{{short description|American country music singer-songwriter (born 1971)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Brice Long | image = File:Brice Long.jpg | image_size = | birth_name = Brice Long | birth_date = | birth_place = Hopkinsville, Kentucky, United States | instrument = Vocals | genre = Country | occupation = Singer-songwriter | years_active = 1996–present | label = Columbia | associated_acts = Gary Allan, Chris Cagle, Randy Houser }} '''Brice Long''' <ref>Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. He graduated from Christian County High School''Kentucky Birth Index, 1911–1999'' (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2006.</ref> is an American country music singer-songwriter. Signed to Columbia Records in 2005, Long charted one single on the ''Billboard'' country chart that year: "Anywhere but Here", which was also released by Chris Cagle a year later. In addition, Long co-wrote Gary Allan's 2004 Number One single "Nothing On but the Radio", Jon Pardi's Number One single "Heartache on the Dance Floor" and Randy Houser's singles "Anything Goes" and "Like a Cowboy".
==Biography== Brice Long was born and raised in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.<ref name="whitburn">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|page=244|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}</ref> In the 1990s, he pursued a career in the rodeo, until his father persuaded him to pursue musical goals instead.<ref name="columbia">[http://blog.sonymusic.com/sonybmg/archives/007758.html Columbia Records Nashville signs Brice Long] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211093611/http://blog.sonymusic.com/sonybmg/archives/007758.html |date=February 11, 2007 }}</ref> For the next several years, Long toured as an opening act for other artists, including Eddie Rabbitt. Rabbitt's manager persuaded Long to move to Nashville, Tennessee; he did so in 1993, after graduating from Middle Tennessee State University.<ref name="pdf">[http://www.wma.com/brice_long/Bio/brice_long.pdf bricelong.pdf]</ref> Three years later, he was signed to a songwriting contract at the publishing division of Reba McEntire's Starstruck Entertainment Company.<ref name="columbia"/><ref name="pdf"/> While in internship, Long was roommates with Darryl Worley, who later achieved success as a singer-songwriter himself.<ref name="pdf"/> Long has had his songs recorded by George Strait, Garth Brooks, Chris Young, Randy Houser, Jon Pardi, Cody Johnson, Hank Williams Jr, Reba McEntire, Casey James and Chris Stapleton.<ref name="pdf"/> Additionally, Long sang harmony vocals on Gary Allan's 1999 album "Smoke Rings in the Dark".
In 2005, Long was signed to Columbia Records.<ref name="columbia"/> His debut single, "It's Only Monday", was released but did not chart. "Anywhere but Here", his second single, peaked at No. 51 on Hot Country Songs. Long also issued a third single, entitled "Meat and Potato Man".
Long performed at the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony in 2006.<ref>[http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-5169595/Hopkinsville-Native-Brice-Long-to.html Hopkinsville Native Brice Long to Perform at 2006 KY Hall of Fame Inductions. (Brief article)]</ref> He also co-wrote Casey James' "Let's Don't Call It a Night", Allan's 2009 single "Today", Jon Pardi's "What I Can't Put Down", and Brett Kissel's "Cowboys & Dreamers".
==Singles== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Single ! colspan="1"| Peak positions |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="65"| US Country |- | rowspan="2"| 2005 ! scope="row"| "It's Only Monday" | — |- ! scope="row"| "Anywhere but Here" | 51 |- | 2006 ! scope="row"| "Meat and Potato Man" | — |- | 2021 ! scope="row"| "Hensel Phelps ft. Diego" | — |- | colspan="3" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |- |}
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