Introduction
Bill LaBounty is an American musician. He was initially a singer-songwriter in the soft rock genre, first as a member of the band Fat Chance, and later as a solo artist. As a solo artist, LaBounty recorded six studio albums, including four on Curb Records/Warner Bros. Records. His first charting single, "This Night Won't Last Forever", was covered in 1979 by Michael Johnson, whose rendition was a Top 20 pop hit that year.
In the mid-1980s, LaBounty shifted his focus to country music and has co-written several songs for country music artists, including Steve Wariner's Number One hits "Lynda", "The Weekend" and "I Got Dreams". LaBounty signed to a songwriting contract with Curb Publishing in 2001. Many of his songs were written with his wife, Beckie Foster.
Discography
Albums
- Promised Love (1975, Warner/Curb)
- This Night Won't Last Forever (1978, Warner/Curb)
- Rain in My Life (1979, Warner/Curb)
- Bill LaBounty (1982, Warner/Curb)
- Right Direction (1994, Noteworthy)
- Best Selection (2004, Columbia)
- Back To Your Star (2009, Chill Pill Records (USA), T.a.c.s Records (Japan))
- Time starts now (2012, box 4 CDs with unreleased tracks)
- Into Something Blue" (2014)
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | "Lie to Me" | — | 109 | — | Promised Love |
| 1978 | "This Night Won't Last Forever" | 46 | 65 | 81 | This Night Won't Last Forever |
| "In 25 Words or Less" | 36 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | "Never Gonna Look Back" | 22 | 110 | — | Bill LaBounty |
List of singles co-written by LaBounty
This list of songs or music-related items is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.- Brooks & Dunn – "Rock My World (Little Country Girl)"
- Robbie Dupree – "Hot Rod Hearts", "Brooklyn Girls"
- Michael Johnson – "This Night Won't Last Forever" (later covered by Moe Bandy and Sawyer Brown)
- Lonestar – "Tequila Talkin'", "Heartbroke Every Day"
- Eddy Raven – "Sooner or Later"
- Sawyer Brown – "Used to Blue", "Heart Don't Fall Now", "This Night Won't Last Forever"
- Shenandoah – "I Want to Be Loved Like That", "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart" (with Alison Krauss)
- Tanya Tucker duet with Delbert McClinton – "Tell Me About It"
- Steve Wariner – "Lynda", "The Weekend", "I Got Dreams", "The Domino Theory", "Drive"
- Jimmy Buffett with Steve Goodman - "Where's the Party"
- Gino Vannelli - "Total Stranger"
- Ronnie Milsap - "She Loves My Car"
- Van Zant - "You've Got to Believe in Love"
- Agnetha Fältskog - "Let It Shine"