American country singer-songwriter born February 4, 1962, in Long Branch, New Jersey. Among the leading neo-traditional country artists of the late 1980s and 1990s.
Released over a dozen studio albums starting with Killin' Time (1989), which produced four consecutive #1 country singles and won the Country Music Association's Album of the Year. Subsequent peaks: Put Yourself in My Shoes (1990), The Hard Way (1992), and No Time to Kill (1993). Married to actress Lisa Hartman Black; the couple has frequently collaborated.