Rachel Proctor
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Rachel Christine Proctor[1] |
| Origin | Charleston, West Virginia, United States |
| Genre(s) | Country |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals |
| Years active | 2002-present |
| Label(s) | BNA |
| Associated acts | Martina McBride Blake Shelton |
| Website | http://www.rachelproctor.net |
Rachel Proctor (born in Charleston, West Virginia) is an American country music singer-songwriter. She made her debut in 2002 as the co-writer of Martina McBride's single "Where Would You Be", a Top Five hit for McBride on the country charts. By 2003, Proctor had signed to BNA Records, releasing her debut single "Days Like This" that year. This song, which peaked at #24 on the country charts, was the first of four singles from her 2004 debut album Where I Belong. Proctor's only album for the label, it produced four country chart singles overall, including "Days Like This" and her highest-charting single, the #18 "Me and Emily".
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[edit] Biography
Rachel Proctor was born in Charleston, West Virginia. When she was in grade school, she appeared in local productions of Annie and The Sound of Music. By the time she was in junior high school, she had signed with a New York management company that also managed New Kids on the Block.[1] Proctor also competed on the television talent show Star Search, and by the time she was eighteen, she had begun writing songs and performing in local bands as well.[1] (One band in which she performed also included a then-unknown Blake Shelton.)[2]
Proctor moved to Nashville, Tennessee in the mid 1990s in pursuit of a record deal. By the late 1990s, The Lynns, Sonya Isaacs and Kortney Kayle had all recorded some of her compositions; in 2002, Martina McBride released "Where Would You Be", another one of Proctor's compositions, which reached #3 on the Billboard country charts.[2] In 2002, Proctor signed to BNA Records, releasing her debut single "Days Like This" in 2003. The song, which served as the lead-off single to her debut album Where I Belong, reached #24 on the country charts; it was followed by the #43 "Didn't I", and then in 2004 by her highest chart hit, the #18 "Me and Emily". Finally, the album's title track was released as its fourth single, peaking at #37. Proctor was dropped from BNA in late 2004.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | |
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| US Country | US 200 | ||
| 2004 | Where I Belong | 8 | 66 |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | Album | |
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| US Country | US Hot 100 | |||
| 2003 | "Days Like This" | 24 | Where I Belong | |
| 2004 | "Didn't I" | 43 | ||
| "Me and Emily" | 18 | 110 | ||
| "Where I Belong" | 37 | |||
