74 Another Time and Place Release date: July 28, 1992 Label: Arista Nashville — Starting Now Release date: September 26, 1995 Label: River North Records — One Light in the Dark Release date: 2003 Label: CSC — Time Is a Gypsy Release date: 2003 Label: CSC — Catfish Day Release date: 2007 Label: CSC — "—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles Year Single Peak chartpositions Album US Country CAN Country 1987 "Heart On The Run" — — rowspan="2" 1988 "This Is The Night" — — 1990 "Love Will Bring Her Around" 12 10 Solid Ground 1991 "She's a Natural" 15 10 "Still Burnin' for You" 20 25 1992 "Working Woman" 28 29 "She Wrote the Book" 53 73 Another Time and Place "In the Blood" 48 53 1995 "The Trouble with Love" 64 — Starting Now 1996 "Lady's Man" 64 — "Fallin' In and Crawlin' Out" — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos Year Video Director 1990 "Love Will Bring Her Around" Jim May 1991 "She's a Natural" Sylvie Jacquemin 1992 "She Wrote the Book" Chris Rogers "In the Blood" Michael Merriman 1995 "The Trouble with Love" Chris Rogers

Chart singles written by Rob Crosby

The following is a list of Rob Crosby compositions that were chart hits. Year Title Artist Peak chart positions US Country US CAN Country 1985 "She Told Me Yes" Chance 30 — — 1990 "Holdin' a Good Hand" co-written with Johnny Few Lee Greenwood 2 — 2 1991 "She's a Natural" co-written with Rick Bowles Crosby 15 — 10 "Love Will Bring Her Around" co-written with Will Robinson Crosby 12 — 10 "Working Woman" co-written with Will Robinson and Tim DuBois Crosby 28 — 29 1994 "She Should’ve Been Mine" co-written with Kent Blazy and Jim Dowell Western Flyer 62 — — 1999 "She's More" co-written with Liz Hengber Andy Griggs 2 37 2 2002 "Concrete Angel" co-written with Stephanie Bentley Martina McBride 5 47 — 2006 "Do We Still" co-written with Rockie Lynne and Will Rambeaux Rockie Lynne 46 — — 2009 "Til the Last Shot's Fired" co-written with Doug Johnson Trace Adkins 50 105 — 2013 "Friday Night" co-written with Eric Paslay and Rose Falcon Eric Paslay 2 47 — 2021 "Ride the Lightning (717 Tapes)" co-written with Eric Paslay and Warren Zeiders Warren Zeiders 30 — —

References

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