Jesse Hunter
American singer-songwriter (born 1959)
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Billy Ray Dungy II (born January 14, 1959), known professionally as Jesse Hunter, is an American country music artist.
January 14, 1959[2]
Jesse Hunter | |
|---|---|
| Born | Billy Ray Dungy II[1] January 14, 1959[2] Shelby County, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Genres | Country |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 1994-present |
| Label | BNA |
Hunter signed to BNA Records in 1994, the same year that he released his Barry Beckett-produced debut album A Man Like Me.[3] The album produced three chart singles in "Born Ready," "The Way She's Lookin'" and "Long Legged Hannah (From Butte, Montana)," his highest-charting single at No. 42 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.[2] "Born Ready" and "Long Legged Hannah" also charted on the RPM country charts in Canada. Michael Hight of New Country magazine gave Hunter's debut album a three-and-a-half star rating out of five, comparing his voice to Johnny Cash's and saying "the renegade nature[…]positions him as a folk hero who has lived and learned and is ready to talk about it."[4]
Dungy has not recorded professionally since. As of 2021, he resides in Watertown, Tennessee, and has written local theatre productions.[5]
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Album details |
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| A Man Like Me |
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Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [2] |
CAN Country [6] | ||||||||
| 1994 | "Born Ready" | 56 | 77 | A Man Like Me | |||||
| "By the Way She's Lookin'" | 65 | — | |||||||
| "Long Legged Hannah (From Butte, Montana)" | 42 | 56 | |||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||