Larry Eugene Boone (born June 7, 1956) is an American country music artist and songwriter. Between 1985 and 1993, Boone recorded five major label studio albums, in addition to charting several singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts. His highest-charting single, "Don't Give Candy to a Stranger", reached No. 10 in 1988. Boone has also co-written several singles for other country music artists, including a Number One single for Kathy Mattea, and Top Ten hits for Don Williams, Tracy Lawrence, Rick Trevino and Lonestar.

Musical career Larry Eugene Boone was born in Cooper City, Florida, on June 7, 1956. He is a distant relative Daniel Boone, the famed frontiersman. He attended Florida Atlantic University and moved to Nashville in 1981.

His first cut as a songwriter was Marie Osmond's 1985 single "Until I Fall in Love Again". Boone was signed to a recording contract with Mercury Records in 1986. Boone's debut single "Stranger Things Have Happened" was released that year, reaching a peak of No. 64 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts. It was the first of seven singles from his self-titled debut album, released in 1987. The album's last single, 1988's "Don't Give Candy to a Stranger", was Boone's highest-charting single, peaking at No. 10.

1988 saw the release of Boone's second album, Swingin' Doors, Sawdust Floors, which produced Top 20 hits in "I Just Called to Say Goodbye Again" and "Wine Me Up". Meanwhile, he continued to write songs for other artists, including "Burnin' Old Memories", a Number One single for Kathy Mattea in 1989.

Boone's third and final album for Mercury, 1990's Down That River Road, produced only one single before he was dropped from Mercury's roster. In 1991, Boone signed to Columbia Records. His first album for the label, 1991's One Way to Go, was released that year, followed by Get in Line two years later. Both albums produced minor hit singles before he left Columbia as well. Boone continued to compose songs for other artists throughout the 1990s and into the 2000s, including singles for Shenandoah, George Strait, Lonestar, Rick Trevino, Tracy Lawrence and Doug Stone.

Discography

Albums Title Album details Peak chart positions US Country Larry Boone Release date: 1987 Label: Mercury Records Format: CD, cassette 54 Swingin' Doors, Sawdust Floors Release date: 1988 Label: Mercury Records Format: CD, cassette 47 Down That River Road Release date: 1990 Label: Mercury Records Format: CD, cassette 63 One Way to Go Release date: 1991 Label: Columbia Records Format: CD, cassette — Get in Line Release date: 1993 Label: Columbia Records Format: CD, cassette —

Singles Year Title Peak positions Album US Country CAN Country 1986 "Stranger Things Have Happened" 64 — Larry Boone "She's the Trip That I've Been On" 52 — singles only 1987 "Back in the Swing of Things Again" 48 — "I Talked a Lot About Leaving" 52 — Larry Boone "Roses in December" 44 — 1988 "Stop Me (If You Heard This One Before)" 48 — "Don't Give Candy to a Stranger" 10 — "I Just Called to Say Goodbye Again" 16 37 Swingin' Doors, Sawdust Floors 1989 "Wine Me Up" 19 36 "Fool's Paradise" 39 49 1990 "Everybody Wants to Be Hank Williams" 75 80 Down That River Road "Too Blue to Be True" —A — 1991 "I Need a Miracle" 57 65 One Way to Go "To Be with You" 34 51 "It Wouldn't Kill Me" — — 1993 "Get in Line" 65 79 Get in Line "Hotel Coupe de Ville" — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart

Notes: A "Too Blue to Be True" did not chart on Hot Country Songs, but peaked at No. 8 on Hot Country Radio Breakouts.

Music videos Year Video Director 1987 "I Talked a Lot About Leaving" 1989 "Fool's Paradise" Sherman Halsey 1990 "Everybody Wants to Be Hank Williams" Michael Salomon 1991 "I Need a Miracle" Deaton-Flanigen 1993 "Get in Line"

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